tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20977588820532899252024-03-19T02:10:10.874-06:00Cordell M AndersenCordellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629187781246662849noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097758882053289925.post-8026681166888067242017-08-11T00:59:00.000-06:002017-10-19T14:52:12.277-06:00BACKPACK/EXPLORATION #2 - 2017 To THE GRANDADDIES & JEFF LAKE & The HIGHLINE TRAIL for 2018?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;"><i>UPDATE: From August 27-30 & September 3-8 , 2017</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I WILL BE DOING RESEARCH & EXPLORATIONS ALL AROUND THE FRINGES OF THE HIGH UINTA MOUNTAINS & mostly out of cell phone signal contact areas--for example Hacking Lake, you see below.....</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>.... the Leidy Peak Highline Trail seen below</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Then below-- looking 26 miles to the east towards the very beginning of the Highline Trail near U.S. Highway 191</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Which 26 miles section has been cleared of deadfall as indicated in their sign at the Leidy Peak point, and at the far eastern beginning of the trail--</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>THANKS TO THESE GREAT GUYS FOR THEIR WORK!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>UPDATE: Wednesday, August 23, 2017</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HIGHLINE TRAIL BACKPACK?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you have followed my two 2017 backpacks to the GRANDADDY BASIN & discovery of Range & Jeff Lakes, you will have noticed that they were difficult and not as enjoyable as in previous years--that had me conclude that a long, at least two week backpack doing the entire HIGHLINE TRAIL from Mirror Lake to Flaming Gorge </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">would be a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">difficult challenge </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in my 82nd year....so--while contiuing my recovery from back surgery-- for this year I sort of .....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.....<i style="font-weight: bold;">threw in the towel!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>But, as I have admitte<b>d <span style="font-size: large;">"I'm stubborn,"</span></b> so the more I think about it, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>the more I have in the back of my mind that I will likely</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> yet figure out a way to:<b> </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Do it during the 2018 season, in my 83rd year. </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>As crazy as it might seem to some of you, one critical factor will be </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>TO DO IT ALONE & BE ABLE TO DO IT MY WAY, AT MY PACE, </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>RATHER THAN BE PRESSURED TO KEEP UP WITH OTHERS, </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>WEAR MYSELF OUT & BE SORT OF MISERABLE! </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>At my pace I can cover a lot of ground--even slowly-- by getting a good start and keep at it all day.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>That GOAL will have me persist working out, wandering around town with a pack on my back--all Winter--recovering completely from my recent back surgery, watching my weight, eating good and carefully take my miracle supplements & actually working towards being in better shape for 2018 than I was for 2017!</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>UPDATE: Thursday, August 17, 2017-</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>THE BACKPACK WAS SUCCESSFUL -- </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>WITH THIS PHOTO/REPORT </b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>YOU WILL SEE THE FIRST PHOTO OF JEFF LAKE</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>INTRODUCTION:</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i> </i><span style="font-size: large;">BACK</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;">PACK/EXPLORATION to:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1. <span style="font-size: large;">WHERE ARE WE GOING?</span> My friend Ted Packard, and his son Mike are going with me...or me with them, starting at the GRANDVIEW TRAILHEAD, that is found up Hades Canyon from the North Fork of the Ducheesne River.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>We will begin hiking in the early afternoon of August 11th, going over Hades Pass, down to Grandaddy Lake, and continue to Betsy Lake. At the midpoint of Betsy Lake we will take the trail that goes down to Rainbow Lake, our destination being to get to Shadow Lake for the first night. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><u><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=154210&nid=186">KSL OUTDOORS RADIO SHOW.</a></u></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The SECOND DAY, we will take a day hike down to Rainbow Lake....</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.....cross the bridge and at the nearby junction where one trail goes down to Rock Creek, we will leave the trail, and bushwhack east to Range Lake we see below.....</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>..... and from there continue bushwhacking east to find JEFF LAKE. From there we will return to our base camp on Shadow Lake.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Now Backpack #2-2017 -- </span>Aug. 11-14<span style="font-size: large;"> -- to </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The INTRODUCTION to this report is above in all the preliminary information and photographs. I was accompanied by one of my original, and life-long buddies, Ted Packard--now in his 83rd year--making him</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> <b><span style="font-size: large;">"THE OLDEST & BEST BACKPACKER I'VE EVER SEEN IN THE UINTAS,"</span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and his son Mike you see with me below at the Grandview Trailhead. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">By the way, the parking lot on the day we left the Trailhead was the fullest I have ever seen it in my many years of frequenting this choice Trailhead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our objective was mainly to explore, find and photograph JEFF LAKE which had escaped me on Backpack #1-2017 when I did find and photograph RANGE LAKE as shown in the Introductory photographs. These were two named off-trail lakes in the Grandaddy Basin that I had never seen during all my years of backpacking to the Basin--lakes never mentioned, nor pictured before by anyone! They are seen in the topographical map below, located in the lower middle a little to the right, due east of Rainbow Lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Originally our plan had been to hike past Grandaddy Lake, on to Betsy Lake and at mid-point take the trail to Rainbow Lake, but stop and camp the first night at Shadow Lake. However, we got a late start, and soon were passed by a string of horse packers who said they were going to Shadow Lake. So, for those two reasons we altered our announced plan and decided to camp above Grandaddy Lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> This picture, on August 11, 2017 can be compared to photographs inserted in the report on <b><i><u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2017/07/grandaddies-backpackrevealing-cheers-in.html">Backpack #1-2017</a></u></i></b> to show the stream flow in different years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Near the bridge we found these boots with soles pealing off teaching us the obvious lesson that one should have reliable foot gear and equipment. I learned that lesson the hard way on our 1954 two week backpack across the Primitive Area (me, Ted & Charlie Petersen), which story will be told in <b><i>the book.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This was our camp the first night above Grandaddy Lake, about 3.5 miles from the trailhead. I carefully set up my tent with the opening facing south to be able to pick up the satellite the next morning without having to get out of my bed--for the sat phone report to <b><i><u><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=154210&nid=186">KSL OUTDOORS RADIO</a></u></i></b>, which was successful the morning of August 12th, much of the discussion about High Altitude Sickeness that had shortly before taken the life of an 18 year old <b><i><u><a href="http://fox13now.com/2017/08/05/utah-boy-scout-dies-during-trip-in-high-uintas-authorities-suspect-altitude-sickness/">Salem Explorer Scout</a></u></i></b> near the Chain Lakes in the Uinta River Drainage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That kind of tragedy can be avoided by each group having a<b><i><u><a href="http://skycallsatellite.com/"> SATELLITE PHONE. </a></u></i></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Click on</span> <a href="https://www.ksl.com/?nid=1388&a=13757&showid=2008&n=" style="font-weight: bold;">THE PODCAST (Aug. 12)</a> <span style="color: blue;">my participation from 4 min. to 11:20 min.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="color: red;">Note: On the podcast, as I explain what I do for High Altitude Sickeness, Tim mentioned that Charlie, who was in studio, was <b>"shaking his head,"</b> which was understood that Charlie wasn't in agreement. On returning the sat phone to Russ Smith, I asked him about that, and he said <b>"Charlie was in agreement with everything you were saying." </b> So Tim should have rather said Charlie was <b>"NODDING HIS HEAD" in agreement. </b></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> This is my very light, small one-man tent. Perhaps a comment about how I do things will help someone. Some of my gear I need in the evening, or early the next morning, goes into the tent lined up along each side, The remainder is left in my backpack that I put in the vestibule for rain protection--which was needed each of the 3 nights. The food is hung safely in a tree at least 6 feet from the trunk, and between 12-15 feet off the ground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the morning I do my <i>"beauty treatment,"</i> which includes, among other things, a bit of sun-protection, and then insect repellant (at least 98% Deet) which I also apply to the back of my T-shirt so mosquitoes won't bite me there. I begin <i>Take 1</i> of my supplements. <i>Take 2</i> will be taken with my breakfast. <i>Take 3</i> will be put in a small plastic bag in my pocket to be taken on the trail. See my article <b><i><u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/anti-aging-challenge.html">ANTI-AGING CHALLENG</a></u></i></b>E for details. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I stuff my Golite Quilt into its stuff sack (the gray with black straps--weighs 15 oz.--effective to 20 degrees & much more comfortable than a mummy bag), and with other things already used, pile them outside on top of my pack. I deflate the air mattress, roll it up and along with the rest of my stuff pile it on top of the pack, leaving the tent empty. You'll notice on the far left a purple container which is my one quart urinal so I won't have to get up and out of my tent during the night--bought at Dollar Tree with liquid soap. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I put my mountain running shoes on & stand, step outside, pull the stakes and with the free-standing tent--lift and shake out any debris. If wet I hang it in a tree or stand it up--as seen below-- to drain and dry. then have breakfast, pack and ready to get on the trail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> As was the case in Backpack #1-2017, also to the Grandaddies, several hikers stopped to say hello, a couple of them recognizing me from this website. Here are pictures of some of them, and others.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One who recognized me was BEN PARKER, who since has sent me a couple of pictures he took, which I'll insert below. THANKS BEN!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mike and Ted admiring the wonderful view along the Rainbow Lake Trail, with East Grandaddy Mountain in the background.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> WOW.... two great families really enjoying the <b><i>High Uintas Wilderness!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Soon we were at Brinton Meadows and the junction where the trail takes off for Palisades Lake, and from there on to Pine Island Lake. It was here I ran into Mike the last time, a few years ago, when he was with his Backpacking Class from the University of Utah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> This was the first backpack I had taken in several years with hiking companions and it was a fascinating experience. I have not hidden the fact that in my 82nd year I have had to take it slow and easy to be able to do what I have done. In fact I have confessed that my pace is embarrassingly slow, so I usually prefer to go alone and be able to do it <b><i>my way.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ted and Mike approach six feet tall, and then there is <i>me, 5' 5" and shrinking!</i> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We are like <i>Mutt & Jeff,</i> for those of you who might remember the comic strip duo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Coming to a log across the trail, they would just step over it, while I had to take a detour around it! To get across a small stream they would just step over, while I had to back off 10 paces and get a run at it and jump--sometimes making it, and sometimes....<i>SPLASH!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On the trail, if I was last I had to totally wear myself out and be miserable attempting to keep up. If I was breaking trail, they would constantly be stepping on my heels forcing me to violate my comfortable slow pace....and soon I was ready to throw in the towel!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I frankly confessed my problem and set in stone that if we were to continue together....at least in the same vicinity.....I had to do it<b><i> my way</i></b> and completely ignore them. But for them to conform to my pace would likewise have them miserable and frustrated. So we made a decision: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mike, the young gung-ho mountain man, would go first at his pace. Ted, always....even from 1952 on....was always a better hiker than me, would go second and soon falling behind Mike. I would go last at <i>my pace </i>and try my best to not pressure myself to keep them in sight. So, quickly there would be separation as you see in the photo above, and it increased rapidly--Mike way out front, then Ted....soon both of them out of sight, and trailing behind was <i>Little Andy</i>, the <i>"Jeff" </i> of the crew!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Each time we would start, we would agree to stop and meet at a certain place. So Mike would stop and wait for us. By the time I arrived they had rested and were raring to get going, but had to rest a little more, giving me a ch<i>ance to also get revived! </i> From there on all went better, even though<i> I did have a tough time,</i> just as I did a month ago on Backpack #1, and will <i>freely admit that it wasn't fun like it used to be</i>--all of which has me concluding...<i>.again,</i> that <i>I best get working more on writing <b>the book</b>--</i>like many have told me on the trail, <i><b>"BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE"</b></i> -- like as though I wasn't going to live forever? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Back in civilization I will keep moving in many ways--100 pushups to begin my day, a two mile jog daily, a 1/2 mile with backpack every other day, etc. & once in a while a <i>"Mickey Mouse" </i> backpack a mile or so off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-- as to not do so would soon have me GONE! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">which I'm not ready for yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">More will be said about the above dilemma in the book, as there are individual differences for many different reasons. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In my case maybe the surgeries I have gone through to keep going: Removing some parts that were hurting me, like my cancerous thyroid; or reconstructing with titanium other parts worn out, like my<i> motorcycle knee</i>, my <i>football ankle,</i> and my hip; or two back surgeries fusing vertebrae and inserting gadgets to try and keep everything straight--but left with the problem for writing that I'm not conforming very well to Richard Nixon's formula for writing a book, namely,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"TO HAVE AN IRON BUTT!"</i> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mine begins hurting like crazy after 30 minutes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wildflowers were abundant, and the meadows lush and green.....and mushrooms were coming up all along the trail. With my zoom/close-up lens on the blink I only got a few extra <b><i>VISIONS OF NATURE.</i></b>...this time mushrooms that were large enough to not need a fully functioning lens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Soon we were passing by Lost Lake where I had camped in <i>"mosquito heaven"</i> on my <i>Backpack #1</i> in early July</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At about the the midway point along Lost Lake the trail to Powell Lake takes off at the spot seen below which I have shown in my photo/essays and YouTube videos of <b><i>THE GRANDADDIES</i></b>, but on <i>Backpack #1-2017 </i> I never saw it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The faint trail you see to the right of the large rock is an example of trails not maintained by the Forest Service to help this be a true <i><b>Wilderness. </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> No sign either pointing to Powell Lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Below you see the reason why in July I just walked by the spot without recognizing it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The trail was disguised, or obliterated by downed timber! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now the way you can find it is as follows: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> About half-way past Lost Lake you come to the bridge seen below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">About 20 yards past the bridge going down the trail you will notice to the right a pile of rocks on top of a large boulder. That is where the trail takes off and shortly joins the trail on the other side of the downed timber.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">By the afternoon of the 2nd day we made the mile or so from Lost Lake to Rainbow Lake we see below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Below we see Mike relaxing in our Rainbow Lake camp. This--for me--</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>young man</b></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> </b>was what my dad would have called,<b> </b></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>"A PRINCE OF A MAN!"</b></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Always sharing, always understanding & helpful--for example on the first day when up the trail doing the switchbacks, Ted realized he had left his trekking poles in the pickup. Mike immediately volunteered to go back and get them as we continued up the trail. He of course had no problem catching up to us, so Ted had his beloved poles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But, interestingly Ted then forgot them again, leaving them at the Rainbow camp! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sort of sounds like Ted is becoming <i>"an old guy"</i> like me, as I also left scattered around some of my stuff--<i>my Golite poncho at Jeff Lake, my High Uinta hat & long sleeved blue shirt at the Defa Cowboy Cafe!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mike on the last day--when I was struggling some, offered to carry some of my load (my camera bag) and so became for me <b><i>"My savior in the Uinta Mountains!" </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> THANKS MIKE....LOVE & APPRECIATE YOU!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Note: Not to diminish the help Mike gave me, I could have made it fine doing it my way, but would have been slow --maybe an extra 30 minutes getting to the Trailhead.</b></i></span><br />
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<i>Note: Of course, Mike, and his wonderful character, is a reflection of a great upbringing by a great dad, Ted, & mom, Kay.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Ted getting his tent ready for the night</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Interestingly, without knowledge of what the other was doing, we both ended up with exactly the same tent, the same Therm-o-rest air mattress, and the same inflatable pillow!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We even had a little time to go fishing, Ted catching a quite nice Eastern brook trout that was enough for all three of us....my portion you see above, cooked in aluminum foil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The morning of the 3rd day we did a two mile off-trail exploration, first passing by RANGE LAKE we see below which I photographed in July using a fish-eye lens, distortion corrected in Photoshop--actually making it look a bit larger than it really is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From there we headed east with Mike, the <i>"master wilderness navigator"</i> guiding us, and came to JEFF LAKE we see below</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once again I had all kinds of problems with my camera and extra lens, but finally managed to salvage a few pictures I pasted together of JEFF LAKE you see above--but the convuluted distortion this time making it look smaller than it really is!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Perhaps the lake can be appreciated more, without distortion, as seen in the background of the picture Mike took of Ted and me there and two others that follow by Mike & Ted</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Above & below are the other two sent me by Mike and Ted, for which I'm very grateful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As is the case with Range Lake, Jeff Lake is not mentioned by the Fish & Game or DWR, as a fishery. They don't even have numbers often even given to lakes even with no fish, but....we all swear that we saw a few rises in Jeff Lake--</span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">so someone out there with an adventurous spirit has got to get to Jeff Lake and do a little fishing--and then report to me, PLEASE</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">! </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Mike found what we concluded was the heart of a weather balloon that had come down there. I'll insert a few pictures of it and the self-addressed, postage paid envelope to return it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mike hauled it to civilization and it has been sent in the mail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That same day, <b><i>Day 3</i></b>, after getting to Jeff Lake, we packed up headed up the trail. From the junction of the trail to Shadow Lake, Mike did as my pre-trip plan had outlined, and bushwhacked up what for me 15 years ago was a faint, un-maintained, but passable trail from there to Lodgepole Lake--that is seen below on the far right. Now I suspected it would be very difficult with a lot of dead-fall, so Ted and me followed the maintained trail up to Betsy, then around Grandaddy where we met Mike and set up our last camp in the pines in the lower middle of the picture .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mike reported that he found no trace of the </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">"faint trail" </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I had followed 15 years ago, and his bushwhacking was a real challenge just as I had suspected. I might add that the Forest Service purposely has stopped maintaining such trails to help the area become a legitimate </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: italic;">"Wilderness." </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is the same reasoning that has them not placing signs and distances to all the many lakes, such as mentioned previously for lakes like Shadow & Powell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On Day 4 we packed up and, hiked along the southern shore of Grandaddy and up to Hades Pass and down to the Trailhead. It rained every night some, and often threatened to rain during the day, but never did. We were hurrying along the last 15 minutes before the Trailhead to beat a storm...but all of a sudden a student from Utah State University was taking a survey, so we gave him 10 minutes of our time....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">...<b>.just enough to finally be rained on before getting to the Trailhead!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the 4 days we had backpacked around 20 miles and accomplished the main purpose of finding Jeff Lake, but photographically didn't do as well as hoped for. My Nikon camera body is still fine, but the zoom lens--that cost more than the camera body, has gone the way of the world--and too expensive to replace right now, so I apparently have no choice but to end the exploration/photographic phase of my project & get to writing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My camera & photographic efforts now reduced to this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My Nikon body, with a wide angle lens 12-24mmD which is huge to eliminate distortion. It's the lens I should have had on many trips in recent years, but it is big and weighs more than my sleeping quilt/air mattress/inflatable pillow combined, so as I increasingly have needed to reduce pack weight, I stopped backpacking with it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">BIG MISTAKE...NOW REMEDIED BY FORCE!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>But, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED HAVING GOT TO BOTH RANGE & JEFF LAKES.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Now....PUT TOGETHER THIS WHOLE </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>HIGH UINTAS WILDERNESS PROJECT</i> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>IN A PACKAGE THAT WILL BE FASCINATING & INSPIRING....WITH THE HISTORY, THE LEGENDS, & MORE, INCLUDING THE SURVIVAL STORIES THAT WILL SAVE LIVES!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>THIS WEEK?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I will be doing High Uinta explorations related to the Tie Hackers-<i>-</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>"the unsung heroes without whom the West might not have been won,"</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>specifically the Hilliard Flume in the vicinity of Gold Hill.....with the</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">PRIMARY OBJECTIVE of FINDING </span></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">THE MILL CITY GHOST TOWN </span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">where reportedly the Hilliard Flume started. </span> </span></i></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have searched for it several times....fruitlessly, as has Bernard Asay, Trail Supervisor for the Forest Service on the North Slope.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I think I now know where it is, and if all goes well will spend Saturday, the 19th, searching & be in that area over the weekend for the eclipse. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>That is how I will </b><b>celebrate the <span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: yellow;">GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY </span></span>of my work among the <a href="http://www.guatemalanfoundation.org/">Mayans in Guatemala</a> on August 19, on that day in 1967 having crossed the Guatemalan border to begin the<i> Andersen Family Private Peace Corp </i>work that is today that of the<a href="http://www.guatemalanfoundation.org/"> GUATEMALAN FOUNDATION.</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> Gordon Hirschi <<a href="mailto:braveheartsavenger@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">braveheartsavenger@gmail.com</a>><br /><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 29, 2017 1:57 PM<br /><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cordellandersen@hotmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cordellandersen@hotmail.com</a><br /><b>Subject:</b> Highline Trail</span><br />
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My name Gordon Hirschi I am <b>president of Uinta Basin Back Country Horsemen.</b></div>
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The first year I was voted in as president I talked our group into adopting Trail 025 Highline Trail. I knew it was in bad shape and had not been completely cleared in 15 years when I googled this trail it recommended the east start stop point as Leidy Peak Trail Head. Three years later we had marked and cleared this trail from Hwy 191 to Leidy Peak Trail Head. We have also taken on Don Hatch Memorial Trail, Manila Park Trail, and Trout Creek Trail.</div>
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Ashley National Forest notified me that you were going to hike across <b>The Highline Trail</b> this summer. I told them that we had cleared it last summer but with the snow load from last winter and this years spring high winds that we needed to gather some back country horsemen and at least remove any trees that are blocking this trail. We started clearing trails about one month ago starting at forest road 021 and Highline Trail I was told Vernal Ranger District Trail Crew had already cleared from Hwy 191 to forest road 02. We have cleared this trail to Summit Park and will have it cleared to Leidy Peak Trail Head by Tuesday Morning. I spoke with some hikers near Lost Park which told me there were some recent blow downs near East Park and we will catch these on our way out.</div>
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Now that we have cleared these trails we are working on <b>better signage </b>one of which is Hwy 191 Trail Head.</div>
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I hope you have a great trip and we appreciate the credit you have given our chapter on your website. We also maintain a facebook presence at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UBBCH/" id="x_m_-2078872638884483822LPlnk441159" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr>UBBCH/</a></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2017/07/grandaddies-backpackrevealing-cheers-in.html">BACKPACK #1-2017 to THE GRANDADDIES</a></i></span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">NOTE: Gordon Hirschi & the Uintah Basin Back Country Horsemen have contacted me about their incredible efforts to clear the trail from Leidy Peak to Hwy. 191, including improving the signs, which has been so encouraging that I'm seriously re-considering doing the Highline Trail. As soon as I have their permission I'll post here their letter to me.</i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>With a backpack planned for August 10-13 again to the GRANDADDIES, this time with my buddy Ted Packard, and son Mike. My objective to clean-up my previous failure and ....</b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">......FIND & EXPLORE</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>No <i>SPOT Tracker</i> this time, but will have sat phone from <i><u><a href="http://skycallsatellite.com/">SKYCALL SATELLITE </a></u></i> & report to <i><u><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=154210&nid=186">KSL OUTOORS RADIO</a></u></i> on Saturday August 12th.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>This will be the final test to determine whether I do the <i><a href="https://www.cordellmandersen.com/2017/01/the-famous-highline-trailfrom-west-to.html">HIGHLINE TRAIL</a> </i>from August 16-31</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>To put this into perspective, I quote below the last segment of my previous photo/essay reporting.....</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>....the discovery of</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><i><span style="font-size: large;">RANGE LAKE</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;">.<span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>.....BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE...I DID DO IT ACTUALLY IN 3 DAYS RATHER THAN 4, so, physically I can still do it....</b></i></span></span><br />
<b style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">..... but I have had to make some serious decisions....since.....</span></b><br />
<b style="font-size: 14.85px;"><i><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 28pt;">"'I'M NOT COMPLETELY STUPID!"</span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>My decision is to now focus more on completing the</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>and retire that mission at the end of August, and...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>I won't stop backpacking, as to do so would <i>"have me grow old</i>" which I'm not ready for yet....so there will be an occasional backpack--even this year in August when the mosquitoes are gone, but not the heavy duty schedule I have announced for 2017.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b> I will persist working out daily and keep moving....and even work on preparing to run one more time in </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><b>I WILL BE IN TOUCH & CONTINUE TO POST HIGH UINTAS INFORMATION & EVEN REPORTS ON OTHER'S EFFORTS.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><b>I'll inform all when the Project is ready for publication.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Thanks for everything....love you all and have you in my prayers!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">UPDATE...July 15....</span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">Maybe I am both </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">"stubborn"</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"> & "</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">stupid" </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">...as </span></i></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">another backpack is already planned for mid-August as I JUST HAVE TO GET TO JEFF LAKE, and gradually get it all done!</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">To some must sound <i>"stupid" </i></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">but for me the other option will be avoided as long as </span></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I can!</span></b></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Below we see the Google Earth view of the specific area in the Grandaddies I wanted to get to.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From the Salt Lake City/Wasatch Front area you travel east to Kamas, and from there two miles south to Francis where you turn east onto State Highway 35 to drive up and over Wolf Creek Pass. Below we see the beautiful valley as we begin the climb up the South Fork of the Provo River towards the pass--all on a beautiful paved highway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's a great drive, loved by all, up to the 9,485 ft. pass....and the mountainside is green and lush, with many wildflowers in bloom....a few of which I'll insert below--all such I call <span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>VISIONS OF NATURE.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From Wolf Creek Pass the highway takes us down to the North Fork of the Duchesne River. Downstream 5 miles is Hanna, and then Tabiona. We turn north and drive up the river road, that eventually turns into a well graded dirt road that takes us past Defa's Dude Ranch, and a little further we turn off to drive up.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">...<b> Hades Canyon--6 miles to the Grandview Trailhead--</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Down below near Defa's Dude Ranch, where in my early years (1952) the Trailhead was located, there were quite a few cars parked and I assumed they were from the workers involved in the timber sale--but I was wrong. They were apparently cars of backpackers who couldn't wait to get into the Grandaddies and had hiked the entire 10 miles up the canyon--just as we did back in <i>"the good old days!"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The next day I was to meet some of them on their way out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At 9:30 AM I was ready to go with vitals good: Blood Pressure 121/78, pulse 68, oxygen count in blood at 91 (normally at home it is 96). At my age coupled with having been a Medical Specialist in the Army, then doing thousands of medical treatments on Mayan Indians in Guatemala every year--for 35 years, along with my 8 survival experiences in the High Uintas, I have learned the importance of all of these things and so take with my blood pressure cuff, and my Oximeter--along with whatever I might need for almost any emergency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'll admit that hiking up this trail with a 35 lb. load wasn't the same as hiking around American Fork recently with 52 lbs. I had to take it slow, carefully, and every 10 minutes rest a couple of minutes, and after 30, rest for 10-15 minutes. My vitals continued very good, but for the first backpack one has to be careful giving a chance for balance, agility, endurance, and stamina to catch up to the expectations and challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There were many coming and going and I couldn't stop and talk to all, but sort of randomly picked some--or were picked by them-- that were impressive as you will see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The first great opportunity came to rest a little and get to know my first</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.....MARK & MELANIE WATHEN coming down the trail with this magnificent family</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">While Melanie was jotting down their email address, and all were gathering for a photo, Mark all of a sudden said,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That got me going on what I have been doing for 15 years, with 2,000 miles of backpacking exploring, photographing and finally reporting on the whole Wilderness. it went on and on, and we had a great time....and finally they continued down the trail, and I went back to working up towards the pass.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But, it didn't last long, as once again I got into a conversation with the WINTERS FAMILY, and once again reviewed what a worn-out old guy in his 82nd year was doing in the Uintas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jed & me both recognized quickly that we were using the same backpack, the <i><b><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Osprey-Atmos-Hiking-Backpack-Cinnabar/dp/B00RVKI1US?_encoding=UTF8&keywords=Osprey%20Atmos%20AG%2FAura%20AG&qid=1500270256&ref_=sr_1_fkmr0_4&s=outdoor-recreation&sr=1-4-fkmr0">OSPREY ATMOS 65 "Anti'Gravity" Backpack</a>, </b></i>and we both agreed that it was the best backpack we had ever used!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As seen above, soon I came to where usually the entire trail for 30-40 yards has snow you have to wade through, but this year.....being about a week later than usual due to the timber sale, it's nearly gone--and was gone when I returned a few days later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At HADES PASS I was resting a bit off the trail when a young lady and her father stopped and asked me if I could take their picture. They were TERI & father, DOUG COATS. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As I was first taking their picture with my camera, all of a sudden Doug said, </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Hey, you're Cordell Andersen. I know your website and have even downloaded your <b>"Anti-Aging Challenge" </b>article. Thanks for all your help!" </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Find it at: <b><u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/anti-aging-challenge.html">LONGEVITY & ENERGY</a></u></b></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After another bit of conversation, we continued on our way, me going over the pass--which you see below in 1954, along with Charlie Peterson, picture taken by Ted Packard--the three of us were on a two week backpack to traverse the entire PRIMITIVE AREA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You see hanging there the great Forest Service sign that explained what the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">By 1984 it became the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> doubling its size to around 459,000 acres.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Over the pass one views the <b><i>"GRANDADDY OF THEM ALL,"</i></b> said by pioneer artist/photographer George Beard around 1906 when asked by a government surveyor which was the largest lake in the Uintas. Since then it has been <b><i>Grandaddy Lake & Basin...</i></b>..<b>which by the way you don't see like this from Hades Pass.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is the spectacular view from the saddle of East Grandaddy Mountain, actually to the south of the basin. I've been up there 3 times, once bivouacking on the side of the mountain--to get photos in the evening, night photos, and photos at sunrise. All trips were made from the south side--the off-trail hike beginning at the end of the road up the South Fork of Rock Creek. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At the north end of Grandaddy Lake the trail takes us to a junction you see above. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Back in 2003, when I started the High Uintas Wilderness Project, the sign you see below was still there.....but on the ground. I propted it up for the picture. A year later it was gone,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">At the junction I met another bunch of infectious smiles coming from: Kent Hartley, Wes Talbot, Kami & Kevin Lynch.....sorry, one name is missing. The young lady with the long hair also had an <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Osprey-Atmos-Hiking-Backpack-Cinnabar/dp/B00RVKI1US?_encoding=UTF8&keywords=Osprey%20Atmos%20AG%2FAura%20AG&qid=1500270256&ref_=sr_1_fkmr0_4&s=outdoor-recreation&sr=1-4-fkmr0">OSPREY AURA "Anti-gravity" Backpack </a></u> (the <i>"AURA"</i> is the womens model, men's the <i>"ATMOS"</i> ) </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and agreed with me that it is so comfortable that that with it on your back you don't even hardly notice it's there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From the above junction the trail I took goes north by Betsy Lake you see above, and about at the mid-way point another trail takes off as seen below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Eventually the trail that goes east takes the hiker down, viewing along the way to the south East Grandaddy Mountain......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> ......and looking southeast. Below to the left out of sight is off-trail Shadow Lake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At the junction I had come around 6 miles and I'll admit that I was quite tired. It was getting late and I was tempted to find a camping spot.....but after a little rest, I continued on down the trail for another 1-1/2 miles to Lost Lake, my original goal for the day, for a total of 7 miles from the Trailhead. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At the eastern end of Lost Lake I set up my camp for the night, and for the trip. Being at a much lower elevation, all of a sudden I was in <i style="font-weight: bold;">"mosquito heaven," </i>but I was ready for them with 100% deet repellent. <b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The plan was to do my explorations in the Rainbow Lake area the next day as a <i>"day hike,"</i> and then return to my camp for the 2nd night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Doing 7 miles the first day of the 1st backpack of the summer seemed necessary as the day developed, but I will admit that it was <b>very hard for me, </b>and the day ended up <b>not being fun anymore</b>, as had usually been the case in the past. I was really fatigued, and feeling actually sick <i>(which in my 70's and now 80's has been common after a very hard day</i>)--unable to eat, but I faithfully went through my <b><i>"recovery" </i>system</b> of supplements and soon was ready to eat some dinner--which was a powder meal that included bone meal protein & nutrients providing a <i>"complete meal,</i>" plus dehydrated eggs and MCT oil powder.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>NOTE: But for complete disclosure, what happened was that I was so fatigued that around 9:00 PM I fell asleep without having eaten. I awoke at 12:40 AM a bit surprised, ate a little something, and went back to deep sleep.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>REALLY IMPORTANT</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> The <b>"recovery system"</b> of supplements is based on two facts I learned over the years from <b><u>RUNNER'S WORLD</u></b> magazine that once reported a study done on marathoner's running shorts that discovered </i></span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">the element</i><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> they lost most was CALCIUM--</i><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">so, it needs to be replaced. </span></i><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> Another article focused on runners frequently getting sick with colds, flu and respiratory problems after a race, but the incidence was greatly reduced by runners taking after the race 5 grams of GLUTAMINE. The 3rd element was when feeling like one is getting sick, strengthening the immune system by taking WELLNESS FORMULA capsules. The normal use is to strengthen the immune system--so they became my multi-vitamin every day, but feeling sick tripling the dose--so it became part of my <b>"recovery system."</b> All of this is explained in my</i><br />
<i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/anti-aging-challenge.html">"ANTI-AGING CHALLENGE" </a></u></b>article, and in my</i><br />
<i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/2015-gearsupplements.html">2015 GEAR/SUPPLEMENT</a></u></b> photo/essay </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was beginning to wonder how on earth I would do other backpacks that were harder, and much longer, <b>especially the entire Highline Trail in two weeks (106-136 miles, depending on extras),</b> but it would require an increased load of at least 50 lbs. which would have me going slower resulting in taking longer than 14 days and make necessary increasing food weight and slowing me down.....and as I reflected it seemed like it was </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">becoming</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> sort of <b>a vicious circle continually adding more weight and stretching out the length of the hike making it all impossible for me in my 82nd year!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So above you can see my location and where I would be hiking to the next day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My day hike would be from 3-4 miles, but without backpack. However I did need to take things important for my work, plus <b><i><u><span style="font-size: large;">"emergency/survival items,"</span></u></i></b> like: 1. Photographic equipment, 2. SPOT Tracker, 3. Satellite phone, 4. <i>"Bodyguard" </i>pistol, 5. <i>"Meal in a bottle,"</i> 6. Trail-mix plus Vital Reds, 7. Storm-proof matches, 8. Gerbers utility tool/knife (very tiny), 9. Sun-tan cream, 10. Mosquito repellent, 11. Rain poncho, 12. 3 oz. Golite windbreaker (& mosquito protector), 13. Topographical map & Google Earth print-outs, 14. Bum fodder, 15. Oximeter, and 16. Fishing equipment. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, I had enough to fill my pockets and a tiny pack--probably 10 lbs. of load.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>NOTE: That list might seem to be long, but I promise you that nearly all of those who have not survived in the Uintas....did not have these necessary survival/emergency items with them.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As was the case from the Trailhead, at times downed timer blocked the trail breaking up my rhythm, so....WE NEED THE WILDERNESS RANGERS...QUICK! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In about 45 minutes I was at Rainbow Lake, with Mt. Agassiz to the north where the Highline Trail squirts its southern base with the Naturalist Basin nestled into its eastern slope. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">By the way, Rainbow Lake is great fishing for feisty brook trout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Most of us notice the early blooming <i>marsh marigold flowers</i> in the marshy areas, but look down at the almost microscopic plants that are never noticed. I should have had my close-up lens to zoom in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At the outlet of Rainbow Lake the trail crosses a bridge over Fish Creek, and a little further along is a junction with the sign seen above. My exploration would take me off-trail to the east to find Ranger Lake. It was found quite easily, and photographed as you see below.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Here is a situation in which a GPS would have been an immense help....as it would also have been in a few other situations during my 15 year project.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Back on the trail, I hiked a little bit further to get a picture of the sign at the junction where one trail takes off for the Four Lakes Basin--with Cyclone Pass to the east where are found remote Thompson & Sea Lion Lakes, and to the northwest the Highline Trail. I wanted this picture as somehow I had missed it a couple of years ago and needed it to complete my </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">photo/essay </span></span></span><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2015/06/photoessay-backpack-1-2015-grandaddy.html?utm_source=BP_recent" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"The GRANDADDIES." </a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and also the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The left fork, to Governor Dern Lake, also takes one to Pinto Lake, with another junction--the right fork taking one up to the Highline Trail. The left fork taking one down to the North Fork of the Duchesne River. It was from Pinto Lake that a few years ago I bushwhacked up to Margo Lake and from there continued off-trail over a pass and down to Pine Island Lake. <b> So there are off-trail adventures awaiting you in the Grandaddies.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I then headed back to camp, having at least accomplished 50% of my objectives--remember batting .500 IS INCREDIBLE!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was beginning to face reality that no matter what there would always be some <i>"nooks & crannies"</i> in the High Uintas I could keep chipping away at each year, and in the end no way to see all of them. I had to accept this and get on with my project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Had more reflections during the night with the admission that this was hard for me, and not much fun like in the past. Because of not really feeling very well, and sort of being down in a hole facing one climb up to Betsy Lake, then another up to Hades Pass, I thought it might take me two days to get back to the Trailhead, but preferred going all the way in one day if I could.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I went through a good night with all vitals good, as they also were in the morning.....so began packing up for the hike out. Among other supplements: Two little bottles were prepared to move me along at critical points: I had a whole handful of little 1 cup <i>"Surefresh"</i> bags with <i><b><u><a href="https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjRzJuW7vTUAhXSt8AKHSeSD3gYABAHGgJpbQ&ei=TUheWaGBLdX0jwPU74XgAQ&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESEeD2HMZCokN76aF1C68lpwA-&sig=AOD64_1T-gOvDzEU6xrgYM1NSgEr9zt1mg&ctype=5&q=&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjh25CW7vTUAhVV-mMKHdR3ARwQ9aACCC0&adurl=">"Vital Reds" </a></u></b></i> powder seen on the left, mixed with water right in the handy little bag, then poured into the bottle each of which has two <b><i><u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D13%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D17%26field-keywords%3DFRS%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dhpc&tag=cordandephot-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">FRS chews </a></u></i></b>(previously promoted by Lance Armstrong), along with a measure of <b><i><u><a href="https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwim79TD7vTUAhUBLWkKHWwKCHIYABAaGgJpcQ&ei=rEheWYLhOpjsjwO586OwBQ&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESEeD2fUx82Smm4ipEJiGU_qWb&sig=AOD64_3mZNrvRG9EeWQwCSFE-Qm76CeXFQ&ctype=5&q=&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwiC58TD7vTUAhUY9mMKHbn5CFYQ9aACCNYB&adurl=">MCT oil powder,</a></u></i></b> all to give me almost instant energy on the trail.</span></span><br />
<b style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">NOTE: You young bucks out there might laugh at all of this...just wait until you are in your 82nd year!</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Above is where my tent was, which after pulling the stakes and before removing the pole framework, I hold it up and shake out all the debris you see on the ground above.......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>....but remember,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">THE FIRST LAW OF THE WILDERNESS</span> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"LEAVE NO TRACE"</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>So below is how I left the spot</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">ON THE TRAIL</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I moved up the trail carefully and felt pretty good, making good time to the Palisades junction and then moved into my first real challenge--the climb up to Betsy Lake. I was determined to focus on getting all the way to the Trailhead--so<i> I wouldn't stop and talk to hikers....of which there would be many on the extended holiday weekend,</i> but......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.......as I was doing quite well making it to Betsy, and then began the climb up to Hades Pass, a couple came down the trail and even before I could say <i>"Howdy,"</i> I heard,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b><i>"Hey, Cordell, thanks for your website that made possible us making this backpack!" </i></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He was Clay Barrett and his wife. His comment got us into a prolonged conversation and they sort of agreed that I should begin focusing more on putting together <i><b>the unique e-book </b>(& then a simplified print version)<b> that would have intertwined into a guide book for backpackers the history, the myths, the legends, the tall tales, and the survival stories of those who didn't make it--and why, and then my 8 survival stories and why I'm still backpacking in my 80's.</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And, as I did with all those I talked to on the trail, I asked,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>"Do you know about the tie hackers?"</b> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">NONE DID....that led to more exciting details about those <i>"unsung American heroes,"</i> that would also be part of the book, including the story of <i>Beartown</i> that was described as <i>"the liveliest if not the most wicked town in America,"</i> eventually wiped off the map like Sodom and Gomorrah, and the connected story of President Dwight Eisenhower's hero, Tom <i>"Bear River"</i> Smith, etc, etc. WOW--all part of the High Uintas story--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">--THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As I was saying goodbye to the Barretts, two backpackers bumped into us and called me by my name, thanking me for my website and the updates I do every year about<i> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"High Uintas accessibility," </i>and more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">They were the BENSON BROTHERS--Brent & Jeff, from the Uintah Basin & Cache Valley, and there followed more great and appreciated conversation and encouragement.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">With all the great people I was meeting, some who knew me and expressed appreciation, my <b><i>"tough backpack</i></b>" all of a sudden was transformed into a memorable experience, and I was beginning to recall the theme song from the famous TV series <i>CHEERS,</i> with this sort of tongue in cheek abbreviated version:</span></span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #494949; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; line-height: 48px;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got…..wouldn't you like to get away…..where everybody--</span><span style="font-size: medium;">at least a few</span><span style="font-size: large;">-- knows your name and they're glad you came?"</span></span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then up the trail again, and over the pass and I began the 3 mile descent to the Trailhead, but by then I was in the talkative mood, and I kept meeting and talking to more & new </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"High Uinta Friends" ..</i></span>...............</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.........like TRUDY & DEX WHITEHEAD, who blessed my life with more conversation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>Hey Trudy & Dex, email me as my thick skull can't quite translate your email address correctly. </b></i></span><br />
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..<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.....then down by the little stream, that crosses the trail--the only water on the climb up, I met another happy group of day hikers, got their picture and will send the photo to LIANNA LOPEZ, <i>"from California" </i> who, <i>" fell in love with a Utahan!"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Back up by the pond right on the pass, I said <i>howdy</i> to a young fellow who was with a bunch of children, one who was balancing herself on a rock and about to loose her balance, and I yelled at her,<i> "No, don't fall in until I get my camera out!" </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The tall young fellow said the kids were his cousins. Others trailed behind them up to the pass.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Down the trail, as they were returning and caught up to me, I met the whole unique group--the <i>"tall young fellow"</i> lived in Utah, and was with his family who were from New York, although the father VESTERFELT was a BYU graduate who said <i>"I then escaped from Utah!" </i> But he was back with his family on vacation--and obviously love BYU.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once again great conversation, and in it all I mentioned having been introduced to the High Uintas in my youth, and vowing</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>"one day I'll explore, photograph and report on all the Uintas,"</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I then mentioned going off on my quixotic 35 year personal mission among the Mayans of Guatemala </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>(<b><u><a href="http://www.guatemalanfoundation.org/">http://www.guatemalanfoundation.org/</a></u></b>)</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With that the <i>"tall young fellow"</i> asked where I had lived in Guatemala, and he expressed knowing about the Coban area having been in the El Salvador/Belice LDS Mission. That got us into some fascinating history of my more than 50 year involvement with the Mayans. Thanks!</span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'll insert the other family portrait as each is necessary to show the truth about each family member.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Before actually meeting the family, the two young men on the right and some kids caught up with me and we talked a lot as we hiked down the trail. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>NOW A CONFESSION: </b> <b><i>Please forgive me guys as we were hiking and you two asked me questions and showed a lot of interest in what I'm doing--which I appreciated, but I'll confess that my hearing is deficient and I didn't really understand a lot unless we were talking face to face, so I just tried to fake it! Forgive me!</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's another of those things I try and joke about saying about some of us old guys:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>"To see we have to put our glasses on, to eat we have to put our teeth in, and to hear we have to turn up the volume--when we can!" </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I only had one more business card by this time, and so was going to save it for....whatever, but one more group stopped and wanted to talk. Russell Harris, on the right, said we had met on the trail a couple of years ago and mentioned to his friends my website and effort. So, after gratefully meeting them and having another pleasant and appreciated conversation, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I finally focused on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"Getting to the Trailhead and not talking to anybody!"</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">.....but just had to make one more stop as all of a sudden I ran into a Forest Service crew of Wilderness Rangers, led by friend Jeff Mitchell.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>A young lady was busy with her saw cutting a downed tree crossing the trail with Jeff and two others urging her on!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I wanted to take a picture, but Jeff said their superiors frowned on such, even though <u>my project certainly can't be considered a commercial enterprise....yet!</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>But...<span style="font-size: large;">.thanks Jeff and crew for your good work & say hello to Lori & Shiela at the Duchesne office.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>But, how I appreciated everybody I met and the encouragement given to get on with my project-</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>--the <i><u>research and writing</u></i> aspect of it--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i> "BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!"</i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was great to arrive at the Trailhead....which now was full of cars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I dropped by Hanna for a cold drink, and then back up over Wolf Creek Pass, once again totally enjoying the <span style="font-size: large;"><i>VISIONS OF NATURE</i></span> I saw at every turn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The backpack was not easy like it once was, and except for all the wonderful people I met and talked to, the experience wasn't fun like it used to be...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">.<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>.....BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE...I DID DO IT ACTUALLY IN 3 DAYS RATHER THAN 4,</b></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"> but I have had to make some serious decisions....since.....</span></span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 28pt;">"'I'M NOT COMPLETELY STUPID!"</span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">My decision is to now focus on completing the</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"></span><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: yellow;">GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> of the Guatemalan Foundation </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">and retire that mission at the end of August, and...</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">.... from now on begin putting this whole project together in the </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i style="background-color: white;">"REPORTING"</i><span style="background-color: white;"> phase I vowed to do in my youth.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>I won't stop backpacking, as to do so would <i>"have me grow old</i>" which I'm not ready for yet....so there will be an occasional backpack--even this year in August when the mosquitoes are gone, but not the heavy duty schedule I have announced for 2017.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b> I will persist working out daily and keep moving....and even work on preparing to run one more time in </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>May 2018 the</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">International Half Marathon in Coban, Guatemala.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>I WILL BE IN TOUCH & CONTINUE TO POST HIGH UINTAS INFORMATION & EVEN REPORTS ON OTHER'S EFFORTS.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>I'll inform all when the Project is ready for publication.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Thanks for everything....love you all and have you in my prayers!</span></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: red;">Click for</span> <i><u><a href="https://www.cordellmandersen.com/2017/06/2017-high-uintas-opening-mirror-lake.html">PREVIOU</a></u></i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><u><a href="https://www.cordellmandersen.com/2017/06/2017-high-uintas-opening-mirror-lake.html">S POST</a></u></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With information on the thaw, snow depths on Bald Mountain Pass, Opening of key roads, and Passes, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><a href="https://www.cordellmandersen.com/2017/03/glitch-solved-new-spine-highline-trail.html" style="text-decoration-line: underline;">POST ON </a> </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>BEEFING UP MY SPINE....AGAIN<i>, <u><a href="https://www.cordellmandersen.com/2017/01/the-famous-highline-trailfrom-west-to.html">The HIGHLINE TRAIL</a></u></i> & BACKPACKING PLANS FOR 2017</b></span></div>
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5th: COMING....VERY SOON (1 day or less)....</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">Report could be named something like...<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 28pt;">"Yes, I'M STUBBORN (or persistent)...but, IN MY 82nd YEAR I'M NOT COMPLETELY STUPID!"</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 28pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 150%;">"Making your way in
the world today takes everything you've got…..wouldn't you like to get
away…..where everybody knows your name and they're glad you came?"</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Obviously I survived it & achieved 50% of my goals--</span><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: red;">batting .500 is incredible.</span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16.0pt;">...and due to meeting
time after time, after time WONDERFUL PEOPLE ON THE TRAIL....had a great &
reflective time...</span></b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16.0pt;">THANKS TO MANY OF YOU...I LOVE YOU ALL!</span></b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16.0pt;">I'll get it done today and show you some
BEAUTIFUL FACES & a few magnificent VISIONS OF NATURE!</span></b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>UPDATE - Friday, June 30th</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>1st backpack- The GRANDADDIES </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>GRANDVIEW TRAILHEAD - will sleep at the trailhead Friday night and be on the trail Saturday morning, July 1st. Will go past Grandaddy, Betsy Lakes, and down to Lost, Powell Lakes and on to Rainbow and will explore Range & Jeffs Lakes and then return to the Trailhead...about 4 days. If interested you'll have to keep track of me using the following link:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=05UGnuyxWiYqybHRQpYNUxJtLBI7L9qcr">SPOT TRACKING</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>UPDATE - Friday, June 23, 2017</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>The following report was sent to me a few days ago from the Forest Service:</b></span></div>
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Hi Cordell: </div>
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The road to the Grandview Trail Head will remain closed through the rest of June and possibly early July due to the ongoing timber sale.</div>
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I have a ranger that is checking on the trail that leads from Rock Creek (trail 073 junctions with 078/076) to the Granddaddy Basin as a backup route, I should know more by the end of this week.</div>
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And as general information, anyone hiking the trails in the Wilderness can expect trees across the trails, extremely high river crossings (they should not be attempted to cross) and above 10,000 ft. large and deep snow drifts.</div>
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If anyone needs further information they can contact the Duchesne Ranger District at 435-738-2482 and we can provide them with the latest information.</div>
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Thanks,</div>
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Jeff</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 9pt;">Jeff Mitchell<br />Wilderness Ranger</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><u style="font-weight: bold;">THE GRANDVIEW TRAILHEAD: </u><b> </b>At the earliest it will be open to the public by the end of next week, or let's say, Saturday, July 1st.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Due to urgent work I still have to do for the <i><u><a href="http://www.guatemalanfoundation.org/">GUATEMALAN FOUNDATION</a></u></i>, & with my family, my backpacking will begin--if all goes well--by driving to the Grandview Trailhead on Friday, June 30th, sleep in my car to begin the necessary process (for this old guy in his 82nd year) of acclimatization, and hopefully on Saturday, July 1st--<i>if getting to the Grandview Trailhead is possible</i>, early around 6:15-25, air my report on <i><u><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=154210&nid=186">KSL OUTDOORS RADIO</a></u></i>--using the satelitte phone from <i><u><a href="http://skycallsatellite.com/">SKYCALL SATELLITE</a></u></i>, then head up the Grandaddy Trail. I will update all of this on Friday morning June 30th, and </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">include the link for my</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1. <i>GRANDADDIES</i></b>: down past Lost & Powell Lakes, to pick up two missed, RANGE & JEFF LAKES & if all goes well, swing up to Pine Island Lake, and back past Fish Hatchery, Betsy & Grandaddy Lakes: <b><i>30+ miles, 4 days</i></b>. NOTE: Date depending on conditions in June, in other words, the thaw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2. </b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> <i>MIDDLE FORK BEAVER CREEK</i></b>: Will explore Beaver, Coffin & other lakes, & will climb Thompson Pass, leaving 2 passes to go to achieve all 22 in the Wilderness. <b><i>30 miles 5 days.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>3. </b> <b><i>FROM EAST FORK OF BLACKS FORK TRAILHEAD:</i></b> To Little East Fork of Blacks Fork and</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> UPPER ALPINE/ABOVE TIMBERLINE LAKES<b><i>. 20 miles, 4 days.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>4.</b> <b><i> TWOROOSE PASS </i></b>(with which only <i>North Pole Pass </i>remains) from the Lake Fork</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Trailhead up to the Brown Duck Basin, Pass, & lakes. <i>35 miles, 6 days.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>All of this is in preparation for doing the entire HIGHLINE TRAIL, from near Flaming Gorge to Mirror Lake, in August.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #9c4700; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>--<a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2017/03/glitch-solved-new-spine-highline-trail.html" style="color: #9c4700;">GLITCH SOLVED -- SPINE BEEFED UP --</a></i></span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>GRANDVIEW TRAILHEAD ...<i>"Gateway to the Grandaddies"</i> UPDATE Monday June 19</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><b>Just talked to Jeff at the Duchesne Ranger Station who reports that the gate is still locked and closed to backpackers/horsemen due to the timber sale, and won't be open until approximately the end of the month--he will email me and let me know when open, and I'll immediately report it here.</b></span></span><b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>In the meantime, get some exercise to be in shape, as I'm doing now in my 82nd year, with a daily mini-hike with backpack, today with 51 lbs. of load, & also boots that are 7 oz. each heavier than the ones I'll use backpacking--once again helping my body be stronger than otherwise might be the case.</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><b><u>CURRENT AT THE TOP</u></b></span></b></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><b><u>Wednesday June 21 - SNOW GONE! - 65 degrees at 11:00 AM</u></b></span></b></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Tuesday June 20 - 2" - 65 degrees F.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Monday June 19 - 7" WOW! - 60 degrees F.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Sunday June 18 - 12.5" of snow - 56 degrees F</span>.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Saturday June 17 - 16" of snow - 50 degrees F.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Friday June 16 - 21" of snow - 56 degrees F.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Thurs. June 15 - 24" of snow = 56 degrees F<span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Wed. June 14 - 26.6" of snow - 50 degrees F.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Tuesday June 13 - 30" of snow - 32 degrees F</span>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Monday June 12 - 28" of snow - 38 degrees F.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Sunday June 11 - 29" of snow - 50 degrees F.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Thursday June 8 - 37.5" of snow - 58 degrees F.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Wednesday June 7 </span>- 41" of snow - 60 degrees F.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tuesday June 6 - 44" of snow - 59 degrees F.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>For previous snow depths since May 14th go to <i><u><a href="https://www.cordellmandersen.com/2017/03/glitch-solved-new-spine-highline-trail.html">PREVIOUS POST</a></u></i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the previous post I explain that my back was operated on for the 2nd time--the first in 2012, and I'm working on getting back into shape for backpacking as outlined in the previous post & mentioned at the end of this report. My hike today, in my 82nd year--June 4th--was 2 miles up Grove Creek Canyon with 43 lbs. of load, and I'll confess it wasn't easy--especially with 97 degree temperatures, but I will keep doing my darndest as my challenge over the 15 year Project has been to......</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">..today, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> June 8th, up to 46 lbs. & experiencing some pain, so will up my intake of cod liver oil from 3 gel caps/daily, to 5 and see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>Yesterday, Saturday morning, June 3rd, I gave my first report to </b></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=154210&nid=186">KSL OUTDOOR'S RADIO</a>. You can listen on your computer each Saturday morning from 6:10 to 8:00 AM from anywhere in the world. </b></i></div>
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<i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>On the program my friend, Russ Smith, from <a href="http://skycallsatellite.com/">SKYCALL SATELLITE</a> assured me he now has me on the schedule for a satellite phone for the summer--which I recommend each group have one of, and if you're going alone, you've got to have one along with a <a href="https://www.cordellmandersen.com/2011/10/survival-issues-related-to-salt-lake.html">SPOT Personal Satellite Tracker.</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YTZV74?ie=UTF8&tag=cordandephot-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000YTZV74">Get one!</a></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My first stop was at the KAMAS FOREST SERVICE RANGER STATION to talk to my old friend Brenda, who told me that last night the road clearing crew <i><b>"broke through"</b></i> the last drifts, so the<i><b> HIGHWAY IS NOW OPEN!</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>First real stop was...as always....at the PROVO RIVER FALLS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Below is a view of the Falls on June 4, 2016, shown with the shadows of the afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here we are at the Pass with Bald Mountain looming over it, pictures actually taken on the return after having continued on to the entrance to the <i>Highline Trail, </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Below is a view of the Pass and Bald Mountain on <b>June 4, 2016,</b> with visibly less snow than this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A little further along as we descend to towards the Mirror Lake turnoff, the panorama is enlarged, also with Mt. Agassiz on the right</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Below we see the sign on June 4, 2016.....so it will be likely at least until the end of June that there will be access.....of course depending on the thaw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We are now over the pass and heading back to Kamas, seeing on the north side of the highway <i><b>Lilly Lake </b></i>showing the beginning of the thaw, and below on the other side of the highway, <i><b>Lost lake.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We have now quickly traveled back-in-time photographically to the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This was my first <i><b>2016 Season</b></i> backpack, and my schedule has me doing my first 2017 backpack from this trailhead too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I just talked to Sheila at the Forest Service Ranger Station in Duchesne. She reports one of the rangers snow-shoed in there a couple of weeks ago, and was amazed how much snow there is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>THE PLAN:</b> They hope to have the road open in about two weeks, but for a couple of weeks it will be used for a timber sale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It will likely be in about 1 month--<i>THAT WILL GIVE ME TIME TO KEEP WORKING ON GETTING IN SHAPE AFTER MY BACK SURGERY--NOW HIKING EVERY DAY WITH MY BACKPACK--THIS WEEK WITH 43 lbs. NEXT WEEK=46; THE FOLLOWING=48; BY BACKPACKING TIME=50 lbs......although I don't plan on backpacking with that much weight, except for the 136 miles on the Highline Trail in August.</i> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I will keep in touch with Sheila, and keep all of you informed about access, along with any other access information I can glean from other areas.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><b>Just talked to Jeff at the Duchesne Ranger Station who reports that they have heavy equipment clearing the road of snow with about 1-1/2 feet of snow at the Trailhead, but the road will only be accessible for a timber sale, and not for backpackers for "2-3 weeks," which would mean between June 27th to July 4th. He asked me to call back for updates in a week....at which time I will give an UPDATE here. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>-<span style="font-size: large;"> EXPLORATION OF MIRROR lAKE SCENIC BYWAY & PHOTO REPORT</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>June 1 - 58" - closed - 41 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 31 - 59" - closed - 54 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 30 - 61.6" - closed - 53 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 29 - 64" - closed - 47 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 28 - 65" - closed - 48 degrees F. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 27 - 68" - closed - 40 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">NOTE: On Friday, May 26th I talked to Brenda at the Forest Service office in Kamas who reports that they are<i> "working on clearing drifts from 6' to 12' deep, but some key equipment broke down and work has been suspended. It will be about 2 weeks before the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway is open." </i></span> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I suspect that it will likely be sooner, depending on the thaw, and will update every day & keep working on getting in shape for the 1st backpack into the <i>Grandaddies.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 25 - 70" - closed - 40 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 24 - 71" - closed - 50 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 23 - 74" - closed - 49 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 22 - 77" - closed - 40 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 21 - 79" - closed - 34 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 20 - 77" - closed - 34 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 19 - 79" - closed - 24 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 18 - 81" - closed - 23 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 17 - 81" - closed - 20 degrees F.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 16 - 75" - closed</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May 15 - 75" - closed</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="color: #494949; font-family: nyala;"><b>In the left frontal view, you can also see my titanium hip</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="font-family: nyala;"><b><br /></b></i></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="font-family: nyala;"><b><span style="font-family: "nyala";"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Recovery today at 2 weeks is surprising the medical community, nonetheless, there will be no International Half Marathon in Guatemala until May 2018. Today, March 27th, my walking routine has stretched to 3 miles, including an occasional careful jog crossing streets to avoid being run over--and joyfully no pain is experienced in the left leg, which previous pain started this new episode in my 81st year. Distances will continue to increase. By May 13th, a light backpack will be included in the routine, beginning with 20 lbs. and each day will be added to, <span style="color: red;">May 24 the weight to 36 lbs</span>, and will continue until backpacking begins. Short jogs, without backpack, will also be done every other day, along with all kinds of exercises </span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #494949; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 18.6667px;"><b><i><a href="http://www.guatemalanfoundation.org/">http://www.guatemalanfoundation.org/</a></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Utah's record snowfall will undoubtedly affect backpacking, as was the case in 2011 when backpacking in the High Uintas wasn't possible until mid-July. This likely will force modifications in my scheduled backpacks, at least one of them being added to doing the entire HIGHLINE TRAIL in August, beginning at the eastern end near Flaming Gorge and finishing at the Trailhead on the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway!</span></b><br /><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Other than this <i> back glitch</i>, my<span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/anti-aging-challenge.html" style="color: #9c4700; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none;">Anti-Aging Challenge</a><span style="color: #494949;"> </span><span style="color: black;">formula is </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>NOTE: By the way, if you don't know about the <u>Dinovite potential</u> and its amazing qualities for solving all our nutritional, longevity and mental problems, check them out at the end of my <a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/anti-aging-challenge.html" style="font-style: italic;">ANTI-AGING CHALLENGE</a><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/anti-aging-challenge.html"> </a>article on my website.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Many have seen the Trailhead sign along the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway, under Hayden Peak, as the highway is about to descend towards Wyoming. It is located at 10,378 ft. and from here heads east.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The HIGHLINE TRAIL is easily the most famous trail in the Uintas, most of it from its well-known Trailhead pictured here at Hayden Pass on the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway and from here it heads east </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">following the spine of the High Uinta Mountains over 8 above timberline passes. It is usually thought that it ends about 80 miles to the east on the slopes of Leidy Peak, where there is a trailhead above Hacking Lake. </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>But, that's not where it ends or starts. It rather has its beginning around 26 miles more to the east along U.S. Highway 191 that starts at Vernal and heads north to Flaming Gorge Dam and continues north into Wyoming. Below I'll insert a labeled Google Earth view of the High Uinta Mountain Range showing the Western & Eastern HIGHLINE TRAILHEADS, plus most of the rivers and creeks that flow from the Uintas where 90% of Utah's water is produced.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As we are seeing, the Uintas begin at Kamas, Utah on the west, and end about 150 miles to the east at the Green River. It is the only major mountain range in the lower 48 states to be oriented east to west.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>will be the focus of this photo/essay, but first, let's understand a little better the subject of "TRAILHEADS" & "SIGNS" in the Uinta Mountains.</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Just past the register, as the trail begins, we find appreciated information on how far we have to hike to get to whatever our destination might be in the Basin.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> this great sign seen above told us about the wonders we were about to see (1954).</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>At a low point 3 miles down from the Pass, and just beyond the Interpretive Display, we find a simple generic sign indicating that off to the west on a dirt road there is a trail, but, WHAT TRAIL?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>No register. No mileage signs. No hint of where it goes. Only a faded, worn out map!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>My topographical maps indicate that the trail heads up this draw, eventually going through the thick forest and over that low saddle to the west.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">NOTE: After first being advised that the eastern end of the trail was nearly impassable with deadfall, good news came from new High Uinta Friend, John Parker who emailed me, saying:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i>Cordell, I hope to see you on the Uinta Highline between Aug 15 and Sept 15. Those are the target for my hike of the Highline this year.</i></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Good news for you! The trail between Hwy 191 and Leidy Peak was adopted a couple years back by the <b>Uintah Basin Back Country Horsemen.</b> They have cleared and maintained that first 20+ miles as a service project. My understanding is that it's not impassable but now nicely maintained. Still, need good navigation skills but not a mess.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">John Parker</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>FOREST SERVICE CONTACT</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Later I was contacted by Rhett Burkman, from the Forest Service Vernal office, and advised that the trail had been cleared by the </b></span><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="color: blue;">Backcountry Horsemen</span>, </i>that <i><span style="color: blue;">"</span></i></b></span></span><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i style="color: blue;">trail signs have a habit of disappearing on this section of trail" </i>and he would make sure they check the trail as soon as they have access. </b></span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ALL GREAT NEWS FOR THIS 80+ YEARS OLDER, AS "DEADFALL" IS REALLY HARD FOR ME! </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="color: red; font-size: small;">The light colored areas are the above timberline areas & peaks</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From the Eastern Trailhead, seen above on the right, the trail gradually--over 26 miles, climbs from 8,000 ft. to Leidy Peak where it is above the 11,000 ft. timberline. From there it follows the spine of the Uinta Range for 80 miles traversing rugged alpine terrain as seen below, climbing 8 passes all over 11,00o ft., 3 of which are over 12,000. 12,600 ft. Anderson Pass being the highest near Kings Peak, Utah's highest at 13,528 ft. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>...more than half of the 8 passes are higher than the summit of Mt. Timpanogos that is dwarfed by the High Uinta peaks!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> The elevation profile high points are said passes, the profile showing the ups and downs of the 106-mile distance between trailheads, the western one near Mirror Lake at 10,378 ft. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>In 2016 as I was on my way to finally get to Little Andy Lake, Utah's highest at 12,302 ft., I met John Sowell, from Colorado, and had a great conversation as he was doing the entire HIGHLINE TRAIL coming from the east.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I told him about my plan years ago to do it too, even having printed a series of 14 topographical maps for the adventure, but then a glitch ambushed me and it looked like I would have to get used to being a cripple. Then I told him of the miracle that had me without pain for the first time in 30 years, with at that moment being on the verge of what I was thinking would be my last adventure--getting to my lake.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Thanks, John, for inspiring me!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;"><i><u>OPPS....A GLITCH!....NOW SOLVED,..MAYBE?</u></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">The previous post has my enthusiastic plans for 2017--and I'll add them on at the end of the photo/essay on the HIGHLINE TRAIL, but as I have pushed my daily training--especially the jogging to do the International Half Marathon in Coban, Guatemala, my back surgery from 2012 for a pinched nerve has been failing me and the </span></span><i style="color: #494949;">sciatic nerve</i><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> down the back of my left leg started giving me too much pain. Below follow the results of checking it out.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><i><b>On Monday, January 23, 2017, Dr. Alan Colledge at the Sports Medicine & Orthopedics Clinic in Orem, diagnosed the pain down the back of my left leg caused by two of my vertebrae being mostly bone on bone.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><i><b><span style="color: #494949;">On Tuesday I had an MRI done in Provo, Utah. The Dr then reported that the only hope to be able to jog/run would be to extend the fusion of vertebrates 4 & 5, to include #6</span></b></i></span><i style="color: #494949; font-family: nyala;"><b><span style="color: #494949;"> which was done on March 13th by Dr. Bacon. Recovery is estimated at 2 months, so no International Half Marathon in Guatemala until May 2018. Today, the 6th day, my walking routine has stretched to 1.5 miles every other day.</span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><i><b>So for 2017 I'll concentrate on the High Uintas Project, and of course keep the Guatemalan Foundation going for 5 more months..to complete our GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY YEAR ...hoping some donors will give in 5 months what they normally do in 12!</b></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">DAILY HIKE WIH PACK...NOT A DAY MISSED SINCE December 1....until March 13th</span></i></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> My last post on daily hike: Loved my hike again...</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">right on </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Main St. a </span> very nice looking young </b></span><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lady </span></b><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">stopped,</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> holding up traffic, to ask me<i> if I needed a ride or some food! </i>I replied<i>,</i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> " I'd appreciate a bag of </i></span><u style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: italic;">Dinovite," </u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-style: italic;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and seeing her confusion confessed </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I have a great time laughing at being sort of different and lying about being a millionaire! <i> </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>If you don't know about <u>Dinovite,</u> learn about its amazing qualities for solving all our nutritional, longevity and mental problems at the end of my <a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/anti-aging-challenge.html" style="font-style: italic;">ANTI-AGING CHALLENGE</a><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/anti-aging-challenge.html"> </a>article on my website.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Many have seen the Trailhead sign along the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway, under Hayden Peak, as the highway is about to descend towards Wyoming. It is located at 10,378 ft. and from here heads east.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>At the WESTERN HIGHLINE TRAILHEAD there is a nice area for horse packers with restrooms, and a parking lot for backpackers with Restrooms and water, where this nice sign and register are found. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Down the trail, a bit, and here and there along the trail are found signs to guide hikers venturing into the Wilderness Area.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The HIGHLINE TRAIL is easily the most famous trail in the Uintas, most of it from its well-known Trailhead pictured here at Haydens Pass on the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway and from here it heads east </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">following the spine of the High Uinta Mountains over 8 above timberline passes. It is usually thought that it ends about 80 miles to the east on the slopes of Leidy Peak, where there is a trailhead above Hacking Lake. </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>But, that's not where it ends or starts. It rather has its beginning around 26 miles more to the east along U.S. Highway 191 that starts at Vernal and heads north to Flaming Gorge Dam and continues north into Wyoming. Below I'll insert a labeled Google Earth view of the High Uinta Mountain Range showing the Western & Eastern HIGHLINE TRAILHEADS, plus most of the rivers and creeks that flow from the Uintas where 90% of Utah's water is produced.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As we are seeing, the Uintas begin at Kamas, Utah on the west, and end about 150 miles to the east at the Green River. It is the only major mountain range in the lower 48 states to be oriented east to west.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> That <span style="font-size: x-large;">EASTERN HIGHLINE TRAILHEAD</span> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>will be the focus of this photo/essay, but first, let's understand a little better the subject of "TRAILHEADS" & "SIGNS" in the Uinta Mountains.</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">These kinds of signs are common all around the Wilderness area, here on the Uinta River.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"THE GATEWAY TO THE GRANDADDIES,"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>seeing here the entrance to the parking lot.........</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.......and nice signs giving adventurers all the information they need for a great outdoor experience.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Just past the register, as the trail begins, we find appreciated information on how far we have to hike to get to whatever our destination might be in the Basin.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Even years ago up the trail from the Grandview Trailhead, at Hades Pass, when it was just the </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>HIGH UINTAS PRIMITIVE AREA,</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> this great sign seen above told us about the wonders we were about to see (1954).</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>But, it disappeared many years ago and is sorely missed!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>In 2003, when I began my<i> HIGH UINTAS WILDERNESS PROJECT</i>, this great sign was still in the Grandaddies, between Grandaddy & Betsy Lakes, but on the ground and I had to prop it up for this picture....but it is of course now gone.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>......and this great sign, accompanied by wonderful displays explaining some the wonders of nature, found at the <i>East Fork of the Bear River Trailhead.</i>...and so it goes all around the Uintas....until you come to the far eastern end of the Uinta Mountains near the Flaming Gorge of the Green River on U.S. Highway 191.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>No register. No mileage signs. No hint of where it goes. Only a faded, worn out map!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>It seems like a humiliating beginning for what is a GREAT TRAIL.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">COME ON </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">FOREST SERVICE--</span><span style="font-size: large;">LET'S GET SOME NICE SIGNS FOR THIS GREAT TRAIL!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>and whIle talking to the FOREST SERVICE, let me insert here a comment just received from a friend, Clay Zimmerman, the "GOAT WHISPERER," </b></span><a href="mailto:clay@highuintapackgoats.com" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start;" target="_blank">clay@highuintapackgoats.com</a>, <b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">who says: </b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"The eastern end of the Highline trail has so much dead fall it is impassable according to people I have talked to. "</i></span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">But, good news came from new High Uinta Friend, John Parker who emailed me, saying:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i>Cordell, I hope to see you on the Uinta Highline between Aug 15 and Sept 15. Those are the target for my hike of the Highline this year.</i></span></span><br />
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<i>Good news for you! The trail between Hwy 191 and Leidy Peak was adopted a couple years back by the <b>Uintah Basin Back Country Horsemen.</b> They have cleared and maintained that first 20+ miles as a service project. My understanding is that it's not impassable but now nicely maintained. Still need good navigation skills but not a mess.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>So,</i></b> </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">FOREST SERVI</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">CE, </span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>if there is need,</b> </u></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>PLE</u></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>ASE BY AUGUST WHEN I WILL MAKE MY ATTEMPT, HAVE THE TRAIL CLEARED IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.</u> I WILL APPRECIATE IT AS I HAVE LEARNED--NOW 80+ YEARS OLD, THAT "DEADFALL" IS REALLY HARD FOR ME! PLEASE!</span></i></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>My topographical maps indicate that the trail heads up this draw, eventually going through thick forest and over that low saddle to the west.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From the Eastern Trailhead, seen above on the right, the trail gradually--over 26 miles, climbs from 8,000 ft. to Leidy Peak where it is above the 11,000 ft. timberline. From there it follows the spine of the Uinta Range for 80 miles traversing rugged alpine terrain as seen below, climbing 8 passes all over 11,00o ft., 3 of which are over 12,000. 12,600 ft. Anderson Pass is the highest near Kings Peak, Utah's highest at 13,528 ft. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">PUTTING INTO PERSPECTIVE THE PASSES.</span>..</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>...more than half of the 8 passes are higher than the summit of Mt. Timpanogos that is dwarfed by the High Uinta peaks!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> The elevation profile high points are said passes, the profile showing the ups and downs of the 106-mile distance between trailheads, the western one near Mirror Lake at 10,378 ft. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>In 2016 as I was on my way to finally get to Little Andy Lake, Utah's highest at 12,302 ft., I met John Sowell, from Colorado, and had a great conversation as he was doing the entire HIGHLINE TRAIL coming from the east.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I told him about my plan years ago to do it too, even having printed a series of 14 topographical maps for the adventure, but then a glitch ambushed me and it looked like I would have to get used to being a cripple. Then I told him of the miracle that had me without pain for the first time in 30 years, with at that moment being on the verge of what I was thinking would be my last adventure--getting to my lake.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>HIGHLINE TRAIL FROM EAST TO WEST!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Thanks, John, for inspiring me!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1. <i>GRANDADDIES</i></b>: down past Lost & Powell Lakes, to pick up two missed, RANGE & JEFF LAKES & if all goes well, swing up to Pine Island Lake, and back past Fish Hatchery, Betsy & Grandaddy Lakes: <b><i>30+ miles, 4 days</i></b>.<span style="color: purple;"> NOTE: Date depending on conditions in June, in other words, the thaw.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2. </b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> <i>MIDDLE FORK BEAVER CREEK</i></b>: Will explore Beaver, Coffin & other lakes, & will climb Thompson Pass, leaving 2 passes to go to achieve all 22 in the Wilderness. <b><i>30 miles 5 days.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>3. </b> <b><i>From E. Fk Blacks Fk Trailhead:</i></b> To Little East Fork of Blacks Fork and</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> UPPER ALPINE/ABOVE TIMBERLINE LAKES<b><i>. 20 miles, 4 days.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>4.</b> <b><i> TWOROOSE PASS </i></b>(with which only <i>North Pole Pass </i>remains) from the Lake Fork</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Trailhead up to the Brown Duck Basin, Pass, & lakes. <i>35 miles, 6 days.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>5.</b> <b><i> HENRY'S FORK, PAINTER BASIN</i></b> in late July & early August, to visit again Little Andy Lake--taking time to get better pictures, Trail Rider Pass, Beard Lake, George Beard Basin, and in Henry's fork Cliff, Castle & other Lakes. <i><b>50 miles, 8-9 days.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Keep an eye on this website as summer approaches for more details, and get my link to the </i><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://keep%20an%20eye%20on%20this%20website%20as%20summer%20approaches%20for%20more%20details%2C%20and%20my%20spot%20personal%20satellite%20tracker%20link%20to%20follow%20my%20progress%2C%20%26%20make%20sure%20and%20listen%20every%20saturday%20morning%20to%20hear%20my%20satellite%20phone%20reports%20on%20ksl%20outdoors%20radio%2C%20satellite%20phone%20acquired%20from%20russ%20smith%20%26%20skycall%20satellite%2C%20where%20you%20can%20get%20your%20sat%20phone%20for%20your%20outdoor%20adventures./" style="color: #9c4700; text-decoration: none;">SPOT Personal Satellite Tracker</a></u><i style="font-weight: bold;"> , which I go nowhere without, and follow my progress, & make sure and listen every Saturday morning to hear my satellite phone reports on Tim Hughes' </i><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=154210&nid=186" style="color: #9c4700; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">KSL OUTDOORS RADIO</a>, <i><b>program. </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Satellite phone acquired from Russ Smith & </i><a href="http://skycallsatellite.com/" style="color: #9c4700; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">SKYCALL SATELLITE</a>, <b><i>where you can get yours for your outdoor adventures.</i></b></span></div>
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Cordellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629187781246662849noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097758882053289925.post-66508979278991997392016-12-14T09:15:00.001-07:002017-01-26T19:27:45.878-07:00Scheduled DREAMS for 2017 (82nd year) Combining with it the ENTIRE HIGHLINE TRAIL...IF MY "ANTI-AGING CHALLENGE" formula keeps doing its MIRACLE!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This old guy is still working out twice daily with incredible High Uinta plans for next summer....all resulting from the successful backpack to <i><b>"Little Andy Lake" </b></i> summer 2016. Me hiking around town every day with a tough looking backpack loaded with rocks and water filled bottles, no matter what the weather, is even getting a little out of hand with rumors circulating in my area....<b><i>"that old guy is likely one of the three Nephites!"</i> </b> Mormons will get that, otherwise maybe Googling it will turn up something, but it is all a lot of fun........</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>ON MY DAILY HIKE WITH PACK</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Seeing me on the streets of American Fork, people stop and ask,<i style="font-weight: bold;"> "Are you alright?"</i><b> </b>Guess I must look pretty bad! Some offer me money, and I tell them I'm not a homeless old guy, just an eccentric millionaire out getting his exercise, but some don't believe me and insist on making a donation. I give them my two business cards so they can see that they're helping the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;"><i><u>OPPS....A GLITCH!</u></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Below are my enthusiastic plans for 2017, but as I have pushed my daily training--especially the jogging to do the race mentioned below, my back surgery from 2012 for a pinched nerve has been failing me and the <i>sciatic nerve</i> down the back of my left leg started giving me pain.....so in a few days the determination will be made about a possible surgery...but it will have to be quick, as I'm not about to give up easily on the challenges outlined below!</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But in general my </span><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/anti-aging-challenge.html" style="font-style: italic;">Anti-Aging Challenge</a> <span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">formula is </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1. <i>GRANDADDIES</i></b>: down past Lost & Powell Lakes, to pick up two missed, RANGE & JEFF LAKES & if all goes well will swing up to Pine Island Lake, and back past Fish Hatchery, Betsy & Grandaddy Lakes: <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>30+ miles, 4 days</i></b></span>.<span style="color: purple;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>NOTE: Depending on conditions done in June</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>3. </b> <b><i>From E. Fk Blacks Fk Trailhead:</i></b> To Little East Fork of Blacks Fork and</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> UPPER ALPINE/ABOVE TIMBERLINE LAKES<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>. 20 miles, 4 days.</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>4.</b> <b><i> TWOROOSE PASS </i></b>(with which only <i>North Pole Pass </i>remains) from the Lake Fork</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Trailhead up to the Brown Duck Basin, Pass, & lakes. <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">35 miles, 6 days.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>5.</b> <b><i> HENRY'S FORK, PAINTER BASIN</i></b> in late July & early August, to visit again Little Andy Lake--taking time to get better pictures, Trail Rider Pass, Beard Lake, George Beard Basin, and in Henry's fork Cliff, Castle & other Lakes. <i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>50 miles, 8-9 days.</b></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Keep an eye on this website as summer approaches for more details, and get my link to the </i><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://keep%20an%20eye%20on%20this%20website%20as%20summer%20approaches%20for%20more%20details%2C%20and%20my%20spot%20personal%20satellite%20tracker%20link%20to%20follow%20my%20progress%2C%20%26%20make%20sure%20and%20listen%20every%20saturday%20morning%20to%20hear%20my%20satellite%20phone%20reports%20on%20ksl%20outdoors%20radio%2C%20satellite%20phone%20acquired%20from%20russ%20smith%20%26%20skycall%20satellite%2C%20where%20you%20can%20get%20your%20sat%20phone%20for%20your%20outdoor%20adventures./">SPOT Personal Satellite Tracker</a></u><i style="font-weight: bold;"> , which I go nowhere without, and follow my progress, & make sure and listen every Saturday morning to hear my satellite phone reports on Tim Hughes' </i><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=154210&nid=186" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">KSL OUTDOORS RADIO</a>, <i><b>program. </b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Satellite phone acquired from Russ Smith & </i><a href="http://skycallsatellite.com/" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">SKYCALL SATELLITE</a>, <b><i>where you can get yours for your outdoor adventures.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><b>THEN.......</b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Originally Scheduled for Summer 2018 in my 83rd year--now changed to August 2017</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> It follows the spine of the High Uinta Mountains we see above</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To crown my High Uintas Project, I want to do the entire </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>HIGHLINE TRAIL--</i></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> inaugurating hopefully new signs the Forest Service by then should have installed on the eastern end, we see below near Flaming Gorge . There is only a generic sign on the highway, and the pitiful one we see below where the trail begins at around 8,000 feet, and heads west for approximately 100 miles ending on the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway at 10,378 ft. elevation--no register, no distance signs, etc.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Along those 100 miles I will make a few side</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">trips--including items which were </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to be </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">done in the list of </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">"original 2017 backpacks"</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> most importantly, </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">North Pole Pass</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Garfield Basin upper lakes,</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Oweep Basin lakes</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, & </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Crater Lake--</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(seen in the 1st picture) to get that</span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> "perfect picture" </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have mentioned many times, and also will finally get back to </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Continent & Reconnaissance Lakes & others, </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ending at the western end of the </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>HIGHLINE TRAIL</i></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> on the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway seen below. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A few years ago I did a series of 14 topographical maps outlining the Trail with the intention of doing it--then came 2012 when I wasn't able to do any backpacks </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and was resigning myself to being a cripple! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But <b><i>I </i></b><i><b>kept working</b></i>, <b style="font-style: italic;">tweaked my anti-aging formula, </b>and with <b style="font-style: italic;">a miracle hip replacement--</b><i><b>WAS BORN AGAIN! </b> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I will do the normal 97-106 miles of the Highline Trail, plus approximately 20 extra miles for a total of around <b><i>126 miles in about 14 days--no re-supply. </i> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Hopefully, after all the warm-up backpacks, I'll be in better shape and hurry through the initial long stretches of less interest, and even do other side-trips.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>IN A FEW DAYS I'LL POST A PHOTO/ESSAY OF MY RECENT ROAD TRIP TO THE EASTERN BEGINNING OF THE HIGHLINE TRAIL....this is part of my effort to encourage the Forest Service to put up signs on the eastern end worthy of this great trail!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><b><i><u>I REPEAT...</u></i></b></span><b style="color: red; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><u>....two items....</u></i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><u> KEYS TO YOUR FAMILY'S PEACE OF MIND & MAYBE YOUR SURVIVAL</u></i></b></span><b style="color: red; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><u>:</u></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Keep an eye on my website as summer approaches to get my link to the </i><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://keep%20an%20eye%20on%20this%20website%20as%20summer%20approaches%20for%20more%20details%2C%20and%20my%20spot%20personal%20satellite%20tracker%20link%20to%20follow%20my%20progress%2C%20%26%20make%20sure%20and%20listen%20every%20saturday%20morning%20to%20hear%20my%20satellite%20phone%20reports%20on%20ksl%20outdoors%20radio%2C%20satellite%20phone%20acquired%20from%20russ%20smith%20%26%20skycall%20satellite%2C%20where%20you%20can%20get%20your%20sat%20phone%20for%20your%20outdoor%20adventures./">SPOT Personal Satellite Tracker</a></u><i style="font-weight: bold;"> , which I go nowhere without, and follow my progress & make sure and listen every Saturday morning to hear my satellite phone reports on Tim Hughes' </i><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=154210&nid=186" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">KSL OUTDOORS RADIO</a>, <i><b>program. </b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Satellite phone acquired from Russ Smith & </i><a href="http://skycallsatellite.com/" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">SKYCALL SATELLITE</a>, <b><i>where you can get yours for your outdoor adventures.</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <b><i><u> A sat phone has saved my life & may yours too!</u></i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>THE FUTURE AFTER SUMMER 2017?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I have learned being 80+ I begin aging and going down-hill noticeably if I stop relatively heavy duty exercise daily</b> (<i>"heavy duty"</i> for an 80+ year old guy).<b>...and to motivate me to do so during the long Fall-Winter-Spring off-season I need to have.....</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">STIMULATING GOALS TO WORK TOWARDS</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_E15n5Lc8MmBkbCL7FRlVGQA8COtMVHpFRBpyXUQmt2Nws8JkZ8xqcDCfkDemYhzJo4WIspu7-96WRO94PXs4PpNTbrRuFE8LfWBgD7Z243eThWWUnJbc9RfCFpdMHvxQ43MBNhQ0uU/s1600/m_luchando+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_E15n5Lc8MmBkbCL7FRlVGQA8COtMVHpFRBpyXUQmt2Nws8JkZ8xqcDCfkDemYhzJo4WIspu7-96WRO94PXs4PpNTbrRuFE8LfWBgD7Z243eThWWUnJbc9RfCFpdMHvxQ43MBNhQ0uU/s400/m_luchando+01.jpg" width="210" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I have in my mind what they will be for 2018, but will take first things first, and work on the above goals....with a preliminary one that will help me achieve the others, which is: To run again, </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>THE INTERNATIONAL HALF-MARATHON IN COBAN, GUATEMALA </i></b><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>in May 2017</i></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> and likely be, the oldest to get to the finish line...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>So, every day, no matter what the weather I do a little hike around a couple of big blocks, with my 35 pound backpack, and 6 days a week exercise and jog at American Fork's Fitness Center-</b>-</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">--that is free for 80 year olders.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Giving the youth a run for their money!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>AND, IF I DON'T MAKE ALL MY GOALS?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>I CAN HANDLE THAT--and eat a little crow, KNOWING THAT IF I DIDN'T SET ANY GOALS I </b></i></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>LIKELY WOULDN'T DO MUCH TO EVEN KEEP ALIVE & MOVING. </i></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>All the work of preparing will be</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"the CAKE" </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>& KEEP ME HEALTHY & STRONG,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>& achieving some or all of the goals will be the </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i> "FROSTING ON THE CAKE!"</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>THEN I'LL SET NEW ONES FOR 2018 </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>& KEEP MOVING!</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>I'm not interested in any other option!</i></b></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My hike around town with pack on my back had more good hearted people stop to see if this old guy needed some help......Meet Kim & Bryce, who will get married this upcoming Friday, October 7th.</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Provo Peak</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Since my last heavy duty backpack in the High Uintas, I revealed my <b style="color: #494949; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black;">SECRET SIX SUPPLEMENTS</span></i></b>, that I have done my best to show how they effectively help me meet my goal of (sort of tongue in cheek....but SERIOUS BUSINESS!): </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">"BEING 80+, LOOKING LIKE 60, BEHAVING LIKE 30, & WEIGHING LIKE </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">WHEN 20!"</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Doing this has boosted me to a higher level I never thought possible for an old guy! I hope & pray that a few can be blessed by all of this, just as I have been. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">FOR DETAILS GO TO </i><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/anti-aging-challenge.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">ARTICLE ON MY WEBSITE</a> <b>and <i><u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/2015-gearsupplements.html">GEAR/SUPPLEMENTS</a></u></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">EXPLORING TODAY</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> THE BUCKLEY MOUNTAIN TIMBER SLIDE....</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b>& FINISH WHAT I STARTED IN 2014 WHEN AFTER A MILE OR SO REALIZ<span style="color: #494949;">ED </span>I WAS SICK WITH <i>"SHINGLES" </i>& HAD TO RETREAT TO CIVILIZATION</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">THE FIRST TIMBER SLIDE AUTHORIZED</span><br style="font-size: 14.85px;" />I quote information that comes from </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>"The Utah County Court Minutes, from February through July 1853."</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b>"Early in 1853, Alfred Walton, Jerome Benson, and a Mr. Wilson received permission from the Utah County Court to build a timber slide down the canyon located between the two peaks rising south of Slate Canyon. This slide would be located conveniently between Provo and Springville. In order for the grant to be valid the company had to build the slide during the coming season. If the men constructed the slide, they could control it and have jurisdiction over the timber on the mountain above it.." <br style="font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span><b>This permission was granted first, for the area known as Buckley Mountain that has two peaks, with a ravine separating the higher on the north from the lower on the south--located between Provo & Springville, Utah. So via Google Earth from the <span style="font-size: large;">Y </span>Mt./Slide Canyon/Mt. area east of Provo, we fly south to Buckley Mountain.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Driving south along the Wasatch Front in Utah, you get on the old highway between Provo and Springville, Utah, driving along the two Buckley Mountain peaks where the first timber slide was constructed.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The yellow arrows point at the slide pathway which can be seen in the following views during different seasons of the year.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Here seeing the lower end near where the lumber products were loaded into wagons in the area seen below from Google Earth</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The <i>slide</i> pathway is very visible from the highway, going up the right side of the draw, seen above in late Fall & early Winter.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>WE BEGIN THE NEW EFFORT</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Looking down from my parking place between Provo & Springville</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>TIMBER SLIDE PATHWAY</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From this spot, halfway up the foothills, taking me above the quarries along the highway, there is a game trail that takes me up to the beginning of the timber slide pathway.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>In the above photo the pathway angles diagonally across the picture.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The valley is smokey due to several forest fires in the mountains up Spanish Fork Canyon.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>All of a sudden the sound of helicopters passing overhead has me looking up and seeing</b> <b>three of them heading for the fires.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Those who know me, realize that you will be blessed by me sharing a few of my</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>VISIONS OF NATURE </i></span>along the way.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I"m now up the first steep climb....and climbing up always, here through a grassy area where on the ground the pathway is quite noticeable, but not visible in the picture.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Looking back to keep us in touch with where we are.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Again into the very visible pathway going up through the scrub oak & maple jungle....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It was at about this spot that I ran out of food and water as I had in my mind that this was to be a quick, short hike. But it was turning into a bit more than that for an old 80 year old and I decided I'd best turn back.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>But, again, after a bit of rest decided to just go a little further to get a better view of where I was.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>All the unique rock formations are on the north side of the ravine.</b></span><br />
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<b>That <i>"</i></b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>little further" </i>had come into view the rock outcroppings where I knew the slide pathway started, or ended.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>All of a sudden I reached the area where on Google Earth views I could see small cleared spaces in the area where timber products were brought from up higher, and loaded into the <i>slide</i>, <i>"trough"</i> or <i>"chute."</i></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was in this area where I hoped to find artifacts, even though by now I was coming to understand that, over 160 years of time most wood remnants would have likely rotted away. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We weren't dealing here with the kind of tropical wood we had in Guatemala that literally lasted for even thousands of years in Mayan ruins--and which wood we used in areas like <i>Chulac</i>, mentioned in my previous post, to make outhouse floors that wouldn't rot.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And, finally found ONE! You see it below, a very rusty artifact. </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> I did, as I have tried to do with tie hacker artifacts, leaving them in place for scientific examination. In this case it's not likely that any archaeologist will ever go up that mountain, and so I should have brought it home to preserve and examine carefully....and maybe will go get it one of these days. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Did tin cans exist in the time of the timber slides?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>THE HISTORY OF TIN CANS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It began in France in 1795 when Napoleon Bonaparte offered a reward for someone inventing a method of preserving food for his military forces. Finally, in 1809, Nicolas Appert won the reward developing the sterilization method of preserving foods, but using glass bottles. A year later in England, Peter Durand patented the tin can for preserving food. By 1847-49 machines were patented in the U.S. for making tin cans speeding up the process from 5-6/hour to 50-60/hour, and preserved foods grew in popularity. By 1866 an improved method of sealing the cans was patented. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>So in the time of the Pioneer Timber Slides, tin cans existed. Whether my find was from then, who knows.....but, since the slides, nothing else much has happened in that area to have a rusty tin can be there.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">IN THE MEANTIME....ONE CONCLUSION:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Those who worked up on Buckley Mountain were pretty good at abiding by <span style="font-size: large;">LAW #1:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>"LEAVE NO TRACE!" </i></span> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Below are views of <i><span style="font-size: large;">VISIONS OF NATURE</span></i> taken from the rock outcropping where the timber slide pathway ended......</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Looking to the north</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Looking to the south</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Swinging down a little to the southwest</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Looking down where I had come from....and now had to head down......</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;">"</b><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b>Large logs as well as small ans [ones] would run with great rapidity....We would often start timbers at the top end of the slide an[d] it would run the entire [way to the] loading place with out a stop." </b></i></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Then quoting </span><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-style: normal;">the journal of a John C. Dowdle, who wrote: [It worked] </span><b style="font-style: normal;">"</b><i><b>admirably as far as tried." </b> J</i><span style="font-style: normal;">ohn and his brother Robert, worked on the construction of the slide, harvested logs to be used as fuel and lumber, and slide them down the </span><i><b>chute. </b></i></i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 20.16px;">Since lumbermen used the slide mainly in the winter, they labored under unfavorable working conditions. Dowdle said at times the snow was from two to eight feet deep on the mountain. Alexander P. Chesley, who helped cut and slide the timber, lived in such destitution that he had to wrap his feet in burlap sacking in place of shoes. Working in these dire circumstances presented at least one advantage. Dowdle wrote, </span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 20.16px;"><b>'By laboring in this manner during the winter we made a tolarable good living.'" </b></span></i></span></i></span><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> p.133</span></i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>My admiration for the pioneers grew exponentially once more, and I am filled with gratitude for the work and sacrifices they made to help make </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>possible </b></span><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">so many blessings we now enjoy--and we in turn should in our own way focus some of our energies also on making the world a better place for others.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>HEADED DIRECTLY FOR WHAT I NEEDED MOST:</b></span></span><br />
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Cordellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629187781246662849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097758882053289925.post-64029644586915866452016-09-19T13:19:00.001-06:002016-09-24T10:05:53.913-06:00SLIDE MT/CANYON PIONEER TIMBER SLIDE EXPLORATION Sept. 17, 2016 & UCLA cheerleaders at the Y Casting A Spell on the BYU Football Team<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>PREVIOUS POST:</b></span></span><br />
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<i style="color: #9c4700; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2016/09/the-assault-on-little-andy-lake-and.html" style="color: #9c4700; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">THE ASSAULT ON "LITTLE ANDY LAKE" near MOUNT JEDEDIAH, and being ABUNDANTLY BLESSED WHILE HOPEFULLY BLESSING OTHERS! & the ACID TEST OF MY RESOLVE TO "NEVER GIVE IN....EASILY!"</span></a></i></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>UPDATE: Sept. 20, 2016, 5:30-6:00</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Since successfully clawing my way up the Slide Canyon timber <i>"chute"</i> to the launch site, my legs have been sorer--especially my thighs--than I ever remember in my whole life, but now have to build on that & with good weather still will:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>EXPLORE TODAY THE BUCKLEY MOUNTAIN TIMBER SLIDE.... </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><b>& FINISH WHAT I STARTED IN 2014 WHEN AFTER A MILE OR SO REALIZED I WAS SICK WITH <i>"SHINGLES"</i> & HAD TO RETREAT TO CIVILIZATION</b></span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>As you can see I again went prepared to protect my arms and hands from the jungles of scrub oak, maple & other underbrush...worse than any jungles in Guatemala, and, you can't see it in this shot, but I also had on my hip my Colt .45 Defender, as I'd seen fresh cougar signs on previous explorations up Buckley Mountain....nothing encountered this time.</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>PIONEER TIMBER SLIDES:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b> Slide Canyon to top of Slide Mountain</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>& UCLA Cheerleaders?</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>This project started back in 2014, first to get me in shape for High Uinta backpacking, and then after backpacking, keep me in shape & investigate a fascinating, and courageous </b></span><b>effort by the pioneers mostly unknown</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">among present day residents.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"Slide Canyon,"</i> between </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Y</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> & Maple Mountains east of Provo, and a visible pathway coming down the Canyon, and another down the face of what we always called Maple Mountain, all of a sudden came alive in my mind and sparked my curiosity. Further research taught me that the pioneers called the front part of Maple Mountain, <i>"Slide Mountain."</i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>That effort established me on GOOGLE as the <i>"expert,"</i> or maybe more correctly <i>"the only person in the world"</i> interested in PIONEER TIMBER SLIDES & associated me with children's play apparatuses of the Pioneer brand!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: red;"><span style="color: white;">YouTube</span></span> video that was & is quite historic. The title page seen below......</b></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #494949; font-size: small;"><i><u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <a href="https://youtu.be/qo7P8kCZtHA" style="color: #9c4700;">YouTube video HEROIC 1853 PIONEER TIMBER SLIDES: The Making of Provo/Springville</a></span></u></i></b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There is also a <a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2014/12/heroic-1953-pioneer-timber-slides.html" style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">Photo/Essay </a> covering the same information, but with text where you can see the quotes & photographs</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The one on the left that goes down into Eagle Pass and then down Slide Canyon is the focus of this exploration--particularly the portion that goes from the ravine up to the top of Slide Mountain. The lower portion is reported on in the mentioned <span style="background-color: red;"><span style="color: white;">YouTube</span></span> video.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">UPDATE: </span><i><span style="color: red;"> </span>Reply from Kimberly & Willis Pueblo, Monday Sept. 19</i></b></span><br />
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<span id="x_yui_3_16_0_1_1474227303482_32593">Hi Cordell!</span></div>
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<span id="x_yui_3_16_0_1_1474227303482_32177"> Way to go on achieving your purpose and making it to the top of Slide mountain! When my mother called to ask me how our hike went, and to check on how my knees were feeling (I have really bad knees), I told her how you were up there hiking at age 80 and she was so impressed, as were Willis and I! Keep it up! </span></div>
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We checked out pictures of you and Little Andy Lake and did a little reading on your site. It looks like you are a man who has had many adventures!</div>
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<span id="x_yui_3_16_0_1_1474227303482_32383"> Thank you for the pictures! I did get one picture with you in it, as I was documenting our daughter trying to get out of the backpack carrier. I wish I would have taken a better one of you. </span></div>
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<span id="x_yui_3_16_0_1_1474227303482_32307"> Mason's team did win their soccer game. It was a pretty exciting game. That is so sweet of you to remember.</span></div>
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Good luck on your journey!</div>
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Kimberly and the Pueblo Crew</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>...<i>.I FINALLY GOT INTO MY REPORT!</i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>BUT THE PHOTO SHOWS WHY IN MY </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>YOUTH I WAS NICKNAMED</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"LITTLE ANDY"</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>GUESS IT'S THE ANGLE, BUT I LOOK LIKE A MIDGET OR WILLIS IS A GOLIATH!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>CONGRATULATIONS, MASON, FOR YOUR WIN!</i></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">THE BEGINNING IN UTAH VALLEY</span></span><br style="color: #494949; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;">In 1847, when the pioneers led by Brigham Young came into the Wasatch Front, there was some consideration</span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"> given to settle in Utah Valley. The area had been visited in 1776 by Fathers Escalante and Domingues who had established in their short visit a good relationship with the Timpanogos-Ute Indians. The Utes of Colorado called the Timp-Utes, </span><i style="color: black; line-height: normal;">"THE FISH EATERS,"</i><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"> due to much of their diet coming from the abundant fish (</span><i style="color: black; line-height: normal;">"speckled trout,"</i><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"> and suckers) from the clear waters of the streams flowing from the mountains, and the then clear water of Utah Lake. </span><span style="line-height: 13.86px;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These Catholic explorers named the valley,</span></span><br style="color: #494949; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"The Valley of Our Lady of Mercy of Timpanogos," </span></i></span></span><br style="color: #494949; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;">and in a letter to the King of Spain, said, it was....</span></span><br style="color: #494949; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">"....the most pleasing, beautiful, and fertile site in New Spain."</span></i></span></span><br style="color: #494949; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #494949; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The priests promised the Indians they would return and establish here a Catholic Mission. Can you imagine how different the history of Utah would have been if they had of done so? <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Taking a <i>"selfie" </i>with the background:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>a few cheers cast a spell upon the BYU football team....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.......for the evening game!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>They wondered what an old guy like me was doing climbing a mountain, and in the conversation I mentioned of course the <i>"Timber Slide</i>" thing, but that previously I had lived and worked for 35 years in Guatemala....which had him asking about the main dialect from the Alta Verapaz area of Guatemala.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Nine years before he had been an LDS missionary in the Polochic/Chulac area where back in 1976-79 I had been involved in getting missionary work going in that area....and then in 1990-92 built and operated 2 schools in Chulac as the Field Director of the GUATEMALAN FOUNDATION.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>There he is way up the trail in Eagle Pass, and below</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I gave them my card and hope they email me so I can send them these pictures, and add them to my long list of <i>"High Uinta Friends." </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Now up the trail through Eagle Pass. Below is a shot down into the ravine showing the pathway of the timber slide which is a bit up out of the ravine. This picture shows clearly the steepness of the terrain our pioneers worked in and did miracles!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>In the picture above...do you see the pathway coming down from the pines?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It is now 12:47 and taken me 3:15 hours to get here....a bit slow, but what with all the socializing, and needed rest stops for an old 80 year old...not too bad!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It will take me around 4:00 hours to find a way down into the ravine, up the other side just a little to find the old trail used by the pioneers, and then the pathway, that began the difficult task of clawing, and crawling, and dragging myself up the steep slide pathway we see with the arrows.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>But as I was preparing to go down into the ravine, I heard voices from the pathway area, and zoomed into see a couple!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>WHAT! SOMEONE HAD BEATEN ME TO THE PATHWAY!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The young lady sat down at the cave to adjust her boots, and then continued catching up with her boyfriend.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Among other things I was looking for artefacts from the slide. The task was difficult with a carpet of leaves on top of 150 years of erosion and deterioration.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Here it is, looking up towards the pines....although it's difficult, if not impossible to recognize because of all the vegetation....that by the way was MUCH WORSE THAN ANY TREK I EVER TOOK THROUGH THE JUNGLES OF GUATEMALA!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Below we are looking down the pathway, with the valley in view. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Now 2:56 a ways up the pathway, looking down into the ravine.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Below is pictured one of the few items we could call <i>"artifacts."</i> </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This entire, very steep and remote area is where people just don't come and go, so a piece of wood like this found here is not a coincidence. </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A few of these pieces of wood were found, cut with an ax, about 6" in diameter, that must have been support pieces for the <i>slide.</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From the journal of John C. Dowdle, we find a little detail, one reference saying, it worked <b>"</b><i><b>admirably as far as tried." </b> J</i>ohn and his brother Robert, worked on the construction of the slide, harvested logs to be used as fuel and lumber, and slide them down the <i><b>"chute." </b></i> p.133</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Previous explorations, such as reviewed in the <i><u><a href="https://youtu.be/qo7P8kCZtHA">YouTube video</a></u></i>, and also in a <i><u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2014/12/heroic-1953-pioneer-timber-slides.html">Photo/Essay </a></u></i>where you can see many historical quotes, showed that the adventures sometime became quite bloody as being <i>"thin skinned"</i> seems to be my lot in recent years. Below are a couple of pictures from the 2014 explorations!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Made it by 5:37 and took a needed rest & lunch stop, and got a shot of <span style="font-size: large;">Y</span> Mountain's south side.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I did find a number of pieces of old, mostly rotted wood, cut with an ax. I was hoping for more, but we're dealing with a <i>slide </i>or <i>chute</i> made in the 1853-60 period, around 160 years ago, and as I learned with the <i>tie hackers</i> on the Uinta's North Slope, stumps from the 1867-1880 period were almost always completely rotted away. So I was lucky to find at least a few pieces, likely braces. I was hoping to find square nails, as I did in my <i>tie hacker</i> explorations, but so far nothing. </b><span style="color: red;">Note: If you don't know who the <i>tie hackers</i> were, go to my website where I have around 14 photo/essays and YouTube videos on said <i>"unsung heroes who helped win the West!"</i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The nearly total fatigue I felt just trying to follow the slide pathway, showed me clearly that the pioneers were tough as nails to have been able to actually build a timber slide out of logs in very rough, steep country, and then go up there daily to cut timber they likely drug to the launch sites with horses or oxen, then...I repeat what was quoted previously from Mr. Carter's books:</b></span><br />
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Then quoting <i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-style: normal;">the journal of a John C. Dowdle, who wrote: [It worked] </span><b style="font-style: normal;">"</b><i><b>admirably as far as tried." </b> J</i><span style="font-style: normal;">ohn and his brother Robert, worked on the construction of the slide, harvested logs to be used as fuel and lumber, and slide them down the </span><i><b>chute. </b></i></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 20.16px;">Since lumbermen used the slide mainly in the winter, they labored under unfavorable working conditions. Dowdle said at times the snow was from two to eight feet deep on the mountain. Alexander P. Chesley, who helped cut and slide the timber, lived in such destitution that he had to wrap his feet in burlap sacking in place of shoes. Working in these dire circumstances presented at least one advantage. Dowdle wrote, </span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 20.16px;"><b>'By laboring in this manner during the winter we made a tolarable good living.'" </b></span></i></span></i></span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> p.133</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>My admiration for the pioneers grew exponentially once more, and I am filled with gratitude for the work and sacrifices they made to help make </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>possible </b></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">so many blessings we now enjoy--and we in turn should in our own way focus some of our energies also on making the world a better place for others.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As I was about to leave Maple Flats, and look for the trail down into the canyon, got a last shot of Y Mountain, showing the small depression behind the highest point, and the 2nd crest to the east.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> #1 marks the spot where the chute came up to the top of Slide Mountain. #2 points down a bit to the launch site for the slide that goes down the front of the mountain. Both pathways shown again in the shot below. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: bold;">Soon I arrived at the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Y</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: bold;"> and once again took a rest/eat stop that I needed pretty bad as my legs were getting pretty rubbery! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I watched the Lavell Edwards Stadium fill up with people for the BYU vs UCLA game and could actually hear and understand some of what was on the PA system....in spite of my hearing which is the one body part that is in such bad shape that I find myself avoiding group social gatherings!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>So I took a last shot of the Valley focusing on the LDS Temple at the mouth of Rock Canyon where in my youth I had great success hunting cottontail rabbits--as well as many other cherished adventures, and headed down the trail, grateful for having mostly achieved my purpose....and more than anything else.........</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>..........EXPERIENCING A GREATLY ENHANCED APPRECIATION FOR WHAT OUR PIONEERS DID SO WE COULD BE SO BLESSED TODAY....</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>....AND LITERALLY IN AWE AS I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW THEY COULD HAVE DONE WHAT THEY DID TO HELP BUILD PROVO, UTAH.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Next up:</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Finishing my exploration of the 1st Pioneer Timber Slide, which was on Buckley Mountain, between Provo & Springville</i></b></span><br />
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Cordellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629187781246662849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097758882053289925.post-68756852269541524412016-09-19T13:19:00.000-06:002016-09-21T12:19:13.276-06:00SLIDE MT/CANYON PIONEER TIMBER SLIDE EXPLORATION Sept. 17, 2016 & UCLA cheerleaders at the Y Casting A Spell on the BYU Football Team<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i style="color: #9c4700; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2016/09/the-assault-on-little-andy-lake-and.html" style="color: #9c4700; text-decoration: none;">THE ASSAULT ON "LITTLE ANDY LAKE" near MOUNT JEDEDIAH, and being ABUNDANTLY BLESSED WHILE HOPEFULLY BLESSING OTHERS! & the ACID TEST OF MY RESOLVE TO "NEVER GIVE IN....EASILY!"</a></i></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>UPDATE: Sept. 20, 2016, 5:30-6:00</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Since successfully clawing my way up the Slide Canyon timber <i>"chute"</i> to the launch site, my legs have been sorer--especially my thighs--than I ever remember in my whole life, but now have to build on that & with good weather still will:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>EXPLORE TODAY THE BUCKLEY MOUNTAIN TIMBER SLIDE </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>& FINISH WHAT I STARTED IN 2014 WHEN AFTER A MILE OR SO REALIZED I WAS SICK WITH <i>"SHINGLES"</i> & HAD TO RETREAT TO CIVILIZATION</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>PIONEER TIMBER SLIDES:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b> Slide Canyon to top of Slide Mountain</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>This project started back in 2014, first to get me in shape for High Uinta backpacking, and then after backpacking, keep me in shape & investigate a fascinating, and courageous </b></span><b>effort by the pioneers mostly unknown</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> In this article I noticed one simple phrase</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"Slide Canyon,"</i> between </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Y</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> & Maple Mountains east of Provo, and a visible pathway coming down the Canyon, and another down the face of what we always called Maple Mountain, all of a sudden came alive in my mind and sparked my curiosity. Further research taught me that the pioneers called the front part of Maple Mountain, <i>"Slide Mountain."</i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Eventually that Spring, early Summer, and Fall, I made 8 exploratory trips of discovery into the mountains and began posting on my website photo/essays of those adventures....and a couple of them were very literally </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>That effort established me on GOOGLE as the <i>"expert,"</i> or maybe more correctly <i>"the only person in the world"</i> interested in PIONEER TIMBER SLIDES & associated me with children's play apparatuses of the Pioneer brand!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>By the end of the 2014 hiking season I put it all together in one 47 minute long</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: red;"><span style="color: white;">YouTube</span></span> video that was & is quite historic. The title page seen below......</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> You can access this historic report clicking on:</b></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #494949; font-size: small;"><i><u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <a href="https://youtu.be/qo7P8kCZtHA" style="color: #9c4700;">YouTube video HEROIC 1853 PIONEER TIMBER SLIDES: The Making of Provo/Springville</a></span></u></i></b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There is also a <a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2014/12/heroic-1953-pioneer-timber-slides.html" style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">Photo/Essay </a> covering the same information, but with text where you can see the quotes & photographs</b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">NOW TO THE 2016 SEPTEMBER EXPLORATION</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Below is a close-up of the area showing with the arrow the top of Slide Mountain, and roughly the two timber slides that were launched from there. </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The one on the left that goes down into Eagle Pass and then down Slide Canyon is the focus of this exploration--particularly the portion that goes from the ravine up to the top of Slide Mountain. The lower portion is reported on in the mentioned <span style="background-color: red;"><span style="color: white;">YouTube</span></span> video.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>On September 17, 2016, at 9:30 AM I began my hike up the Y Trail, and you will notice that for me these experiences, especially in popular areas like Y Mountain, it was also a wonderful social experience, observing the many who make this great hike, many with their families.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Y</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> area has become the property of Brigham Young University and the trail and area is being improved by BYU as you will notice....the one needed thing missing WATER FOUNTAINS! .....</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.... maybe a Hot Dog & Refreshment Center</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">UPDATE: </span><i><span style="color: red;"> </span>Reply from Kimberly & Willis Pueblo, Monday Sept. 19</i></b></span><br />
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<span id="x_yui_3_16_0_1_1474227303482_32593">Hi Cordell!</span></div>
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<span id="x_yui_3_16_0_1_1474227303482_32177"> Way to go on achieving your purpose and making it to the top of Slide mountain! When my mother called to ask me how our hike went, and to check on how my knees were feeling (I have really bad knees), I told her how you were up there hiking at age 80 and she was so impressed, as were Willis and I! Keep it up! </span></div>
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We checked out pictures of you and Little Andy Lake and did a little reading on your site. It looks like you are a man who has had many adventures!</div>
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<span id="x_yui_3_16_0_1_1474227303482_32383"> Thank you for the pictures! I did get one picture with you in it, as I was documenting our daughter trying to get out of the backpack carrier. I wish I would have taken a better one of you. </span></div>
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<span id="x_yui_3_16_0_1_1474227303482_32307"> Mason's team did win their soccer game. It was a pretty exciting game. That is so sweet of you to remember.</span></div>
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Good luck on your journey!</div>
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Kimberly and the Pueblo Crew</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>...<i>.I FINALLY GOT INTO MY REPORT!</i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>BUT THE PHOTO SHOWS WHY IN MY </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>YOUTH I WAS NICKNAMED</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"LITTLE ANDY"</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>GUESS IT'S THE ANGLE, BUT I LOOK LIKE A MIDGET OR WILLIS IS A GOLIATH!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">THE EXCURSION TO THE</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Y </span><span style="font-size: large;">IS A MUST FOR EVERYONE</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">THE BEGINNING IN UTAH VALLEY</span></span><br style="color: #494949; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;">In 1847, when the pioneers led by Brigham Young came into the Wasatch Front, there was some consideration</span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"> given to settle in Utah Valley. The area had been visited in 1776 by Fathers Escalante and Domingues who had established in their short visit a good relationship with the Timpanogos-Ute Indians. The Utes of Colorado called the Timp-Utes, </span><i style="color: black; line-height: normal;">"THE FISH EATERS,"</i><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"> due to much of their diet coming from the abundant fish (</span><i style="color: black; line-height: normal;">"speckled trout,"</i><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"> and suckers) from the clear waters of the streams flowing from the mountains, and the then clear water of Utah Lake. </span><span style="line-height: 13.86px;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These Catholic explorers named the valley,</span></span><br style="color: #494949; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"The Valley of Our Lady of Mercy of Timpanogos," </span></i></span></span><br style="color: #494949; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;">and in a letter to the King of Spain, said, it was....</span></span><br style="color: #494949; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">"....the most pleasing, beautiful, and fertile site in New Spain."</span></i></span></span><br style="color: #494949; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #494949; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The priests promised the Indians they would return and establish here a Catholic Mission. Can you imagine how different the history of Utah would have been if they had of done so? <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Taking a <i>"selfie" </i>with the background:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>a few cheers cast a spell upon the BYU football team....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.......for the evening game!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>was the surprising question of a tall young man, with his girl friend hiking up the trail, and passing me.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>They wondered what an old guy like me was doing climbing a mountain, and in the conversation I mentioned of course the <i>"Timber Slide</i>" thing, but that previously I had lived and worked for 35 years in Guatemala....which had him asking about the main dialect from the Alta Verapaz area of Guatemala.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Nine years before he had been an LDS missionary in the Polochic/Chulac area where back in 1976-79 I had been involved in getting missionary work going in that area....and then in 1990-92 built and operated 2 schools in Chulac as the Field Director of the GUATEMALAN FOUNDATION.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>There he is way up the trail in Eagle Pass, and below</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>a zoomed in shot of him. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I gave them my card and hope they email me so I can send them these pictures, and add them to my long list of <i>"High Uinta Friends." </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Now up the trail through Eagle Pass. Below is a shot down into the ravine showing the pathway of the timber slide which is a bit up out of the ravine. This picture shows clearly the steepness of the terrain our pioneers worked in and did miracles!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From here in Eagle Pass the slide went down the canyon to the foothills. I'll insert a picture below from here showing it going down the canyon.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The launch site for the slide was up there on the top of Slide Mountain where I hoped to get to on this exploration.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Looking down from Eagle Pass at Utah Valley.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I'm getting up the ravine where looking across to the south we can see the area where the pioneer timber slide came down from the top of the mountain.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>In the picture above...do you see the pathway coming down from the pines?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It is now 12:47 and taken me 3:15 hours to get here....a bit slow, but what with all the socializing, and needed rest stops for an old 80 year old...not too bad!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It will take me around 4:00 hours to find a way down into the ravine, up the other side just a little to find the old trail used by the pioneers, and then the pathway, that began the difficult task of clawing, and crawling, and dragging myself up the steep slide pathway we see with the arrows.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>But as I was preparing to go down into the ravine, I heard voices from the pathway area, and zoomed into see a couple!</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I then watched them leave the pathway, and work themselves to the right.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The young lady sat down at the cave to adjust her boots, and then continued catching up with her boyfriend.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It's hard to distinguish with so much scrub oak, maple and other underbrush, and is a trail that actually hasn't been used for 150 years. The view above is looking up the canyon, the one below looking down.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I followed it up a ways, taking pictures ahead of me and behind, but finally decided to go back down, and then leave the trail struggling through the jungle of brush to find the slide pathway.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Below is pictured one of the few items we could call <i>"artifacts."</i> </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This entire, very steep and remote area is where people just don't come and go, so a piece of wood like this found here is not a coincidence. </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A few of these pieces of wood were found, cut with an ax, about 6" in diameter, that must have been support pieces for the <i>slide.</i></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><i><b>"Workmen finished the timber slide down Slide Mountain in November. George A. Smith informed the editor of the Deseret News that the two-mile-long timber slide ran from the top of the mountain to the foothills below. " </b></i> p.133</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From the journal of John C. Dowdle, we find a little detail, one reference saying, it worked <b>"</b><i><b>admirably as far as tried." </b> J</i>ohn and his brother Robert, worked on the construction of the slide, harvested logs to be used as fuel and lumber, and slide them down the <i><b>"chute." </b></i> p.133</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Previous explorations, such as reviewed in the <i><u><a href="https://youtu.be/qo7P8kCZtHA">YouTube video</a></u></i>, and also in a <i><u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2014/12/heroic-1953-pioneer-timber-slides.html">Photo/Essay </a></u></i>where you can see many historical quotes, showed that the adventures sometime became quite bloody as being <i>"thin skinned"</i> seems to be my lot in recent years. Below are a couple of pictures from the 2014 explorations!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Made it by 5:37 and took a needed rest & lunch stop, and got a shot of <span style="font-size: large;">Y</span> Mountain's south side.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I did find a number of pieces of old, mostly rotted wood, cut with an ax. I was hoping for more, but we're dealing with a <i>slide </i>or <i>chute</i> made in the 1853-60 period, around 160 years ago, and as I learned with the <i>tie hackers</i> on the Uinta's North Slope, stumps from the 1867-1880 period were almost always completely rotted away. So I was lucky to find at least a few pieces, likely braces. I was hoping to find square nails, as I did in my <i>tie hacker</i> explorations, but so far nothing. </b><span style="color: red;">Note: If you don't know who the <i>tie hackers</i> were, go to my website where I have around 14 photo/essays and YouTube videos on said <i>"unsung heroes who helped win the West!"</i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I'll insert below tie hacker stumps</b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">from the 1867-80 period. Said stumps, 140-50 years old, are almost completely rooted away. Wood from the timber slide period are around 160 years old, and even more likely to be rotted away than the stumps from the tie hackers, so it shouldn't be a surprise that little or nothing can be found.</b><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The nearly total fatigue I felt just trying to follow the slide pathway, showed me clearly that the pioneers were tough as nails to have been able to actually build a timber slide out of logs in very rough, steep country, and then go up there daily to cut timber they likely drug to the launch sites with horses or oxen, then...I repeat what was quoted previously from Mr. Carter's books:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;">"</b><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b>Large logs as well as small ans [ones] would run with great rapidity....We would often start timbers at the top end of the slide an[d] it would run the entire [way to the] loading place with out a stop." </b></i></span><br />
Then quoting <i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-style: normal;">the journal of a John C. Dowdle, who wrote: [It worked] </span><b style="font-style: normal;">"</b><i><b>admirably as far as tried." </b> J</i><span style="font-style: normal;">ohn and his brother Robert, worked on the construction of the slide, harvested logs to be used as fuel and lumber, and slide them down the </span><i><b>chute. </b></i></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 20.16px;">Since lumbermen used the slide mainly in the winter, they labored under unfavorable working conditions. Dowdle said at times the snow was from two to eight feet deep on the mountain. Alexander P. Chesley, who helped cut and slide the timber, lived in such destitution that he had to wrap his feet in burlap sacking in place of shoes. Working in these dire circumstances presented at least one advantage. Dowdle wrote, </span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 20.16px;"><b>'By laboring in this manner during the winter we made a tolarable good living.'" </b></span></i></span></i></span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> p.133</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>My admiration for the pioneers grew exponentially once more, and I am filled with gratitude for the work and sacrifices they made to help make </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>possible </b></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">so many blessings we now enjoy--and we in turn should in our own way focus some of our energies also on making the world a better place for others.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">NOW TO GET HOME BEFORE DARK</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>By 5:55 I was on my way down to Maple Flats and passed by the ruins of this cabin discovcred on previous explorations in 2014.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Once down in the canyon and the meadows, by about 7:00 PM, I take another rest/eat stop. If you are interested in hiking from here up to Maple Flats, let me help you find the trail by inserting a picture from previous years showing where it takes off.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Coming up the trail you get to the first meadow, and you will notice a well defined trail to the right taking you 20 yards or so to the spot you see below.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> #1 marks the spot where the chute came up to the top of Slide Mountain. #2 points down a bit to the launch site for the slide that goes down the front of the mountain. Both pathways shown again in the shot below. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I watched the Lavell Edwards Stadium fill up with people for the BYU vs UCLA game and could actually hear and understand some of what was on the PA system....in spite of my hearing which is the one body part that is in such bad shape that I find myself avoiding group social gatherings!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>By 8:16 the game was about to start and I was tuned in with my tiny Apple square thingy, and hoped that listening to something interesting would help me make it to the parking lot in the dark--the trail sort of visible with the lights from Provo.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>So I took a last shot of the Valley focusing on the LDS Temple at the mouth of Rock Canyon where in my youth I had great success hunting cottontail rabbits--as well as many other cherished adventures, and headed down the trail, grateful for having mostly achieved my purpose....and more than anything else.........</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>..........EXPERIENCING A GREATLY ENHANCED APPRECIATION FOR WHAT OUR PIONEERS DID SO WE COULD BE SO BLESSED TODAY....</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>....AND LITERALLY IN AWE AS I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW THEY COULD HAVE DONE WHAT THEY DID TO HELP BUILD PROVO, UTAH.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Next up:</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Finishing my exploration of the 1st Pioneer Timber Slide, which was on Buckley Mountain, between Provo & Springville</i></b></span><br />
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Cordellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629187781246662849noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097758882053289925.post-19711073233203570852016-09-01T20:45:00.003-06:002016-09-29T09:23:50.732-06:00THE ASSAULT ON "LITTLE ANDY LAKE" near MOUNT JEDEDIAH, and being ABUNDANTLY BLESSED WHILE HOPEFULLY BLESSING OTHERS! & the ACID TEST OF MY RESOLVE TO "NEVER GIVE IN....EASILY!"<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">ASSAULT ON "LITTLE ANDY LAKE" </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">or what I called,</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"LITTLE ANDY'S OLYMPICS"</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">LONGEVITY...</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>"Use it or lose it!"</i> .... I feel need of frequent <i>HEAVY DUTY WORKOUTS</i></b></span><i>!</i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>So, on Saturday, September 17th, back to...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>THE PIONEER TIMBER SLIDES EXPLORATIONS.....</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>....up past the Y, then to Eagle Pass and down into the ravine to follow the pathway up through the pines to the top of Slide Mountain. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I'll use my <i><u><a href="http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0ukTdXBvsljFROjmPEpaPv4qo5g0SMGE6">SPOT TRACKER.</a></u></i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>MADE IT...scratching, clawing, & dragging myself.... UP THE PATHWAY...legs sore like never!</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Click on: <a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2016/09/slide-mtcanyon-pioneer-timber-slide_19.html">TIMBER SLIDE EXPLORATION #1-2016</a></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>LITTLE ANDY LAKE</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>"The highest lake in Utah"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><i><b>It looks sort of low down & humble in this picture from 13,512 ft. South Kings Peak </b></i></span><br />
<i style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>taken by my friend Elisabeth Johanson, but....</b>.</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: normal;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.....<span style="font-size: large;">PERSPECTIVE:</span></b></span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: normal;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Little Andy Lake is 550 ft. higher than Mt. Timpanogos </b></span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: normal;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>that looms over Utah Valley, 409 ft. higher than Gunsight Pass </b></span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: normal;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">we will see in the report</b></span></i><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">. </span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>UPDATES ARE BEING MADE OFTEN AS MY "<i>FRIENDS"</i> SEND ME </b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>PHOTOS & DETAILS--which I'm posting, like from:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Cesar de la Cruz Santos, Paula & Wade, Elisabeth Johanson & crew,</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> John Sowell, Nathan Gibbons, Christina Ogrin, Kim, Kevin Parks,</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Jake Hirschi & kids--Grace & Isaac, Brant & Jennell Humphrey, </b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Linda Turner, & Johnny Clare....and I expect more soon</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: normal;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="color: red;">Sept. 14 - Just heard from Wade & inserted his message & photo</span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.4667px;"><b><i>Sorry, but this backpack in my eyes was for several reasons perhaps the most signifcant of my approximately 1,900 miles over the last 14 years, & has me so pumped up that I'm already making backpack plans for 2017 in my 82nd year and getting to 2,000 miles-- I'm constantly making little additions & improvements to this post so that in the end it will be more complete for my own history & for those really interested in learning how an 80 year old did it--and will do more!</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 21.4667px;"><b><i>ADDED MY SECRET SIX SUPPLEMENTS!</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.4667px;"><b><i>I've inserted them when describing my encounter with </i></b></span></span><b style="color: red; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; line-height: 21.4667px;"><i>Darryl, </i></b><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><b><i>Maybe I should say "PARAOLYMPICS"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>HENRY'S FORK TRAILHEAD </b><i>(9,426 elevation)</i><b> </b></u><b style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">>Gunsight Pass </b><i style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">(11,893 ft.</i><b style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">)></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Highline Trail>Off-trail to </b><b style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">U-75 lake </b><i style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">(11,402 ft)</i></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">><i>"Little Andy Lake"--<span style="font-size: xx-small;">The Uintas highest lake at 12,302 ft.</span></i></b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">>back to U-75 lake</b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">>Back to Gunsight Pass>to </b><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Henry's Fk Basin</b><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">> T</b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">imberline camp before Dollar Lake> Return to Henry's Fk Trailhead> </b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">.</b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Note: Camp #1 to Camp #5 all above 11,000 ft. timberline</span></span></i></b><b style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">TOTAL MILES = 36 miles in 6 days</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">HOW AN 80 YEAR OLD OVERCAME <i>"GLITCHES"</i> LIKE:</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">"Football Ankle,"</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "3rd worst backpacker among the 3 </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">originals</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">,"</span><b style="font-style: italic;"> "Motorcycle Knee," Cancer, Heart attack, </b><i>"Football ankle,"<b> </b>&</i><i>"Motorcycle Knee," </i></span></span></span></span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b> Both wore out, </b></i><br />
<i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b>Nasal obstruction--breathing problem, </b>"Becoming a cripple" <b>with worn out hip & pinched nerve, Overweight with 26 extra pounds! "</b>Metatarsalgia" <b>in feet, </b>"Peripharal Neuropathy"<b> in feet, </b></i><br />
<i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b>High Altitude Sickenss, & most agree about me </b>"being quixotic Crazy!"</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>THE PHOTO/ESSAY WITH BACKGROUND HISTORY OF THE EFFORT TO GET TO</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"LITTLE ANDY LAKE"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The actual <i>HIGH UINTAS WILDERNESS PROJECT</i> began in 2003, but really got its start in 1952 when my family moved from California to Provo, Utah, and soon afterwards Ted Packard and Charlie Peterson invited me to <i>"The Grandaddies"</i> beginning my 64 year love affair with the HIGH UINTAS. Below, to the left are the three of us in September 1954 after a two week backpack traversing what then was <i>THE HIGH UINTAS PRIMATIVE AREA.</i></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mTsStv2QP0IhAa8ooGvRMB9gpshASxle1Cak4Ot26B5eyjt9XXrL_wgApP3O0dC_erR5qYZMA8rBBD68PIj0dFBa1filwIQTMfs5QqMU9RSPD5yyzY1DPwHo5YocmIZp05-8qR7_TBo/s1600/m_00000+BEGINNING+1954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mTsStv2QP0IhAa8ooGvRMB9gpshASxle1Cak4Ot26B5eyjt9XXrL_wgApP3O0dC_erR5qYZMA8rBBD68PIj0dFBa1filwIQTMfs5QqMU9RSPD5yyzY1DPwHo5YocmIZp05-8qR7_TBo/s640/m_00000+BEGINNING+1954.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ted & Charlie were always better backpackers than me, in spite of me considering myself an athlete even being Provo High School's <i>All-State Football Candidate</i> in my senior year--when I was nick-named </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"Little Andy"</i>..</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">...but, in the Uintas I more often than not found myself in the prone position as seen on the right above.....and it isn't a stretch to imagine me doing that much more now in my 81st year (I'm 80, but in <i>"my 81st year"</i>). </span></b><b style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nevertheless, I fell in love with the Uintas and swore then that, </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Sooner or later I will explore, photograph and report on the entire area,"</i> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"The area"</i> later doubled in size when in 1984 it was designated the </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From 1967 to 2002 I dedicated my life in Guatemala among the Mayans in a gigantic personal/family effort to save and help as many as possible (</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><b><i>http://www.guatemalanfoundation.org/</i>)</b></span></span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">....and it involved a lot of hard work with my plantation, dairy, and then coffee farm..... that kept me in pretty good shape, in addition to the dangers from guerrillas and criminals that forced me to be strong--always having to be ready and able to either <i>fight or flee. </i> In the closing years I anticipated returning to Utah and making good on my vow with the Uintas, and so increased my work-outs, hiking 4 miles around my farm 2-3 times a week with a hundred pound bag of fertilizer on my back!</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, in 2002 I returned to the U.S. and in 2003 began what I called..... </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">....beginning with a 27 day, 236 mile--<i>no re-supply</i>--backpack across the Wilderness begining with 83 lbs. on my back and around my waist, then continued now for 14 years with around 1,900 miles of exploration....so far. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Most of those years I became associated with Russ Smith<i>/<a href="http://skycallsatellite.com/">SKYCALL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS,</a> </i>and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tim Hughes at<i> </i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=154210&nid=186">KSL OUTDOORS radio</a></i> giving satellite phone reports from the Uintas.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Then, a couple of years ago, Tim & Russ suggested that a lake in the Uintas be given my name. The search was on for a no-name, no-number lake nobody would care about, and I found one under the eastern shadow of South Kings Peak, and named it </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"LITTLE ANDY LAKE"</i></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As it worked out, the small lake turned out to be what I'm told is </span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"the highest lake in the Uintas & in Utah!" </span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">By that time in 2014, being 78 years old, backpacking was becoming a bit more difficult and I even mentioned on my website that getting to it be done by some<i> "young bucks" </i>who would have to do me the favor......but, then...</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> ...I experienced a renewal with better health, no pain for the 1st time in 30 years & increased physical stamina and decided I had to do it myself!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>So, during the 2015 backpacking season, I made my first attempt with the plan of going from the Uinta River Trailhead and ascending the Atwood Trail up to Trail Rider Pass and U-75 lake, but at the trailhead found a Forest Service notice that the trail was closed by a <i>"FLY OVER"</i> by helicopters working on the dam at Lake Atwood.....</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.....so the first effort FAILED, due to the Forest Service.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A couple of weeks later I was back at the Uinta River Trailhead and ascending the Atwood Trail.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A PROBLEM: As I have got older, and, when adding to that weakness, due to sickness or excessive fatigue, I began experiencing HIGH ALTITUDE SICKNESS, and such was the case in this attempt up the Attwood Trail when getting near timberline, with tough Robert's Pass ahead of me & then further along, Trail Rider Pass. My blood pressure was up, and I noticed all of a sudden an irregular heart beat--that I used to have, but which I thought had been overcome. So, not feeling well, and with worrisome vitals, indicating High Altitude Sickness, I decided it was wise for me to to retreat down the trail. So my 2nd attempt to get to <i>"Little Andy Lake" </i>failed....this time MY FAULT! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Of course I wasn't about to give up and came up with a plan that might work. The other approach to the Kings Peak/Little Andy Lake area, was the Henry's Fork Basin on the North Slope. The Trailhead beginning point was 1,000 feet higher than the Uinta River Trailhead, and there was a gradual climb, giving time for acclimitazion as I scaled just one pass, Gunsight Pass. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>So, on August 19th I was at the <a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2016/01/note-of-photographs-be-used-written.html">Henry's Fork Trailhead</a> to make my 3rd attempt getting to Little Andy Lake. I made it to Elkhorn Crossing and camped, hopefully giving my body time to acclimatize. I continued the next day going by the Dollar Lake area and continued to above timberline where I hoped to camp and wait until the next day to climb Gunsight Pass.......but...</b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">......it was there that <i>"the silent killer"</i> attacked again.</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, wisdom had me descending.....which I did going back to Elkhorn Crossing, and the next day back to the Trailhead.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>That backing off....again, proved fortunate as it had me meeting up with an old friend, Teresa.....who when she saw me, screamed:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>She had seen on the internet the obituary of CORDELL M ANDERSEN, who died a few years ago in Council Bluffs, Iowa!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">SO.....BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.....</span>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>......outlining a <i><u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2016/01/note-of-photographs-be-used-written_29.html?utm_source=BP_recent">STRATEGY TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE</a></u></i> for success in 2016.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The <i>"strategy"</i> during the remainder of 2015 and winter/spring 2016 was basically to workout everyday and <u>get much stronger. </u> So, with pack on my back--full of rocks & containers full of water, I was on the streets of American Fork, Utah every day, along with other exercises, and achieved losing 26 lbs. to get down to my weight when I was 20 years old.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>With the backpack, rather than the weighted vest, I had fun meeting a few good hearted people who stopped to offer me money and rides, like, Spencer, on the left, and Lincoln & his mom, Vilma, on the right. I'd tell them, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>"Thanks, for being such good hearted people, but I'm not homeless, rather an eccentric millionaire out getting my exercise....and meeting my goal of:</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>BEING 80+, LOOKING LIKE 60, BEHAVING LIKE 30, & WEIGHING LIKE WHEN 20!"</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Let me comment on this critical item...I mentioned losing 26 lbs. of body fat. How important is it? I have calculated it for the half-marathons I used to run every year...and will again in May 2017 in Guatemala, in my 82nd year. I figure that I take more or less 26,000 steps during the 13 miles, and with having lost 26 lbs. each step lifts 26 lbs. less, for a total during the race of 676,000 pounds LESS!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Add to all of that incredible amount of energy saved, I now use the lightest weight mountain running shoes pictured below...of the Saloman brand.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Each shoe, compared to the lightweight Salomon hiking books I used to wear, weighs 8 oz. less multiplied by 26,000 steps, comes to an additional 13,000 lbs. less weight lifted, for a grand total of 688,000 lbs. less weight lifted over the 13 miles. I averaged about 6 miles a day on this backpack, which comes out lifting <u>317,538 lbs. less every day--a total for the 6 days almost 2,000,000 lbs. less weight my body had to lift!</u> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>SIGNIFCANT? YOU'D BETTER BELIEVE IT!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Any additional weight that can be eliminated will just enhance the whole experience, making possible such efforts for an old guy like me. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Otherwise, I likely wouldn't be able to do it!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Two were done in June--to <i>"Grandaddies"</i> & July--to <i>"FoxQueant Pass" </i>... to help me be prepared, and then.....</b></span></div>
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<b style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>..<span style="font-size: x-large;">NEVER!</span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> <span style="font-size: large;">SOME OF THE ESSENTIALS FOR ACHIEVING MY PURPOSE:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>This obviously isn't a complete list.....but let me say a word about two items...on the left and on the right:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>On the left</u>: Topographical maps, with elevation profiles, plus National Geographic High Uintas Wilderness Map, and prints of Google Earth & info. from Guide Books, with printed pages.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>On the right:</u> Blister preventing socks next to your skin. <i>I tire of hearing even experienced backpackers, mountaineers, marathoners, etc. talk about getting blisters.</i> Since I started using <i>"blister preventing socks"</i> I have never had a blister--during the 14 year Uinta Project, and during 14 consecutive years running the International Half Marathon in Coban, Guatemala!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.....or other similar devices to signal to family and friends each day one is OK, and a Google Earth view exactly where you are--and of course if the Emergency arrises, hit the 911 button to have Search & Rescue on the way. No one should go alone without such a device, and I believe each group should have one.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>NOTE: Eric Robinson, 64 year old Australian adventurer went missing in the High Uintas 6 years ago, and during my backpack his remains were found. He had a personal satellite tracking device, but DIDN'T USE IT!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>He was likely saving it for an emergency, but it apparently suprised him not giving him time to turn it on and press 911!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Once again, I believe this is essential, especially if one goes alone, such as I have done on most of my backpacks over 14 years. I would also recommend that each group, like Boy Scouts, or Explorer Scouts, have one. I'm sure the parents would be happy to pay the rental cost.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="color: blue;">Note: Once again, Eric Robinson, didn't have a satellite phone to keep his loved ones aware of his whereabouts and changes in his schedule.....like somehow getting way off course from the Highline Trail onto the North Slope Alsoop Lake area where his remains were mysteriously found.</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>On this adventure Russ Smith, at </b><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px;"><i><a href="http://skycallsatellite.com/">SKYCALL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS,</a></i></b><b>, provided the one you see on the left which was very effective in giving my Saturday morning report to </b><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px;"><i><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=154210&nid=186">KSL OUTDOORS radio</a></i> </b><b>, the podcast of which you can listen to at: <i><a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1388&a=3148&showid=2008&n=">PODCAST</a></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It measures the oxygen content of your blood, along with pulse. My normal oxygen reading at home was 96. What would be dangerously low?</b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "nyala";"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In 2006, when on a late season mid-September backpack to Crater Lake I ran into bad weather, was snowed on, and got sick--laying there for several days while the emergency anti-biotic I always take began taking effect. I then had to get out of there as big-time snow was on its way. Up on 12,150 foot East Fork Pass a blizzard hit, and everything went wrong......I called Russ Smith on the sat phone as depicted in an above picture, and asked for help. Soon it was a conference call </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">between</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> me, Russ, the Summit County sheriff, and the U of Utah Rescue unit. I was able to give them my coordinates as I moved down 1,300 ft. By the time the helicopter got there I was feeling pretty good and joked about them just doing me the favor of taking me to the Trailhead.....or the LaVell Edwards stadium as the BYU game was about to start! </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 13.5pt;">They insisted on checking my vitals: Even after resting for 30 minutes my blood pressure was sky high, pulse racing, and oxygen in my blood at 50! They insisted on taking me out of there.</span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I actually went with 9 days of food in case acclimatization and/or weather would prolong the trip. That had my pack heavier than I wanted at about 46-48 lbs. But, if I deduct the 26 lbs. of body fat I had lost, it was like reducing my backpack load to 20 pounds! I had also trained with a gradually increasing pack weight up to 60 lbs., so.....<i>....theoretically I would just float up the trail!</i></span></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "nyala";">1. In 1994 I was diagnosed with</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="font-family: "nyala";"> </span></i></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "nyala";">"</span></i><span style="text-align: start;"></span></b><b><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">metatarsalgia"</span></i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></i></span><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">a painful problem with the ball of my feet, and told<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>"No more running half-marathons, or backpacking"<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b> but of course I found a way to solve this problem myself, and, as I have reported, gradually cured the problem....except for only a partial cure with the right foot when doing heavy duty running or backpacking, that required extra Cod liver oil, Excedrin, etc. For this backpack #3-2016 I modified my lightweight mountain running shoes, with an extra insert with a hole in the ball of the foot area, and it worked for the </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "nyala";">"</span></i><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">metatarsalgia"</span></i><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> but caused a new problem, jamming my toes, especially my big toe that became extremely painful and I only made it back to the Trailhead with adjustments on the trail, but on the last day I was limping on arrival after my longest day of hiking--around 9 miles, going mostly downhill. </span></i><span style="font-family: "nyala";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2. In addition, over the 14 years of the Project, every year I had to deal with problems, each in turn with a solution to make possible continuing. <u>Problems, like: </u> In 2003, cancerous thyroid removed, & two Mohs surgeries removing cancerous growths on my upper body, plus several radiation treatments over the next few years; Then in 2004 a temporary surgery on my "motorcycle knee," & eventually, in 2008, reconstruction now with a titanium right knee; Then from 2004-to the present, coping with the aftermath of a heart attack in 2004; In 2007, reconstruction of the "football ankle," with a tendon transplant and 3 screws holding it together; Next, in 2009 "terminate reduction surgery" to make possible better breathing; Then in 2011 back surgery due to a pinched nerve that was making me a cripple, installing a device to keep spine straight; Last of all in 2012 hip replacement with a titanium joint on my left side; And, as explained lately, dealing with High Altitude Sickness and its corresponding complications.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3. Then, from 2012 on "PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY" in my feet, but which went away when I had a load on my back, motivating me to train usually with a backpack weighing around 40 lbs., and also when jogging with more than normal pressure on my feet that would have me feeling fine. So, even day hikes required me to have at least 10-15 lbs. of weight on my back.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4. Last, but not least, I became 26 lbs. overweight, and this year went on the CARB NITE DIET designed to lose fat and not muscle, and finally got down to me weight when I was 20 years old! </span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, here we go up the famous Henry's Fork of the Green River. Once again, as many of the streams coming out of the High Uintas, very seldom if ever fished. I'm toying with the idea that said <i>"streams of the Uinta"</i> will be my next focus, once I get the <i>"unique book"</i> put together I'm now working on.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Up the trail a horseman approached with his pack horse. It happens to be one of the many sheepherders tending large flocks in the high country. Fifty years ago they were usually Basques, from Spain, but now are rather Mexicans, Peuvians and Chileans.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Cesar de la Cruz Santos happens to be from Peru on his way back to his Kings Peak (Painter Basin) camp and herd. Cesar spends his winters in Bigelow, Wyoming. Interestingly he gave me <u>his Facebook page, and told me at their camp they had internet</u>! So he would be able to check out my website with my business card I gave him. By September 6th they will begin moving their sheep down from the high country.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Here is Cesar's profile picture on <i><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cesar.delacruzsantos?pnref=friends.search">his FACEBOOK page</a></u></i>.....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>We now have an incredible</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"Peruvian sheepherder artist/photographer"</span> </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Creating beauty from his camp in the eastern shadow of Kings Peak in the Painter Basin!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Now, up out of the canyon with the wonderful panorama of the High Uintas spreading before us: Gilbert Peak, 13,442 ft (3rd highest); no-name, 13, 263 ft.; Kings Peak, 13,528 ft.; no-name, 13, 260 ft.; etc.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>All the light green vegetation we see are willows.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>At Elkhorn Crossing I had a little water left, so decided to go on a mile or so where the maps indicated the trail crossing two small streams, get water there and camp, but when I got to them they were dry, and I was out! There were signs everywhere of this being a dry year for this portion of the Uintas. I had to push on, and on and it was getting real tough approaching 8 miles on my first day..... until finally getting to the outlet of Dollar Lake we see below where I filled my water buckets and went on to set up camp in the first pines.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A little friend near my 1st camp.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>Getting up near timberline, the low spot in the middle of the picture is where no-name lake G-98 is located which originally I had hoped to visit on my way back.....but as you will notice, all the extras listed were left pending a backpack just into the Henry's Fork Basin for 2017.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>Continuing towards the west we come to the basin where Cliff Lake is found--the most remote lake in the Henry's Fork Drainage--where I once had an <i>"alligator-like"</i> rush at my spoon that splashed water 20 feet to the shore where I stood. I still want to get back there....one more time (2017)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> As I approached the pass, two backpackers were coming towards me, and I met Paula & Wade Whitlock.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> They were on a very ambitious backpack, having left their car at the Hoop's Lake Trailhead, way to the northeast, and from there worked their way up into the high country coming over Divide Pass into the Uinta River Drainage, and then followed the Highline Trail across that drainage, then over Gunsight Pass where we met. From there they would continue down to Elkhorn Crossing and there take the North Slope Highline Trail taking them through the Beaver Creek Drainage, and over Thompson Pass 11,450 ft. and back to Hoopes Lake. I calculate the distance at 65 miles. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Congratulations to Paula & Wade. </b></span><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'll look forward to getting a report from them.</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 18.0pt;">HEARD FROM THEM</span></b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 13.5pt;">September 14, 2016 with
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<b><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Hello Cordell, </span></i></b><b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 13.5pt;">e it back to Colorado safe and sound. I
would say we made it home, but the high places feel more like home to </span></i></b><b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 13.5pt;">us than the city, so we plan to return home
again several times before the deep winter sets in. We were so happy to
see you made it to Little Andy Lake! We pray God gives you many more
years of backpacking in the mountains you love.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 9.5pt;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I attached a picture of you near Gunsight.</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Wade</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It was a good time to see the hearty Mountain Sorrell , a beautiful, delicate plant that grows in very harsh conditions. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>This pass is around 200 feet higher than the summit of Mt. Timpanogos that dominates Utah Valley.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Coming right up the difficult <i>"ravine trail</i>" was a young lady, followed by her companions, and it was great meeting a pretty unique group of youth from Washington, working on climbing the 50 peaks, along with Utah's Thirteeners.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Meet (not necessarily in order), Phebe, Rachel, Ben, Elizabeth, & Naomi JOHANSON, & McChensi McClellan. They not only were on their way to climb Kings Peak (13,528), but from there follow the ridge south and southeast climbing South Kings Peak (13,312), then continue down the ridge climbing 3 no-name 13,000+ peaks, including 13,387 ft. Mt. Jedediah (I have named), and end at 13,440 ft. Mt. Emmons, Utah's 4th highest, and from there hike back to the Henry's Fork Trailhead--ALL OF WHICH I FIND INCREDIBLE!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> I didn't want to discourage them, but did mention that it would be miles and miles of boulder hopping, no flat areas to set up tents, only water likely being melting snow, plus they would be right up in the weather that was forecast and did happen as I show further along. Many times in the next few days they were in my prayers!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I will be anxious to get their report and publish it here.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>UPDATE: September 2, 2016</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I just reeived an email from Elisabeth Johanson and some special photographs a few of which I'll add here, and others later when we get to <i>Little Andy Lake.</i></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I also expect to receive some details about what Elisabeth called </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"Our hike up to Kings Peak and across to Mt. Emmons that was amazing!"</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As soon as I get more information I'll add it to this post, and then advise my entire list of <i>"High Uinta Friends." </i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>This photo was taken without me realizing it....as I was checking my vitals, seeing that at 11,893 ft. my blood oxygen count was down to 81, the lowest on the trip. Dropping down to where I camped, where the group was also camped, my oxygen went back up to 92 quickly after taking my <i>"recovery supplements."</i> It likely would have normalized even up on the pass by just waiting 30 minutes or so.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Another picture taken of me by Elisabeth as they were dropping down ahead of me, and I was shouldering my pack to follow them.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As mentioned above, before leaving the pass, I checked my blood pressure, which was fine, and then the oxygen which was 81, the lowest so far.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Once down off the pass you come to a junction. The right hand fork is the short-cut for those climbing King's Peak. The left hand fork, goes out in the middle of the valley and eventually connects onto the Highline Trail. I came up that trail on my return.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> <u>My 2nd CAMP at about 11,400 ft.</u> with Gunsight Pass in the distance, and Gilbert Peak on the right. After my recovery my oxygen was up to 92, and blood pressure perfect.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From my camp I followed the trail until it headed straight up the mountain towards King's Peak. I then went off trail until I began seeing the rock karns of the Highline Trail........coming from the east across the Uinta River Drainage.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> .........and there met a lone backpacker coming from the east.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> It was John Sowell, from Colorado, who was another unique backpacker working on doing something most don't even know about. He was doing the ENTIRE HIGHLINE TRAIL, including a 30 mile segment from what most think is the eastern end at the Hacking Lake Trailhead, near Leidy Peak, to the Highline Trail's actual starting point on Utah Highway 191 between Vernal and Flaming Gorge. I'll soon make a trip over there to at least get a picture of said starting point of the famous trail.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I knew something about this and once had the plan of doing as he was doing--and even made a series of 14 topographical maps showing the route, distances, etc. The total distance came to 106.6 miles. I since have been in email contact with John who met his objective, for which I heartily congratulate him.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I should add that John talked about once, I believe with a son, being on South King's Peak, and for some reason they decided to go down the mountain, and in so doing passed by <i>Little Andy Lake</i>, and from there dropped down into the Painter Basin, one ravine before the one I went up from U-75 lake. He thought he maybe had a picture with the Little Andy Lake included, which he'd send to me so I'd have a picture in case I didn't make it. So, I know of at least one person who had in a sense been to the lake.....so I wouldn't be able to claim to be the first.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>John took my picture with his camera and emailed it to me--you see above, with Gunsight Pass in the background.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>This is one of my favorite pictures from near Trail Rider Pass, looking north at Kings Peak, with no-name U-75 lake in the middle, with a blossoming <i>OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN </i>and Gunsight Pass on the right.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I named the mountain in honor of Jedediah Smith, for me one of the very greatest of all the mountain men and explorers of the West.</b><br />
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<i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14pt;">Oh my gosh, such beauty, and your writings are so informative. I feel like I was there! Of course, my favorite...the trappers and *Jedediah Mountain. Okay...the <u>whole thing </u>was my favorite. I especially love the photo with Old Man in the Mountain flowers/clouds/peaks. I hope you make a 'hard copy book too.</span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14pt;">Well, my new dream and hope is that someone knows how make it official... 'Jedediah Mountain' the 5th tallest in Utah. I'll forward your email to the Jedediah Smith Society near Sacramento if you don't mind, so they can see the mountain and your work sharing the adventures. Thank you for being you, a very rare and special person. God bless you sweet (and your family), kind, Cordell.. courageous and bright light of the Uinta's. </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">​</span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2016 seemed to be the beginning of the cycle as I could only see tiny fish & besides just focusing on my main objective had me so fatigued at the end of each day that I just didn't bother wetting a line. Maybe 2019-20 will be a year when the long hike in would payoff!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>As I got closer I could see that the dry year had dried up the shallow end of the lake, revealing what looked like dry mud flats, and my joke over the last couple of years about <i>"finding a swamp," </i>seemed to have come true! But, as I have said--like on KSL OUTDOORS, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Closer examination and zooming in show that we aren't seeing a mud flat, rather rocks covered by sediment and water growth that has dried, but there is a deeper portion of the lake as we see by zooming in from Google Earth. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> <i><span style="color: blue;">So it's not so bad after all and it might be a good idea to have the DWR plane drop a few trout in next year.......in old man's talk I'm talking to you guys at Utah FISH & GAME! </span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">NOW THE GOOD FORTUNE!</span></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I'll insert here a photograph of <i>Little Andy Lake</i> taken by Elisabeth Johanson from South Kings Peak, just sent to me today, September 2nd, </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>This is a wonderful photograph showing that <i>Little Andy Lake</i> really isn't a <i>"swamp"</i> as I have talked about jokingly...like on KSL Outdoors, but does show that the level has dropped a lot due to the dry year, but a fairly deep portion remains. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>On the left is seen the long Painter Mountain, dominated by Trail Rider Peak, then in the middle 11,780 ft. Trail Rider Pass, with Lake Atwood in the background. To the right of the Pass is seen 11,745 ft. high Beard Lake (U-74), then in the right background 13,440 ft. Mt. Emmons, with Mt. Jedediah's 13,387 peak on the extreme right.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Special thanks to Elisabeth Johanson for the photograph taken from South Kings Peak (13,512 ft. 2nd highest in Utah).</i></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Here we zoom in a bit on 12,302 ft. high <i>Little Andy lake</i>, with</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>But, the weather was closing in on me and I didn't want to have to navigate some steep, rocky areas if wet with rain and snow--so did what I had to do and then headed quickly for camp.....<span style="color: blue;">I actually forgot the SPOT Tracker, until about 150 yards down from the lake, but remembered just in time.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And, zooming in a lot on Beard Lake (U-74) right near Trail Rider Pass. It was in this alpine lake that I hooked the brook trout seen below that I have calculated would easily have been a Utah State record, if I could have got him out of the water and to a certified scale! </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">The present record is 7.5 lbs. from the Boulder Mountains.....I calculate this one, at least 28" long, as much as several lbs. heavier.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As I hiked towards Gunsight Pass, I looked back and saw the area I had been in shrouded in the weather, and also wondered about the kids who maybe were up high on those mountains trying to achieve their objective--and said repeatedly a prayer for them...a prayer that seems to have been answered. I prayed for me too, as I was pretty tired and having a tough time.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I then snuggled into my</span></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> sleeping quilt again and waited for the sun to warm everything....BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED!</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">In my hurry the evening before I had forgot to position the tent to get the first rays of sunlight in the morning & was in deep shade....so finally just got up, packed up and headed down the trail.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">That will include getting to the northern base of Castle Peak, seen below, where mysterious Castle Lake is found.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">In 2017 there will also be first another warm-up backpack into the <i>Grandaddies</i>, and likely another to <i>Crater Lake </i>to finally get that <i>"perfect" </i>shot of one of the most exotic and spectacular scenes in Utah we see below.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As I headed down the trail, all of a sudden I heard:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"HEY CORDELL, I FOUND YOU!"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Nathan Gibbons, went on saying, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>"I've been following your SPOT Tracks all week, and knowing you'd be here, I jumped in my car and came running up the trail 8 miles to meet you!" </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>While we talked, all of a sudden we were joined by two young ladies, Cameo White and Janae Welling. Their emails indicate <i>"ldschurch.org"</i> so, were they missionaries on their <i>"P Day," </i>or seminary teachers? Hey gals, tell me what the deal is.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>In the area I was looking for a memorable spot that I had got to in mid-September 2004, in fact a <i>SACRED SPOT</i> which is seen below:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">WHAT HAPPENED HERE TO MAKE IT <i>"SACRED?"</i></span></b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In mid-summer 2004 my "motorcycle knee" was
operated on. Six weeks later I was determined to do a special backpack
camping out near Andersons Pass under the eastern shadow of Kings Peak.
My 3rd day had me day hiking down to U-75 lake, but along the way I
became very sick, with high fever, an acute digestive component, headache, etc.
but made it to U-75, took one cast and decided I had to focus on
survival--getting back up to my camp where I had emergency medications,
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">That climb back up was a faith filled experience and I was deeply grateful
for having made it and started an emergency anti-biotic. I laid there two
days letting it begin taking effect but on the 3rd day I had to get out of
there as snow was on its way--by then it was September. </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">That afternoon I did a test to see if I might be
ready to make the move in the morning. I started a hike up to Anderson's Pass, didn't feel good and turned back to rest 2 more hours, and then made it to the pass and
took the picture at sunset when....</span></i><br />
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whole mountain turned to gold!" </b> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In the morning I packed up knowing I had
to move carefully in hopes that the sickness wouldn't notice it
had a great opportunity to knock me down for the count. I had to hike the
8 miles to the Dollar Lake area, and then hope to do the remaining 8 miles the
next day. I made it down to level terrain, but turned my ankle, and so was limping with both legs, and as I climbed Gunsight Pass entertained myself listening to Dan Rather, on my tiny radio, lie about George Bush, ruining Dan's career!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I made it over the pass and to the spot above and set up camp,
believing I was like,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>"Home free!"<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> On the sat phone I called the
family letting them know I was alright.</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But, I was having a hard time resting as every
time I would dose off I would suddenly awake unable to breath. By around
10 PM I was imagining how long it would take me to get to the Trailhead the next
day, when.....ALL OF A SUDDEN IT FELT LIKE KNIVES WERE BEING JAMMED INTO MY
HEART! I grabbed my chest putting pressure on believing that it would
burst without containing it. As the unbearable pain continued I
cried out a simple and desperate prayer, </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>"Father
in Heaven, too many people are dependent on me and I have to hike out
of here tomorrow. PLEASE HELP ME!"</b></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">At that instant I felt my heart literally
jumping around inside my chest....and IT WAS OVER!</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The next day it took me all day to do the 8
miles, but I made it and was alive, and since, at the Cardiologist's
suggestion, have carried constantly a little packet with aspirin, Nitro
Glycerin, and extra blood pressure medication. </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: large;"><b><i>THE SPOT I FOUND & PHOTOGRAPHED ABOVE IS SACRED GROUND FOR ME! </i></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Back to 2016, I continued down the trail passing the Dollar Lake area......</b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">.........and looked back up towards the pass, with Gilbert Peak, </b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">on the left, </b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">3rd highest in Utah at 13,442 ft., and grateful for having been able to do as well as I did in my 81st year.</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Apparently he was having some difficulties at 57, even with only a backpack weighing 22 lbs. and wondered how the heck I was able to do what I was doing being 80 years old?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"Did you smoke or drink?"</i> he asked.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hearing my reply that such have never interested me, he pressed for what my secrets were, and I replied telling him I have revealed pretty well everything in a long article on my website, entitled:</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>"I take a lot of stuff, but something is working so well that I'm afraid to leave any of it. Once I started experimenting stopping one item at a time and noticing the results, and with some didn't feel an effect, but there were 5 or 6 that made such a difference I got back on them quick, and before I sacrifice any of them, I would rather sacrifice my Mt. Dew or eating!" </i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. <u><i><b>COD LIVER OIL</b></i> </u>- has solved the arthritis problem that was making me a cripple at 49!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2. <u><b><i>HGH stimulator</i></b>.</u>...Human Growth Hormone stimulator taken daily at night--<i style="font-weight: bold;">HGH SURGE, </i>has been a major contributor turning the aging process around!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">3. <b><i><u>CALCIUM/MAGNESIUM </u></i></b>taken at night, sometimes with extra magnesium as a relaxant to avoid cramps & irritable leg syndrome, as it helps one sleep better and much more. I've been taking this for years resulting in the Dr. who did my hip replacement remark that my bones <b><i>"were the hardest"</i></b> he had ever seen. They couldn't saw off the ball joint end of the femur, but had to take it off in 4 pieces with a hammer and chisel!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">3. <b><i><u>TESTOSTERONE activator</u></i></b>....<b><i>ANDRO 400 MAX,</i></b> taken daily for increased energy, stamina & mood--said to be <i><b>"the cornerstone of men's health." </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4. <i><u><b>Tiny tablet daily of Hyaluronic Acid & Collagen</b></u>-</i>-<b><i>"MOVE FREE ULTA: Triple Action," </i></b>replacing the previous Glucosamine/Chondroiton/MSM I had taken for years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5. <i><b><u>Immune System double whammy</u></b> </i>taken daily as my multi-vitamin/mineral & <i>"recovery program:"</i> <b><i> Wellness Formula capsules, & Defense Plus tablets, plus Calcium/magnesium gel caps, & Glutamine.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">6.<b style="font-style: italic;"> </b></span><span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><u><i>EXERCISE...daily, plus ONE HEAVY DUTY ONE/weekly!</i></u></span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">.....such as I have done in September, with Pioneer Timber Slide explorations, climbing Squaw Peak, plus others that will continue weekly and be reported on....</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">"BEING 80+, LOOKING LIKE 60, BEHAVING LIKE 30, & WEIGHING LIKE </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">WHEN 20!"</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Doing all the above, plus a few minor details, has seemingly boosted me to a higher level I never thought possible for an old guy! I hope & pray that a few can be blessed by all of this, just as I have been. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">FOR DETAILS GO TO </i><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/anti-aging-challenge.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">ARTICLE ON MY WEBSITE</a> <b>and <i><u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/2015-gearsupplements.html">GEAR/SUPPLEMENTS</a></u></i></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Then we were invaded by an armed group.</span>...</b><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">....of <i>Arctic Ptarmigan</i> hunters led by Johnny Clare.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>September 13, 2016 ..... just heard from Johnny, who says:</b></span><br />
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Please forgive me for not writing sooner. I saw the pictures you posted of your trip. Thank you for including my friends and me. I used one as my Facebook profile picture.</div>
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I enjoyed reading the articles on your website and the pictures are fantastic! Next year we are planning on going to Cliff Lake. I hope to see you on the trail.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I told them where I had seen Ptarmigan on this trip and previous ones and told them to keep an eye on my website and I'd include some pictures and description of where they were seen....but basically it was in alpine tundra between 11,500 and 12,000 ft. It would be one tough hunt, with little to show for it, except some great exercise and seeing many beautiful<i> </i></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">The hunters hurried down the trail, as had Nathan, leaving me with Darryl.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Darryl expressed profound gratitude for our chance meeting, and felt like my example, and what I've written about <i>"longevity secrets"</i> would be a great blessing in his life, and that it was almost like <i>"divine intervention"</i> that we had met. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>I hope and pray he will take seriously my "secrets!"</i></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> Down the trail three young ladies, Kim, Christina & Cambria, stopped to say hello, as I was resting at the moment. They, as almost everybody else wondered about what the heck I was doing up there. I got names and emails for some, but passed out my business cards to all, and hope they will email me, and check out the website. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>The middle one, Christina Ogrin, emailed me today and reported that two out of the three made it to the peak. Kim has since emailed me too. Thanks to both. I'll insert below emails from Chrisina & Kim:</i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="background: white; color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hi Cordell!</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It was great meeting you
on the trail last Saturday afternoon. I am one of the 3 girls (the one in
the middle of your pictures) that stopped for a little chat as we made
our way to Dollar Lake. You gave us your card to email you, so I wanted
to let you know how the rest of our trip went. We were very much inspired
by your story and I just listened to your report on KSL as well as read your
latest report on your website. We are looking forward to reading your book when
you finish it! </span></i></b><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We ended up hiking to the
peak on Saturday instead of Sunday morning as we originally planned. It
was a long and exhausting day of hiking, but Kim and I made it. It was a
little too much for Cambria though. She made it just past Gunsight
Pass. We were lucky to have made it before any storms caught up to
us. This was my first time hiking in the Uinta's, and I will definitely
be back for some more backpacking and hiking. Last year I started a 52
Hike Challenge to get myself out in the mountains more. I achieved that
goal last November, and didn't stop after that. This year I did the same
challenge and King's Peak was my 52nd hike for this year. It was quite
the achievement for me, and everyone I met on the trail made it extra
special. I hope to still be out exploring the wilderness when I am 81 as
you do! </span></i></b><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hi
Cordell - Thanks for the reply, I did see that post actually, and I now see you
list my friend Christina Ogrin on it. :) We hope you can send us copies of the
pics you took of us 3 gals backpacking up to Dollar Lake. Congrats on such a
great hike and story!</span></i></b><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Finally got down to Elkhorn Crossing, and a bit below a handsome couple from Montana I had talked to the day before stopped to talk a little, and I was able to get this wonderful picture of two wonderful athletes. </b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>RECEIVED THEIR EMAIL....WHAT A RELIEF</i>, as I didn't want to forget</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Thanks, Brant & Jennell for contacting me and assuring our </i></b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>"HIGH UINTA FRIENDSHIP!"</i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I'm not surprised at all about your business....as both of you are</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>INCREDIBLE ATHLETES!</i></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">They referred to something that had worried me the day before when seeing them. <i>As I was coming down the pass at about 5:30 three young men, obviously on a day hike, only with wind breakers, passed me saying they were going to climb Kings Peak. That worried me as at best it would take them until 7:30 to scale the peak, and then in the dark, rain and maybe snow, have to come all the way back to their camp between the pass and Dollar Lake.</i></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>My Montana friends said they had seen them on Andersons Pass late at about 6:35 and being late & with bad weather, they had decided it not wise to scale the peak, but rather decided to work back to Henry's Fork Basin by going down the "chute," mentioned previously. So, at least they would have been going down, rather than up into the teeth of a storm and the jaws of Kings Peak!</i></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I meant to ask them about Montana and tell them how I used to love my fishing trips on the Beaverhead River near Dillon, Montana...which I will soon be doing again. I actually tried to hike pretty fast to catch up to them....but apparently fast for this old guy was pretty slow compared to this athletic couple...so I never saw them again...and hope they will make contact......</b></div>
<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>.....which of course they did. THANKS BRANT!</i></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Once again I seem to have lost their names, but did leave a card and hope they will contact me as I want to give them a photograph to remember this special experience.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">HOLD ON..JUST HEARD FROM THEM</span>. </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> I did have the father's name, but didn't recall who it was. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>He is <i>JAKE HIRSCHI</i> with the following report followed by their pictures:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>We spent one night at Dollar Lake and headed for Kings early the next morning. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>y 9 and 10 year old made it to the top of Kings Peak by 11:30am. We then stomped all the way out to the car that day by 8:30 PM just as darkness closed in. We easily made it home that night in time for school on Monday morning. Mom was impressed. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>First mountain peak for my 9 year old. She did great on this long trek. My 10 year old had done Mt Ogden 2 time and Ben Lomond 1 time before. They both helped motivate each other. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>I took the tent, one sleeping bag and one pad and our stove to the peak for safety. We were set for self containment in case of accident or need to help others along the trail. We had good weather and no accidents. Not one trip or fall. Kids did great. Some sore feet but they didn't seem to mind after a little doctoring</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Another email from Jake introduced me to his kids....now with names as seen below.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here I am with Jake's kids: GRACE, 9, and ISAAC, 10</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Grace & Isaac fooling around and getting ready to climb KINGS PEAK, seen in the background.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Jake, justly proud of his two climbing companions on top of Utah's world!</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14pt;">You are an inspiration for them and for me. Hope to follow in your well traveled footsteps. They remembered the exact spot on the trail where they met you while we were hiking out the following day. They referred to our <i><b>"trail buddy"</b></i> (that's you) many times along our journey. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Since I'm now the kid's </span><i style="color: #212121;">"TRAIL BUDDY</i><span style="color: #212121;">" I'll insert a picture of me also on top of Utah's world, back on my 27 day </span><i style="color: #212121;">"</i><span style="color: #212121;"><i>expedition</i>" in 2003:</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Met more new High Uinta Friends, Kevin Park & friend, at the junction where the trail takes off to Alligator Lake. </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kevin has emailed me and I have emailed him this picture as I will for any photographed on this wonderful backpacking experience in our wonderful Wilderness.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> <i>1. Having done heavy duty workouts all winter & spring, had me <u>STRONGER;</u> 2. <u>LOSING 26 lbs</u>. following a special diet to lose fat, rather than muscle; </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>3. Persisting with my special supplements designed to <u>STRENGTHEN MY IMMUNE SYSTEM, & COUNTER-ACT THE AGING PROCESS; </u> </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>4. <u>Taking DIAMOX,</u> that helps speed up the acclimatization process; </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 20.79px;">EXCITED WITH THE NEW FOCUS OF MY PROJECT</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> I will now begin serious efforts of putting together the unique book which will be much more than a guide book for hikers, but will....let me insert here what I told several on Backpack #1 into the Grandaddies:</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><i><span style="color: purple;">It will be an E- book with lots of the stunning color of the Uintas none of which is seen in any of the guide books. Yes, it would be a guide book for hikers and backpackers, but much more mixing throughout the incredible history, the fascinating legends and myths of gold & Big Foot, and, I asked, <b>"Do you know about the tie hackers?" </b>They shook their heads, and I described these <b>"unsung heroes of the Uinta's North Slope without whom the West might not have been won!" </b> I went on mentioning Tom "Bear River" Smith, President Eisenhower's hero from Abelene, Kansas, and Beartown, where Tom got his nick-name, which tie hacker/railroad town was described as </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><i> <b>"The liveliest if not the most wicked town in America!"</b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> all tied to the Uintas, and much more </i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>that will be in the book, </i></span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">with special emphasis on <b>SURVIVAL, telling the stories of those who didn't make it, and WHY...</b></i></span><br />
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<i style="color: purple; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b>that will save many</b></i><br />
<i style="color: purple; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b> lives, </b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">"WOW....You'd better get to it before it's too late!"</span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>LITTLE ANDY LAKE</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>"The highest lake in Utah"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><i>Note: It looks sort of low down & humble in this picture from 13,512 ft. South Kings Peak taken by my friend Elisabeth Johanson, but.....</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: normal;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>PERSPECTIVE: Little Andy Lake is 550 ft. higher than Mt. Timpanogos that looms over Utah Valley, 409 ft. higher than Gunsight Pass </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">we will see in the report</b></span></i><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">--which pass is also 141 feet higher than Timp. Mt. Jedediah that looms over it in the extreme right, 13,387 ft. high, is 1,085 ft. above LAL, & 1,635 ft. higher than Timp.</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Maybe I should say "ParaOlympics"</i></b></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Note: Camp #1 to Camp #5 all above 11,000 ft. timberline</span></span></i></b><b style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">TOTAL MILES = 36 miles in 6 days</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <i>"Culminating Chapter"</i> HOW AN 80 YEAR OLD OVERCAME <i>"GLITCHES"</i> LIKE:</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>THE PHOTO/ESSAY WITH BACKGROUND HISTORY OF THE EFFORT TO GET TO</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"LITTLE ANDY LAKE"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The actual <i>HIGH UINTAS WILDERNESS PROJECT</i> began in 2003, but really got its start in 1952 when my family moved from California to Provo, Utah, and soon afterwards Ted Packard and Charlie Peterson invited me to <i>"The Grandaddies"</i> beginning my 64 year relationship with the HIGH UINTAS. Below, to the left are the three of us in September 1954 after a two week backpack traversing what then was <i>THE HIGH UINTAS PRIMATIVE AREA.</i></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mTsStv2QP0IhAa8ooGvRMB9gpshASxle1Cak4Ot26B5eyjt9XXrL_wgApP3O0dC_erR5qYZMA8rBBD68PIj0dFBa1filwIQTMfs5QqMU9RSPD5yyzY1DPwHo5YocmIZp05-8qR7_TBo/s1600/m_00000+BEGINNING+1954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mTsStv2QP0IhAa8ooGvRMB9gpshASxle1Cak4Ot26B5eyjt9XXrL_wgApP3O0dC_erR5qYZMA8rBBD68PIj0dFBa1filwIQTMfs5QqMU9RSPD5yyzY1DPwHo5YocmIZp05-8qR7_TBo/s640/m_00000+BEGINNING+1954.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ted & Charlie were always better backpackers than me, in spite of me considering myself an athlete even being Provo High School's <i>All-State Football Candidate</i> in my senior year--when I was nick-named </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"Little Andy"</i>..</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">...but, in the Uintas I more often than not found myself in the prone position as seen on the right above.....and it isn't a stretch to imagine me doing that much more now in my 81st year (I'm 80, but in <i>"my 81st year"</i>). </span></b><b style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nevertheless, I fell in love with the Uintas and swore then that </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Sooner or later I will explore, photograph and report on the entire area,"</i> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"The area"</i> doubled in size when in 1984 it was designated the </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From 1967 to 2002 I dedicated my life in Guatemala among the Mayans in a gigantic personal/family effort to save and help as many as possible (</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><b><i>http://www.guatemalanfoundation.org/</i>)</b></span></span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">....and it involved a lot of hard work with my plantation, dairy, and then coffee farm..... that kept me in pretty good shape, in addition to the dangers from guerrillas and criminals that forced me to be strong--always ready and able to either <i>fight or flee. </i> In the closing years I anticipated returning to Utah and making good on my vow with the Uintas, and so increased my work-outs, hiking 4 miles around my farm 2-3 times a week with a hundred pound bag of fertilizer on my back!</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, in 2002 I returned to the U.S. and in 2003 began what I called..... </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">....beginning with a 27 day, 236 mile--<i>no re-supply</i>--backpack across the Wilderness begining with 83 lbs. on my back and around my waist, then continued now for 14 years with around 1,900 miles of exploration....so far. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Most of those years I became associated with Russ Smith<i>/<a href="http://skycallsatellite.com/">SKYCALL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS,</a> </i>and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tim Hughes at<i> </i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=154210&nid=186">KSL OUTDOORS radio</a></i> giving satellite phone reports from the Uintas.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Then, a couple of years ago, Tim & Russ suggested that a lake in the Uintas be given my name. The search was on for a no-name, no-number lake nobody would care about, and I found one under the eastern shadow of South Kings Peak, and named it </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As it worked out, the small lake turned out to be what I'm told is </span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"the highest lake in the Uintas & in Utah!" </span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">By that time in 2014, being 78 years old, backpacking was becoming a bit more difficult and I even mentioned on my website that getting to it would perhaps have to be done by some<i> "young bucks" </i>who would have to do me the favor......but, then...</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> ...I experienced a renewal with better health & physical stamina and decided I had to do it myself!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>So, during the 2015 backpacking season, I made my first attempt with the plan of going from the Uinta River Trailhead and ascending the Atwood Trail up to Trail Rider Pass and U-75 lake, but at the trailhead found a Forest Service notice that the trail was closed by a <i>"FLY OVER"</i> by helicopters working on the dam at Lake Atwood.....</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.....so the first effort FAILED, due to the Forest Service.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A couple of weeks later I was back at the Uinta River Trailhead and ascending the Atwood Trail.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A PROBLEM: As I have got older, and, when adding to that weakness, due to sickness or excessive fatigue, I began experiencing HIGH ALTITUDE SICKNESS, and such was the case in this attempt up the Attwood Trail when getting near timberline, with tough Robert's Pass ahead of me & then further along, Trail Rider Pass. My blood pressure was up, and I noticed all of a sudden an irregular heart beat--that I used to have, but which I thought had been overcome. So, not feeling well, and with worrisome vitals, indicating High Altitude Sickness, I decided it was wise for me to to retreat down the trail. So my 2nd attempt to get to <i>"Little Andy Lake" </i>failed....this time MY FAULT! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Of course I wasn't about to give up and came up with a plan that might work. The other approach to the Kings Peak/Little Andy Lake area, was the Henry's Fork Basin on the North Slope. The Trailhead beginning point was 1,000 feet higher than the Uinta River Trailhead, and there was a gradual climb, giving time for acclimitazion as I scaled just one pass, Gunsight Pass. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>So, on August 19th I was at the <a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2016/01/note-of-photographs-be-used-written.html">Henry's Fork Trailhead</a> to make my 3rd attempt getting to Little Andy Lake. I made it to Elkhorn Crossing and camped, hopefully giving my body time to acclimatize. I continued the next day going by the Dollar Lake area and continued to above timberline where I hoped to camp and wait until the next day to climb Gunsight Pass.......but...</b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">......it was there that <i>"the silent killer"</i> attacked again.</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, wisdom had me descending.....which I did going back to Elkhorn Crossing, and the next day back to the Trailhead.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>That backing off....again, proved fortunate as it had me meeting up with an old friend, Teresa.....who when she saw me, screamed:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>She had seen on the internet the obituary of CORDELL M ANDERSEN, who died a few years ago in St. Louis!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">SO.....BACK TO THE STRATEGY BOARD.....</span>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>......outlining a <i><u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2016/01/note-of-photographs-be-used-written_29.html?utm_source=BP_recent">STRATEGY TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE</a></u></i> for success in 2016.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The <i>"strategy"</i> during the remainder of 2015 and winter/spring 2016 was basically to workout everyday and <u>get much stronger. </u> So, with pack on my back--full of rocks & containers full of water, I was on the streets of American Fork, Utah every day, along with other exercises, and achieved losing 26 lbs. to get down to my weight when I was 20 years old.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>With the backpack, rather than the weighted vest, I had fun meeting a few good hearted people who stopped to offer me money and rides, like, Spencer, on the left, and Lincoln & his mom, Vilma, on the right. I'd tell them, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>"Thanks, for being such good hearted people, but I'm not homeless, rather an eccentric millionaire out getting my exercise....and meeting my goal of:</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>BEING 80+, LOOKING LIKE 60, BEHAVING LIKE 30, & WEIGHING LIKE WHEN 20!"</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>*************************************</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Let me comment on this critical item...I mentioned losing 26 lbs. of body fat. How important is it? I have calculated it for the half-marathons I used to run every year...and will again in May 2017 in Guatemala, in my 82nd year. I figure that I take more or less 26,000 steps during the 13 miles, and with having lost 26 lbs. each step lifts 26 lbs. less, for a total during the race of 676,000 pounds LESS!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Add to all of that incredible amount of energy saved, I now use the lightest weight mountain running shoes pictured below...of the Saloman brand.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Each shoe, compared to the lightweight Salomon hiking books I used to wear, weighs 8 oz. less multiplied by 26,000 steps, comes to an additional 13,000 lbs. less weight lifted, for a grand total of 688,000 lbs. less weight lifted over the 13 miles. I averaged about 6 miles a day on this backpack, which comes out lifting <u>317,538 lbs. less every day--a total for the 6 days almost 2,000,000 lbs. less weight my body had to lift!</u> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>SIGNIFCANT? YOU'D BETTER BELIEVE IT!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Any additional weight that can be eliminated will just enhance the whole experience, making possible such efforts for an old guy like me. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Otherwise, I likely wouldn't be able to do it!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Two were done in June & July to help me be prepared, and then.....</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> <span style="font-size: large;">SOME OF THE ESSENTIALS FOR ACHIEVING PURPOSE:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>This obviously isn't a complete list.....but let me say a word about two items...on the left and on the right:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>On the left</u>: Topographical maps, with elevation profiles, plus National Geographic High Uintas Wilderness Map, and prints of Google Earth.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>On the right:</u> Blister preventing socks next to your skin. I tire of hearing even experienced backpackers, mountaineers, marathoners, etc. talk about getting blisters. Since I started using <i>"blister preventing socks"</i> I have never had a blister--during the 14 year Uinta Project, and during 14 consecutive years running the International Half Marathon in Coban, Guatemala!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.....or other similar devices to signal to family and friends each day one is OK, and a Google Earth view exactly where you are--and of course if the Emergency arrises, hit the 911 button to have Search & Rescue on the way. No one should go alone without such a device, and I believe each group should have one.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>NOTE: Eric Robinson, 64 year old Australian adventurer went missing in the High Uintas 6 years ago, and during my backpack his remains were found. He had a personal satellite tracking device, but DIDN'T USE IT!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>He was likely saving it for an emergency, but it apparently suprised him not giving him time to turn it on and press 911!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Once again, I believe this is essential, especially if one goes alone, such as I have done on most of my backpacks over 14 years. I would also recommend that each group, like Boy Scouts, or Explorer Scouts, have one. I'm sure the parents would be happy to pay the rental cost.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="color: blue;">Note: Once again, Eric Robinson, didn't have a satellite phone to keep his loved ones aware of his whereabouts and changes in his schedule.....like somehow getting way off course from the Highline Trail onto the North Slope Alsoop Lake area where his remains were mysteriously found.</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>On this adventure Russ Smith, at </b><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px;"><i><a href="http://skycallsatellite.com/">SKYCALL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS,</a></i></b><b>, provided the one you see on the left which was very effective in giving my Saturday morning report to </b><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px;"><i><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=154210&nid=186">KSL OUTDOORS radio</a></i> </b><b>, the podcast of which you can listen to at: <i><a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1388&a=3148&showid=2008&n=">PODCAST</a></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Due to my history of heart and altitude problems I took with me my lightweight gauge, and used it often to monitor my vitals as I ascended to above timberline and beyond.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It measures the oxygen content of your blood, along with pulse. My normal oxygen reading at home was 96. What would be dangerously low?</b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "nyala";"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In 2006, when on a late
season mid-September backpack to Crater Lake I ran into bad weather, was snowed
on, and got sick--laying there for several days while the emergency anti-biotic
I always take began taking effect. I then had to get out of there as big-time
snow was on its way. Up on 12,150 foot East Fork Pass a blizzard hit, and
everything went wrong......I called Russ Smith on the sat phone as depicted in
an above picture, and asked for help. Soon it was a conference call </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">between</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> me, Russ, the Summit County sheriff, and the U of Utah Rescue
unit. I was able to give them my coordinates as I moved down 1,300 ft. By
the time the helicopter got there I was feeling pretty good and joked about
them just doing me the favor of taking me to the Trailhead.....or the LaVell Edwards stadium as the BYU game was about to start! </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 13.5pt;">They insisted on checking my vitals: Even after resting for 30 minutes my blood pressure was sky high, pulse racing, and oxygen in my blood at 50!
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I actually went with 9 days of food in case acclimatization and/or weather would prolong the trip. That had my pack heavier than I wanted at about 46-48 lbs. But, if I deduct the 26 lbs. of body fat I had lost, it was like reducing my backpack load to 20 pounds! I had also trained with a gradually increasing pack weight up to 60 lbs., so.....<i>....theoretically I would just float up the trail!</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>THE CHALLENGE at 80 years old</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">.....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>....as I say, vainly, to be more impressive,</b> <i><b>"In my 81st year!"</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>THE<b> "GLITCHES" </b>ALONG THE 1,900 MILES OF BACKPACKING!</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "nyala";">1. In 1994 I was diagnosed with</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="font-family: "nyala";"> </span></i></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "nyala";">"</span></i><span style="text-align: start;"></span></b><b><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">metatarsalgia"</span></i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></i></span><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-align: start;">a painful problem with the ball of my feet, and told<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>"No more running
half-marathons, or backpacking"<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>
but of course I found a way to solve this problem myself, and, as I have
reported, gradually cured the problem....except for only a partial cure with the right foot when doing
heavy duty running or backpacking, that required extra Cod liver oil, Excedrin,
etc. For this backpack #3-2016 I modified my lightweight mountain running shoes,
with an extra insert with a hole in the ball of the foot area, and it worked for
the </span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "nyala";">"</span></i><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-align: start;">metatarsalgia"</span></span></i><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-align: start;"> but caused a new problem, jamming my toes, especially my big toe that became extremely painful and I only made it
back to the Trailhead with adjustments on the trail, but on the last day I was limping on
arrival after my longest day of hiking--around 9 miles, going mostly downhill. </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "nyala";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-align: start;">2. In addition, over the 14 years of
the Project, every year I had to deal with problems, each in turn with a
solution to make possible continuing. <u>Problems, like: </u> In 2003, cancerous
thyroid removed, & two Mohs surgeries removing cancerous growths on my
upper body, plus several radiation treatments over the next few years; Then in 2004 a temporary surgery on my
"motorcycle knee," & eventually, in 2008, reconstruction now with a
titanium right knee; Then from 2004-to the present, coping with the aftermath of a heart attack in 2004; In 2007, reconstruction of the "football ankle," with a tendon
transplant and 3 screws holding it together; Next, in 2009 "terminate
reduction surgery" to make possible better breathing; Then in 2011 came back
surgery due to a pinched nerve that was making me a cripple, installing a
device to keep spine straight; Last of all in 2012 hip replacement with a titanium
joint on my left side; And, as explained lately, dealing with High Altitude Sickness and its
corresponding complications. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-align: start;">3 Last of all from 2012 on "PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY" in my feet, but which went away when I had a load on my back, motivating me to train usually with a backpack weighing around 40 lbs., and also when jogging with more than normal pressure on my feet that would have me feeling fine. So, even day hikes required me to have at least 10-15 lbs. of weight on my back.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: x-large; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b>"NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE IN.....EASILY!" </b></span></i><span style="font-family: "nyala";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, here we go up the famous Henry's Fork of the Green River. Once again, as many of the streams coming out of the High Uintas, very seldom if ever fished. I'm toying with the idea that said <i>"streams of the Uinta"</i> will be my next focus, once I get the <i>"unique book"</i> put together I'm now working on.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Up the trail a horseman approached with his pack horse. It happens to be one of the many sheepherders tending large flocks in the high country. Fifty years ago they were usually Basques, from Spain, but now are rather Mexicans, Peuvians and Chileans.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Cesar de la Cruz Santos happens to be from Peru on his way back to his Kings Peak (Painter Basin) camp and herd. Cesar spends his winters in Bigelow, Wyoming. Interestingly he gave me <u>his Facebook page, and told me at their camp they had internet</u>! So he would be able to check out my website with my business card I gave him. By September 6th they will begin moving their sheep down from the high country.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>We now have an incredible</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"Peruvian sheepherder artist/photographer"</span> </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>creating beauty from his camp in the eastern shadow of Kings Peak in the Painter Basin!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>FELICITACIONES, CESAR!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>At Elkhorn Crossing I had a little water left, so decided to go on a mile or so where the maps indicated the trail crossing two small streams, but when I got to them they were dry, and I was out! There were signs everywhere of this being a dry year for this portion of the Uintas. I had to push on until getting to the outlet of Dollar Lake we see below. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> This Forest Service marker prohibiting campfires closer than 1/4 from the lake, indicates the lake is close--actually a little to the east behind the row of pines in the picture. I chose to be separate from the many who camp there. Most of them make it here the first day and set up their camp, then the next day make a round-trip day hike of 16 miles to Kings Peak.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>Continuing towards the west we come to the basin where Cliff Lake is found--the most remote lake in the Henry's Fork Drainage--where I once had an <i>"alligator-like"</i> rush at my spoon that splashed water 20 feet to the shore where I stood. I still want to get back there....one more time (2017)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>More sheepherders coming down the trail......but they strangely didn't respond to my greeting in Spanish and veered off trail to keep their distance from me. Who knows why? I guess I looked pretty tough!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> As I approached the pass, two backpackers were coming towards me, and I met Paula & Wade Whitlock.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> They were on a very ambitious backpack, having left their car at the Hoop's Lake Trailhead, way to the northeast, and from there worked their way up into the high country coming over Divide Pass into the Uinta River Drainage, and then followed the Highline Trail across that drainage, then over Gunsight Pass where we met. From there they would continue down to Elkhorn Crossing and there take the North Slope Highline Trail taking them through the Beaver Creek Drainage, and over Thompson Pass 11,450 ft. and back to Hoopes Lake. I calculate the distance at 65 miles. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Above is the elevation profile of their trip from Hoopes to Hoopes. WOW!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Congratulations to Paula & Wade. </b></span><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'll look forward to getting a report from them.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Coming right up the difficult <i>"ravine trail</i>" was a young lady, followed by her companions, and it was great meeting a pretty unique group of youth from Washington, working on climbing the 50 peaks, along with Utah's Thirteeners.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Meet (not necessarily in order), Phebe, Rachel, Ben, Elizabeth, & Naomi JOHANSON, & McChensi McClellan. They not only were on their way to climb Kings Peak (13,528), but from there follow the ridge south and southeast climbing South Kings Peak (13,312), then continue down the ridge climbing 3 no-name 13,000+ peaks, including 13,387 ft. Mt. Jedediah (I have named), and end at 13,440 ft. Mt. Emmons, and from there hike back to the Henry's Fork Trailhead--ALL OF WHICH I FIND INCREDIBLE!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> I didn't want to discourage them, but did mention that it would be miles and miles of boulder hopping, no flat areas to set up tents, only water likely being melting snow, plus they would be right up in the weather that was forecast and did happen as I show further along. Many times in the next few days they were in my prayers!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I will be anxious to get their report and publish it here.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I just reeived an email from Elisabeth Johanson and some special photographs a few of which I'll add here, and others later when we get to <i>Little Andy Lake.</i></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I also expect to receive some details about what Elisabeth called </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"Our hike up to Kings Peak and across to Mt. Emmons that was amazing!"</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As soon as I get more information I'll add it to this post, and then advise my entire list of <i>"High Uinta Friends." </i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>This photo was taken without me realizing it....as I was checking my vitals, seeing that at 11,893 ft. my blood oxygen count was down to 81, the lowest on the trip. Dropping down to where I camped, where the group was also camped, my oxygen went back up to 92 quickly after taking my <i>"recovery supplements."</i> It likely would have normalized even up on the pass by just waiting 30 minutes or so.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Once down off the pass you come to a junction. The right hand fork is the short-cut for those climbing King's Peak. The left hand fork, goes out in the middle of the valley and eventually connects onto the Highline Trail. I came up that trail on my return.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As I came down from the pass I needed water, and a good place to camp as I was pretty tired, and water gone. I soon found myself in the first Alpine firs where the youthful mountaineers were already camping, and nearby I set up my camp.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> My 2nd CAMP at about 11,400 ft. with Gunsight Pass in the distance, and Gilbert Peak on the right. After my recovery my oxygen was up to 92, and blood pressure perfect.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From my camp I followed the trail until it headed straight up the mountain towards King's Peak. I then went off trail until I began seeing the rock karns of the Highline Trail.........</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> .........and there met a lone backpacker coming from the east.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I should add that John talked about once, I believe with a son, being on South King's Peak, and for some reason they decided to go down the mountain, and in so doing passed by <i>Little Andy Lake</i>, and from there dropped down into the Painter Basin, one ravine before the one I went up from U-75 lake. I thought he maybe had a picture with the LAL included, which he'd send to me so I'd have a picture in case I didn't make it. So, I know of at least one person who had in a sense been to the lake.....so I wouldn't be able to claim to the first</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>John took my picture with his camera and emailed it to me--you see above, with Gunsight Pass in the background.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>This is one of my favorite pictures from near Trail Rider Pass, looking north at Kings Peak, with no-name U-75 lake in the middle, with a blossoming <i>OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN </i>and Gunsight Pass on the right.</b></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Oh my gosh, such beauty, and your writings are so informative. I
feel like I was there! Of course, my favorite...the trappers and *Jedediah
Mountain. Okay...the <u>whole thing </u>was my favorite. I especially
love the photo with Old Man in the Mountain flowers/clouds/peaks. I hope you
make a 'hard copy book too.</span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Well, my new dream and hope is that someone knows
how make it official... 'Jedediah Mountain' the 5th tallest in
Utah. I'll forward your email to the Jedediah Smith Society near
Sacramento if you don't mind, so they can see the mountain and your work
sharing the adventures. Thank you for being you, a very rare
and special person. God bless you sweet (and your family), kind, Cordell..
courageous and bright light of the Uinta's. </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">​</span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>For whatever reasons I was having digestive problems, but they were solved by taking <i>Redmond Clay,</i> the powder mixed in a small bottle, with water and left for a couple of hours turning it into a thick, gel-like mixture, swallowed by the spoonful, with a glass of water afterwards. Pretty soon I was regular again. <i>This is another item I won't go on a trip without, be it to the Uintas, or to Guatemala.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2016 seemed to be the beginning of the cycle as I could only see tiny fish. Maybe 2019-20 will be a year when the long hike in would payoff!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>As I got closer I could see that the dry year had dried up the shallow end of the lake, revealing what looked like dry mud flats, and my joke over the last couple of years about <i>"finding a swamp," </i>seemed to have come true! But, as I have said--like on KSL OUTDOORS, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> <i><span style="color: blue;">So it's not so bad after all and it might be a good idea to have the DWR plane drop a few trout in next year.......in old man's talk I'm talking to you guys at Utah FISH & GAME! </span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I checked the oxygen and found it at 82, about the same as had been the case at Gunsight Pass, and immediately headed down the mountain, seeing along the way my old buddy, <i>OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS, </i>in much worse shape than me.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN</i> on Trail Rider Pass in 2005, early in the season with gale force winds blowing.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I'll insert here a photograph of <i>Little Andy Lake</i> taken by Elisabeth Johanson from South Kings Peak, just sent to me today, September 2nd, </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>This is a wonderful photograph showing that <i>Little Andy Lake</i> really isn't a <i>"swamp"</i> as I have talked about jokingly...like on KSL Outdoors, but does show that the level has dropped a lot due to the dry year, but a fairly deep portion remains. <span style="color: blue;">Remember lowly looking Little Andy Lake is 550 ft. higher than Timp!</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>On the left is seen the long Painter Mountain, dominated by Trail Rider Peak, then in the middle 11,780 ft. Trail Rider Pass, with Lake Atwood in the background. To the right of the Pass is seen 11,745 ft. high Beard Lake (U-74), then in the right background 13,440 ft. Mt. Emmons, with Mt. Jedediah's 13,387 peak on the extreme right.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Special thanks to Elisabeth Johanson for the photograph taken from South Kings Peak (13,512 ft. 2nd highest in Utah).</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And, zooming in on Beard Lake (U-74) right near Trail Rider Pass. It was in this alpine lake that I hooked the brook trout seen below that I have calculated would easily have been a Utah State record, if I could have got him out of the water and to a certified scale! </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">The present record is 7.5 lbs. from the Boulder Mountains.....I calculate this one as much as several lbs. heavier.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As I headed down the trail, all of a sudden I heard:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Nathan Gibbons, went on saying, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>While we talked, all of a sudden we were joined by two young ladies, Cameo White and Janae Welling. Their emails indicate <i>"ldschurch.org"</i> so, were they missionaries on their "P Day," or seminary teachers? Hey gals, tell me what the deal is.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>In the area I was looking for a memorable spot that I had got to in mid-September 2004, in fact a <i>SACRED SPOT</i> which is seen below:</b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In mid-summer 2004 my "motorcycle knee" was
operated on. Six weeks later I was determined to do a special backpack
camping out near Andersons Pass under the eastern shadow of Kings Peak.
My 3rd day had me day hiking down to U-75 lake, but along the way I
became very sick, with high fever, an acute digestive component, headache, etc.
but made it to U-75, took one cast and decided I had to focus on
survival--getting back up to my camp where I had emergency medications,
etc. That climb back up was a faith filled experience and I was deeply grateful
for having made it and started an emergency anti-biotic. I laid there two
days letting it to begin taking effect but on the 3rd day I had to get out of
there as snow was on its way. </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">That afternoon I did a test to see if I might be
ready to make the move in the morning. I hiked up to Anderson's Pass and
took the picture at sunset when I found</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In the morning I packed up knowing I had
to move carefully in hopes that the sickness wouldn't notice it
had a great opportunity to knock me down for the count. I had to hike the
8 miles to the Dollar Lake area, and then hope to do the remaining 8 miles the
next day. </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I made it to the spot above and set up camp,
believing I was like,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>"Home free!"<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> On the sat phone I called the
family letting them know I was alright.</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But, I was having a hard time resting as every
time I would dose off I would suddenly awake unable to breath. By around
10 I was imagining how long it would take me to get to the Trailhead the next
day, when.....ALL OF A SUDDEN IT FELT LIKE KNIVES WERE BEING JAMMED INTO MY
HEART! I grabbed my chest putting pressure on believing that it would
burst without the pressure. As the unbearable pain continued I
cried out a simple and desperate prayer, </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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in Heaven, too many people are dependent on me and I have to hike out
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miles, but I made it and was alive, and since, at the Cardiologist's
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>Darryl is a member of THE HIGH POINTERS CLUB, dedicated to climbing the highest point in each of the states, having already done 42 states, but with the tough ones remaining. He was making his 5th attempt at Utah's Kings Peak. Each previous time stopped due to some problem, like once in October with a couple of feet of snow.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Apparently he was having some difficculties at 57, even with only a backpack weighing 22 lbs. and wondered how the heck I was able to do what I was doing being 80 years old?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"Did you smoke or drink?"</i> he asked.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hearing my reply that such have never interested me, he pressed for what my secrets were, and I replied telling him I have revealed pretty well everything in a long article on my website, entitled:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>I told them where I had seen Ptarmigan on this trip and previous ones and told them to keep an eye on my website and I'd include some pictures and description of where they were seen....but basically it was in alpine tundra between 11,500 and 12,000 ft. It would be one tough hunt, with little to show for it, except some great exercise and seeing many beautiful<i> </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Darryle expressed profound gratitude for our chance meeting, and felt like my example, and what I've written about <i>"longevity secrets"</i> would be a great blessing in his life, and that it was almost like <i>"divine intervention"</i> that we had met. </b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">RECEIVED THEIR EMAIL....WHAT A RELIEF, as I didn't want to forget</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Brant and Jennell Humphrey, from Helena, MONTANA</span></b></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Thanks, Brant & Jennell for contacting me and assuring our </i></b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>"HIGH UINTA FRIENDSHIP!"</i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I'm not surprised at all about your business....as both of you are</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I'll now go back to my description done initially:</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">They referred to something that had worried me the day before when seeing them. As I was coming down the pass at about 5:30 three young men, obviously on a day hike, only with wind breakers, passed me saying they were going to climb Kings Peak. That worried me as at best it would take them until 7:30 to scale the peak, and then in the dark, rain and maybe snow, have to come all the way back to their camp between the pass and Dollar Lake.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My Montana friends said they had seen them on Andersons Pass late at about 6:35 and being late & with bad weather, they had decided it not wise to scale the peak, but rather decided to work back to Henry's Fork Basin by going down the <i>"chute,"</i> mentioned previously. So, at least they would have been going down, rather than up into the teeth of a storm and the jaws of Kings Peak!</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I meant to ask them about Montana and tell them how I used to love my fishing trips on the Beaverhead River near Dillon, Montana...which I will soon be doing again. I actually tried to hike pretty fast to catch up to them....but apparently fast for this old guy was pretty slow compared to this athletic couple...so I never saw them again...and hope they will make contact......</b></div>
<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>.....which of course they did. THANKS BRANT!</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Once again I seem to have lost their names, but did leave a card and hope they will contact me as I want to give them a photograph to remember this special experience.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">HOLD ON..JUST HEARD FROM THEM</span>. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> I did have the father's name, but didn't recall who it was. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>He is <i>JAKE HIRSCHI</i> with the following report followed by their pictures:</b></span><br />
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Dollar Lake and headed for Kings early the next morning. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>y 9 and 10 year old made it
to the top of Kings Peak by 11:30am. We then stomped all the way out to the car
that day by 8:30 PM just as darkness closed in. We easily made it home
that night in time for school on Monday morning. Mom was impressed. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>First mountain peak for my
9 year old. She did great on this long trek. My 10 year old had done Mt Ogden 2
time and Ben Lomond 1 time before. They both helped motivate each other. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>I took the tent, one
sleeping bag and one pad and our stove to the peak for safety. We were set for
self containment in case of accident or need to help others along the trail. We
had good weather and no accidents. Not one trip or fall. Kids did great. Some
sore feet but they didn't seem to mind after a little doctoring</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here I am with Jake's kids: GRACE, 9, and ISAAC, 10</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Grace & Isaac fooling around and getting ready to climb KINGS PEAK, seen in the background.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Jake, justly proud of his two climbing companions on top of Utah's world!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I'm not sure whether this foot belongs to Grace or Isaac?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14pt;">You are an inspiration for them and for me. Hope to follow in
your well traveled footsteps. They remembered the exact spot on the trail
where they met you while we were hiking out the following day. They referred to
our <i><b>"trail buddy"</b></i> (that's you) many times along our journey. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 14pt;">Happy trails,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Since I'm now the kid's </span><i style="color: #212121;">"TRAIL BUDDY</i><span style="color: #212121;">" I'll insert a picture of me also on top of Utah's world, back on my 27 day </span><i style="color: #212121;">"</i><span style="color: #212121;"><i>expedition</i>" in 2003:</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Met more new High Uinta Friends, Kevin Park & friend, at the junction where the trail takes off to Alligator Lake. </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kevin has emailed me and I have emailed him this picture as I will for any photographed on this wonderful backpacking experience in our wonderful Wilderness.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It was August 27th, and all along the trail signs of summer coming to an end were colorfully visible.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I was very grateful for having been able to finish off my summer of backpacking by achieving my goal of getting to <i>LITTLE ANDY LAKE, </i>& in a sense finishing the backpacking/exploration portion of my Project.....although backpacks will continue each summer, gradually filling in the gaps with explorations into areas that have escaped me.<i> </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> <i>1. Having done heavy duty workouts all winter & spring, had me <u>STRONGER;</u> 2. <u>LOSING 26 lbs</u>. following a special diet to lose fat, rather than muscle; </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>3. Persisting with my special supplements designed to <u>STRENGTHEN MY IMMUNE SYSTEM, & COUNTER-ACT THE AGING PROCESS; </u> </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>4. <u>Taking DIAMOX,</u> that helps speed up the acclimatization process; </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 20.79px;">EXCITED WITH THE NEW FOCUS OF MY PROJECT</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> I will now begin serious efforts of putting together the unique book which will be much more than a guide book for hikers, but will....let me insert here what I told several on Backpack #1 into the Grandaddies:</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #494949; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><i><span style="color: purple;">It will be an E- book with lots of the stunning color of the Uintas none of which is seen in any of the guide books. Yes, it would be a guide book for hikers and backpackers, but much more mixing throughout the incredible history, the fascinating legends and myths of gold & Big Foot, and, I asked, <b>"Do you know about the tie hackers?" </b>They shook their heads, and I described these <b>"unsung heroes of the Uinta's North Slope without whom the West might not have been won!" </b> I went on mentioning Tom "Bear River" Smith, President Eisenhower's hero from Abelene, Kansas, and Beartown, where Tom got his nick-name, which tie hacker/railroad town was described as </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><i> <b>"The liveliest if not the most wicked town in America!"</b></i></span><br />
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<i style="color: purple; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b>that will save many</b></i><br />
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Cordellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629187781246662849noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097758882053289925.post-5558994046374923352016-08-20T23:45:00.001-06:002016-08-30T10:15:19.017-06:00Backpack #3-2016 HENRY'S FK to GUNSIGHT PASS to "LITTLE ANDY LAKE" then to GEORGE BEARD BASIN, and back to HENRY'S FORK BASIN<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"Little Andy's Olympics"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">Backpack #3-2016 </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Aug. 21-30 </span></i></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">On the HIGH UINTAS North Slope</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>HENRY'S FORK TRAILHEAD </b><i>(9,426 elevation)</i><b> </b></u></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>To Gunsight Pass </b><i>(11,803 ft.</i><b>) >U-76 lk </b><i>(11,482 ft)</i><b>>U-75 lk </b><i>(11,402 ft)</i></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">><i>"Little Andy Lake"--<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Uintas highest lake at 12,302 ft.</span></i></b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">>U-74 Beard Lk </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>(11,745 ft)</i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>>Trail Rider Pass </b><i>(11,780 ft)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> ></b><u style="font-weight: bold;">George Beard Basin</u><b>: Geo.Beard Lk </b><i>(11,420 ft)</i><b>, U-19 </b><i>(11,420 ft)</i><b>, </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">U-20 </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>(11,417 ft)</i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>, U-22 </b><i>(11,430 ft)</i><b>></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><u>Back to Henry's Fk Basin</u>> G-98 lake </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>(11,208 ft)</i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>>Cliff Lk </b><i>(11,443 ft)</i><b>, </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Blanchard Lk </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>(11,164 ft)</i></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> , Castle Lk </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>(11,363 ft.)</i></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">, etc.</b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>MADE IT! Photo report under construction.....in the meantime listen to my report on </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Photo taken by new <i>High Uinta Friend</i>, John Sowell, at the Highline Trail east of Kings Peak, with Gunsight Pass in the background. John, seen below was doing the entire 106 mile Highline Trail from Highway 191 between Vernal & Flaming Gorge to the western end on the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>YOU NEED A TOUCH OF BEAUTY IN YOUR HOME LIKE THE FOLLOWING THAT MY DAUGHTER MAHANA PLANS ON HAVING AS HER <span style="font-size: large;">2</span>nd HIGH UINTAS SCENE DECORATING HER APARTMENT AS SEEN BELOW</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"Sunset over Milk Lake"</i></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The photograph, printed on canvas, already purchased by my daughter, Mahana, is seen below decorating her living room</span></b></span><br />
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Cordellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629187781246662849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097758882053289925.post-87241350848872625062016-08-15T10:22:00.000-06:002016-08-20T23:36:19.317-06:00PREPARING for BACKPACK #3-2016 "Henry's Fork Trailhead to Little Andy Lake"<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>Aug. 18<span style="font-size: x-small;">th </span>update</u></b><i><u><br /></u></i></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">PREPARING FOR</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i> "Little Andy's Olympics"</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">Backpack #3-2016 </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Aug. 20-30 </span></i></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">On the HIGH UINTAS North Slope</span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>HENRY'S FORK TRAILHEAD </b><i>(9,426 elevation)</i><b> </b></u></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>To Gunsight Pass </b><i>(11,503 ft.</i><b>) >U-76 lk </b><i>(11,482 ft)</i><b>>U-75 lk </b><i>(11,402 ft)</i></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">><i>"Little Andy Lake"--<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Uintas highest lake at 12,302 ft.</span></i></b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">>U-74 Beard Lk </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>(11,745 ft)</i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>>Trail Rider Pass </b><i>(11,780 ft)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> ></b><u style="font-weight: bold;">George Beard Basin</u><b>: Geo.Beard Lk </b><i>(11,420 ft)</i><b>, U-19 </b><i>(11,420 ft)</i><b>, </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">U-20 </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>(11,417 ft)</i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>, U-22 </b><i>(11,430 ft)</i><b>></b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><u>Back to Henry's Fk Basin</u>> G-98 lake </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>(11,208 ft)</i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>>Cliff Lk </b><i>(11,443 ft)</i><b> ,</b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Blanchard Lk </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>(11,164 ft)</i></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> , Castle Lk </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>(11,363 ft.)</i></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">, etc.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>COPING WITH BEING 80 YEARS OLD WITH ALMOST MY WHOLE BODY RECONSTRUCTED--WITH SOME DEFECTIVE PARTS REMOVED & PREVIOUS HIGH ALTITUDE PROBLEMS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I will have with me two instruments to monitor my condition:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">1</span>st my BLOOD PRESSURE gauge <span style="font-size: large;">2</span>nd my new OXIMETER</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> I will begin at the Trailhead monitoring my blood pressure, pulse, and oxygen level in my blood and continue to do so as I move up above timberline from the 9,400 foot elevation at the Trailhead, and be prepared as I proceed to Gunsight Pass and beyond, </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">to make pauses--</b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">if I begin to notice my oxygen level is low......and give my body time to acclimatize when necessary. I also will have with me <i>Diamox, </i>a prescription medication that helps your body acclimatize faster. </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>PREPARATION:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> 2-3 hrs. hiking/day around American Fork with pack today, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Thursday--Aug. 18th at</b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> 60 lbs. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: red;">NOTE:</span> </b><span style="color: red;"> I did just an hour with the 60 lb. backpack, and will do it again tomorrow--Friday, Aug. 19th, prior to leaving for Ft. Bridger & Mt. View, Wyoming, Gateway to the Uinta's North Slope, on Saturday around noon, August 20th, and on the trail August 21st, or the latest, 22nd when SPOT tracker can be checked out if you want to follow my progress.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Near American Fork's cemetery a nice car pulled up to me. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>LINCOLN, </i> said, <i>"Hi." </i></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">His mother,<i> VILMA,</i> asked, <span style="font-size: large;"><i>"Could we give you a ride?" </i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>last backpack of the season, and </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">promised to give them a bit of deserving publicity!</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>or a similar one a few minutes earlier as seen below...</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 27.6px;"><b>Just added 2/3rd thru a link to KSL PODCASTS & important discussion of </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><b><u>WEST FORK WHITEROCKS TRAILHEAD:</u> The PLAN: To Cleveland Lk....Fox-Queant Pass (11,400 ft.)...upper Eastern Uinta River drainage to Brook & Divide Lakes...on to North Pole Pass (12,250 ft.) and down to Taylor & Queant Lakes....to Trailhead.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>NOTE: This was to be sort of a test in my 81st year to see if my efforts to defeat a tendency towards High Altitude Sickness were working. All went fine during the <u>Grandaddy backpack (#1-2016),</u> but maximum altitude was only 10,700 ft. <u>Backpack #2 </u>would take me up to Fox Queant Pass at 11,400 ft. and if all went well, I'd go on to the 3rd highest pass in the Uintas--North Pole Pass at 12,250 ft.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u><span style="font-size: medium;"> LEFT EARLY July 28th Thurs.</span> </u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span><i style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue;">A "glitch" hit early on in Orem, hearing something was arriving at my cell phone. I pulled off to check, and found a highly important email from archaeologist friend, Garth Norman, inviting me to go on an "expedition" for 10 days to Guatemala and Southern Mexico. I almost made a U-turn right there, but contacted him about the dates which will be from August 9-18, then had to send a series of necessary emails changing future plans.</span></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>"The TEXTURES OF NATURE," or "VISIONS of NATURE,"</i> </b></span></div>
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<b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They are....likely not in order: Creedon,Treavor and Lance. </span></b></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>There were a couple of minutes of report...then lost the signal, Tim & Russ continued another few minutes talking about the <i>High Uintas Project</i> with some ineresting comments.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><u>To listen click on the following: <span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1388&a=2572&showid=2008&n=">PODCAST </a></span> ....my report begins at about the </u></i></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><u>10 minute point,</u> but continues a great segment on....</i></b></div>
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<b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That morning, the 3rd day, soon saw me on my way towards the pass, but met coming down, Rick & Cassidy Frost, and Lynn, Trevor and Daxton Zubeck.</span></b></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There were others seen on the trail, mostly on horseback--including one group with about 10 horses and pack mules, but I only met and talked to those shown in this report. One thing that I saw among almost all of those I met, and others just seen, is that most were armed with pistols or revolvers, and on asking didn't' get a reply concerning bears, rather <i>mountain lions.</i></span></b><br />
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<b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Made it to FOX QUEANT PASS, 11,400 ft. with </span></b></b></div>
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<b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I had to quickly find a spot to camp in the protection of the forest, and set up my tent as the rain was falling, not much fun when raining....and crammed inside what I needed, and put my pack in the small vestibule, and crawled in just as the rain really began pouring down along with earth shaking with thunder & lightning...all of which continued most of the night. </span></b></b><br />
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<b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As we jostled down the rocky trail, I told J.C. my <i>"John Wayne"</i> history from 66 years ago when as a young Boy Scout I'd gone with a friend, Dick Johnson, to get his <u>Horsemanship Merit Badge</u>. The counselor asked <i>"Are you both here to get it?" Dick</i> spoke up and said, <i>"Yes!"</i> </span></b></b><br />
<b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was about to panic as I knew next to nothing. She started the questions, and when I could..... I spoke up quickly, like as though I knew something. Dick answered the rest, making us together seem like we were experts! </span></b></b><br />
<b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then to the riding ring to test our horsemanship skills. Dick did great, then it was my turn and I wanted to disappear......but my Dick, being a lot taller than me, had the stirrups very long--each of my legs about 12 inches too short-- so we would have to adjust. The counselor spoke up, and said, </span></b></b></div>
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<b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Now, 66 years later, came <i>MY ACID TEST IN THE RING OF LIFE!</i></span></b></b></div>
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<b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;">NOW <i>HOPEFULLY</i> OFF TO THE MYSTERIOUS JUNGLES OF GUATEMALA & SOUTHERN MEXICO.........</span></span></span></b></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>NOTE: As it worked out, my trip to Guatemala/Southern Mexico will now likely be in October, but I was asked by the archaeologist to remain in civilization "on call" in case he needs me in which case he'll email me a ticket to fly down the next day. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Of course I explained to Spencer that I'm rather an <i>"eccentric millionaire" </i>working out everyday so that in my 81st year, I'll look like 60, and behave like 30--and be able to get my August backpacking done--as well as straighten out my back that sometimes starts acting up as a result of hovering over my computer doing my writing!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>John Mark Goodman's report from Lake Atwood backpack:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal;">From: <i>Goodman, John Mark </i></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal;">Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 10:09 PM</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal;">To: CORDELL ANDERSEN</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal;">Subject:<b><i> The Uintas</i></b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal; text-align: start;" /><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal;">We started at the Uinta River Trailhead first thing Friday morning. We fished and hiked to a fine campsite just above the third chain lake. On Saturday we fished and hiked up to a campsite next to Lake Atwood. Along the way we took a detour to Oke Doke lake, crossed Roberts Pass, and also fished up the creek in the Atwood Basin. On Sunday we hiked 17 long miles back to the car, with brief fishing/recovery stops at Roberts pass, chain lake 1 and Sheepsbridge. On the way out we passed two women going up to Sheepsbridge on horses. Otherwise we did not see anyone else the entire trip. Here is a photo of my very tired self enjoying sunrise at Lake Atwood:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal;">Overall we had a great trip and really do appreciate your good help.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal;">Thanks again.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: normal;">John Mark</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> I had arrived at the....<i>."GATEWAY TO THE GRANDADDIES"</i> the night before, sleeping in the car and, to pump me up, watched on my laptop, <i>"THE BOURNE IDENTITY,"</i> and be at the Trailhead to get an early start on Thursday, June 24th.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Luckily I wasn't too far gone.......as at least I had something on........the shorts from a previous set of convertible pants, the bottom parts having been lost from my back pockets whose stitching (<i>made in China</i>) had come unraveled along some High Uinta trail!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> For cold nights I threw into my pack a lightweight pair of waterproof pants.....so the first of a list of <i>"comedy of errors"</i> was taken care of.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>But, I was at least smart enough to know that at my age I had to be concerned with reducing to a minimum my load......and it began with my foot gear. Above you see me with my lightweight <i>Salomon</i> hiking boots, but for this year I would use the lightest weight <i>Salomon Mountain Running Shoes</i>--with 9 ounces less weight lifted with every step compared to the lightweight boots seen above--<i><span style="color: red;">NOTE: that added up to, just on my first day, over 5,000 lbs. less weight lifted! </span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>For those who have followed my adventures in the Uintas during the last 14 years, you'll remember that in the beginning (2003) I was disobeying the order of a </b></span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Rheumatologist </i>who, after my first<i> Intenational Half Marathon</i></span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> in 1994, had no solution to my feet problems & <i>"football ankle,"</i> and just told me </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Of course I'm famous for doing my own thing, so found my own way to persist--running a total of 14 consecutive International Half Marathons in Guatemala, and during my first, and best years on the <i>High Uintas Project</i> used an incredible combination of inserts with special boots, as seen below......</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>2. FORGOTTEN: My National Geographic HIGH UINTAS WILDERNESS & TOPO MAPS!</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.....WHAT? <i>"MEMORY</i>" for an old guy in the beginning stages of dementia! This could make for an unforgettable trip....even with <i>"dementia!"</i></b></span></div>
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<b>I actually did better with my lightweight trail runners than I would have with boots!</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Meet Tom & DeAnn COSTANZO......new <i>High Uinta Friends, </i>on a day hike to Grandaddy Lake. On their return they reported catching a few trout. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>They wanted to know more about my 14 quite intensive years exploring & photographing the High Uintas Wilderness.....and so I got into....</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>..."<span style="color: #741b47;">the plan".....</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: purple;"> to do a <i>book with lots of the stunning color of the Uintas, yes, it would be a guide book for hikers and backpackers, but much more intertwining throughout it the incredible history, the fascinating legends and myths of gold & Big Foot, and, much more, with special emphasis on my personal survival experiences, and lessons learned that could save many lives and enhance everyone's enjoyment of the Uintas.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Their conclusions: "<i>GET TO IT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!"</i></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">glimpsed through the trees. Grandaddy Lake, the largest in the High Uintas, was named by pioneer artist/photographer, George Beard.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Brian said he had seen my website and they seemed curious about what an old guy like me was doing in the Uintas......so with that opening I once again described <span style="color: #741b47;">my plan:</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <i><span style="color: purple;">To do a book with lots of the stunning color of the Uintas none of which is seen in any of the guide books. Yes, it would be a guide book for hikers and backpackers, but much more mixing throughout the incredible history, the fascinating legends and myths of gold & Big Foot, and, I asked, <b>"Do you know about the tie hackers?" </b>They shook their heads, and I described these <b>"unsung heroes of the Uinta's North Slope without whom the West might not have been won!" </b> I went on mentioning Tom "Bear River" Smith, President Eisenhower's hero from Abelene, Kansas, and Beartown, where Tom got his nick-name, which tie hacker/railroad town was described as </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> <b>"The liveliest if not the most wicked town in America!"</b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> all tied to the Uintas, and much more </i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>that will be in the book, </i></span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">with special emphasis on my personal </i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>survival experiences, and lessons learned that will save many lives </b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>plus enhance everyone's enjoyment of the Uintas. </i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They were wide eyed and seemingly pretty interested and said,</span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i><b> "WOW....You'd better get to it before it's too late!"</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> As I headed down towards Grandaddy Lake, many thoughts were bouncing around in my brain, </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and I concluded</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">............another in my </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"comedy of errors!" </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I finally got one in.....sort of, and read 4 pages of the Forward using one eye and sort of learned why my pirate ancestor Henry Morgan, with a patch over one eye, had such a nasty attitude!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>By 2:00 AM my cough & wheezing had got so bad that it started worrying me a lot, and I got out my <i>Emergency Meds/Supplements</i>, with: Top row, <i>Ibuprofen,</i> Walmart <i>"Excedrin,"</i> <i>Wellness formula</i>, & the emergency <i>Anti-biotic;</i> Bottom, <i>Sleep</i> items, <i>Magnesium</i>, <i>Digestive enzymes</i>, more <i>Sleep</i> items, & <i>Glutamine. </i> To maybe be able to meet my objectives.....and at least get back to civilization, I started the <i>anti-biotic</i>--a 5 day treatment, but which builds up in the body with its curative effects lasting another 5 days.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Adhesive I had brought was one that has been in my car, and for whatever reasons had got thick and hard and I had one heck of a time getting any out, so from the beginning I had trouble, but found an old tube that had just a little left that would work and last for maybe a day or so, but........</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>......<i>."the comedy of errors"</i> was to get even more interesting!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> The repair only lasted for a day, and then had to be cemented in again.....but got me through the trip! This cement always goes with me, having repaired crowns several times, glasses, leaks in water bladders, air mattress, etc. It is far superior to Super Glue. Link to it on my </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><u style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/2015-gearsupplements.html">GEAR/SUPPLEMENTS</a>,</u></b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> page.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Note: At home, with glasses fixed at Walmarts, but told they would pop out again as they were worn out--so needed new ones--I solved that with two drops of Plastic Surgery on each so they'll never pop out again, but then, able to see, did a good job cementing my crown that continues to anchor my upper denture!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The thought occurs to some that to cement the crown onto a rotted base might not work too well--but, the Plastic Surgery glue is highly disinfectant and hopefully inhibits continued deterioration of the bas--for a while....sort of. So far it's working since returning home & doing a thorough </i></span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">and careful job of cementing it back on.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>For details, and links to all, go to my website and click on: <u style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/2015-gearsupplements.html">GEAR/SUPPLEMENTS</a>, </u>and scroll way down </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>& at the end learn about </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>"free nutrition."</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Some of them have proven in personal tests to make such an obvious difference I have said </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> We are looking up at East Grandaddy Mountain. My hike that day would parallel its base as I bushwhacked down to Fern Lake.....all of which had a purpose. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My hike down towards the east was in hopes of finding something very strange seen in the area 12 years ago when Ted Packard and me bushwhacked down to Fern.........</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>...........and all of a sudden, right out in the middle of nowhere....and miles from any trail, there was an<i> outhouse!</i> Why I never took a picture of it, who knows, (</b><span style="color: blue;">of course now I take a picture of everything!</span><b>) but I wanted to find it, try and identify where it had come from and get some pictures. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> I scraped off the rust to see better the markings on the shovel, you see above. I decided to look around a little and see what else I could find.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> To pin-point the area, in case anybody is interested, from the shovel we see above, we are looking west at the cliffs that begin near East Grandaddy Mountain and continue on all the way to the trail down to Brinton Meadows. Between the picture and the cliffs, there is a stream that comes out of the base of East Grandaddy Mountain, tumbles down to the east, then turns north going between us and the cliffs. The same creek swings around the hill in question, and then parallels the Marla Lake Trail as it goes down east.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Up the trail, fairly close to Lodgepole Lake this cabin is found right along the trail. I will have to do a little research to learn about its history, but the one round nail I found, seen below, indicates it is from the 20th century.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Then we come to Lodgepole Lake and this beautiful scene with Mt. Agassiz in the distance.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><u>Louis Agassiz</u> was a Swiss-American biologist & geologist, living from 1807-1873 who spent time in the Uintas, many lakes in the vicinity of Mt. Agassiz & Naturalist Basin given names of some of his students. Interesting quotes from him are:</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> ........and of course THANKS TO THE CREATOR for the endless beauty of every kind imaginable in our wonderful Wilderness Areas.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The plan had been to hike from Lodgepole Lake down to Shadow Lake, near Brinton Meadows, then down to Lost Lake and take the faint trail to Powell Lake.....but the faint trail followed years ago from Lodgepole down, is one of those trails that are disappearing as the Forest Service is letting such areas become a more true Wilderness with no maintenance of such trails....meaning it would be <i>"bushwhacking,</i>" which I have to pretty much avoid now.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Sorry for being such a wimp....but in my 81st year I have to be careful!</b></span></div>
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<b>I discuss some <i>"mushrooms"</i> I in my YouTube video:</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I get through the night, but the anti-biotic hasn't been able to fend off the cough that has got worse.....mainly due to the previous day being just too much...much of it due to the bushwhacking from Grandaddy all the way down to Fern--that I'll never do again!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Viewing Hades Pass over Grandaddy Lake.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Another view of beautiful Grandaddy Lake, & the Mountain saddle where I've made 3 trips to get the most spectacular view of the Grandaddies.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Queen being the <i>QUAKING ASPEN, now Utah's State Tree....</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> The switchbacks ended at the Wilderness boundary, and soon the welcome sight of my car in the Trailhead parking lot filled me with a great feeling of gratitude. I had done betweeb 16-18 miles, at least 6 of it bushwhacking, in 3 days while being</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>But I also learned the lesson that I've got get to the task of putting all of this together.....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>......IN A <i>PACKAGE LIKE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.......only with a father and son heading up the trail for high adventure in the <span style="font-size: large;"><i>HIGH UINTAS WILDERNESS.</i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I refer to my chat with Tom & DeAnn Costanzo and Brian Avery & family on the trail....both ending with them saying:</b></span><br />
<i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>"WOW....You'd better get to it before it's too late!"</b></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In summary </span><i><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">"it" </span></i><span style="font-size: large;">is:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> A<i> book with lots of the stunning color of the Uintas none of which is seen in any of the guide books, including the most exotic and stunning locations, often not even given mention in the present books. Yes, it will be a guide & "how to do it" book for hikers and backpackers (applicable in any "wilderness"), but much more mixing throughout the incredible history, the fascinating legends and myths of gold--even Butch Cassidy's connection, and, of course, Big Foot--even one personal experience. Then I asked, </i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>"Do you know about the tie hackers?" </b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>They shook their heads, and of course I jumped on it, describing them as:</i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> <b>"Unsung heroes of the Uinta's North Slope </b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>without whom the West might not have been won!" </b> </i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>I went on mentioning the tie hacker's connection to Tom "Bear River" Smith, President Eisenhower's hero from Abelene, Kansas, </i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>and the Uinta's Bear River where Tom got his nick-name at Beartown, which tie hacker/railroad town was described as </i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> <b>"The liveliest if not the most wicked town in America!"</b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> That history and much more </i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> will be in the book, </i></span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">with special emphasis on..... </i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: purple;">.......<span style="font-size: large;">SURVIVAL</span>....</span></b></i><br />
<i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: purple;">..... relating histories of those lost in the Uintas & why,</span></b></i><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>plus my personal </b></i><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>survival experiences, and lessons learned that will save many lives in any wilderness area, </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: purple;">This book, 64 yeas in the making, will enhance everyone's safe enjoyment of this great swath of fascination & beauty we call The HIGH UINTAS. </span></b><span style="color: purple;"> </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Hello Cordell, just wanted to give you report on our weekend trip into </span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">the Granddaddy Lakes basin. My wife Ronda and daughters Janelle and </span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Amber were able to make it with me to Granddaddy Lake without getting </span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">our feet wet. There was snow on the trail particularly once you got to </span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Hades pass (attached photo of my wife) where there was snow that we </span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">had to step around or walk through. We had to look around a little to </span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">find places to camp out of the snow. We did not go past Granddaddy </span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Lake so I'm not certain what is beyond there but again the majority of </span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">the snow, as is typical this time of the year was just coming down the </span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">north side of Hades pass but was very doable. By this coming weekend </span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">it should be very open. No ice on Heart or Granddaddy Lake but as you </span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">can see there is snow around the lake and in the basin. Over the night </span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">the temperature probably got down to around 35. Once again we had an</span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">excellent trip, love getting up there. Take care and hope to see you </span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">on the trail, Mike</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">6/10/16 The trail is pretty clear the first half mile with only patches of snow cover here and there. Half way up the trail to the pass, the snow starts to get pretty thick with 1ft of coverage over the trail being pretty common. Up at the pass there are still 3ft drifts covering parts of the trail on the south facing part of the pass and lots of water running down the trail. I didn't hike down too the lakes, but Grand Daddy and Heart are still frozen. The small pond at the pass is starting to thaw. Even with lots of snow there are patches of rocks and dirt exposed at the top of the pass and its melting fast. Attached some pics that you can use.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;">For May I'm working like a slave on the </span></b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;">1973-76 HISTORICAL REVIEW <i>"AMBUSHED but WON ANYWAY….sort of!"</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;">& SOON WILL HAVE THIS</span></b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;">Then a few days later the Photo/Essay in English & Spanish<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;">In spite of having had <i>Pneumonia</i>, I'm training for the </span></b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="background: black; color: yellow; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;">International Half Marathon in Coban on May 22nd,</span></i></b><i><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;">but now beginning my 81st year it's going slow…..<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;">…..maybe without enough time remaining,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;">but will be in Guatemala<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;">May 18-30th!</span></b><span style="font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "cooper std black" , "serif";">Backpack #2a-2015: <a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2016/01/click-below-for-previous-posts-on-byu.html?utm_source=BP_recent">From
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>My effort to get to <i>"Little Andy Lake"</i> going up Henry's Fork...failed.... as I was ambushed by a silent killer...check the <a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2016/01/note-of-photographs-be-used-written.html"><i>photo/essay</i> </a>for important details that can SAVE LIVES! Here are explained the outcome & future plans as..... </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>....for at least ONE MORE YEAR, and so I'll continue to scare the heck out of the residents of American Fork by walking around for the next 9 months with what some of them think is a 40 lb. <i>"explosive vest,"</i> like you see below. I'll do my darndest to make the third attempt <i>"the charm!"</i></b></span></div>
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KILLER THAT SAPPED MY STRENGTH & STOPPED ME </i></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "cooper std black" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cooper std black" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">--Giving hope to this old geezer-- </span></b><span style="font-family: "cooper std black" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cooper std black" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">1. <u>Work out every
day, no matter the weather conditions-</u></span></b><b style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; text-align: left;"> - </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-align: left;">From Feb. on prepare for the International Half Marathon mentioned next, plus get ready for backpacking...so, the program now is, in addition to <i>"compound weight exercise training,"</i> & the special <i>"Carb Nite Diet,"</i> designed to lose only fat (20 lbs. of it) while building muscle, and workout every day with 40 lb. weighted vest, doing a type of <i>"interval training,"</i> by jogging/walking beginning </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> with 30 yards....then walk 30 yards, gradually increasing repetitions...up to 25, then increase... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-align: left;">>Then lengthen distance to 50, and now (3/12) 100 yards per repetition, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">>Continue to gradually increase repetitions, lengthen the distances, and pick up the pace until down to target weight of 150-55 lbs. (by end of March).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">THEORY: I would always see overweight guys and gals get to the finish line....some ahead of me! They had to have incredible muscles under all that fat. So I'm working on building those kinds of muscles with the 40 lbs. of weighted vest. Soon I will have lost 20-25 lbs. of fat, while building muscle....then with 20 lbs. less body weight, and taking off the vest, I will essentially be 60 lbs. lighter, but with new muscle--and be able to fly, and then turn to more normal training and be ready for the race, and also backpacking.</span></i></span></div>
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Apply </b><u style="font-family: 'cooper std black', serif; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: bold;">faithfuly all the secrets in my </u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/anti-aging-challenge.html" style="font-family: 'cooper std black', serif; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: bold;"><i>ANTI-AGING
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">That will have my total load around <b>35 lbs</b>. for 8 days, which, for me, essentially includes my Nikon camera with 28mm to 300mm zoom & fish-eye lenses.</span></span></div>
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possible ample time for high altitude acclimatization....</u></span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">enough for at least 8 days to not only make it to <i>"Little Andy Lake,"</i> but also achieve exploration of <i>George Beard Basin</i>, & fishing one more time in <i>Beard Lake</i>, and <i>U-75 </i>where I have hooked record brook trout, plus maybe one more try at <i>Cliff Lake </i>and <i>"the alligator-like swirl"</i> attempt at my lure--the greatest ever experienced in fresh water--in <i>"the Land Northward"......</i> from a native cutthroat trout.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>NOTE: The greatest was by a huge largemouth black bass in a lake near where I lived for 35 years in Guatemala. Later in the same area a 27 lb. black bass was taken with a spear gun, and weighed at a friend's store. I imagine it was the one that went after my lure, but missed, which if caught on fishing gear would easily have been a World Record</i>!</span></span></div>
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but not least, my buddy Ted Packard insists on going with me</u>. I think
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The successful
flurry of donation activity at the end of 2015 is making possible the foundation
doing something that was one for quite a few years, after we returned o the
U.S. in 2002, but not possible in recent years.
I'm referring to an <i>"INSPECTION
TRIP"</i> to Guatemala each year, which also made possible me
participating in the <i>Coban International
Half Marathon</i> in May--completing 14 consecutive years of competing against
the Kenyans, Ethiopians, & Moroccans.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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joke….but I did always make it to the finish line. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The race has grown
incredibly from 2,500 runners to now around 15,000, an incredible sight of
color filling the narrow streets of Coban.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16.0pt;">I will represent
the Guatemala Foundation and be the oldest, at 80, who is a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>"cancer & heart attack
survivor,"</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>with 3
screws holding together his<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>"football
ankle,"</i> titanium jerry-rigging his<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>"motorcyle knee"</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>titanium hip</i>…..and will have
the Kenyans quaking in their running shoes! Likely,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>"Quaking"</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>with laughter!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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all of our thousands of brothers and sisters, who we have served to the best of
our ability, and return with video and photographs to produce an interesting<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: red; color: white; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16.0pt;">YouTube</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "nyala"; font-size: 16.0pt;">video, or two, as well as a few interesting newsletters to make
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "nyala";">I had an incredible 12 days in Guatemala, which reports will begin to appear on </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "nyala";"><b><i><a href="http://www.guatemalanfoundation.org/">http://www.guatemalanfoundation.org/ </a> </i></b>beginning late today, June 5th. But the race? Results sent to me via email:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I'm presently into the 4th day (of 4) doing research in the Uintah Basin starting last Saturday spending a couple of hours at the Saloon at DEFA'S DUDE RANCH on the North Fork of the Duchesne River, and, in addition to a few new High Uinta Friends, came away with a treasure load of great information, history, legends and <i>"tall tales"</i> from my new buddies. One of them, Micky, the baretender says hello below:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I have programmed my <i><u>SPOT Tracker</u></i>,</b> <b>that being the link if you want to follow me on the trail & see where I am each evening on Google Earth. I now have a more reliable sat phone from </b><i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://skycallsatellite.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Russ Smith & SKYCALL SATELLITE</a> <span style="color: #666666;">(where you can rent your's too)</span> </i><span style="font-weight: bold;">and </span><b>hope to be able to make my report early Saturday to </b><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=154210&nid=186" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">KSL OUTDOORS RADIO</a> <b>and, if all goes as planned, make a day hike that day from my camp on U-75 lake up to <i>"Little Andy Lake"</i> and be the first to report on this alpine lake that is at 12,203 feet, a hop, skip and a leap from South Kings Peak.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Trailhead parking lot was overflowing with cars. There would be a literal parade of mostly King's Peak climbers coming and going. </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you're new, KINGS PEAK is Utah's highest mountain at 13,528 feet. With so many people on the trail I wouldn't be able to stop and talk to everyone like I usually do.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I had come the afternoon and evening before all the way from the Uintah Basin, slept in some and got a late start around noon.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> In my 80th year, I had done my best to get my load weight down for an 8 day backpack to 34 lbs. </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For such an important trip I desperately wanted to take my good Nikon camera, rather than the Pentax point-and-shoot used on the Uinta River trip. So I focused on losing 5 lbs. of body weight during the preceding week and made that goal..... </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> So, you'll notice I don't have wrapped around my midsection the <i>"spare tire".</i>..at least it's smaller, nor my new photographic waist pack (that with my Nikon camera and extra lenses weighed around 10 lbs.--12 lbs. with tripod). Rather I only had a lightweight waist pack with the camera, a fish-eye lens, and a much smaller radio--a<i><u><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Eton-Grundig-M400-Super-Compact/dp/B00B4PJ524/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=cordandephot-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=KGSWN4FHCRN3WEAL&creativeASIN=B00B4PJ524"> Grundig seen below</a></u></i>, weighing only a few ounces....all in all saving around 7 lbs. of weight from the normal pro-photo equipment, but that small waist-pack brought my load weight to 40 lbs. including water.....but compensated for by 5 lbs. less of body weight. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Elevation at the Trailhead was a bit over 9,000 ft.--a signifcant advantage over the Uinta River Trailhead that is around 7,000 ft.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Map #1 shows basically the territory I'd cover the first day...from the trailhead around 4 miles with 1,000 ft. of elevation gain. Good 1st day for an old guy in his 80th year.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A very short distance from the Trailhead you cross the Wilderness boundary and right off begin seeing backpackers coming and going.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.....paralleling the Henry's Fork of the Green River. This well known land-mark river was named after he who most of his life was known as <i>"Major Andrew Henry,"</i> but who had actually ascended to be a brigadier general in the military, and then was elected lieutenant governor of Missouri. Later he became the partner of General William H. Ashley and their fur-trading venture on the upper Missouri River and together would go on to revolutionize the Western fur trade with the help of all the famous mountain-men such as Jim Bridger, Jedediah Smith, and others mentioned below. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>So, here we go up the famous Henry's Fork of the Green River. Once again, as many of the streams coming out of the High Uintas, very seldom if ever fished....and it would be good....it will be good as the <i>"streams of the Uinta"</i> will be my next focus, once I get the <i>"unique book"</i> put together I'm now working on.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>In good style I made it to my first camping spot 1.5 miles below Elkhorn Crossing (about where the red-dotted trail leaves the map above), went for water, and while my Gravity Works system did its magic purifying my water.....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Comfort and being able to sleep would be a problem, but the main one would be no insulation between me and the cold ground...especially with my quilt that is designed to cover and keep one warm on the top side, but for bottom warmth dependent on the air mattress. Luckily it had been sort of cold at the trailhead and so, fearing colder weather in the high country, I had thrown in my long-johns...which I quickly put on under my pants and so was a little protected.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>However, by 1:30 I just couldn't sleep and so got up to see if I couldn't find the leak and fix it....which you'll notice above was fixed, not with the <i>Therm-a-Rest repair kit</i> as patches were gone, but using tent repair material and my trusty <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D11%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D18%26field-keywords%3DSureHold%25C2%25AE%2520Plastic%2520Surgery%2520%2528302%2529%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=cordandephot-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">Plastic Surgery glue</a></i>, that has served to repair <u>water bladder</u>, <u>glasses</u>, gluing on <u>a crown</u> that came lose, fixing <u>head lamp</u>, and now <u>the mattress</u>. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Up the trail the next morning I said hello to a Peruvian sheepherder, but didn't have my camera at ready until he was up the trail. Over the years I've met herders from Mexico, Chili and now Peru.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As I was getting up into the high country I got to speak Spanish with three other Peruvian sheepherders. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I finally caught up with them and we had a BYU reunion....me from way back when BYU was more like a high school! We were at what on the topographical map below is the 7.45 mile point, actually more accurately 8.5 miles from the Trailhead--I say that, as to the route distances on the topo maps, you should add 15%. This is the Dollar Lake area where many camp, and then take a day hike of 8 miles to Kings Peak, for a 16 mile round trip hike.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The <i><u>first time </u></i>was in late August 2004, 6 weeks after knee surgery, when I hadn't exercised for most of that time, and it wore me out to do it all in one day from the Trailhead. Extra takes of <i><u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&keywords=glutamine%20powder&linkCode=ur2&rh=n%3A3760901%2Cp_4%3AIron-Tek%2Ck%3Aglutamine%20powder&tag=cordandephot-20&linkId=KLKCN25KNDVCIZFB">Glutamine</a></u> </i>and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=Cal-Mag%20Fizz%20&linkCode=ur2&tag=cordandephot-20&url=search-alias%3Dhpc&x=14&y=15&linkId=CLVNPA2CBDT6PYAF">C<i>alcium/Magnesium</i></a> had me come out of it. The next day I went on to camp on Kings Peak and it developed into one of the great <i><u><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/cordell.andersen/SURVIVAL?feat=flashalbum#5433542868824429826">SURVIVAL EXPERIENCES</a></u></i> of my life complicated on my way out with a heart attack....8 miles from the Trailhead in the midst of which my desperate prayer was miraculously answered. <span style="color: red;">Click on that if interested.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Normally this is the way I feel and look in the mountains, but this time at the proposed camp site at about 11,400 feet all systems were falling apart and I all of a sudden began feeling very sick......</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I was extremely fatigued and unsteady on my feet. Wheezy breathing had been developing for the last hour. I had the feeling I was coming down with the flu feeling body temperature possibly rising, a splitting headache, and nausea with the very thought of food had me wanting to vomit.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Worst and most worrisome was that my pulse was very fast, and I was able to detect a very erratic and irregular heart beat which I hadn't had for at least 6 years, except for a couple of weeks ago one night on the Atwood Trail.....which then had me worried and deciding to drop down in elevation </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">returning to the trailhead</b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">--rather than trying to climb tough Robert's Pass.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It was something to be concerned about, and the heart irregularities were the clincher. To make that more dangerous I had somehow lost the tiny EMERGENCY KIT I have carried with me ALWAYS since I experienced a heart attack near here in 2004. It is a little bottle of <i>Nitroglycerin</i> tablets, also with a couple of <i>Aspirin</i>, and <i>blood pressure medication</i>....like you see below crossed out as I HAD LOST IT!</b></span></div>
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<li style="padding: 1px 0px;">1. <span style="text-align: center;">acetazolamide (Diamox) a prescription medication can help speed acclimitization and thereby prevent AMS.</span></li>
<li style="padding: 1px 0px;">2. Avoid physical exertion for the first 24 hours.</li>
<li style="padding: 1px 0px;">3, Drink plenty of fluids, and avoid alcoholic beverages.</li>
<li style="padding: 1px 0px;">4. Consume a high-carbohydrate diet.</li>
<li style="padding: 1px 0px;">5. If mountain climbing or hiking, ascend gradually once past 8,000 feet (2,400 meters) above sea level</li>
<li style="padding: 1px 0px;">6. Increase the sleeping altitude by no more than 1,000 feet (300 meters) per 24 hours. The mountaineer's rule is "climb high, sleep low." This means that on layover days, a climber can ascend to a higher elevation during the day and return to a lower sleeping elevation at night. This helps to hasten acclimatization.</li>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For most of my life there has been no problem. For my first year on the High Uintas Wilderness Project, including my <i>"27 Day Expedition," </i> there was never a hint of this. Then I got older, had cancer and knee surgery and didn't exercise for a month or so and went right up to camp at over 12,000 ft.....and WHAM!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Another time it hit me after having got sick and needing my emergency anti-biotic and when recovering, but still weak, worked to get back to civilization climbing a 12,300 foot pass....and WHAM!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Over the next few years I went through other surgeries on ankle, knee, back and eventually on my hip while getting older and apparently more susceptible requiring greater awareness and ability to act quickly. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The best backpacker I have ever known, who is my age, until two years ago never had a hint of this problem. Then on a backpack up Swift Creek, over Bluebell Pass, then down to Yellowstone Creek, and from there up the canyon and over Tungsten Pass to the Garfield Basin, and there at about 11,000 ft. all of a sudden he had <i>High Altitude Sickness</i> and actually lost consciousness. His poor brothers didn't quite know what to do, and...wouldn't you know it, they were experts and hadn't felt the need of following my advice to have a SPOT tracker, and/or satellite phone!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>They finally revived him, took all of his load, and carefully headed DOWN into Yellowstone Canyon. At 9,500 ft. he was a new man, shouldered his pack and was the first down the trail, but he came close to his demise!</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">...and soon behind them came a Wilderness Ranger on horseback. She looked at me and shrieked,</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>She was <i>Teresa Facinelli</i> who I had met 8 years ago, </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">along with her husband Bob, </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">at the Hewinta Guard Station on the West Fork of Smith's Fork, </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>They had introduced me to the <i>"TIE HACKER WORLD,"</i> beginning for me a wonderful journey opening up the mysteries of all the ruins on the North Slope, incredibly enhancing my High Uintas experience, and putting me around #1 on <a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/tie-hackers.html" style="font-style: italic;">Google searches</a> with 14 photo/essays and <span style="background-color: red;"><span style="color: white;">YouTube</span></span> videos on the important subject.</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">She told me that a few years ago she had Googled my name and found the following obituary announcing that I had died in 2010.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A bit further down the trail I came upon another group of backpackers....this time the couple in middle from Utah State in Logan. Both of my parents were from there and had studied at Utah State. </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My weekly report on Saturday morning, August 22nd, was phoned in this time with my cell phone from my weekend <i><span style="font-size: large;">"rest camp"</span> </i>in the Walmart parking lot in Evanston, Wyoming. If interested you can listen to the podcast for the 1st hour, at about 6:15-20 AM</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">....well, I finally made it to the comfort and luxury of </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">my earthly mansion, and was back with my faithful buddy, <i>"Wilson."</i> I was grateful </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">....for the success of the trip--running into Teresa, and acquiring wonderful new friends, and having backpacked about 20 miles in the 3 days, even though not reaching my goal .....</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First I made the mistake of thinking that one of you young bucks out there would have to get to <i>"Little Andy Lake," </i>photograph it and get the report to me....BIG MISTAKE! </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: red;"><u>UPDATE: </u></span></b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: red;"><u>Hold off....I'M GOING TO DO IT IN 2016 WHEN I'M 80 YEARS OLD! Read on to see how.</u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Note: Below are my <i>High Uinta Friends </i> from 2013 who represent the many hundreds from 2003 to the present......One of these days I'll add to this montage pictures of all the High Uinta Friends I have been blessed with since 2003--that will be an incredible conglomeration of magnificent friends!</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This great group of friends is more and more evolving to be my <i>"CHEERS"</i> sort of <i>"brotherhood," </i> <i>"where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came,"</i> or..... <i>glad I came out</i> with a new photo/essay or YouTube video!</span></b></div>
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Cordellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629187781246662849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097758882053289925.post-1451097234557903412016-01-29T16:41:00.000-07:002016-01-29T23:26:16.539-07:00Backpack #2--UINTA RIVER...ATWOOD TRAIL....NEAR CHAIN LAKES & TOUGH ROBERT'S PASS... High Altitude Sickness & HEART PROBLEMS... Almost another "Forest Gump moment".... No "GIVING IN YET!"<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> In 2014 my friends on KSL Outdoor Radio suggested a lake be given my name. So, just as a humorous exercise I did so, but using my youthful nickname, and purposefully choosing a lake I figured no one would care about or object to.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As at all Trailheads surrounding the High Uintas, we are constantly reminded of the FIRST LAW of our Wilderness Areas and I want to DO MY PART...so....</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As you will notice in this photo/essay we will here and there reminisce about the past....as it was at this Trailhead where in 1954 me and buddies, Ted Packard and Charlie Petersen, returned to civilization after a 15 day crossing of the then Primitive Area, having backpacked from the Grandview Trailhead and the Grandaddy Basin far to the west.</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here I am again, 61 years later, this time ready to go up that very difficult trail, having worked hard to get my load weight down by leaving home my professional photographic equipment, Colt .45 Defender, and more. It would be a long 8 day trip, coming to around 50 miles, including climbing two passes--TWICE, and involving thousands of feet of elevation gain.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I signed in the register indicating it would be a 6-7 day effort, but had actually planned for 8 days</b></span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Above you see my topographical map showing the first 2-3 days. I knew it would be difficult, but hoped that by beginning with what was do-able--<u>4 miles</u> the <span style="background-color: #274e13;"><span style="color: yellow;">1st </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #274e13;"> day</span></span> getting to the bridge that crosses the river and then stopping--no matter how good I felt, or how early it was. Then counting on being able to increase the <span style="background-color: #274e13;"><span style="color: yellow;">2nd day</span></span> a mile and doing<u> 5 miles</u> camping at the Krebbs Creek crossing.....actually 1/2 mile short of Chain Lakes.</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The <span style="background-color: #274e13;"><span style="color: yellow;">4th day</span></span> would have me continuing up the trail and climbing Trail Rider Pass, then down to camp on U-75 lake. </b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The <span style="background-color: #274e13;"><span style="color: yellow;">5th day </span></span>would be a day hike up to <i>Little Andy Lake.</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>For many years the road was open to here, called SMOKEY SPRINGS, and the U-Bar Ranch.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Years ago it was the U-BAR DUDE RANCH, then it became the U-BAR WILDERNESS RANCH.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I don't believe it ruined any buildings, but it did cut through the middle of the ranch, and the Forest Service closed the enterprise. I understand that the owner wanted to continue but it wasn't permitted and he eventually was paid for the property....and since it has turned into a sort of depressing </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>"ghost town!"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>This was the Lodge in 2003....where I knocked on the door and met Jann and Ed Baltz, the owner</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And, of others.....SAD! Seems like it would have been best for this to continue...but what do I know?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.......hiking through lodgepole pines that..., on the North Slope, would be</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> A TIE HACKER HEAVEN!</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">NOTE: If you don't know what <i>"tie hackers"</i> are, go to the <i><u>Tie Hacker</u></i> page on my website and learn about these</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"unsung heroes....without whom the West...might not have been won!"</span></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Along the trail we find in abundance this plant which I saw for the first time up Main Fork that comes out of the Hell Hole Basin....on an exploration related to the tie hackers....<i>Search for the Howe Feeder Flume.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Here we see it in further stages of development....with its flower. I'll go to work identifying it soon, along with the next flower shown. Total varieties now photographed--from foothills to Kings Peak coming to 318 varieties.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Another of the literally thousands of varieties of mushrooms in the Rocky Mountain area.....that eventually will be identified along with the flowers.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Above we see the first photo of this variety #317 found up the Brown Duck Basin Trail, with a shot showing a little more detail below, found along the Uinta River.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>We will take the trail to the Atwood Basin. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The trail to the Highline Trail will eventually fork one veering to the northeast to find the Highline Trail that will leave the Uinta River Drainage as it goes over Divide Pass to the North Slope, and others climbing Fox-Queant Pass, and another to North Pole Pass, both leading to the Whiterocks Drainage.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Eventually the Uinta River, as well as most of the streams that come out of the mountains, are squeezed into narrow ravines that you would have to rope down into.....but a few years ago--in fact, more than 50 years ago, where the Atwood Creek joins the river, you see above, I was able to get down to the river and caught the beautiful trout you see below...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Golden trout were planted in several lakes in the Atwood area clear back then, and the record Golden trout for Utah was taken from the upper Atwood Creek (14 oz., 14-5" long in 1977).....so I have always imagined that this trout was a hybrid, with the slash under its jaw denoting it as a native cutthroat trout, but the coloration seems unique, as though crossed with a golden trout--at least it sure looks <i>"golden"</i> to me.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The red dotted line is the trail going up, the black the trail going down. But the important thng is that in the distance covered by the portion going 2/3rd of the way across the map only shows like 5 switchbacks, when the reality is that there were more than 15 major switchbacks. The approximate 5 miles measured on the map for the 2nd day, most likely was from 7-8 miles when considering the switchbacks. This will be important in just a moment.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>In the movie <u>JEREMIAH JOHNSON</u> with Robert Redford, as a mountain man, he met another who had been there for years, and asked, <i>"Do you ever get lonely?" </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>He replied, <i>"Lonely for what?"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>BRETT YOUNG, his family and crew</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Meet BRETT, BREA, and JENNA YOUNG, HUNTER JOOSTEN and AARON JEAL</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>They were on their 5th day having come from the Henry's Fork Trailhead on the North Slope. They came over Gun Sight Pass, then Anderson Pass, climbing Kings Peak, and then over Trail Rider Pass and were coming down from Lake Atwood, over tough Roberts Pass, and on their way down to the Uinta River Trailhead--50 miles in 5 days! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>WOW! What a pleasure it was to meet them.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>They started wondering what this old guy was doing on that trail heading into rough country, and asked how old I was. I had them guess and they all agreed on 65! What a bunch of great, smart people....but I had to tell the truth that I was in my 80th year. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Brett jotted down his email, and their names, and I didn't notice until that night his note, that said:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>"It was a pleasure meeting you! Have a great trip. You inspire all of us!" Brett Young</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i><br /></i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hey, Brett, after reading this, you might want to reconsider, and void publicly your words. So Let me know and I'll faithfully post here whatever you might say of how my trip worked out.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">By the way....when meeting them, I was maybe halfway through my day and I was still feeling exceptionally strong and enthusiastic.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Between the creek, the trail, and the steep mountain there was just no place I could find a good place to set up camp 200 feet from trail, and stream. I finally came to the trail crossing Brett told me had given them some trouble. I didn't tackle it, as I had decided to not do the steep 1/2 mile up to the Chain Lakes. I moved upstream at least 300 feet from the trail crossing, but had no choice but to set up camp right along the creek. By then fatigue very literally had me feeling sick--like the flu was coming on. It was an emergency stop.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">NOTE: Some of you might recall that last week there was a helicopter rescue east of Salt Lake. A young fellow overdid and couldn't go on, saying he felt like he was getting<i> "sick with the flu!"</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">That happens to many marathoner and triathalon competitors (etc.) when they are fatigued weakening their immune system. That is exactly what happens to me after a tough day.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: blue;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">1st</span></span>, putting my <u>dinner to soak</u> so it wouldn't require much cooking, including an instant chocolate pudding+dydrated egg, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: blue;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">2nd</span></span> my <u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=ENDUROX%20R-4&linkCode=ur2&tag=cordandephot-20&url=search-alias%3Dshoes&x=13&y=19&linkId=GQHSXEFSXJAFPCQ2">ENDUROX</a> recovery drink,</u> with 5 additional gms.of <u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&keywords=glutamine%20powder&linkCode=ur2&rh=n%3A3760901%2Cp_4%3AIron-Tek%2Ck%3Aglutamine%20powder&tag=cordandephot-20&linkId=KLKCN25KNDVCIZFB">Glutamine, </a></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: blue;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">3rd </span></span> my <u><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nuun-Active-Hydration-Electrolyte-Enhanced/dp/B001QW1L72/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=cordandephot-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=G6ZZ6VVN6ZTKGILG&creativeASIN=B001QW1L72">Electrolyte drink</a></u>, with 5 gms. of Calcium/Magnesium..... </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">NOTE: To understand all of this you should check out the <i>"survival" </i>portion<i> </i> of my <i><u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/2015/07/backpack-1-2015-grandaddy-basin-loop.html">Backpack #1-2015 GRANDADDY LOOP photo/essay</a></u></i>, as well as reading my paper on <i><u><a href="http://www.cordellmandersen.com/p/anti-aging-challenge.html">THE ANTI-AGING CHALLENGE,</a></u></i> links on my Home Page.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>3. As I was contemplating how it could be done, I had to consider that by stretching it out, and climbing several thousand more feet in altitude to stubbornly persist, I was getting farther from civilization, and it could get much more dicey! Especially considering that</b></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> in recent years increased altitude has given me growing problems--and maybe was more responsible for much of what I was experiencing than imagined. Even a couple of years ago the greatest backpacker I have ever known personally, Charlie Petersen, who had never had a hint of problem almost died of high altitude sickness in the Garfield Basin.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>4. While thinking about all these things I laid down on my hard pillow (quilt stuff sack filled with extra clothing), I began sensing through my ear how my heart was functioning. It was fast, even though I had been resting for some time, but SHOCKINGLY, for the FIRST TIME IN 5-6 YEARS, IT'S BEAT WAS ERRATIC AND IRREGULAR!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>6. I decided to rather focus on getting well applying my <i>MARGO LAKE FORMULA</i> that night and the next morning and then be able to <i>"PICK UP MY BED AND HIKE DOWN THE TRAIL!"</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>So, that is what I did--<i>"Pack up my stuff and get ready to hike down the trail"</i>.....but before finishing the story, let's .......</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.......we noticed he had stopped sinking so we stopped our rescue effort....and rather started taking pictures, including Charlie's movie in which you can see Ted upset and throwing mud at us. He finally sort of crawled out.....and so is still with us and is....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> I came down this trail again in 2005 when early that year I was the first one up the Uinta River Trail continuing north from the bridge and went through an area that had been hit by a <i>micro-burst wind storm </i>that mowed down the lodgepole pines about 6 feet off the ground and made that hike through downed timber to North Park one of the hardest of my life.....in fact so hard I didn't want to go back the same way, rather circled around through the Painter Basin, caught <u>a 21 inch long brookie out of U-75 lake,</u> you'll see in a moment, then up over Trail Rider Pass and down this trail to civilization.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Above we see Robert's Pass on the Chain Lakes side. It is made up of boulders that has always had me marvel at a horse or mule being able to navigate it.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The film, with which the above, and one below of me with a similar grayling was taken, was ruined when the camera fell into one of the Chain Lakes. What you see here is what we salvaged, with the one of Ted enhanced some by SNELSON Photo Studio in Springville, Utah.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The George Beard Lake, and Basin (I have named) honoring the pioneer artist/photographer from Coalville, Utah who, along with his wife, Sarah Lovenia, I introduced to all in my documentaries on <i>THE GRANDADDDIES, </i>he having named the Uinta's largest lake, <i>Grandaddy Lake,</i> as well as <i>Mt. Lovenia</i> after his beloved wife who accompanied him many times on horseback trips into the Uintas. His collection can be seen at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Above you see me with a sassy wild eastern brook trout caught out of George Beard Lake. It was at this lake I had the fastest fishing of my <i>expedition,</i> catching and releasing 15 brookies on 20 casts, in about 30 minutes or less. If I stayed for a while, it could have been hundreds caught and released, but on my trips I have to quickly test each lake and then move on.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>At U-75 we have a fine view of Utah's 5th highest peak, 13,387 ft. It was a no-name mountain, so I have named it in honor of he who for me was the greatest of the explorers and mountain men of the West, Jedediah Smith. He only lived until 28 when killed by Indians but he lived life to its fullest as one of the greatest for a lot of reasons I'll write about in what I will soon begin putting together, but he was unique: Always carrying the BIBLE and reading some each day, no swearing, no smoking or drinking, and no <i>"consorting with loose women!" </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Smith Fork (of the Green River) on the Unta's North Slope is named after Jedediah, who along with his team trapped beaver in that area and was part of the first mountain man rendezvous held on the Uinta's Henry's Fork River in 1825.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From U-75 on my <i>expedition</i> I landed this very heavy bodied 17" brookie after a furious fight as he rocketed up from his hiding place among big boulders just as I was about to lift my Thomas Cyclone out of the water, and hit it <i>big mouthed black-bass style </i>and about jerked my rod and me into the lake.</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">....meeting another grandpa leading a horse with his grandson....</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>..........<i><span style="font-size: large;">I WAS VERY MUCH ALIVE</span></i>....and PLANNING WHAT KIND OF STRATEGY WILL YET GET ME TO<i> </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>THOUGHTS OF....... <span style="font-size: large;"><i>"THROWING IN THE TOWEL"</i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>SCREAMING....... <span style="font-size: large;"><i>"UNCLE!"</i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"GIVING IN...NOT EASILY...BUT GIVING IN!"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>WAS DEPRESSING....SO I HAVEN'T BEEN SLEEPING WELL FOR HAVING HAD AGAIN ANOTHER<i> </i>FOREST GUMP MOMENT....</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"I'm tired..... I think I'll go home now!"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>...THEN IT CAME TO ME AND I GOT UP AND SCRIBBLED A NEW SCHEDULE: </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>So, on August 4th....with all my affairs in order.....I plan on leaving for Mt. View, Wyoming where I'll swing south to the HENRYS FORK TRAILHEAD...and get ready to head to </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>through the <i>"backdoor"</i> and maybe...just maybe...since,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>"IT AINT OVER TILL IT'S OVER!"</i> ....</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>....knock off a couple of three or four items from my <i>"Bucket List!"</i> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Go back to the mountainscape of Utah's elite mountains....you see there on the right <i>Gunsight Pass.</i>..that's what I'll be coming over, after a gradual elevation gain hike up a nice trail.... to get into this area and realize the </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">I learned today that I won't be able to have <i>"all my affairs in order"</i> to be able to leave for the Henry's Fork Trailhead on August 4th.....also that by putting the <i>"impossible dream"</i> effort off until the last week in August I will be blessed by having with me my buddy Ted Packard and maybe his son, Mike. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: #990000;"><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">During this rest period I will do my darndest to NOT <i>"rest"</i> as that would have me losing all the conditioning I've achieved this summer, so if you see an old guy walking around American Fork...like what you see below....DON'T PANIC!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Rest assured that he's not a terrorist with an explosive vest on with an orange wire to a detonator,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white;"> rather an </b></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><i>old crazy DON QUIJOTE</i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white;"><i></i>trying to keep in shape with a 40 lb. weighted vest on, who in between his workouts will be doing research and writing, as well as being in person on KSL OUTDOORS RADIO....with an invitation to do so in a week or two....I'll advise all details on this and when the <i>Backpack to Little Andy Lake </i>will be accomplished...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> ....but as I was taking my picture, heard a booming voice, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A tough muscular outdoor type was coming my way. He was Cale Lennberg, soon joined by his police force buddy, Tyler Lowe, both from South Jordan. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Cale wasn't on my email list of High Uinta Friends, but he began talking about following my efforts for a while, having recently seen the </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> They were heading up into the Brown Duck/Squaw Basin area to do similar to what I have announced in the past. </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Soon they headed up the trail, and I <i>"stalked"</i> along behind them....soon way behind them!</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> .....soon I realized that the more than 15 days off, with basically no exercise, from my <i>Grandaddy Trip,</i> had deeply affected my conditioning, and I was getting tired too easily and far too often. I had reduced my load by at least 10 lbs. by not taking my professional camera equipment, but still needed to cut down more.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> I got a good portrait of Utah's new STATE TREE....<i>"The QUAKING ASPEN,"</i>......</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>and photographed a new flower never seen before that I think brings my total to 317 varieties of wildflowers from the footbhills to Kings Peak....</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.....plus a series of photos of a great mushroom, and...</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Then I came to the Wilderness Boundary about 5 miles from the Trailhead.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I continued on about to where, the <i>"short-cut" ...."YOU SHOULDN'T TAKE,"</i> crossed the creek leading to Atwine Lake. <i>Cale</i> had mentioned me describing the miserable hike I had last year taking the <i>short-cut</i> that, apparently is one of the old trails the Forest Service has decided to not maintain anymore--so Cale has apparently seen all of my stuff. On trips years ago up that short-cut, it was fine....BUT NO MORE!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Near there I looked for a piece of ground to quickly set up my tent...as the heavens were grumbling and shaking the ground with thunder and lightning! I quickly did a poor job and stuffed everything inside. It again looked like <i>"no water"</i> and no <i>"cooked dinner!</i>" </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>IT WAS A LONG NIGHT!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It poured down rain and hail most of the night. I was very tired again... having done like 5.5 miles, with a load 10 lbs. less than my Grandaddy backpack, but with water it was still too much, at least for a guy in his 80th year who had lost some of his conditioning over the previous almost 20 days of doing nothing. That night I felt a bit strange....that had me wondering about the wisdom of continuing.......</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>On my 2nd day my body would be sore and stiff...again, and looking at my topo maps that night I could see that the next day I had to do 8 miles to keep on schedule. Then on my tiny radio I heard that after a semi-clear morning the next day, the weather would likely even be worse. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I hoped at least for the rain to stop before morning, and to have 2-3 hours of good weather....as I had decided this was getting a bit too hard and wasn't much fun anymore...and I was concerned about an apparent change in my heart function, and realized it was about time to begin getting serious about putting this whole 13 year effort together with no need of as much backpacking as I had scheduled--the nearly 1,800 miles in 13 years was enough.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Once safely on my way home, and in my incredibly luxurious <i>"mansion,"</i> I finally had to conclude, as mentioned in the introduction to this post, that I just have to at least attempt that <i><u>Uinta River/Atwood/George Beard Basin/Trail Rider Pass/Little Andy Lake Backpack.</u>.</i>..if it's the last thing I do!</b></span></div>
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