John,
Thanks for the great TR and photos! What a grand adventure. After exploring Chichen Itza over thirty years ago and reading more about the Maya, I've wanted to see Tikal and Copan but have yet to do it. Your TR shows there is a whole lot more to see down there.
DN
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- March 22nd, 2024, 9:32 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Guatemala - February 2024
- Replies: 5
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- March 8th, 2024, 11:12 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Herman Creek TH to Pinnacles, 3/3/2024
- Replies: 5
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Re: Herman Creek TH to Pinnacles, 3/3/2024
Anybody know where snow starts going up Herman? Trail is bare as far as Casey Creek but there are a few small patches of leftover snow and ice from the January storms here and there. I was there on Wednesday this week. Here's the trail on Jan. 29th, about mile 2.2: https://donnelsen.org/wp-content/...
- March 4th, 2024, 5:59 pm
- Forum: General Hiking Topics
- Topic: What's Out Your Back Door
- Replies: 10
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Re: What's Out Your Back Door
Looks like your trees are doing better than mine. About 25 years ago I planted three incense cedars along my creek to help prevent, or at least slow the bank erosion on a tight bend. So far, it's worked somewhat but I fear it's a losing battle. They were all planted with over a foot of solid ground ...
- February 21st, 2024, 4:56 pm
- Forum: Idle Chatter
- Topic: Happy Birthday!
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Re: Happy Birthday!
Congratulations on your 90th!! Best Happy birthday post ever.
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- February 4th, 2024, 5:26 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Green Mountain (Camas) 2-2-24
- Replies: 1
- Views: 693
Re: Green Mountain (Camas) 2-2-24
Thanks for giving Green Mountain some well-deserved publicity. Nice what just a few volunteers can do in such a short time.
- February 3rd, 2024, 7:58 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Herman Creek 012924 Not ready for prime time!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1349
Re: Herman Creek 012924 Not ready for prime time!
Tom, thanks! Great photos! Looking back at the weather stats for 1922, there were 3 cold snaps that year, one starting on 12/17 of 1921 that we never really recovered from then another on 1/14 1922 and yet another two weeks after that. Dec. '22 there was another one too. Our weather used to be much ...
- February 1st, 2024, 8:40 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Herman Creek 012924 Not ready for prime time!
- Replies: 7
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Re: Herman Creek 012924 Not ready for prime time!
Ha! Those are my tracks. I was there on Sunday 1/28... Excellent! That's an impressive hike you did. Now I see why there was only one set of tracks. Getting back the way you did must have been a real workout. My ankles are still a bit sore from so much hiking at an angle. Thanks for the help, too -...
- January 29th, 2024, 7:32 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Herman Creek 012924 Not ready for prime time!
- Replies: 7
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Herman Creek 012924 Not ready for prime time!
This is my second try to recon the gorge and particularly the Herman Creek Trail system this past week. Last Tuesday it was way too icy and dangerous, so I didn't get the job done. (but I still managed a couple of miles on sketchy ice) Today, though, just enough melt-off made it doable, at least eno...
- January 25th, 2024, 4:32 pm
- Forum: General Hiking Topics
- Topic: The gorge, after all this weather
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Re: The gorge, after all this weather
I went out Tuesday (1/23) to do a recon on Herman Creek and stopped by Eagle Creek to see how it had fared. I got about 100 feet and chickened out: https://donnelsen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_1968-scaled.jpg The road to the south parking area is plowed but there's only two or three possible...
- January 7th, 2024, 1:21 pm
- Forum: Off-trail Trip Reports & Lost Trails
- Topic: Shovel Trail, Cabin Railroad, The Way, Li’l Devil, etc. 1-5-24
- Replies: 4
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Re: Shovel Trail, Cabin Railroad, The Way, Li’l Devil, etc. 1-5-24
Bobcat, Thanks for posting the TR and great photos! Always a pleasure to hike with you. Here are a few photos of that cabin on a hike from June 2006. https://donnelsen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DSCN0402-scaled.jpg I picked up some of this junk back in the day, but lots more remains as you saw: ...