Oregon Hikers

One of my current weight lifting buddies is a retired geology professor. I gave him some specimens and he did all the tests--acid, scratch, cleaving, etc. Turns out, my initial instinct when I first laid eyes on the rocks was correct: tuff. Items highlighted in blue confirm our conclusions. PORPHYRI...

Don, you are still The Machine! Glad to hear you are pounding out the miles as always. Your photos are a trip down memory lane: I seem to recall a certain person's butt gracing a certain rock in those photos the last time we were there.

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Geez, Andy, you stalker: stop following me! Ha, ha! Jealous of your rainbow, that rocks.

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Love the first pic, Roy. It would make a spectacular avatar photo. I was up a few weeks ago for the first time, and not only did I get a late start If it was 9-25-10, I might have seen you. I saw practically everyone else in the free world up there. "Popular" doesn't begin to describe this trail. Th...

thought you might like the pic of the five of you climbing ahead of me I like that pic, Mike. Has a National Geographic feel. Gorillas in the...er...Hikers in the Mist. Hey, Andy, less than a week later, I was lookin' at Barrett from the other side. Got totally enamored of that place. http://alltho...

ANNA! HI HI HI HI HI, great to see you back, I'm soo excited! I have to say I'm not too jealous, as I got to test out some gear in blowing winds and ice crystals, but I will admit I'm weeping a bit at the fact you got lenticulars :x There were brief hints of them for us but never a full one. I can'...

Oh, hilarious, Andy, I did almost the exact same route yesterday! I was going to go on the 5th like you but something told me to wait--now I know why. Prepare to weep because when I set out Labor Day morning, the weather was perfect, during the entire trek up the weather was perfect, and Hood went f...

Getting high enough to take that first gorgeous photo you got there would have been enough to make my day. Very nice.

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Hysterical, Jacko! Nice to see someone enjoying my neighborhood. I do all my daily walks along Skyline. If you go farther north past Forest Heights, you'll find the expansive cemetery Skyline Memorial Gardens. If you hike to the tippy top of that property to the Greek columns you'll find the best da...

Gene, when do you estimate Ramona Falls will be resplendent?

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