[pct-l] Forester/Ski Mountaineers Passes photos

[leo-spencer at comcast.net (leo-spencer@comcast.net)]

Excellent Ray Echols pictures of Forester and Ski Mountain passes. The route line of march for Mountain Pass is particularly helpful.


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> http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l From stprsn at softcom.net  Thu Apr  7 09:09:16 2005
From: stprsn at softcom.net (Pearson)
Date: Thu Apr  7 10:30:05 2005
Subject: [pct-l] Perseids
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We had a great experience last year near Etna when the meteor shower hit. 
The only problem we had was to not lay watching the wonderful light show all 
night long and be too tired to hike in the morning.  We watched until about 
11pm and then found ourselves waking up every few hours to see if there was 
more to see...and there was! Didn't get the best nights sleep, but that was 
a fabulous night under the stars on the trail.

Taper Off
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Wright" <sparkymeister@gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:36 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Perseids


> Since it's almost time to hit the trail I thought I would remind
> everybody of a spectacular show coming in August. Every year for a few
> days around August 12 there is a meteor shower called the Perseids.
> Unfortunately we will have a half moon on the 12th, but that's much
> better than a full moon. So mark it in your notes and keep an eye open
> for it. If the sky is clear and you have a south easterly view you
> could be treated to quite a show. And the higher your elevation the
> better.
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> Back in 1999 my brother and I had an excellent campsite just above
> Upper Crabtree Lake by Whitney and we were not expecting anything.
> Then out of nowhere a fireball streaked across the sky. Some of them
> were so bright that the tail took didn't disappear until after it
> passed out of site behind the mountain. An amazing fireworks display!
> It was made more breathtaking by the fact that we just had a smoke
> (not tobacco). The only downside is that the really bright ones that
> passed out of view before burning out left us wondering if they might
> have taken out Lone Pine.
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> I'm hoping to see an aurora as I head farther north. Pray for an
> Earthbound coronal mass ejection.
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> http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/perseidobs.html
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> Mark
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