EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

[315]

Awesome views! I was just up there for a week a month and a half ago. What lake is that if you don't mind me asking? At first I figured it'd be one of the big 3 Swift, Merwin, or Yale. However that lake looks way higher up than any of those. Is that on the North side of the mountain? I haven't explored much on that side.

That’s the one lake we will probably never be able to fish, Spirit lake.

 

[RLB0414]

Yesterday was all about getting ready for snow and the cold weather. Maintained all our heaters, swept the chimney and bucked a crapton of logs.

Next weekend it will be splitting time…but for today…leatherworking.

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I know it is a lot of work but sitting in front of a warm fire this winter is some reward.

That’s the one lake we will probably never be able to fish, Spirit lake.

Why not able to fish?

 

[315]

Why not able to fish?

It’s been closed since the eruption completely annihilated it in 1980, set aside to see how nature will naturally change the lake over time. They found their first fish in the lake several years ago and they continue to study how it changes over time. For several years you couldn’t really even see water because it was completely covered in trees taken out by the blast. I wish I would’ve kept a photo log of how much the area has changed the last 31 years since I first visited it. It’s worth watching a few videos and reading up on it.

 

[Wolverine666]

Date Night Carry
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Wow , that thing is one handsome devil.

 

[cutchu]

 

[Hammer67]

 

[ac3boyz]

 

[timberweasel]

Hey, me too! Insingo Bros unite!



CRK Small Sebenza 21 Insingo

 

[RLB0414]

It’s been closed since the eruption completely annihilated it in 1980, set aside to see how nature will naturally change the lake over time. They found their first fish in the lake several years ago and they continue to study how it changes over time. For several years you couldn’t really even see water because it was completely covered in trees taken out by the blast. I wish I would’ve kept a photo log of how much the area has changed the last 31 years since I first visited it. It’s worth watching a few videos and reading up on it.

Interesting. Thanks for the information

 

[Leo Greer]

I was actually just at Mount St. Helens last week...

But anyways, I decided to put this in my pocket today:

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[RICKSTER]

Sunday With An Old Friend___

 

[woodysone]

Hey, me too! Insingo Bros unite!

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CRK Small Sebenza 21 Insingo

My favorite blade style but the small is just that, a little small

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[Glenn Goodlett]

 

[palonej]

Sunday Spydies……..couple of cool ones.

 

[Wolverine666]

My favorite blade style but the small is just that, a little small

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Nice. Which inlay is that?

 

[Skywalker31]

710DLC-1. Big knife for a lazy Sunday.

 

[JasonPaul]

No knife yesterday. I know a lot of you also enjoy kayaking. My 6 and 8 year old boys love paddling on their yaks. We all enjoy the knife hobby and many others as well.



This is what I'll be carrying today. It's that time of year for us.

 

[alliuse]

 

[Screebo]

Sunday’s pick is the Cranes Cutlery exclusive Peña MULA. Nice deployment choices!
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[LimpCroissant]

That’s the one lake we will probably never be able to fish, Spirit lake.

Oh ok, I had a feeling it was right in that area just to the north of the summit. I'm glad that they shut it down to fishing, it's so rare to be able to see how nature reacts after a volcanic eruption that I think it's very important to leave it as undisturbed as possible and learn from it. And to give nature the best chance it can get to thrive again.

The environment up there is so cool and diverse. It's crazy how you can be driving along and suddenly, within the span of 200 ft. the environment completely changes from our usual Douglas Fir forest and ground cover, to the disparate barren sort of Pine forest. My dad and I talked to a few biologists from the University of Washington who were up there camping for a week to study the Blue Spruce population up there. They said that the largest Blue Spruces in the entire world live up there by Blue Lake and they were there to study them. Just a small stand of them apparently. My family has also camped up there for my whole life and we were always kind of concerned with how the forest was doing with all it's short, crooked, kind of scraggly Pine trees, many of which have big bulges and are oozing sap from weird holes. However the biologists assured us that the forest is doing really well, and it's just the natural process when Earth has a wound. They told us to think of Earth like a living thing, and this place is like a scab on her skin. These scraggly trees just come here in the beginning and help cover the wound, and they make the ashy soil much more rich and fertile. Then eventually the Douglas Firs will move back in and, if nothing happens in the meantime, it will turn into one of those beautiful old growth Doug Fir forests again.