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Sweet, looking forward to seeing what new toys you got! :thumbup:
Some pics from my buddy:
Some pics from my buddy:
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but I did get pine sap on my knife so I call it a success.
But seriously, what do you do? I didn't want to put the knife back in the sheath with all the glop on it.
If you're near home one of the best ways to remove pine sap is with mayonnaise. Rub it around on the sap, and it comes right off.
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Nice spot!
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Thanks! I knew you'd like it! :thumbup:
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Nice pack!
On the way are a Zpacks Multi-pack with an extra belt(to go behind the neck so it can be worn as a chest pack independent of the backpack-3oz!), a small cuben drybag for a foodbag for 1-2 nights, stake bag, and a large stuff sack for my cold weather bag.
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AW Man! Let me know how that goes (multi-pack), I've been eyeing that thing forever as a replacement for my belt pouch! My buddy has one and loves it. The Zpacks stake sacks are nice, I have one. I'm looking to pick up a cuben stuff sack at some point too, as backpup wet protection to my cuben pack liner. Sweet stuff man, I'm looking forward to your thoughts.
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Damn HM... What's the temperature there at the moment? I'd take a dip for sure.
The weather here is still far below average. Last year it was 18°C on the 24th of March over here. Yesterday it was -2. Because of the wind it was a chill temperature of -15, pffff.
The weather here is still far below average. Last year it was 18°C on the 24th of March over here. Yesterday it was -2. Because of the wind it was a chill temperature of -15, pffff.
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It was a frosty morning in the canyons, but temps were nice (somewhere in the 60sF) once the sun came out and we got up on the ridges.
-15C, brrr!
-15C, brrr!
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Going to Garfield Grove, Sequoia NP, starting at a low elevation trailhead
Looking toward Homer's Nose. One of these days I need to get on top of it.
It's a very nice grove that sees very few visitors. Typical trail scene before we left the trail and headed up into the main part of the grove
King Arthur Tree
The Floyd Otter tree - one of the biggest, and virtually unknown outside a few small circles
Looking toward Homer's Nose. One of these days I need to get on top of it.
It's a very nice grove that sees very few visitors. Typical trail scene before we left the trail and headed up into the main part of the grove
King Arthur Tree
The Floyd Otter tree - one of the biggest, and virtually unknown outside a few small circles
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Wow! Those are some real big boys!
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Come on out, Owen, and I'll take you there. One of the nice things about Garfield Grove is that the good part - the upper part - has no trails to it and it is rarely visited. Unlike places like Giant Forest, you will not have to share Garfield Grove with anyone else.
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My kinda spot. I'm hoping to get the GF down there this summer for some car camping to check out the big trees.
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Still chilly today, but atleast the sun was shining. That means... time for another fossil hunt. I contacted the sandquarry owner of a quarry that yields Eocene fossils yesterday, to ask for permission to search on his property, and he didn't mind at all. I had learned from previous experiences where I called someone else at the quarry, who is actually the previous quarry owner. He had to sell, and never was much of a fan of others running around in his quarry. Still today, even when he's not in charge, he'll always tell you that the layer is not exposed, or cranes are working on that spot... He still tries to keep people away, that's why I called the other guy.
So today, we turned up quite early in the morning and first of all, we had to present ourselves at the front desk. Who is there? You guessed it, the old quarry owner. I said I spoke to his boss
D) the other day and hat he said it was fine. The guy still tried to sent us back by telling that the layer was not exposed and certainly not yielding any fossils at the moment. I said well, since we're already here and we have your boss his permission, we'll take our chances. I'm glad we did
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When we entered the quarry and had walked around a bit, we already collected some shark teeth. Surface finds. A sign of more to find. So we put down the sieving table, and got to work.
My buddy exposing the fossiliferous layer...
After some work a bit further down the quarry
Close up of the shelly layer. You can't preserve the shells. They're somewhat decaclified and just desintegrate in your hand when you pick them up.
And now...
Are you ready???
JACKPOT!
A nicely preserved example of (currently renamed to) Otodus auriculatus, previously Carcharocles auriculatus.
We had already found lots of nice teeth, but this one is rather large AND rare in these deposits. Find of the day, by far.
Some overviews of the quarry...
And to conclude, a picture of some of the finds:
Everything larger than 1cm in width (mostly root width), that stayed on top of the 1cm mesh. Everything under 1cm and above 4mm we took home with is and is still waiting to be searched through (approx. 120 kilograms of sieved residue). The larger brown block is a piece of the carapace of a sea turtle. Rare to find in this condition.
This is what I had surface collected. When these teeth are exposed to sunlight, they often get a bleaching, which makes for some nice colour combinations.
I hope you guys enjoyed it. I certainly have. I'm gonna lay down now. A whole day of sieving and digging got me pretty tired and sour. Great workout though
So today, we turned up quite early in the morning and first of all, we had to present ourselves at the front desk. Who is there? You guessed it, the old quarry owner. I said I spoke to his boss
D) the other day and hat he said it was fine. The guy still tried to sent us back by telling that the layer was not exposed and certainly not yielding any fossils at the moment. I said well, since we're already here and we have your boss his permission, we'll take our chances. I'm glad we did.When we entered the quarry and had walked around a bit, we already collected some shark teeth. Surface finds. A sign of more to find. So we put down the sieving table, and got to work.
My buddy exposing the fossiliferous layer...
After some work a bit further down the quarry
Close up of the shelly layer. You can't preserve the shells. They're somewhat decaclified and just desintegrate in your hand when you pick them up.
And now...
Are you ready???
JACKPOT!
A nicely preserved example of (currently renamed to) Otodus auriculatus, previously Carcharocles auriculatus.
We had already found lots of nice teeth, but this one is rather large AND rare in these deposits. Find of the day, by far.
Some overviews of the quarry...
And to conclude, a picture of some of the finds:
Everything larger than 1cm in width (mostly root width), that stayed on top of the 1cm mesh. Everything under 1cm and above 4mm we took home with is and is still waiting to be searched through (approx. 120 kilograms of sieved residue). The larger brown block is a piece of the carapace of a sea turtle. Rare to find in this condition.
This is what I had surface collected. When these teeth are exposed to sunlight, they often get a bleaching, which makes for some nice colour combinations.
I hope you guys enjoyed it. I certainly have. I'm gonna lay down now. A whole day of sieving and digging got me pretty tired and sour. Great workout though
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That really makes me wonder what all we're walking around on top of every day!
New stuff today.
Russell, I made a quick video of the pack, and will post it when it's done loading.
Here it is. Cut out the first part, because I was rambling. I was in zombie mode with no sleep, shower, or shave, and I think I said "crap" about 43 times-guess it's the word of the day
Just some stuff I grabbed real quick that I thought would be typical of what the pack will get used for-things I want to be able to get to easily while wearing the pack, and things I want to take with me while not wearing it.
I don't know if I'll actually start leaving my pack behind to go crashing through the brush, or not, but sometimes keeping it on is a pain, especially in briars and rhododendron tangles that constantly grab it, so it's an idea.
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If we didn't live 2,000 miles apart, you'd get really sick of me
New stuff today.
Russell, I made a quick video of the pack, and will post it when it's done loading.
Here it is. Cut out the first part, because I was rambling. I was in zombie mode with no sleep, shower, or shave, and I think I said "crap" about 43 times-guess it's the word of the day
Just some stuff I grabbed real quick that I thought would be typical of what the pack will get used for-things I want to be able to get to easily while wearing the pack, and things I want to take with me while not wearing it.
I don't know if I'll actually start leaving my pack behind to go crashing through the brush, or not, but sometimes keeping it on is a pain, especially in briars and rhododendron tangles that constantly grab it, so it's an idea.
[youtube]iT5gIdofoIU[/youtube]
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GS, looks like you had a good haul! Nice job making it happen :thumbup:
Owen, awesome, looking forward to it! :thumbup:
:thumbup:Owen, awesome, looking forward to it! :thumbup:
So I got something in the mail recently, well two things actually. The ULA Catalyst and the Zebralight H51. Here's the ULA pack.
It fits a bearvault 500 horizontally with a few inches to spare (for those that were wondering). I love the hip belt, the multicam, the huge side pockets, and the weight. I took it out today and completed a 10 mile day hike and it rode very comfortably. 10/10 so far, although I hate giving premature reviews when I haven't used the pack much.
It fits a bearvault 500 horizontally with a few inches to spare (for those that were wondering). I love the hip belt, the multicam, the huge side pockets, and the weight. I took it out today and completed a 10 mile day hike and it rode very comfortably. 10/10 so far, although I hate giving premature reviews when I haven't used the pack much.
