Trip report - Primitive Skills Gathering

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I finally have a trip report ready to go on the primitive skills gathering that I organized for early June. The page is at http://www.joeha.com/spsgresults.htm . I had a whopping two of you attending from the forum, but several personal friends also attended, bringing the total to seven. It was great to get to know Bill Siegle and Rick. Knife nuts for sure!
 
it was a blast! Dan wasn't sure of the knives Rick and I had so I'll give the details: I had a Busse SHE, A custom utility design I made for myself,and a BM Axis AFCK. Rick had a MT SOCOM, Chris Reeve Project 2,and a Martindale Golok. All gave great service. The big knives saw a little use but not too much. Being that the area was pretty arid, there wasn't much need to chop a lot of stuff. The smaller knives did most of the work (which is pretty typical). I can't wait to do it all again. Everyone we met there was a pleasure to be around. Dan had the whole affair planned out nicely and picked an awesome camp site although next time I think we should head up to the fork in the river:D
 
Looks like you guys had a great time! That's some great scenery you had to put up with too.
 
It was indeed beautiful. And the amazing thing is that we were less than a mile from the end of the road, but not many people know about this place, so it remains relatively untouched. :)

Unfortunately, the area that we were in is also the proposed site of a nickel strip-mine, with patents applied for that would encompass several thousand acres of the watershed. :mad: In counter measures, several groups have proposed that a protected status be applied, such as wilderness designation or inclusion in the Wild & Scenic River system.

Here's a link for some good info on the area:
http://www.siskiyou.org/specialplaces/roughandready/

(Notice that the third photo down on this page is the same as one of the photos that appears on my page, only this one shows Rough And Ready at middle-flood stage. Give this place three days of good rain and it transforms from a sleepy little stream to a raging torrent. It's an awesome sight!)
 
Coyotl-amigo, Thanks for the pix and the report. Very nice hiking area. It's surprising how much cleaner & nicer an area becomes once you've hiked further than the average tourists are willing to lug their boombox and cooler of beer. ;) We always figured on hiking an hour to get past them. After that the trail just kept getting cleaner the further we hiked along. :D
 
In the immediate vicinity of our campsite we saw maybe three rusted cans that had probably been there since 1930s. Back at the "forks" that Bill referred to we found one fire pit with a couple of glass bottles. That was it.

In contrast, just down stream about 2 miles is a popular swimming hole where you can get your tires slashed and your wallet stolen, and apparently you can also dump your kid's disposable diapers for free.

The only concerns I had back in our area were pot gardens and cougars. Oh yeah, and that grey thing. Sasquatch? :confused:

I would definitly love to do this again. I've already thought of two other locations that would be astounding. And then there are the forks.
 
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