You must be having loads of fun, although it isn't all that clear
from high up in the air
http://bard.wr.usgs.gov/bard/coq/sanjose/mount_boardman/nw.coq
Peter S.
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "m donner" <maxivan82@h...> wrote:
> half moon bay ca
> day 7
>
> harry
> i think your first comprehensive extremity tour or what i called
rainbow try
> of nederland is complete even without a photo of nle since the
artifacts
> arent what matter but the experience
> & clearly you have at least a great first approximation of it
> so i dont think there will be any other ensemble nominations this
year since
> you would win hands down
>
> indeed i am staggered to think what it would take to do the same
for
> california even with caw & cas already in the bag if not in the can
for i
> cant even find can since it is one of those hard to figure points
like ors
> etc etc
>
> & again please excuse the disjointedness of my communications since
i am
> moving at high speed & handicap
>
> now as for the conclusion of alsasast
> the recent heavy rains had left a thick layer of mud fudge under
the crisp
> icing
> so i could already foresee that some additional degree of
difficulty lay
> ahead
> & as i forced my way up mocho canyon into the face of the sun i was
already
> luxuriating in resistance
>
> the approach pretty much had to be from the pavement in this canyon
on the
> west shoulder of mount boardman since del puerto canyon to the
south was too
> far distant while to the east & north lay the even longer emptier
slopes
> down to the san joaquin valley
>
> from here at least i would have under 10 miles of mudslick to drive
&or walk
>
> so when my best hope of approach via tarraville creek at 2339 feet
bottomed
> out with a typically locked gate & barbed wire
> & when my next best hope via smith gulch at 2470 feet was merely
cordoned
> off to exclude vehicular traffic i figured i was in luck to even
find this
> access & a parking spot with it & so headed up smith gulch on foot
for what
> would have been a 3 mile crowfly due east to the target at 3593 feet
>
> but after only half a mile i encountered the usual locked gate with
a
> heavier than usual fortification of barbed wire & warning signs etc
>
> a final try by turning up turner gulch at 2700 feet met dangerous
mudslick &
> similar fate with barking watchdogs & an owner who had never even
heard of
> mt boardman
>
> so i continued south up mocho canyon looking over my left shoulder
thru
> patchy fogbanks for any glimpse at the peak now receding from my
approach
> more than 3 miles to the northeast until finally i did get a
panoramic view
> of the entire crest to the east which rose northward from del
puerto canyon
> & i guessed boardman might be the first north of the del puerto gap
tho that
> peak later proved to be red mountain while boardman i later learned
was
> actually the third in line then visible & hence i was probably then
looking
> at a retroactive class d visit
>
> but i was able to keep climbing from there until the real treat
came atop mt
> hamilton where at 4213 feet but only 20 miles from the sea i could
see &
> identify boardman & all the other features clearly enough thru
spotty clouds
> tho more than 10 miles away
>
> in the descent to san jose the dreamscape vanished tho i did later
in the
> afternoon pass yahoo headquarters
>
> m
>
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