los osos ca
later the same day
well that is finally clear now peter
& thanx again
it is better than i did from the ground too
from the topo i can see boardman peak is the little knob on the road
about halfway across the huge field
which is still downloading btw
& about a third of the way down from the top
but i may not even have made it onto the frame of your pic
m
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "ps1966nl" <smaardijk@y...> wrote:
> 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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