Dawn in Dusy Basin
Dawn. Dusy Basin. August 14, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
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Wednesday, August 2005
Two From the Daily Scoop
Sierra Club Daily Scoop:
Temperatures in the interior of Alaska reached int…
Temperatures in the interior of
Alaska
reached into the 90s last week as more than 100
forest fires burned across the state
, clouding nearly the entire central valley in thick smoke. Meteorologists say the smoke actually kept temperatures cooler in a state that is getting increasingly
used to the [...]
August Pack Trip(s)
My planned 14-day Agnew Meadow to South Lake pack trip (with my Talusdancers friends) turned into two shorter trips with a bit of interesting non-backpacking stuff in between.
The original plan called for a 100+ mile trip down the John Muir Trail between Agnew Meadow (near Mammoth Lakes and Devils Postpile) and South Lake (above Bishop). [...]