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Mr. Goat
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.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
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Magellan
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 Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:55 pm |
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Nice effort GGW. Not to much flash or blab. I should be taking notes. Or burning my notes.
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goats gone wild
Mr. Goat
Joined: 19 Aug 2007
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Location: Vampireville |
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
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geobob
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geobob
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Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:05 pm |
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Goats: Nice to see you're up and running with posting pictures. Glad I was able to help!
The O'Neil Pass/Upper Duckabush country must be Bear central. I was in that area in the mid 80s and it was thick with bear then. Remember coming over O'Neil Pass in the early evening (via the Dosewallips and Anderson Pass) and looking down the Duckabush for a likely camping spot and just as we spotted a great looking site, a bear walks out of the forest right across the camp spot.
We found another good spot near Marmot Lake with no sign of bears, but after setting up camp and finishing dinner, we noticed several bears on the nearby hillsides. Didn't sleep too well that night.
The plan was to stay high and roughly follow the ridge between the Quinault and the Duckabush to LaCrosse Pass, but we got rained out (I mean it really poured) so we bailed out down the Duckabush to the Duckabush Shelter where we were able to get out of the rain, build a fire and dry out.
The next day we had to wait for the Duckabush to drop so we could ford it and we hiked out over LaCrosse Pass and down the Dose to the trail head. One long day! Got back to the car after dark.
Anyway, your pictures brought back memories of a great trip.
I think there's an easier way on the far side
I think there's an easier way on the far side
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goats gone wild
Mr. Goat
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| geobob wrote: | | Goats:
The plan was to stay high and roughly follow the ridge between the Quinault and the Duckabush to LaCrosse Pass, but we got rained out (I mean it really poured) so we bailed out down the Duckabush to the Duckabush Shelter where we were able to get out of the rain, build a fire and dry out. |
Okay, now you got me thinking about the ridge between Quinault and Duck. I'm having flashbacks from looking out LaCrosse Pass west - it looked doable from there. Also, looked doable between Upper LaCrosse Basin to Ranger's Notch....(and I think there is even another lake up at higher elevation) But what the heck is between Ranger's Notch and to where I could see west of LaCrosse Pass?  I can't think of where the ridge goes. 
I get warm fuzzy feelings thinking about Camp Duckabush. The shelter is no longer there but you can see reminents of where it stood. Still, it's a great camp site. We had rabbits come visit us in the evening, and in the morning I took my fishing pole out to try and catch something. Caught some really nice logs, as i recall.
Thanks for sharing your memories,  
Anyway, got to rush kids off to school now.
Thanks again, geobob, for helping me learn to post pictures. 
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
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BeyondLost
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So I want to see pics of the ornery bears. 
Looks like a great trip.
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goats gone wild
Mr. Goat
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| BeyondLost wrote: | | So I want to see pics of the ornery bears. |
Sorry, no pictures.
But I can tell you, they had evil eyes----like Lurch (in Rich Baldwin's avatar). 
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
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geobob
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Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:43 am |
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I'll have to go through my old slides of the trip to see if I've got any bear photos, but I imagine if I do it's the type of deal where you say "see that black dot, that's a bear, trust me".
I think there's an easier way on the far side
I think there's an easier way on the far side
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geobob
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Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:27 pm |
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Ok...I looked through my old slides of the Dose/Duckabush trip...no bear photos. They were there though; you'll just have to trust me. As a matter of fact there were hundreds of them and we had to fight them off with our pocket knives!
I did find a few slides that I thought goats might be interested in. here they are:
 Hart Lake Shelter  DuckabushShelter  Waiting  Bear
I think there's an easier way on the far side
I think there's an easier way on the far side
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goats gone wild
Mr. Goat
Joined: 19 Aug 2007
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Location: Vampireville |
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
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Magellan
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Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:36 pm |
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| goats gone wild wrote: | | It took me four hours to figure out how to use Flickr and post images. Holy Geezsus.
No way am I ever going to try to duplicate your "effin" video tricks. That would require a brain transplant for sure. |
Me too, the first time. And the second. And the third. But by the fourth time, I didn't even have to cuss. Now it's pretty easy, if somewhat time consuming. I like video. Can't wait for the new computer so I can edit the video to some cool music. Just imagine watching a guy glissade off a cliff to the thumping of 'My Sharona'.
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Hiker Mama
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Good for you, Goats! Way to persevere! Once you do the picture posting thing a few times, it'll go pretty easy.
I look forward to joining you again for another trip.
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goats gone wild
Mr. Goat
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.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
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goats gone wild
Mr. Goat
Joined: 19 Aug 2007
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Location: Vampireville |
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
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goats gone wild
Mr. Goat
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Location: Vampireville |
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
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wheeee
