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Joe Biden
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Took a trip to Rock Lake in the ALW. One of my favorite lakes. Hike is short but straight up hill as you take a fishermans trail to the lake.
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General ****
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Pretty cool the way you made this. Really loved the part of the two of you diving and swimming in the lake, I can tell you guys were having a blast.
Thanks for sharing.
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puzzlr
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 Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:55 pm |
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Nice trip. I had to look up where that particular Rock Lake was.
It seems like a big fire like that could get out of hand easily at the end of a long dry spell.
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Backpacker Joe
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Nice trip (other than the campfire).
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
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"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
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Tom
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Sat Aug 12, 2017 12:10 pm |
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Looks like a fun trip. BTW, removed a few heated replies regarding campfires as they were running afoul of our TR comment policy.
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Gwen
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Sat Aug 12, 2017 2:43 pm |
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Nice job outing a sekrit location (there's kinda this unspoken rule about no naming sekrit locations). Just a reminder, fires are not allowed over 4,000' in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness (west of the crest).
Tomorrow's not promised to anyone, so be bold, scare yourself, attempt something with no guarantee of success. You'll be amazed at what you can achieve. -Olive McGloin
Tomorrow's not promised to anyone, so be bold, scare yourself, attempt something with no guarantee of success. You'll be amazed at what you can achieve. -Olive McGloin
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Joe Biden
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| General **** wrote: | | Pretty cool the way you made this. Really loved the part of the two of you diving and swimming in the lake, I can tell you guys were having a blast.
Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks! It was a month ago and the lake was freezing. I really try to swim in them all.... tradition for me I guess.
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wildernessed
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 Did you ever make it out to the secret "Dee Dee" Lake you asked about ?
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Steve Erickson
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Do you know if any of the German Brown trout planted in that lake remain?
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Sculpin
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Sculpin
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Mon Aug 14, 2017 9:51 am |
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| Gwen wrote: | | Nice job outing a sekrit location (there's kinda this unspoken rule about no naming sekrit locations). |
This is Hike No. 7 in Spring and Manning's book "100 Hikes in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness."
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
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Joe Biden
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| wildernessed wrote: | | Did you ever make it out to the secret "Dee Dee" Lake you asked about ? |
That is put on the list for next year. I usually give the people I go with a list and let them choose. Hoping to make it out there when I have a little more time to make the drive.
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Joe Biden
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| Steve Erickson wrote: | | Do you know if any of the German Brown trout planted in that lake remain? |
I have been up there twice. Once in 2014 and this last trip. My trip in 2014 there were zero fish. We fished for hours with no success and didn't see evidence of anything. With that said there were thunderstorms so maybe that caused some issues. This trip there were a number of fish but nothing larger than 8"-10". When I see cutthroat, rainbow, or goldens I know what Im looking at. My assumption was they were some sort of brook trout as I thought I remember seeing information stating those were in the lake. Not sure if they were German Brown Trout but they were small. Seemed like they may have been planted maybe last year or they just don't get to big.
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Joe Biden
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| Sculpin wrote: | | Gwen wrote: | | Nice job outing a sekrit location (there's kinda this unspoken rule about no naming sekrit locations). |
This is Hike No. 7 in Spring and Manning's book "100 Hikes in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness." |
I guess with google earth/the internet "sekrits" are not really sekrit anymore. Maybe it was true pre-internet. Even if people see a video or internet post its one thing to know where it is, its a completely different thing to actually find it. I have been to a number of sekrits and they are damn hard to get to. You can have GPS, a map, instructions and still not find it.
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Sculpin
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Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:31 am |
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| ImTheScientist wrote: | | Maybe it was true pre-internet. |
My copy of the book is from 1985, and it tells you exactly how to get to Rock Lake. So this pretty well fits the definition of "not sekrit." I will PM the route description if someone wants it.
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
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Sky Hiker
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Lets not talk about the Illegal stocking of the German Browns in lakes. Browns haven't been stocked in there since 94. EB or BT are usually caught in there these days. I fished the krap out of Rock lake in my Alpacka raft.
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