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woody with a view
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looks like he's going for salsipuedes. if he makes it to there it looks fairly easy downhill.
i wonder how close the spot actually reports your location? seems weird he went over those hills at #7 or does it show a line between points?
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DosMars
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Looks like he's got his sights set on a new route into the main canyon...
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DosMars
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It doesn't show the true route over ground, just connects the dots between spot hits. He'd have to send out coordinates more freequently to give a
better sense of the actual route he took to get there.
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Tuesday Evening Camp
Sure looks like he's elected to head for Salsipuedes over the La Botica route! Best of luck!!!
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All of us armchair adventurers should have chipped in to set Mark up with tracking, maybe even a sat phone rental for updates.
Bruce
[Edited on 3-26-2014 by mcnut]
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DosMars
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Since Mark's probably going to be the first person to explore that branch of the Salcipuedes drainage today, does that mean he gets to name it?
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larryC
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DosMars
Since Mark's probably going to be the first person to explore that branch of the Salcipuedes drainage today, does that mean he gets to name it?
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What? Mark is nowhere near the first person to explore that drainage. ESG did it in 1960, I did it in '04 and it was done again in 2010. I'm sure
there have been countless others to do it that I have never heard of. But he can still name it whatever he wants. I did.
Larry
PS Hot dry west winds yesterday, hope he found some shade, really hot out in the sun.
[Edited on 3-26-2014 by larryC]
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What's the link to his SPOT page?
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woody with a view
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it's on page 16.
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woody with a view
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at this rate he'll be at the beach Friday.....
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More photos:
Pictograph at Montevideo
Mark and Cardon
Mark ready to go at first dry lake bed
At the end of the 2nd dry lake sorting gear to stash temporarily
One last pictograph
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GE Image of gpx track file from my garmin 301:
Point 008 is a waypoint at the junction between the wash going East to Bahia Guadalupe (Mark says it is about 50 minutes by car from this point) and
to the left is the start of the 2nd lake bed.
Point 009 is a waypoint at the end of the second dry lake, where we stashed his stuff. This is where he began his reconn last time.
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Well, he is off and running. Looks like (Spot) he camped for the night 15 minutes ago 100 yards past the junction and is in the main Salsipuedes
Canyon going downhill. 29.35683, -113.96165
[Edited on 3-27-2014 by Neal Johns]
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David K
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HOORAY! GET IN, HE DID!
Sal Si Puedes= Get Out IF YOU CAN! Not for a real determined Nomad, who is following the lead made by Erle Stanley Gardner over 50 years ago... but
without motorized trail bikes or helicopters!
The book that had inspired many to see Salsipuedes, in person:
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DosMars
Spot #3 must have been as far as he could ride, & spots #4 & 5 where he hop-scotched lugging his gear up to the top of the saddle.
How hot is it in that neck of the woods right now? I'd bet he's going to be going through his water at a quicker pace. |
Really surprised he chose that route. Carrying his bike and all those supplies up that mountain (pts 3-6) must have been a herculean task.
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=...
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Sorry for the confusion, should have been more clear that I was referring to the route he took in into the canyon through that feeder branch of the
drainage. Not the drainage itself.
No disrespect intended towards everyone who's explored this area before Mark, just super stoked that he's doing it now!
| Quote: | Originally posted by larryC
| Quote: | Originally posted by DosMars
Since Mark's probably going to be the first person to explore that branch of the Salcipuedes drainage today, does that mean he gets to name it?
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What? Mark is nowhere near the first person to explore that drainage. ESG did it in 1960, I did it in '04 and it was done again in 2010. I'm sure
there have been countless others to do it that I have never heard of. But he can still name it whatever he wants. I did.
Larry
PS Hot dry west winds yesterday, hope he found some shade, really hot out in the sun.
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looks like he's settled in for the night! he's swimming tomorrow by the looks of it.
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Looks like the bike's handling the sand pretty well. I wonder how much water he burned through getting into the main canyon vs how much he's going
through riding the canyon?
Edit: I was just looking at his spot page and wondering what it was about this spot that he decided to call it a day. Zooming in, I noticed that
just down stream there's a bunch of palms around a wet area at the confluence of two side tributaries. I wonder if he may have run into his first
potential water source?
[Edited on 3-28-2014 by DosMars]
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On 3-27-14 in 3-D Map Images
From close to up high...
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David K
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11:00 AM 3-28-14
Mark was only about 3 miles from the coast at 11:00 AM today. As of 5:30 pm, still no evening Spot signal (if he continued down to the beach)...
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