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David K
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Regional Map of Salsipuedes location, and closer in look...
He is near the last 's' in 'Salsipuedes' (on the left), on 12-26.
[Edited on 12-27-2013 by David K]
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Barry A.
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He appears to be making remarkable progress-------this is looking like a real break-thru in the exploring of the multi-canyon complex. I am
thoroughly impressed.
Go Mark!!!!
Barry
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David K
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12-27-13
Noon today Spot Map... spots 11 & 12 sent so far...
#2 is where the ranch road meet Hwy. 1, 8 miles north of the paved L.A. Bay highway junction.
Here are Spots 11 & 12, up close:
Mark at 9:54 am:
Mark at 10:36 am:
Link to Mark's Spot signals: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=...
[Edited on 12-27-2013 by David K]
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woody with a view
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pretty cool. wish i coulda helped out, heck i wish i could just follow along! prolly some b-tchen country out there....
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Santiago
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Where is the spot where the gear has to be lowered down the canyon walls. When I go to GE and I follow the wash he is on, it seems as if there is no
canyon edge.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
Where is the spot where the gear has to be lowered down the canyon walls. When I go to GE and I follow the wash he is on, it seems as if there is no
canyon edge. |
Different canyon, I believe. Mark is already in Salsipuedes I think, whereas ESG and crew came in from another direction/canyon (La Botica) to the S
and E, and THAT canyon has the 40 foot dry waterfall that ESG's bunch had to drop off of. Hopefully, Mark will not encounter any obstacles like that
one in Salsipuedes.
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Santiago
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OK, I see that.
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DosMars
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It looks like its going to be fairly bouldery along the stretch he's going to be hitting in the next couple of days. At least it looks like there
will be plenty of water along that stretch!
This is Mark, Mark's friend that picked him up at LAX and got him to the border. I'll post a pick of him as we were transferring his gear to the
rental car. Wish I could have made this trip but too short of notice for me to get the time off work around the holidays...
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David K
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Spots on Baja Almanac Map
Here is my estimate of Marks Spot signals on the Baja Almanac:
First the Spot Map:
On Topo Map (Almanac):
#6 is where he left the ranch road and headed into the arroyo system. Dec. 25.
#8 is where he last posted the afternoon of Dec. 26.
#11 was 9:54 am 12-27
#12 was 10:36 am 12-27
[Edited on 12-28-2013 by David K]
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DosMars
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Hey David, just sent you some photos at your info@vivabaja e-mail. You can definitely get them up quicker than I can figure it out...!
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Neal Johns
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Slow going, he has only biked about three miles in the canyons since leaving the road. Anyone know how much water he has?
My motto:
Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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DosMars
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Ten two liter bottles. I can't figure out how to measure a google-earth path on this iPad, but it doesn't look like it's too much further through the
boulders until he'll be on the sandy washes. Each side canyon that feeds into the one he's making his way down brings in a little more sand. Once he
gets down a bit more in elevation he'll be making better time.
I guarantee he's taking his time to take it all in...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Neal Johns
Slow going, he has only biked about three miles in the canyons since leaving the road |
Perhaps he is taking his time and smelling the roses. If he found water in Palm grottos he may be kicking back and site seeing.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DosMars
Hey David, just sent you some photos at your info@vivabaja e-mail. You can definitely get them up quicker than I can figure it out...!
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Hi Mark, thank you... I was watching a movie with Baja Angel and checked my email...
Mark & Bike
Bon-voyage Mark
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Looks to me like he dropped down into la Asamblea canyon and not Salsipuedes. (correct me if I'm wrong)The 2 canyons come together at the bottom and
eventually end up at the same place. As far as water I suspect he is finding plenty, we had some showers in the last month.
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David K
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Hi Larry, for sure he is in Salsipuedes... La Asamblea is much farther north, and Salsipuedes soon turns north and will join La Asamblea about 5 miles
from the gulf coast.
Spot Signal #12:
Your Local Time:
12/27/2013 10:36:12 AM
Coordinates: (WGS84)
29.27042 , -113.99286
Message Detail:
SPOT Check OK.
[Edited on 12-28-2013 by David K]
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DosMars
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Marks blog
Not sure if Mark linked to his blog, but you can get a feel for some of the off the beaten path trips he's done by mountain bike and inflateable kayak
up in British Columbia here:
http://markbc.net/around-the-coast-mountains/
I invited Mark on his first Baja trip back in '97 and he's been up for flying down to join on trips even after moving back up north.
He came down for a ten day trip to the BoLA I put together in May. While poking around the site getting jazzed up for the trip I ran across Larry's
write up of his Salsipuedes trip by quad. I forwarded the link to Mark and a few other folks I'd invited. Between that write up and some
google-earth scouting he really got the bug to do this trip.
Wish the timing would have worked out better to have joined him... Next time for sure!
-Mark...
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DosMars
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Hmmm... Looks like he did some backtracking this morning...?
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It does look that way
Possibly a re-route? We'll see what the next spot tells, that should be definitive, for now. John M
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Neal Johns
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I think he gave it up, less that a mile and a half back to the road. Progress was very slow. Hope he knows where the ranch is.
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