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DosMars
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Almost back to the head of the canyon and the jump off point from the road in. That's as much distance in one day as headway down the canyon up until
last night.
I'm guessing he scouted down the canyon and decided to reassess things...
Or, he got scared off by a leftover holdout of the Cochimí Indians up that canyon!
[Edited on 12-29-2013 by DosMars]
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Spot Signals on 12-28-13
| Quote: | Originally posted by DosMars
Almost back to the head of the canyon and the jump off point from the road in. That's as much distance in one day as headway down the canyon up until
last night.
I'm guessing he scouted down the canyon and decided to reassess things...
Or, he got scared off by a leftover holdout of the Cochimí Indians up that canyon!
[Edited on 12-29-2013 by DosMars] |
Spot 13 is by old Spot 8 and Spot 14 is at old Spot 6, just off the ranch road... So yes, he returned back to the starting point of Dec. 25. I would
guess that he came to a waterfall or boulders he couldn't get around where the wash he was going down merged with the main Salsipuedes (by Spot 12)?
I hope he tries using that far north road that meets the main Salsipuedes, if that works for his quest! It meets Salsipuedes near the last s in
Salsipuedes on the map.
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http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=...
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Waiting for an update.....interested in what stopped him. Hope all is well with him!
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I'm guessing portaging over those boulders was eating up more time than he has to work with. When we were down in May we drove up to the dry lakebed
closest to one of the feeder canyons that leads into Salsipuedes. My guess is he'll drive up and try hiking in from there. Then he'll be able to
finish up by riding up the canyon that dumps out just six miles from where his ride will end. Shorter paddle and a car-ride back to BoLA instead of a
long bike ride.
Just a guess, but he'll probably be online in a day or so with an update.
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I was a little concerned when I saw that he had ridden to the end of the road and headed down that way. There are really large boulders and drop offs
that way. Along the road before you get to the ranchos, where the large granite ridge is sticking up is another entrance to Salsipuedes and may be a
little easier to get into. Too bad there is no way to get that info to Mark. He'll probably figure it out, I don't think he is a beginner at this
stuff.
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can't wait for the details.
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Nothing new yet this morning from his Spot page. The Spot numbers did alter by one... What was #14 is now #13 (and the old #6 is now #5)... but at the
same locations as before.
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Update 12-29-13 2:25pm: Desengaño Mine
Your Local Time:
12/29/2013 2:25:23 PM
Coordinates: (WGS84)
29.11637 , -114.03148
Message Detail:
SPOT Check OK.
Mark is along the old dirt road to L.A. Bay at the El Desengaño mine ruins...
That road going north is the road to Tinaja de Yubay and Rock Palm Hill... That big X clearing is the Desengaño airport, from when the mine was
active, a long time ago.
[Edited on 12-29-2013 by David K]
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Well, this is disappointing, but not that surprising actually, I guess. I am sure curious as to what he ran into, and what his route was to get down
to Desengano?
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It is going to be an interesting trip report.
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David K
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It would seem to me... just a guess mind you... he came on back down the ranch road to Hwy. 1, which is also where the original dirt L.A. Bay road
meets Hwy. 1 (the old main Baja road is just a bit west of the new highway)... Mark then went on the old L.A. Bay road to Desengaño. Tomorrow's Spot
signal will tell us perhaps if he goes onto the dry lake bed or heads on to town?
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Darn, I figured he had a pretty good chance to make it down into there. I saw pictures of his bike in the thread but I didn't notice a pic of his
trailer. Maybe it was too big to get over some of those boulders. I guess Mark is solo, which makes it even harder. Hope he tries again.
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so you're saying spot track #14 is an actual road? why doesn't it show up better on the GE pic?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
so you're saying spot track #14 is an actual road? why doesn't it show up better on the GE pic? |
Woody-----I believe that straight-line between the "spots" is NOT a road, but don't know for sure. I too, like David K., am guessing that he got to
Desengano via the historic old dirt track road into BOLA------a beautiful way to get into BOLA even to this day, IMO.
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He is on the BOLA road now, about 10 miles to BOLA.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
so you're saying spot track #14 is an actual road? why doesn't it show up better on the GE pic? |
Woody-----I believe that straight-line between the "spots" is NOT a road, but don't know for sure. I too, like David K., am guessing that he got to
Desengano via the historic old dirt track road into BOLA------a beautiful way to get into BOLA even to this day, IMO.
Barry |
THIS.
The Spot just connects each new signal location with a straight line. Spot location #14 is where he sent the signal from... a few hundred feet north
of the road in the mine area. You can clearly see the roads, the old airport, and mine area.
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12-30-13 2:52 pm PST
| Quote: | Originally posted by Neal Johns
He is on the BOLA road now, about 10 miles to BOLA. |
Your Local Time:
12/30/2013 2:52:45 PM
Coordinates: (WGS84)
28.97412 , -113.71455
Message Detail:
SPOT Check OK.
The numbers change every day... today (Monday) he is at #13, and Desengaño is showing today as #12. #2 is on the ranch road midway between Hwy. 1 and
the Salsipuedes wash access Mark used.
[Edited on 12-31-2013 by David K]
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Not sure if he was able to get a firm start date from his work regarding their next job, but he was guessing around the 13th. That gives him a couple
of more weeks to try getting in through the dry lakes.
Should be getting a check-in with an update some time tomorrow...
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Mark, I would like to know if he tried getting in at the farther north road and just didn't send a Spot signal from it, north from where he entered
the arroyo off the ranch road? That northernmost road goes right to an arroyo that is part of La Asamblea (over that hill north from Salsipuedes where
he was).
The first image is higher up... 'Trail' is next to the arroyo where Mark hiked in with his Spot. 'Road' is the end of the road in one of the La
Asamblea tributaries.
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I imagine he followed the road to that spot on google-earth as he was prepping for the trip, but he was pretty excited about checking out those pools
and palms in the canyon he started out in.
I wish I knew how to lay down a path on the iPad version of google-earth. I'm curious about the distances he's been riding and how much water he's
been going through.
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