Ken Cooke
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Baja Pole Line Amigo Trekking In The Himalayas!
Victor is a Baja Pole Line Road regular who has a taste for adventure in the Far East.
Victor in Anza-Borrego
Victor in Baja
Victor is now in Kathmandu (pictured w/guide named Chabi)
[img]http://vagabundomundo.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dscn3980.jpg?w=112&h=150[/img]
[img]http://vagabundomundo.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dscn3980.jpg?w=900[/img]
Cool stuff for you hikers and trekkers out there! Here is his blog that is being updated daily: http://vagabundomundo.wordpress.com/
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Ken Cooke
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Victor is a Jeep guy as shown here in Caņon Enmedio along the Pole Line Road with TW
Here is a four door Jeep CJ as shown in the area he is in now.
[img]http://vagabundomundo.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dscn4015.jpg?w=900[/img]
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sanquintinsince73
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Great post Ken. What is pole line??
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Ken Cooke
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Quote: | Originally posted by sanquintinsince73
Great post Ken. What is pole line?? |
The Pole Line Road is a route built during World War II that stretched from Ensenada to the desert north of San Felipe. A telephone or telegraph line
road was built once and never maintained rests in the desert south of the Laguna Salada in a mountain chain that provides some excellent camping and
amazing four wheeling opportunities. Neal Johns showed me this route once, and I have been the tour leader ever since.
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Sunman
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Good for him. As someone who trekked to mount everest base camp back in 1994 I can attest that this will be a trip of a life time for him. The warmth
of the Nepalese people is overwhelming. Good on him.
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David K
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Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
Quote: | Originally posted by sanquintinsince73
Great post Ken. What is pole line?? |
The Pole Line Road is a route built during World War II that stretched from Ensenada to the desert north of San Felipe. A telephone or telegraph line
road was built once and never maintained rests in the desert south of the Laguna Salada in a mountain chain that provides some excellent camping and
amazing four wheeling opportunities. Neal Johns showed me this route once, and I have been the tour leader ever since. |
The Pole Line Road, built in the 1940's to communicate with our radar station near San Felipe... It was believed a sneak attack could come from the
Gulf of California.
Neal Johns saw the mention of it in Gulick & Gerhard's 1962 'Lower California Guidebook' and wanted to see it for himself!
Page 97 (Ensenada to San Felipe):
Page 80 (Mexicali to San Felipe):
Close up of 1962 area map:
Full map:
Map with notes from Neal Johns on finding the west end of the Pole Line Road from south of Guadalupe Canyon/ Cohabuzo Jcn.:
The Auto Club shows nothing of interest in this part of the desert... (this is also the area where the Lost Diaz Grave maight be found!):
The cobblestone paved pole line road (Ken Cooke photo):
Ken Cooke at one of the few poles remaining from WWII:
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David K
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See this post by Neal Johns with more maps, photos, data: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=23388
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Ken Cooke
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Quote: | Originally posted by David KMap with notes from Neal Johns on finding the west end of the Pole Line Road from south of Guadalupe Canyon/
Cohabuzo Jcn.:
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David - Yes, that's the one! Victor says this is his favorite 3 day four wheeling/camping route in Baja. I want to get back on the Pole Line Road
again soon.
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David K
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OKAY! I also want to see Arroyo Grande to help find which arroyo that the 'rock pile' might be in (Lost Diaz Grave Search)...
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