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Topic: Agua Fria NM |
Nealz
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Views: 2090
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Forum: Hiking, Backpacking & Camping Posted: 1/22/2011, 2:12 pm Subject: Agua Fria NM |
Who has backpacked in the Agua Fria National Monument? I was on a native fish survey recently with AZ Game and Fish and fell in love with the area. Plenty of pronghorn and mule deer too. We were surve ... |
Topic: Therm-a-rest Neo Air pad? |
Nealz
Replies: 1
Views: 5621
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Forum: Equipment & Gear Posted: 7/16/2009, 9:38 am Subject: Therm-a-rest Neo Air pad? |
Anybody using one of these yet? My old ProLite is beyond patch-able and it's time for a replacement. I like what I read and hear so far, but I'm looking for local user opinions as well. The dang thing ... |
Topic: Laradas Surplus in Mesa closing |
Nealz
Replies: 3
Views: 3470
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Forum: Equipment & Gear Posted: 1/9/2009, 2:48 pm Subject: Laradas Surplus in Mesa closing |
I'm down here in Phoenix this week and discovered, sadly, that Laradas Surplus is closing. This is their last week and everything is 50% off. Too bad, they've been there for 42 years. I can remember g ... |
Topic: Let it rain |
Nealz
Replies: 30
Views: 13819
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Forum: Other Outdoors Activities Posted: 7/15/2008, 8:01 pm Subject: Let it rain |
If I recall accurately, never a certainty, the Navajo had two different words to describe summer rain from winter rain. Summer, or monsoon, rain was Man rain. Quick and short. Winter rain was Woman ra ... |
Topic: Trip List Generator |
Nealz
Replies: 3
Views: 6969
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Forum: Questions & Suggestions Posted: 7/3/2008, 2:11 pm Subject: Trip List Generator |
That Nealz! he lurks!
Ouch! that's harsh... if, perhaps, true. I dunno, haven't felt particularly chatty lately. It's probably the heat. S'posed to hit EIGHTY here today. Jeeminitney, ... |
Topic: Trip List Generator |
Nealz
Replies: 3
Views: 6969
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Forum: Questions & Suggestions Posted: 7/2/2008, 5:44 pm Subject: Trip List Generator |
Todd, et al-
This is a very cool trip planning/packing list generator that I use for bowhunt trips but I think it certainly could be adapted to hiking/backpacking as well. It is remarkably intuitiv ... |
Topic: Monsoon Type Storm |
Nealz
Replies: 9
Views: 2477
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Forum: Off-Trail Area Posted: 7/11/2007, 2:12 pm Subject: Monsoon Type Storm |
every afternoon for about the past week.
Ain't it great! The meadows are already greening up, the forest floor is really lush and the Apache Goldens are bitin' at Lee Valley res.
-Nealz |
Topic: See Canyon |
Nealz
Replies: 5
Views: 6340
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Forum: Wildfires & Other Natural Disasters Posted: 5/23/2007, 9:46 am Subject: See Canyon |
Yeah, I was about ready to post the same map link. What a shame. The upper reaches of See, below FS 300, are (were) jaw-droppingly beautiful. The canyon had never been logged - too rugged - and there ... |
Topic: New Bass Pro Shops Store? |
Nealz
Replies: 2
Views: 1330
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Forum: Off-Trail Area Posted: 3/20/2007, 10:55 am Subject: New Bass Pro Shops Store? |
Hey, anyone know when the new Bass Pro Shop is supposed to open in Mesa? I thought it was in April sometime. I gotta go down to Feenicks for some procrastinated dental work - ack - and thought I'd pai ... |
Topic: New Ed Abbey collection |
Nealz
Replies: 5
Views: 2952
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Forum: Photos, Literature, Art, Websites Posted: 2/8/2007, 9:52 am Subject: New Ed Abbey collection |
have you been catching any of this great cross country skiing?
Oh, heck yeah. Some snow shoeing too. This moisture should go a ways to help the forest as well when it melts and trickles down to th ... |
Topic: New Ed Abbey collection |
Nealz
Replies: 5
Views: 2952
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Forum: Photos, Literature, Art, Websites Posted: 2/5/2007, 10:24 am Subject: New Ed Abbey collection |
I know there are more than a few Ed Abbey fans here, so here's another recent collection of his wit and wisdom.
"Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
Not just en ... |
Topic: IT'S SNOWING, IT'S SNOWING, IT'S SNOWING!!! |
Nealz
Replies: 14
Views: 3463
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Forum: Off-Trail Area Posted: 11/29/2006, 9:30 am Subject: IT'S SNOWING, IT'S SNOWING, IT'S SNOWING!!! |
Yup. About two inches of dry 'champagne' powder and still snowing in Alpine. I'm at 8,055' on the front porch. Not enough to break out the snowshoes yet. Trees sure do look all Currier and Ives though ... |
Topic: Loy Canyon / Secret Mtn water ?s |
Nealz
Replies: 5
Views: 1793
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Forum: Hiking, Backpacking & Camping Posted: 11/8/2006, 4:07 pm Subject: Re: Loy Canyon / Secret Mtn water ?s |
A falcon guidebook indicates there is a spring near Secret Cabin.
Yup, it's there, right at the base of the final climb up to the rim and the stupendous views. Now, I haven't been up there in abou ... |
Topic: Who broke federal laws this weekend? |
Nealz
Replies: 71
Views: 9649
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Forum: Trip Logs & Trail Descriptions Posted: 9/7/2006, 9:47 am Subject: Who broke federal laws this weekend? |
Anyway I made some decisions to try to keep everyone safe. -Hank
And that, my old friend, was the right decision. You have infinitely more stories than I do about wrong hiking choices and their pot ... |
Topic: Historical Photos |
Nealz
Replies: 8
Views: 2249
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Forum: Hiking, Backpacking & Camping Posted: 9/5/2006, 3:30 pm Subject: Historical Photos |
Those are cool, huh? They'll even send you a fairly big, hi-res file in jpg or gif. No charge, our tax dollars at work. I printed some up and framed them around the house. |
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