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| Sykes Big Sur | hot springs backpacking | March 25-30, 2003 | team "barge": | |||||||
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christopher
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kendrrra |
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connor |
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bojana |
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michelle |
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ksenya
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laura |
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doctor nat | ||
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| day 1: | wed. | |||||||||
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| trail: ~ 10 miles | Bottcher's Gap by way of Devil's Peak to Pat Springs | trying to figure out what poison oak looks like | map: you will find luck... ...in '89 | food: sandwich, mac n cheese. | no loop: Mt. Manuel trail "virtually disappears" | moment of truth: | "our mountain" (aka 4044) sucks | so we camp on the other people's mountain, away from their tent | ||
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"comings camp" arrow too small to see; have we walked the wrong way? almost turn back, but check again for arrow. whew, we're ok. turning back would've sucked! |
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| games: | alphabetical madness | complete word (U.S.B.A.) | songs with common word | attempt to play harmonica | Q country: Qatar | how do you spell mucus | ||||
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| day 2: | thurs. | with various side hikes, | hike back out to Bottcher's Gap, | drive on hwy 1 | to Andrew Molera Park | for beach camping | food: clif bars, rice n beans n tortillas, army rations | at 5,000 ft cooking up some rice n beans | ||
 what the hell, how many miles is it to Bottcher's , 7 or 8? |
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| campsite: | guy with axe | drunken Cal engineers | lots of surfers | |||||||
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army rations: not so bad. =) skittles, matches, and gum included. | yum,,,, magnesium heating patch |
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| day 3: | fri. | |||||||||
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food: cream o wheat, trailmix, pb & j pitas, oranges, trailmix, clifbars, sandwiches, trailmix, split pea soup, trailmix, rum & juice |
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| trail: ~ 10 miles | Big Sur Station to Sykes Camp on Pine Ridge Trail | up and down switchbacks all the way | no casualties until river crossing | weakest link: 30 minutes late- but we cooked on the beach! | lunch somewhere at the midway point: | |||||
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there's a daisy on my toe it is not real it does not grow
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| day 4: | sat. | operation wood transportation | ||||||||
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| ACT #2: | At Sykes Hot Springs | |||||||||
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food: oatmeal, sandwiches, apples, clifbars, couscous n
veggies, trailmix, lentil soup, hot chocolate & rum
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At Sykes Hot Springs
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Madonna's Like a Virgin) by Kendra, Bojana and Alyssa =======>>
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We made it to the wilderness Big Sur we made it to you Didn't know how cool it was till we tried to outdoor poo
We barged in 10 crazy miles with our 9 Stebbins mates we didn't know how nice clothes were until we met Master-Bates
He's not fine, He ain't mine He'll be hosin' till the end of time He made us feel With his orange peel deal dirty and blue
At Sykes Hot Springs Bargin' for the very first time At Sykes Hot Springs So much trail mix and so little time
Cross these rivers drink some rum lose a flip flop but don't get bummed cause we got this fire we got stories songs and laughter for all of you
At Sykes Hot Springs Breaking out of city life At Sykes Hot Springs Where Stebbins and Nature twine
But don't relax got 10 more miles back. |
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| went to hot springs | traumatized | by ugly naked guy who left | orange rind in sulphur bath. | |||||||
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| ACT #1: Amazing Grace and Scotland the Brave bagpipe harmonicas by Ksenya and Connor |
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ACT #3: interpretive dance by Michelle, Laura, and Nat
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| worst pets: | chasing cows | lesbian rabbits | drooling cats | talking parrots | worst hair: | mullets & fro's | worst time: | 4th grade | ||
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ACT #4: skit by Chris | |||||||||
| rock ceremony: | I lost mine | when we had | to sacrifice | our bench to | the fire. | |||||
| day 5: | sun. | hike out | cross rivers successfully | |||||||
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| soup for raccoons | packin up and packin out | such a mess | ||||||||
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food: oatmeal, apples, tabouli, hummus, moldy pita, clifbars, red vines, skittles, post-hike mexican food & beers fiesta | |||||||||
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soundtrack for cd that may never come out: let's get it on / marvin gaye truckin / greatful dead i don't mind / peter bingen it aint me babe / bob dylan here comes the sun / beatles don't think twice / bob dylan the pookie pie song / peter bingen amazing grace like a surgeon / weird al daisy on my toe scotland the brave ring of fire / johnny cash friend of the devil / greaful dead 500 miles / proclaimers moondance / van morrison we are the champions / queen |
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run the last two miles: 45 minutes faster than walking | the only non-sweaty shirt left in the car after 5 days: too short. |
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drive back: dinner not in Gilroy but in Prunedale | waitress thinks we're all 12 years old. Especially suspicious look Laura who got carded and the 29 year old el doctor. | |||||
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