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This page is a photo album that is meant to be a companion
document to the main narrative
Philmont Journal page.
Trek 728-A2, 1983
The following pictures are from three different cameras.
The advisors' pictures are the G-xx and D-xx series, and
my own pictures are the R-xx series. The R-xx pictures
are from my 110 camera, and the degraded picture quality is evident.
Official Logistics Photo at Base Camp:
Rear: Brien, John, Derek, Toby, David, Robert Sid
Front: Adv Gene, Ranger Dennis, Crew Leader Bud, Adv Greg
G 1-17:
Pre-trek group photo at Longhorn Council Office, Ft. Worth
G 1-18s:
Gathering at Welcome Centre for Opening Campfire
Ponil and Sioux
R 1-01: Tooth Ridge from Tent City
I started talking pictures only as our second day began.
This one was taken while we were standing in front of the
Welcome Centre, waiting for the bus to take us to our
drop-off point, Ponil.
G 1-21s:
Ranger Dennis Depenbusch shuffles us out of the bus at Ponil Turn-around
G 1-22:
We take our first look at the trail map
G 1-25:
Hiking past Ponil's Cantina and Trading Post
Ponil Group Photo, (Greg's camera)
R 1-02:
Group Photo at Ponil, (my camera): An excellent example of
why not to use a 110 camera!
D 1-22:
Greg and I at the Ponil Office
On the trail to Sioux
D 1-23:
Taking the Jeep Trail from Ponil to Sioux
G 1-27s:
Trail sign from Ponil to Sioux camp
R 1-03: Trail from Ponil to Sioux
G 1-32:
David McCrory rests up before the conservation project
G 1-34s:
Derek hauls rocks to the conservation site
D 2-01:
Sioux: John keeps Greg's nose out of breakfast
Ranger Dennis eats the pepper
Spar Polling at Pueblano
R 1-04a: Aspens on Trail to Pueblano
This is a really bad picture (110 camera), but it does
at least provide a record.
R 1-05: Valley Near Pueblano
R 1-06: More Valley Near Pueblano
G 2-05:
Greg whips the strap up on the spar pole at Pueblano
G 2-06:
Everyone is doing it (Robert A., John K.)
G 2-09:
Derek concentrates on getting the motion right
Pole fall:
Derek on the ground. The belayman's feet are mine
G 2-25:
John K. is about to learn why they call the blade a "womanizer"
as he squares a log at Pueblano
Baldy
D 2-08:
Hiking from Pueblano to Ute Meadows
G 2-27:
A glimpse of Baldy on the way to Ute Meadows
G 2-28:
Trying to find Ute Meadows, our crew dons the rain gear
as showers blow in from the west
G 2-29:
The day was drawing to a close as we get a clear view of Baldy Mountain.
A tiny Baldy Camp is seen in the lower right corner
R 1-09a: Clouds Pouring Over Baldy
After sleeping on the side of Baldy,
this is what we saw as we climbed the mountain.
It would not be a warm day.
R 1-10: View of the Valley from Baldy
Baldy Panorama
R 1-11:
Almost at the peak of Baldy, we trudged up the steep trail
G 3-16:
Huddling against our make-shift wind break upon Baldy
D 2-10:
Greg on on Baldy
Me atop Baldy:
The wind is blowing from behind me, quite strong and cold.
Most of us are huddled behind 3-ft windbreaks (a pile of packs).
D 2-11:
We began our descent down Baldy in the clouds
R 1-13: Going Down Baldy
Clouds Blowing over our Heads with Copper Park Below
G 3-23:
I, Greg's dad, and Toby, shuffle down the Talus Slope
R 1-14: David Sliding Down Baldy's Talus Slope
D 2-12:
Baldy: We stopped off for a break half-way down at Deep Tunnel Mine
G 3-24:
Greg's father takes a picture at Deep Tunnel Mine
G 3-29:
John K. surfs down the Talus Slope
R 1-15: A Copper Park View of Baldy
G 3-34:
French Henry: Derek pans for gold
G 3-35:
Sid, Brien, Derek pan at French Henry
G 3-36:
A staffer shows us how to use the water works
G 4-000a:
Remains of an abandoned cabin between Baldy Skyline and Head of Dean
D 2-16s:
"Time Awaits You In These Hills" -- We encountered the
Baldy Skyline sign, on the ground, en route to
Head of Dean
The Dean Challenge
G 4-03a:
Dean Challenge: John springs off Toby in the Pen
G 4-05a:
Dean Challenge: Toby vaults over the line
G 4-09a:
The Wall: learning the rules
G 4-10as:
David is pushed up
G 4-20as:
David and I pull Toby up the Wall
Elkhorn and Visto Grande
D 2-17s:
Foot care on the way to Visto Grande
R 1-16: Tending Feet on the Trail to Elkhorn
R 1-17: Elk or Deer at Elkhorn
R 1-18: Elk Fleeing Sid at Elkhorn
R 1-21: Dean Canyon Hike
R 1-22: Dean Canyon Clouds
R 1-23: Baldy from Visto Grande
D 2-18:
The crew crashes at Visto Grande
R 1-24: Visto Grande Camp
R 2-01a: Baldy in a Storm, Seen from Visto Grande
Harlan
R 2-02: Baldy Seen from Trail to Harlan
Below is seen the private campground, Ute Park
G 5-01as:
Harlan: Sid and Brien load a burro
G 5-04as:
Toby, Derek, and John load their burro
G 5-06as:
Derek and his ass
R 2-03: Preparing a burro
R 2-04: Derek and Burro
R 2-05: The Burro
G 5-09a:
Trying to get a picture of the finish
Climbing at Cimarroncito
G 5-11a:
Leaving Harlan for Cimarroncito
D 9-23:
Picking up what we had hoped would be our last supply of
food from the Ute Gulch Commissary. Little did we know that the
bear would take it.
D 9-22:
Heading back from Ute Gulch Comissary to Cimarroncito
G 5-14a:
John climbs at Cimarroncito
G 5-14as:
John climbs at Cimarroncito (small)
G 5-23as:
Sister crewmember baring more leg than I think she realises
G 5-29a:
Me climbing
Me on rappel
G 5-33a:
David on rappel
G 6-04:
The crew walks along the Cito climbing site ridge
The Bear at Cimarroncito
R 2-06a: David Meets Bear at Cimarroncito
R 2-11a: Bear Comes to Camp
G 6-05s:
The bear wanders into our Cimarroncito camp site
G 6-06:
The bear found our picnic table
G 6-07s:
The bear got up on the table and found our lunch
G 6-08:
The bear didn't mind the noise we made
R 2-12a: Bear Sees Trash Bag
G 6-09s:
John wakes from his nap to discover the bear outside our tent
R 2-13: Bear Takes Trash Bag
John has zipped himself up in the red tent at the right.
R 2-14a: Bear at Fire Pit
G 6-10s:
The bear didn't like our chili peppers
Upper Clark's Fork and Shaefer's Pass
R 2-15: Cathedral Rock on the way to Upper Clark's Fork
Everyone takes this picture.
R 2-16: Branding Site at Clark's Fork
D 9-20s:
Sitting around the Clark's Fork branding site
D 9-18s:
Greg brands his boots at Clark's Fork
G 6-19:
Branding my boots at Clark's Fork
D 9-15s:
Derek and Brien all saddled up at Clark's Fork
Tooth of Time
R 2-17: The Valley from Shaefer's Pass
R 2-18: Tip of the Tooth Seen from Shaefer's Pass
R 2-19: Rocks of Tooth Ridge
R 2-20a: Cusp of the Tooth
Here, we're on the trail along Tooth Ridge.
This is one of my favourite pictures. I only wish I had had
a better camera.
G 6-29:
One last group picture: Tooth of Time Ridge
G 6-29s:
One last group picture: Tooth of Time Ridge (small)
G 6-34:
Graham crackers and peanut butter on the Tooth of Time
G 6-ex:
Baldy from the Tooth of Time
D 9-13:
Robert takes a picture of the geodetic benchmarker on the Tooth
D 9-11:
Greg takes a picture from the Tooth towards home
D 9-10:
Crowded at the top: We were not the only ones atop the Tooth
R 2-21: Feeding Minibear a Pringle on the Tooth
R 2-22: The Valley View from the Tooth of Time
R 2-23: David and I atop the Tooth of Time
R 2-24: Deer on the Way Down the Tooth of Time Ridge
Base Camp Again
D 9-09s
Greg's dad heads for the showers
D 9-08:
After all this, they just stuck us in a tent
D 9-06:
The bus home: Derek does not look happy to leave
Trek 701-M, 1984
Base Camp
Logistics Photo: Official Group Photo at Base Camp
Rear: Steve, Kevin, John, Karl, Matt
Front: Derek, Adv Claus, Crew Leader Bud, Ranger Greg, Adv Dick
The bandanas were token of unity this year.
Derek and I have the Arrowhead patches we got last year.
R 3-11: Sunset at the Tooth of Time
I started talking pictures only as the day ended.
(These 110 film pictures are pretty crummy, but the 35 mm
shots pick up soon.)
R 3-12: Frisbee in Tent City
John, Steven, Matt, and Kevin play around before evening campfire starts.
Ute Springs
R 3-14: Our Trek Begins
Greg and Claus hurry me on as I take a picture of Cathedral Rock
R 3-15: Apsen Trees of Ute Springs Camp
We did ranger training here.
R 3-16: Steam Rising from the Valley
When I first saw this phenomenon in a rain storm the previous year,
I thought the forest was on fire. Because of the monsoons,
the forest bed retains moisture. But, the temperature changes,
evaporation occurs. Clouds can be seen rising out of the trees
at virtually any time depending on the weather.
Sawmill
R 5-06: Preparing a Spaghetti Lunch at Sawmill
R 3-19: Our Bear Bag at Sawmill Camp
Yes, this is a bad picture, and it is hard to see.
R 5-07: Sawmill Conservation Project, Shovels
R 5-08: Sawmill Conservation Project, Derek and I
R 5-10: Valley from Sawmill
R 3-20: Afternoon Sun, Sawmill
R 3-21: Rainbow at Sawmill
R 3-22: Dusk at Sawmill
Red Hills
R 5-11: Sawmill Trail to Red Hills
R 3-23: Somewhere between Sawmill and Mt Phillips
This is probably closer to Red Hills Camp than anything else. That is
Wheeler Peak (New Mexico's highest mountain) in the distance on the
right. The ridge seen in between is that of Mt Phillips (left)
and Commanche Peak (middle right).
R 6-02: Breaking Camp at Red Hills
R 6-03: Bear Mountain, on Trail from Red Hills
R 6-04: Break on Trail from Red Hills.
Notice the sinister guy in the shadow of darkness. That would be our
Methodist Minister, Claus
R 6-05: Trees, on Trail from Red Hills
R 6-06: Us on Break, on Trail from Red Hills
R 6-07: Break on Trail from Red Hills.
Me with trail bar stuck in my teeth.
R 6-08: Trees, on Trail from Red Hills
R 6-09: Baldy, on Trail from Red Hills
R 6-10: Baldy again, on Trail from Red Hills
R 6-11: Kevin, John, and Claus on Break,
on Trail from Red Hills
R 6-12: Derek, on Trail from Red Hills
R 6-13: Me, on Trail from Red Hills
Mt Phillips
R 3-24: Looking West from Mt Phillips
I was letting my dad take most of the pictures at this point,
but I managed to snap this one between on Mt Phillips. It is
taken from essentially the same spot as R6-18.
Snow-covered Wheeler Peak is seen as we look to the west.
Pictures 14 through 17 form a sort of panoramic view
from the peak of Mt Phillips.
R 6-14: Looking Southeast from Mt Phillips
R 6-15: Angle Fire, to the Southwest, from Mt Phillips
R 6-16: Bear and Black Mts, to the East, from Mt Phillips
R 6-17: John, Claus, and Kevin looking east at
Bear and Black Mts from Mt Phillips
R 6-18: Peak Marker, Looking West from Mt Phillips
R 6-19: Baldy from Mt Phillips, my dad's camera
Coming through the final patch of trees, the trail on Mt Phillips
turns north, offering a direct view of Baldy Mountain.
From the angle of the shadows, you can tell that it is about 11:00
in the morning.
This is another one of those pictures everybody takes...
R 4-01: Baldy from Mt Phillips
...including both my dad and I.
R 6-20: Peak Marker, Mt Phillips
Here, we take a break to look out over the northeastern valley, Cimarron Canyon
R 6-21: Group Photo, Mt Phillips
R 6-22: Oreo Communion, Mt Phillips
R 6-23: Oreo Communion, Claus to Me
Nabisco never envisioned this
R 6-24: Oreo Communion
Derek ponders the theological implications of the creamy centre
between the devil's food wafers
R 6-25: Oreo Communion Aftermath
I cannot tell if Derek is savouring the last drop of Apple Drink,
or about to spew the sacrament. That's the Nalgene® bottle under my arm.
R 6-26: Leaving Mt Phillips
About 2 pm, and clouds were gathering
Porcupine
R 6-27: Rayado Creek
We camped along the creek at Porcupine
R 6-28: Campsite at Porcupine
Porcupine Campsite, complete with mosquitos
R 6-29:
Sunset at Porcupine
This is a really nice picture.
Phillips Junction, Beaubien
R 6-30a:
First Stop at Phillip's Junction Commissary
That's Claus on the left, waiting for the logistics truck to come and
pick him up to go back home.
R 6-31: Beaubien Trail Fields
R 6-32: Us on Beaubien Trail
We all stopped so that my dad could take the picture of the fields,
not knowing that he also took one of us.
R 6-33: Branding Boots at Beaubien
R 6-34: Waiting for a Horse Ride at Beaubien
R 6-35: Staffer tries to explain to a bunch of kids from Texas what
a horse is.
R 6-36: Breaking Camp at Beaubien:
Brothers Steven and John
Lost Cabin, Apache Aprings
R 7-00: Hiking into the Cow Pastures before Lost Cabin
R 7-01: Mini-bear Visits our Lost Cabin campsite
R 7-02a: Milling about the Lost Cabin campsite
Jeez, those shorts of mine are frightening.
R 7-03: Apache Springs Tipi "Village"
I don't think the fence is authentic Apache. I also don't
think there are any authentic Apaches here (most of them
were sadly forced into reservations in the last century).
R 7-04: Arrowhead-making Lesson
I tried for about 15 minutes to get the flint to chip as desired,
never succeeding. It was a pleasant sunny day, though.
R 7-05: Apache-style Tipi
We were shown the tipi's construction, how the openings around its
base were blocked with animal skins to prevent convection.
Fish Camp
R 7-06: Trail to Fish Camp
R 7-07: Agua Fria Creek flowing to Fish Camp
R 7-08: Our Fish Camp campsite
Here we are with the rods we rented. We caught no fish.
I should have spent the money on more film.
R 7-09: Kevin Writes Home
This is one of my favourite pictures.
New Abreu
R 7-10: Looking Down onto the Agua Fria
We are on our way to New Abreu.
R 7-11: The Crags of Rayado Canyon
Here, we are about half-way through Rayado Canyon. "The Crags" are
an igneous intrusion (surprise) on the volcanic Crater Peak
and are quite a sight.
R 7-12: Rayado Canyon
We hiked on the higher trail above the stream-bed in this canyon.
As you can see, clouds are gathering.
R 7-13: Nearing the End of Rayado Canyon
R 7-14: Burro Keepers of New Abreu
R 7-15: Burro Botherings
I do not know who these people are.
R 7-16: More Burro Botherings
Okay, you can see us in the background.
I and Derek did not participate in the burrow races this
year. Once was enough.
R 7-17: Prepping our Burro
R 7-18: Still Prepping our Burro
R 7-19: Racing the Poor Burro
R 7-20: Losing the Burro Race
R 7-21: Unburdening the Burro
R 7-22: Tooth of Time from near Stone Wall Pass
R 4-02: Tooth of Time from near Stone Wall Pass, my camera
I had obviously taken a break from picture-taking until now.
Crater Lake
R 7-23: On Break at Crater Lake
R 7-24: Still on Break at Crater Lake
R 7-25: Derek on Spar Pole (photo too dark)
R 4-03: Derek on Spar Pole
He's saying, "Guys, enough with the pictures alright?"
R 7-26: Me on Spar Pole
R 7-27: Me on Spar Pole (photo too dark)
R 4-04: Matt on Spar Pole
R 4-05: Matt Falling on Spar Pole
R 4-06: Matt on Ground Beneath on Spar Pole
R 4-07: John on Spar Pole
R 7-28: Testing the Carabiner's Rating:
Mr Max on Spar Pole
R 7-29: Crater Lake
R 4-08: Tooth of Time from near Crater Lake
This may be nearest Miner's Park
Shaefer's Pass
R 7-30: Shaefer's Pass Campsite
R 7-31: Elk/Deer at Shaefer's Pass
R 7-32: Elk/Deer at Shaefer's Pass
R 4-09: Derek Tries Luring the Deer
R 7-33: Matt Tries Feeding the Deer
R 4-11: Shaefer's Pass Sky
I was laying on my back in the late afternoon napping
when it occurred to me that the patterns of the needles
against the sky might make a good picture.
R 4-12: Shaefer's Pass Shade
After the sky, I tried to take a picture of the
campsite and my boots. You can see, it was a poor choice.
110 film and low light just do not go together.
R 4-14: John finds Steven in a Tree
Picture unavailable.
R 7-34: Breaking Camp at Shaefer's Pass
R 7-35: As We Get Ready to Go, a Deer Stalks my Pack
Tooth of Time
R 4-19: Northern Valley from Shaefer's Pass
We hit the trail to the Tooth of Time going along Shaefer's
Peak and the Tooth Ridge.
R 8-00: Northern Valley from the Tooth Ridge
You can see Antelope Mesa and Webster Lake
R 8-01: Northern Valley from the Tooth Ridge
We got what might be Matt and Kevin's heads in this picture.
I wish the frame had been moved down a bit.
R 4-20: Trail along the Tooth of Time Ridge
R 8-02: Antelope Mesa from the Tooth of Time
R 4-21: Rocks of the Tooth of Time Ridge
R 8-03: Plains between Antelope and Coyote Mesas
R 8-04: Northern Slope of the Tooth of Time
R 8-05: Me on the Tooth
R 8-06: Looking Southwest from the Tooth
R 8-07: Baldy Shrouded in Clouds, Seen from the Tooth
R 4-23: Baldy Shrouded in Clouds, Seen from the Tooth,
This was taken with the 110.
R 8-08: Group Photo atop the Tooth
R 8-09: Lone Scraggly Tree Atop the Tooth
R 8-10: Me Again
You can see John and Kevin in the background preparing to
stage their coup.
R 8-11: Matt's Hat
Matt descends somewhere he should not.
R 8-12: Dad and I
R 8-13: Dad and I Again
R 4-24: Dad taking picture #8-14
R 8-14: Boy Scouts of Where?
My crewmates stage the coup, and set up the anti-union flag
with tent poles. Quite likely this is higher than any
American flag on Philmont at the moment.
I suspect this is a dismissable breach of patriotism
and flag etiquitte.
R 8-15: Feeding a Mini-bear
R 8-16: The Mini-bear
R 9-01: Derek atop the Tooth
R 9-02b: Cliffs of the South Side of Tooth Ridge
R 9-03: The Last Picture from the Tooth
R 8-17: Trek's End: The Dining Hall at Last
That is me in the bright yellow shirt, between the flag
poles and the Dining Hall, headed for the Trading Post.
R 9-04: Steven's Self-Portrait
R 9-08: Going Home
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