Good stuff. You've come to the right place, Gabe. Keep searching around the forums and posting questions. Lots of good info on here and what you don't find, as you're finding out, people here are happy to help with filling in the gaps.gabe&mel wrote:The reason we enjoy getting out in the high country is to build our skill set every trip we take, and this is the next step. Neither of us grew up in outdoor families so we are learning as we go.
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Great report (OP)! I solo'd that same exact route a couple years ago and it was desolate when I went through. Skeeters were off the hook however. Not much luck on Woodchuck Lake but the area is spectacular!
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Hydro electric power generation?gabe&mel wrote:Hello all,
That night we did hear an interesting recurrent noise which I would describe as a deep oscillating hum, it would last about 5 seconds and recurr every 30 seconds or so, I still can’t figure out what it was.
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I was thinking that too and it makes the most sense. The noise was most prominent our first night which was when we were the closest to Wishon reservoir.
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Thanks for the sharing your trip report gabe&mel...enjoyed your pics & words.
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I barbecued more than a thousand fish over a wood fire. I liked them a lot better like that. It"s diffucut learning how to do it but once you done it one or two dozen times you''re and expert. Take a folding grill with you.
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Re sound: Ever hear a grouse drumming?
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Re sound: Ever hear a grouse drumming?
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Re sound: Ever hear a grouse drumming? Go to this youtube site.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVcyZIt5BKc
This is best recording I could come up with on the web. Once with nothing better to do I followed the sound of a grouse drumming up a hillside more than a half mile before I located him in a tree. In the course of doing that I also came across what I later figured out to be a Wolverine track. This was above Seville Lake in Kings Canyon.
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Re sound: Ever hear a grouse drumming? Go to this youtube site.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVcyZIt5BKc
This is best recording I could come up with on the web. Once with nothing better to do I followed the sound of a grouse drumming up a hillside more than a half mile before I located him in a tree. In the course of doing that I also came across what I later figured out to be a Wolverine track. This was above Seville Lake in Kings Canyon.
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Thanks Oldranger, That is the sound I thought the OP was describing but I had no idea what it was. Three of us once spent about an hour trying to discover what it was. We finally discovered the source to be a fallen hollow tree. We figured that it must be the wind blowing across the knotholes. never thought to look inside the tree. I learned something new today
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Mikes (OR) correct. The sound was a grouse. Nice report guys. Very early entry. Looks like more snow tonight and another storm at the end of next week.
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