Lurkers Please Introduce Yourself =)

[maverick]

Hi dogrunner,

Thank you for the intro! The JMT with your kids sounds like great fun, what an experience it will be, to be able to hike together as a family for several days!

[squirrel]

What type of biological sampling if I may ask?

We were sampling pollinators - native bees mostly, but pretty much anything that visited a flower was fair game. Unfortunately, the native bees can only be identified by a taxonomist, so we had to euthanize the things and carry them out with us. The different sites we sampled from had experienced burns more or less recently; I think the main idea was to see how the vegetation changes in the years following the burn affects the pollinators.

[maverick]

We were sampling pollinators - native bees mostly, but pretty much anything that visited a flower was fair game. Unfortunately, the native bees can only be identified by a taxonomist, so we had to euthanize the things and carry them out with us. The different sites we sampled from had experienced burns more or less recently; I think the main idea was to see how the vegetation changes in the years following the burn affects the pollinators.

Interesting, thank you for taking the time to reply Mike.

[eoconnor101]

Hi All,

Names Eric, native Californian and huge fan of the Sierras all year round though I'm strictly '3 seasons' right now with backpacking, though I do like the idea of getting some skins but would need to gear up in other ways. Coming off a bad snow season and looking forward to some high country trips. Last summer the wife was up for it and we did Midnight Lake area above Sabrina, Humphreys Basin with a good scramble the north shoulder in it's shadow, and a Cottonwood Pass/Mitre Basin/New Army pass loop. I first started backpacking years ago with too much weight and dinty moore cans mostly on the west but now favor the east mostly for driving reasons. This year hope to head out of Onion Valley and Big Pine Creek THs for the first time as well as complete the South to North Lake loop through Evolution valley in late September.

[maverick]

Hi Eric,

Welcome to HST! Thank you for the intro. Are all those trip that you are planning going to be solo or with you wife? If with her, it's really cool that you guys can experience the beauty of the Sierra together.

[Asolthane]

Hi,

Some photos -
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipP ... 1ITlh3RU5B
https://goo.gl/photos/jqcQTp33HwyMqmW2A
https://goo.gl/photos/hMZq7Kc8t1WZDzog9
https://goo.gl/photos/sjhRAW4euuUwttPC9

Hi, 34 year old guy from San Francisco. I grew up backpacking with my dad in Arizona, and then forgot about it/didn't have a car in my 20's. But I have been more and more into it over the past few years, and now have 3 day weekends every weekend so am hoping to get into the Sierras as much as possible.

I fish Tenkara, and like high basins with lots of small lakes to fish and swim in.

I want to do a month long trip next year, some combination of the JMT and SHR. I am hoping to get help over the next year planning that.

Places I have been in Sierras (I have loved all these trips)
- Lost/Sword Lake in Carson Iceburg Wilderness
- Kaiser Wilderness Loop past George Lake to small lakes above (campfire, college, jewel)
- North lake Loop: Lamark Col - Darwin Bench - McLure Meadows, Piute Canyuon - French Canyon Humphries Basin
- Loop to Madera Lake, Lillian and Chittendon Lakes East of Madera Peak
- Loop from Twin Lakes - Peeler Lake - Benson Lake - Matterhorn Creek, out Horse Canyon
- Gem Lake - Waugh Lake - Thousand Island Lake Loop
- Bear Lakes Basin loop in through granite park and out through French Canyon and Pine Creek Pass

[maverick]

Hi Robin,

Thank you for taking the time to write up this intro, and including the photo links. Lots of new members coming on board from the Bay Area.

[dhan]

Hi my name is DH Han and live in Saint Louis. Me and my wife started backpacking ~ 4 years ago. we hiked JMT(break it 4 sections), Sierra high camp trail, day hike aroud Yosemite valley and part of Colorado trail.

[maverick]

Thank you for taking the time to write up the intro DH Han!

[ppro]

Intro:

I've been car camping and fly fishing for years. Now that my daughters are old enough to give me some free time, I've started venturing into backpacking. A friend of mine at work was looking for someone to join him. My first venture was with over 60 lbs on my back. Needless to say I learned how to make better decisions when packing and I learned how to spend a friggin fortune on titanium and various light weight items. I'm at just below 30 lbs now including fly gear and depending on the amount of food (and if I have to carry that stupid bear vault).

My destinations are 90% of the time focused on places I can fly fish. But as I go on more trips, I'm finding I enjoy backpacking even if the destination doesn't have that as a focus. In the last year I've been rained on, drained of what seems like 50% of my blood by mosquitoes and caught in a snow storm. All good times.

This summer (2015) has the Lost Coast Trail planned and a few Emigrant Wilderness trips.

-Patrick
Danville, CA