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Re: Sierra antiquities in the backcountry

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:53 am
by robow8
Saw this on the Triple Peak Fork Trail in Yosemite

Re: Sierra antiquities in the backcountry

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:19 am
by oldranger
robow8

Is the main item rusted metal or ???, are the pointy things screws or nails? they almost look like horseshoe nails.

Mike

Re: Sierra antiquities in the backcountry

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 5:07 pm
by robow8
oldranger wrote:robow8

Is the main item rusted metal or ???, are the pointy things screws or nails? they almost look like horseshoe nails.

Mike
It's actually an old rubber heel from a shoe. I imagine someone found it and put it up on the rock so others could see.

Re: Sierra antiquities in the backcountry

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:45 pm
by oldranger
Ok that makes sense I have come across several heels like that, even almost an entire old boot at a Shorty cabin not visited often.

Mike

Re: Sierra antiquities in the backcountry

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 7:01 pm
by Cross Country
Sites in the backcountry cross country are not visited a lot. Therefor I don't believe that almost any are really sensitive, I (OF COURSE) realize some are sensitive (I believe there are VERY few). I believe that this applies to fishing places also. Why would we want to be such INCREDIBLE elitist. When I backpacked I told almost everyone of good places because I was intelligent enough and not an elitist.
Seriously - what are you thinking? And if you believe that I wasn't a SERIOUS backpacker you haven't been reading. I've read here of "men" who won't tell what to them is their opinion of the most beautiful place in the Sierra. Those "men" (I really think they're big children) are not just neurotic, they're just crazy or incredibly narcissistic.