Cinco de Inyos_ _ May 4-5-6, 2012

[teotwaki]

Full report on my blog! Please stop by and enjoy our adventure!

http://suntothenorth.blogspot.com/2012/05/exploring-papoose-flats-with-my.html

Trip planning thread is here: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/72909-The-Inyos-2012-Invitational

Attendee List

1. Teotwaki
2. TeraWanderer Alan & Ann
3. ETAV8R Eric
4. Brit55 Andy & Liza 7 Diesel
5. Wesel123 Ian & Jacky
6. CLCoyle Chris, Mim & Alistair
7. KJP1969 Kevin
8. Tom from Huntington Beach
9. Linus Tremaine
10. CnynRat Dave & Jodi
11. Torquey Jason
12. RMarz Rich, Donna, Tom
13. RallyRoo Joey

 

[teotwaki]

When the last of us made it to the pavement, I had never before felt sad that it was time to air up the tires. On this journey old friendships had been renewed and new friends have become part of the band of adventurers that came together to explore the mighty Inyos.

 

[Jeff Wanamog]

:lurk:

 

[Rallyroo]

Icicles and frozen water: ✓
People getting flat tires: ✓
Batman's buddies: ✓
New paint jobs: ✓
Live bluegrass music: ✓
Burkas: ✓?
Chapstick: ✓
Skinned dead cow in the bed of a truck: ✓

 

[ETAV8R]

Good times!
Will begin working on the photos asap.
Thank you to Jim for the planning for this momentous trip. Great to see friends from past trips and make new ones. Looking forward to future adventures.

 

[teotwaki]

Sample of what happened

What makes for a great time?

Diverse yet highly capable machines

Fantastic terrain

A crack mining team on location high in the Inyos...

A super moon

And live bluegrass music!

The full story and more pictures are at my blog:

http://suntothenorth.blogspot.com/2012/05/exploring-papoose-flats-with-my.html

 

[ETAV8R]

Jim!
Perfect simple summary leaving just enough to provide those not privy to engage themselves in wild speculation.
Wonderful. I miss it already.

 

[clcoyle]

What a wonderful Adventure. We had a great time and want to thank Jim and the rest of the Conspirators for a memorable weekend. More images to come.

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[nwoods]

Subscribed!

 

[teotwaki]

What a wonderful Adventure. We had a great time and want to thank Jim and the rest of the Conspirators for a memorable weekend. More images to come.

Another memorable surprise was that Chris' son Alistair proved himself to be quite an expert with Topo maps on an iPad and he became our navigation lead through the bewildering maze of USFS trails

 

[rmarz]

Jim,
Awesome trip! We can't thank you enough for putting it together and pulling it off.

Others,
It was great to meet up with you, hope to see you again on the trails.

 

[Terawanderer]

What a great group of people......nice to see old friends and find new ones. Thanks to Rich and friends for providing security from the "upper camp location".....Update ...Ann's knee injury is getting better.

 

[cnynrat]

What a great weekend!

I can't really add much to Jim's summary: great scenery, perfect weather, and a wonderful opportunity to see friends from past trips and meet some new friends.

I had mentioned to a few of you that Papoose Flat seems to be of interest to the geologists. It is a notable pluton, which is a body of intrusive igneous rock. I'm not an expert here, but I believe the large granite outcroppings that dot the flat are a result of this process.

Anyway, here is a link to a short article about the formation of Papoose Flat.; A Google search for "Papoose Flat pluton" will yield quite a few other articles about the area.

Thanks again Jim for all the work you put into the planning and logistics for the trip.

 

[wesel123]

Jim as always amazing trip and organization. Jax and I cant thank you enough....we are SOOOOO ready for the next trip :sombrero:

Here are a few shots. I took over a 1000 this trip. Sorry they are not the greatest switching from Nikon to Cannon has me all kaddywhampis.

If anyone wants the original file of a picture of their rigs I can email them to you.

 

[wesel123]