Hey next time can I have the drip torch.
Nice Pics.
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Hey next time can I have the drip torch.
Nice Pics.
So, can I upload my own pics here?? I didn't think that was possible.
http://www.wildlandfire.com/pics/hand17/chena92.jpg
chena IHC 1992
So, are you the dirty guy in yellow?Quote:
Originally Posted by YetiMan
No, I just think it's a totally classic photo.
I was just a high school pup back then.
sheesh...look at those guys in the upper right...somthing funny goin' on up there.. :biggrin:
That was awesome. More TR, more pics, more, more, more.
Stay safe out there. I'm definitely looking forward to the second half TR.
What I did on my summer vacation...
is almost never as exciting to read as Sherpa's stories. I had hoped to get more pics but my camera crapped out. Here's one of the few of the pics I did get:
http://tinyurl.com/d3lx5
Highlights of my season so far:
12 hours of firing in a box canyon. First time I've ever thrown up a 10,000 foot column and nobody complained.
Scouting along the firefront and suddenly having a cougar start growling in the woods behind me. Can you say "shit a brick"? I knew you could.
Firing against a 25mph wind in some guys back yard while the head fire was running at us at 400 feet/minute.
After logging 329 hours in 22 days, I'm baked.
I doubt it was me because we hadn't really gotten on any of the big fires in the area until last week. I guess it could've been old footage though. I usually try to run the other way when media shows up. They always aim for the minorities when they want an interview.Quote:
Originally Posted by weibo
Part 2- The AK Edition should be up within the hour...
Sounds like you're having a pretty good season too. Which fire were you burning around homes on? We just got back from the Blackerby Fire outside of Grangeville. Urban-interface always throws a new spin on things. It's nerve-wracking lighting around a house that some idiot built with cedar siding half way up a 35 degree slope, knowing that if the fire jumps your line, the house doesn't stand much of a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by grrrr
Part 2: Kings and Corn
I had a couple of back-to-back type 3 fires, then went to Dirty Face and just got back from School. The Wall Lake fire near Davenport was the hairy show - took a 2,000 acre run in 2 hours right through a dozen ranches. We finally held it right in front of a massive barn and 400 bales of hay. It we'd lost it there, we were backing up 2 more miles.
School Fire was pretty cool also. Worked with Gila for a few days, them burning and us holding as we worked the fire around 20 homes. Then we got bumped down to Camp Wooten, an Environmental Learning Center that we were going to hold and let the fire bump past. Fire was raging, some 200 ch/hr runs in heavy timber. We steered it up the ridge so it would back down, then fired off the base of the side canyon before it had a chance to pooch out at us. Really cool spot, I'm going to have to get back there again after it recovers a bit.
Glad you got to see Alaska. Fighting fire there is always an adventure. I started out on the Kenai as an EFF.