Photos, videos and docs of Jeff Nicholson, with the keywords: "Frog"

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nobody@ipernity.com (Jeff Nicholson) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:35:56 +0000

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Heading back down from from Frog Mountain with more daylight.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Jeff Nicholson) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:35:56 +0000

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Not visible in the photo, but with binoculars Lake Almanor is in the flat area in the distance.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Jeff Nicholson) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:35:57 +0000

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High atop Frog Mountain with views of Mount Lassen and the northern end of the Sierra Nevada range.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Jeff Nicholson) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:35:58 +0000

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On the quad sheet this is called Poison Spring. I guess they changed the name so you understand you can drink out of it.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Jeff Nicholson) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:35:59 +0000

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Camped right by the saddle atop the canyon. I knew I was going solo in bear country but didn't realize until dusk and the energy of hiking was over that I'm really not a happy camper when alone in bear country. I was thinking about bears so much that when a noise and a large pair of eyes came to my camp in the dark, I totally forgot about deer and seriously thought it was a bear and felt some real primal fear. I announced myself and waved to defend my territory and scare it off. After hearing the familiar bounding noises and seeing the eyes suddenly a dozen yards away, I processed that it was a deer to great relief.

Early the next morning I saw a giant bear a half mile up the trail so a bear could easily have visitied me if it wanted to.

So I'm cool with bear country if I'm with another hiker to share the bear deflection. It's completely psychologically different than being alone.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Jeff Nicholson) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:35:58 +0000

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Up at dawn to hike the remaining 900 feet to Frog Mountain without the pack. I startled a bear on the trail and fortunately, because there are few humans out here, it bolted and ran. This was a very big bear, must have weighed 300-400 lbs, and ran down the side of the canyon faster than I could even reach into my pocket for my camera.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Jeff Nicholson) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:36:00 +0000

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nobody@ipernity.com (Jeff Nicholson) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:36:01 +0000

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nobody@ipernity.com (Jeff Nicholson) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:36:02 +0000

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Bigger and more beautiful pristine meadows.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Jeff Nicholson) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:36:03 +0000

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nobody@ipernity.com (Jeff Nicholson) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:36:03 +0000

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The climbing never seems to end. I pulled 3,900 ft on the first day. A record for me.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Jeff Nicholson) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:36:04 +0000

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Small meadows dot the flat areas higher up.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Jeff Nicholson) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:36:05 +0000

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Rocky outcrops on the south side of the top of the canyon. That was as far as I got previously on a long 4WD trek from Concow, CA just to see this elusive canyon.