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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Aug 15, 2015 - 05:26pm PT
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Awesome shots Dean!
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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Aug 15, 2015 - 06:25pm PT
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Thanks Dean.
It's kinda sad when Supertopo is your best fire information source.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Aug 16, 2015 - 12:38am PT
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Drove up tonight for a closer look at the Rough Fire and it had just crossed Monarch Ridge. The Forest Service closed highway 180 to eastbound traffic while we were out there and asked us to leave at about 11PM. Hope it stays on the north side of the Kings! It was pretty cool to see up close as burning trees fell down 100+ ft cliffs.
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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Aug 16, 2015 - 12:54am PT
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Here are several photos of the Walker Lake fire from the top of Daff Dome on Saturday. The first photo was taken around 1pm. The second photo was taken around 4pm.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 16, 2015 - 05:20am PT
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I'm kidding. Who would want to see any sources of employment in the Mono Basin destroyed?
Those are some tremendous photos, Dean. Thanks.
Limping Crab, hope your lungs get cleared up, dude.
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Old5Ten
Trad climber
Berkeley and Sunny Slopes, CA
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Aug 16, 2015 - 10:28am PT
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Aug 16, 2015 - 07:19pm PT
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Arghhhhh!
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Aug 16, 2015 - 07:44pm PT
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Saw it blow up on the way back from Glen Auden yesterday.
They had an L1011 and a couple of C130's on it by 3:00 or so. The C130's were at it again at dawn.
Between the closure and the campground evicting everyone by noon tomorrow to fumigate for plague fleas, ended up bailing and just taking the long way home.
105 hot ! all the way!
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Aug 16, 2015 - 08:13pm PT
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Opened 120 at around 4pm today and were convoying cars up and down the pass. I was coming down from TM. The fire is on the crown of the south ridge of Lee Vining Canyon and it looks like they are trying to keep it from spreading down into the canyon.......
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Climberdude
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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Aug 16, 2015 - 08:18pm PT
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Does anyone know about the fire west of Devil's Postpile on the west side of the Sierra crest? I noticed the smoke today while climbing at The Balls area and reported it to the Forest Service. The ranger said they were aware of the fire and thought it was the Rock Fire. However, when I went to the incident website, there is no current fire by the name of Rock (not to be confused with the Rocky Fire up north). I would estimate this fire to be directly East of Mt. Tom to the east of Kaiser Wilderness.
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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Aug 16, 2015 - 08:22pm PT
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The Rough Fire in Kings
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Aug 16, 2015 - 08:35pm PT
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Also saw a small fire southwest of Young Lakes in TM from the Lamb. Asked the ranger who said it was a controlled burn. Didn't notice it yesterday from the same local....
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Climberdude
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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Aug 16, 2015 - 08:39pm PT
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Tork, this small fire was not in the Kings River drainage, but rather is in the San Joaquin River drainage. It is a small fire that I could see was burning in two different locations producing smoke. It is located in the John Muir Wilderness east of the Heitz Meadow back country ranger hut.
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Aug 16, 2015 - 09:06pm PT
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This is video from the Chelan fire (near Wenatchee, Eastern Washington) from a couple of days ago.) Impressive
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 17, 2015 - 01:16am PT
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hey there say, guys... thanks for all the update... oh my...
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Aug 17, 2015 - 12:11pm PT
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the view yesterday evening headed N on 395 about 6 miles S of Lee Vining. Pretty good breeze blowing out of the west pushing all the smoke off into the Mono basin. Air was still mostly clear down near Mammoth as well as up north by Bridgeport.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Aug 18, 2015 - 02:42pm PT
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Black Rock Reservoir and surrounding area is now closed due to the Rough Fire, Little Tehipite is starting to burn and the air is getting even worse in the Valley!
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Aug 18, 2015 - 05:05pm PT
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Wow, the Rough fire crossed the kings river and highway 180 and there's a mandatory evacuation for Hume Lake!
It's spreading in almost every direction.
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cat t.
Sport climber
CA
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Aug 18, 2015 - 05:30pm PT
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Augh. Terrible news :(
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