Bummer! I hope the recovery goes well. So far so good, retina is reattached (June 16th), gas bubble is all gone. I do have full field of vision again, but pretty cloudy. They told me from the beginning the procedure to fix the retina would cause cataracts, so now I need cataract surgery. Don't know...

I didn't/don't get to walk through this year, had a surgery on my right eye and can't go above 2,500 feet until the end of July. I did it six years in a row.

Are you guys still planning on walking this? When?

Here are the opening dates and source. http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5326322.pdf http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy140/mountainguyed67/image.jpg1_zpszyqclcle.jpg http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy140/mountainguyed67/image.jpg1_zpsf5ur0u6o.jpg http://i785.photobucket.com...

fomoco51 wrote:Big ed. No I live down in sanger. Im actually close to a hour in a half. I can make it to bald in an hour if I stay on the beaten path. But most of the time I take the fire roads up behind pine flat.

You're flying low to make it that fast, so you take 10S69 to Bald?

Broncodawg wrote:Shame seeing the before and after shots of that nice old Blazer!

I know some Chevy guys that know the owner of that Blazer, they basically think he's an idiot for taking it through Dusy Ershim. They know how hard it is to find one that nice.

Where do you live, Shaver Lake?

My sons on the John Muir Trail last year, I'm taking the video.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bF2pYPO5ZMg

I haven't seen an Explorer on the trail. It's mostly Jeeps, then Toyotas, anything else is rare. I've seen early Broncos, 2 Mitsubishi, 1 Scout II (other than my friends Scout IIs), I've seen pictures/videos of Land Rovers, pictures/videos of 1 Dodge pickup. I've only seen side by sides and quads on...

For me it's a lot less stress, don't have to worry about the truck, just put one foot in front of the other.

We usually spend 8 days, taking our time camping and fishing. We start at the North end, less climbing that way.

^My dogs pack is heavier on one side than the other, has to be pretty close to be balanced.

My sons and I have walked through for the last six years, and brought out pics like this. I take down notes about how big the tree is, and where it is so the club and Forest Service will know what we are in for to get the trail open to the public. http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy140/mountainguy...

I don't have videos of my rig on Dusy Ershim, seems we're always moving and don't stop to take videos. Here it is at Calico.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X_NeNdhZnR8

Internet picture.

Oh, and lift. Whatever is needed to clear the tires.

I used to run the trail with 36" tires, I wouldn't want to go any smaller than that. Remember the Forest Service rig recommendations are for a Jeep, with full size we need bigger tires. A full size can't bee bop around obstacles like a Jeep can. That means we have to go over stuff they don't, plus w...