Maah Daah Hey, May 6th, Ought-Six

Maah Daah Hey, May 6th, Ought-Six http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html The honest-to-truth maiden voyage of Deanweed’s flipped Gunnar. I’m in Fruita one week and NoDak the next. It will never happen again. My sister, Marian, thinks soloing out here is foolish. Perhaps, it is. Six mountain lions were shot in the area last fall. In June of 2005 a cougar shadowed two cyclists for 45 minutes on this trail section. What would you do? Solo and risk being lunch? Solo and see some of the best scenery the planet has to offer? Muley easily clearing a barbed wire fence http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#0 59d20335-cf51-4351-832f-bbe60e594a64 http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0389.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0389.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Muley easily clearing<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">a barbed wire fence</p></div></div> Badlands as far as the eye can see http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#1 6984194a-e668-4268-9330-f9c564774698 http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0398_1.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0398_1.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Badlands as far<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">as the eye can see</p></div></div> Spurge? next to the trail http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#2 b596e309-9b76-4b17-b6bd-0bc22c0d8c83 http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0401.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0401.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Spurge? next to the trail</p></div></div> Trailmarker and singletrack http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#3 0f533c17-6d15-4ad6-be18-a175e7414824 http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0404.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0404.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Trailmarker and singletrack</p></div></div> Self-portrait. Don’t worry, the helmet is the camera platform http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#4 92f49edd-36d1-4050-b495-315d6caab610 http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0406.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0406.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Self-portrait. Don’t worry, the helmet is the camera platform</p></div></div> Last year’s growth http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#5 fae729c3-6597-478b-80f2-f9de266a6844 http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0407.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0407.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Last year’s growth</p></div></div> Dead juniper http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#6 978097d9-abb8-4d83-8dd7-1edb930dedee http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0409.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0409.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Dead juniper</p></div></div> Counter-weighted gate and the steel horse I ride http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#7 6bea661e-beb8-4cdd-b2f9-e739a6f22e8c http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0418.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0418.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Counter-weighted gate and the steel horse I ride</p></div></div> Self-portrait with Gunnar, helmet, and two woodticks http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#8 8f33b90e-4369-4f69-8271-669761d98b90 http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0419.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0419.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Self-portrait with Gunnar, helmet, and two woodticks</p></div></div> No mountain lion attacks. Sorry, Marian http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#9 535e979d-38f9-43fe-892e-50356c3cf1e8 http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0425.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0425.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">No mountain lion attacks. Sorry, Marian</p></div></div> Approaching the China Wall http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#10 e2807e20-4b32-49aa-8679-b1198a24219d http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0426.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0426.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Approaching the China Wall</p></div></div> One of three trail washouts. It’s deeper than it looks. http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#11 893c7321-d64a-4d79-9692-95c4db9449a1 http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0430.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0430.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">One of three trail washouts. It’s deeper than it looks.</p></div></div> Approaching China Wall redux http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#12 ef4bf5c5-1cb9-447c-9352-852f45a15deb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0432.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0432.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Approaching China Wall redux</p></div></div> China Wall gumbo http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#13 afb07b7c-6c9b-4f1a-b281-02a5a586bb39 http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0433.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0433.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">China Wall gumbo</p></div></div> China Wall pass http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#14 53cc6674-e360-48f6-b83f-6328fc517b93 http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0439.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0439.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">China Wall pass</p></div></div> They call these lands bad? http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#15 07fd4131-1137-4dfa-8d5c-5437ab744632 http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0440.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0440.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">They call these lands bad?</p></div></div> North side of China Wall http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#16 8e59210d-9fdf-4f1e-8a90-75c5ecd37e1a http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0444.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0444.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">North side of China Wall</p></div></div> Look, Marian, it’s a miracle. I didn’t get eaten. http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#17 84b3e8de-3d86-470c-ae4a-a027ea136c5c http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0453.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey_files/Media/DSCN0453.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Look, Marian, it’s a miracle. I didn’t get eaten.</p></div></div>