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Valley to Valley
October 9th, 2008 at 5:42 am » Comments (2)
Here's a tribute to Hockett country that I recently threw together, to the music of U2's song "Elevation". Yes, we take the song quite literally, as it serves our present ...more »A Hockett Trail Guide: 10. South Fork Kern
May 29th, 2008 at 6:41 am » Comments (0)
At Tunnel or "Chickenfoot" junction we enter the domain of a slightly different subspecies of golden trout native to the South Fork Kern. This junction was once known as the ...more »A Hockett Trail Guide: 9. Golden Trout Creek
May 29th, 2008 at 5:40 am » Comments (0)
From here we head up the second native golden trout stream along the Hockett Trail, Golden Trout Creek. The original Hockett Trail was without bridges. Its strategy for crossing the Kern ...more »A Hockett Trail Guide: 7. Little Kern Valley
May 28th, 2008 at 6:04 pm » Comments (0)
Here, near the headwaters of the Little Kern, is where the Golden Trout leg of the Hockett Trail begins, and the native country of my favorite variety of golden trout. Ladies ...more »A Hockett Trail Guide: 6. The Western Divide
May 27th, 2008 at 2:07 am » Comments (0)
After crossing Hunter Creek, the incline increases as the Hockett Trail leaves the Hockett Plateau for the Western Divide. After ascending 850 feet, the trail reaches a ridgecrest that might ...more »A Hockett Trail Guide: 4. Ladybug vs. Garfield
May 24th, 2008 at 1:09 am » Comments (2)
Clough Cave is not the only cave in the South Fork area. There are four that I have heard of, one of which was discovered in 2006 and featured in ...more »The Golden Trout Trail
May 21st, 2008 at 2:23 pm » Comments (0)
The Hockett Trail was first chosen for its efficacy as a trans-Sierra route, and specifically chosen by the Union Army for its usefulness as a trail between forts in Visalia ...more »The Early Hockett Trail
May 20th, 2008 at 7:56 pm » Comments (0)
The trans-Sierra supply route of the Civil War period commonly known as the Hockett Trail was completed in 1862-63 for two functions: moving miners and supplies to and from mines in ...more »The Independence Trail
May 14th, 2007 at 10:50 pm » Comments (0)
The southernmost 12,000-foot peak in the Sierra Nevada is Olancha Peak, also the southernmost 11,000-foot peak, and one of the three southernmost 10,000-foot peaks of the range. At this latitude, ...more »Isolation
March 27th, 2007 at 7:50 am » Comments (0)
Sometimes creatures migrate onto the land, and sometimes the land creates its own. When the land creates its own, it does not do so arbitrarily. Every creature is an expression ...more »