OT - High Sierra Camp
2003-02-03 by Paul Roark
Please excuse my OT plug. However, some on the list expressed interest last year. I participate in a High Sierra (California, above Lone Pine) workshop that is given each year. It is a non-profit, educational organization, and my only remuneration is going to the camp. There are three one-week sessions that are only $395. The "Golden Trout Natural History Workshop" is in the Golden Trout Wilderness (the only one of its kind) just south of and boardering on the John Muir Wilderness. (The workshop has nothing to do with fish.) The workshop has naturalists who are oriented to natural history, not photography, but there are usually people like me there who relate to the wilderness more through photography. It's not a structured camp, but there are interpreted hikes every day to very interesting places by highly experienced naturalists. I usually go on a few of the interpreted hikes and then also just head off on my own. In general, it's just about the easiest way to get into the high country. The camp itself is at 10000 feet, and the energetic types can get to the top of 14,000+ ft. Mt. Langley. There are loads of interesting photo ops from the 100 year old cabins in the camp itself to the spectacular scenery of the High Sierras just south of Whitney. I have some photos of the area at http://www.silcom.com/~proark/GTthumbnails.html. The camp's website is at http://www.1startists.com/gtc/. I'll be up there for the second session from July 6 to July 12, 2003. Contact me off list if you have any interest in the camp. Paul http://www.PaulRoark.com paul.roark@...