{"id":687,"date":"2019-02-10T14:11:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T22:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yaf.xqj.mybluehost.me\/?p=687"},"modified":"2019-02-10T14:11:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T22:11:40","slug":"pinnacles-np-didgeridoo-and-condors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troop260.org\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/pinnacles-np-didgeridoo-and-condors\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinnacles NP, didgeridoo and condors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were ready and set for snow camping: extra snow shovels and tire chains had been purchased, triple bed rolls and blankets packed. Alas, a severe winter weather warning for the northern Sierras pulled the rug out from under us (it&#8217;s our safety and risk management policy to not travel into weather warnings). As s a result, we missed out of 5+ feet of snow and -11F temperatures (our intrepid advance guard, Mr &amp; Mrs Matulich did make it up!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, we are scouts &#8211; and so &#8216;prepared&#8217;. Plan B was put into action &#8211; a 10-mile day hike and overnight camp at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/pinn\/index.htm\">Pinnacles National Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We caught a luck break in the weather, with a cool but largely sunny day (even if it rained heavily overnight). A group of 11 arrived just after 09:00 and before 10:00 were on the trail. Our route took us from the campgrounds towards High Peaks trail, and then back by Bear Gulch trail. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/pinn\/planyourvisit\/upload\/PINNmap3.pdf\">map<\/a>]. Including the walk to and from the camp-site comfortably over 10miles (handy for both a rank advancement and a hiking badge requirement!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To our surprise &#8211; it wasn&#8217;t the amazing rock formations or great views that made the weekend memorable: it was the &#8220;Condor Whisperer&#8221;. A man, stripped bare to his waist, standing atop the pinnacles playing a didgeridoo as the condors swooped in and around. And a rainbow appears. Words failed us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Click below for photos<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.google.com\/share\/AF1QipMo9goZ9Fort0fFxFKFjbALcaWJ6BhxUfIyvLQaSH_9GB7CEPKCoZTWYXJsA_IK_Q?key=UFZ0ZU1Ld0YtT0dYN0MtRnNNc250SkJKUzBTV1NR\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/NSFJMZfPSkzzc-bSdG_hsSi2wEmLGjaIygAGw_cAXj7Lqr8eWqSHzy38sP5vG399m-wo-xkAKGna-Fvx41MS2gIp4ypMEPWPx-yEkxtDzbcCl2HTg5SMZkxf4YUhdxThVkFbITRZ_x8=w2400\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were ready and set for snow camping: extra snow shovels and tire chains had been purchased, triple bed rolls and blankets packed. Alas, a severe winter weather warning for the northern Sierras pulled the rug out from under us (it&#8217;s our safety and risk management policy to not travel into weather warnings). As s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troop260.org\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/pinnacles-np-didgeridoo-and-condors\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pinnacles NP, didgeridoo and condors&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activity","category-scouting"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/troop260.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/troop260.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/troop260.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troop260.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troop260.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/troop260.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":691,"href":"https:\/\/troop260.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions\/691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/troop260.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troop260.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troop260.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}