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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
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Tag Archives: Chumash
Big Bummer At Baron Ranch: Trashing the Place To Save It
Yikes. Alright already, sheesh. A wall of nearly impenetrable willow needs no sign. Nobody is going in there. And we destroy everything we can find And tomorrow when the human clock stops and the world stops ticking We’ll be an index fossil … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara
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Tagged Adventure, Chumash, Hiking, Hiking (2), Los Padres National Forest, Native Americans, Nature, Outdoors, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Mountains, Wilderness
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Renaming Los Padres: Names Of the 1930s
Detail showing Abel Mtn. on a 1938 map of Los Padres National Forest. Backstory I’ve long had an interest in place, in the particularity of natural settings and the composition of undeveloped scenes, and in the forest placenames chosen by … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara
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Tagged backcountry, Backpacking, Camping, Chumash, Hiking, Hiking (2), History, Los Padres National Forest, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Mountains, Wilderness
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Grinding Stone Revealed
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Tagged Adventure, Archaeology, Artifacts, Chumash, Creeks, Hiking, History, Indians, Native Americans, Nature, Santa Barbara
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The Plunder and Peddle
“Pocketing potsherds is erasure. It is the worst of colonization, the taking of the land. If you believe the stealing has ended, it has not.” –Craig Childs Why Potsherds Matter On this, the last day of Native American Heritage Month. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Archaeology, Artifacts, backcountry, Chumash, History, Indians, Los Padres National Forest, Rock Art, Wilderness
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The Potsherd Ponder
“People like to pick them up and take them home. Some are small as buttons, some a quarter of a broken bowl with insides painted in spirals and interlocked teeth. I’ve seen places lousy with potsherds turned bare in a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Archaeology, Artifacts, Beach, Chumash, Ethics, Fishing, History, Indians, Native Americans, Potsherd
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