Central Washington. A short, steep, 1 mile hike to the top for desert views from steamboat rock. Large reservoir with coots and geese. Very tidy campground.
Steamboat rock at sunrise
Lake from steamboat rock
steamboatrock-coots
Mini-mid at Steamboat Rock State Park. 7×7 ft made to fit on top of National Park service rafting frames for river guides on the Grand Canyon.
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Use a 12″ or longer piece of 2-3 mm cord. Use a 2 wrap prussic knot on the Line Lock. Form a loop in the cord.
Girth hitch (Larks Foot) the loop around the tarp or tent tie out.
Buy linelocs here
http://shop.bivysack.com/product.sc?productId=88&categoryId=10
Pyramid, Stakes, Adjustable Pole
Zip and buckle bottom before staking out
Stake out the four corners. Use a small loop of replaceable cord so wear from rough stake edges will not damage the tent web tie outs.
Stake corners in a perfect square and slightly stretched. This prevents a diamond staking pattern which will cause one corner to be up in the air.
Doors can be tied back and pole inserted after the 4 corners are staked out
Additional tie outs can be staked around the hem and the upper center tie outs can be used to gain headroom in windy or heavy snow conditions.
A green branch can be used instead of a tent pole sometimes.
Two wooden poles can be lasted to hold the tarp up from outside.
Big Iron
Colville Neighbor, Roger and his trail cams. One road, many wild animals.
One of the oldest and most carefully run of the Wilderness Schools. St. Francis Boys Homes ‘Passport for Adventure’.
Here students ages 8 to 11 in the Canyonland NP backcountry early 80’s. Checking out “Paul Bunyans Potty” arch. 
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Reduce rockfall hazard, save time, and encourage and instruct a new climber on technique by duo climbing side by side on easy terrain.
Grandpa and Grandson on-belay.
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Official NOLS Thelma Fly,
Sold.
Named after Thelma Young who first made them for NOLS.
https://www.nols.edu/alumni/resources/youngt_remembering.shtml
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