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Scott Dasovich ?

cmiles — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:31:46 +0000

Aaron recently reminded me that most people eventually search the web for their name, and often the names of people they know – so these searches might actually be a good way to contact someone! With some names I suppose this would be a hopeless strategy – other names, like Scott Dasovich, that do not have a large return in Google seem really well suited to this strategy.

So I am throwing this post into void because I am really curious what my clarinet playing friend from Indiana University Scott Dasovich is doing now and I think it would be fun to exchange an email or two….

Wish this message good luck for me -
CM

West Fork of Molino – Around Airmen Peak – Down Molino

cmiles — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:53:03 +0000

**Edit 5/2/2008 – When I originally wrote this post I had never heard of a name for the drainage we started in, but In the comments below I was directed towards the now out-of-print Cowgill and Glendening guide book for the Santa Catalina Mountains and their Hollin Basin description! (Thanks!) In their description it seems pretty clear that the drainage we were hiking is called the West Fork of Molino canyon.

Dave B. recently arrived back in Tucson and was free for a day of hiking, so we headed into the Santa Catalina Mountains for a little fun… A few years ago ADT and I did a night hike into the West Fork of Molino Canyon, the first drainage up the road from the Molino Basin Campground (we hiked to the first waterfall) – I remembered that hike being fun, so Dave and I decided that we would hike up that drainage, around Airmen Peak and down Molino canyon back to the parking lot.

The West Fork of Molino had running water along almost all of our hike – a nice surprise that made the falls and formations even more interesting. The hiking included a fair amount of scrambling and bushwhacking – it was more strenuous than hiking up the East Fork of Molino Canyon. Some of this area looks like it escaped the fires several summers ago and was enjoyably green. Once we were north of Airmen Peak we started looking for the best way to head east and into the East Fork – much to our surprise there was reasonably easy walking in and along small drainages for almost the entire hike down into Molino Canyon. Once we reached Molino Canyon we enjoyed the hike down the canyon (we were surprised at how dry the canyon was, none of the water seen here) and back to the Molino Basin Campground. Map.

My Friend Chris Hunnicutt

cmiles — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:32:49 +0000

My friend Chris H. died this week ice climbing in Provo Canyon – he was always a great friend and I will miss him. All my memories of Chris were great and I thought I would share a few of our last trip together – and a picture from a few years ago.

Chris was in Tucson and we decided to descend Seven Cataracts from Windy Point and then to hike out to Prison Camp. As always Chris was excited to get out and have a new adventure, we left my car at Prison Camp and Susan gave us a ride up to Windy Point. We geared up and headed down to the North Fin and then into the canyon, talking the whole way – it was fun to see Chris and I was happy that he was doing so well since his move to Salt Lake. The canyon was a little bit wet, but the sun was out and it was a great day. I remember us laughing and being amazed at the green wet walls and slippery shallow pool under the second bolted rap, I remember Chris traversing around the lower pool (after a incredibly slippery rap) and talking himself into jumping into it (after several false starts!) to retrieve one of our hiking poles (and swimming like mad with a look of horror on his face to get out of the cold water). We hiked fast once we got to the bottom of the canyon and I remember how sore my legs were the next day from keeping up with Chris on the uphill to the Prison camp parking lot from the dam…

I will miss Chris – Best wishes to his Family and Friends,
Charles Miles

Dave goes to China

cmiles — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:16:21 +0000

My friend Dave will be in China very soon and I thought I would post a quick picture:

This is a picture of the end of almost every hike or climb we did – it always seemed funny when people came along for a day hike or short climb without a headlamp. I am sure that there was something that we did that ended in the daylight – but nothing comes to mind

Good luck Dave!