If you like to cook over an open fire, there is nothing like a small rubber
hose to encourage reluctant wood, or coax a small ember to life. Start with
a 3" piece of 3/8" aluminum or copper tubing. Slip an 18" piece of rubber
tubing over the metal and you are ready for action. No more bending over
with your face next to the fire trying to blow at just the right spot. One
caution! Don't breathe in through the hose.
The hike up Quartz Peak, which follows a spur ridgeline to the peak, was
on an unusually windy day. The gusts in the exposed areas threatened to
whip one off and away at times, but the view at the top was well worth
the effort.
A few (fool) hardy souls continued on to Butterfly Peak, and then found
their own way down the mountain on a (very) long forgotten boulder
hopping path.
But all who withstood the adversity of the wind and steepness of the
climb were greeted afterwards with cold refreshments and hot BBQ.
Thanks to all who attended!
DISCLAIMER: Hiking is a personal choice and requires personal
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