Slog - Comments on Del Campo Peak: Sublime http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak On Saturday, my friend Ben and I drove an hour and a half into the Snoqualmie-Mt. Baker National Forest to make the 12-mile round trip hike to Del Campo Peak. It was a cool and overcast day, seemingly usual for summer Saturdays in Seattle. Isn't it August already? The trail began flat and wide, an old logging road that, maybe a quarter mile from the trailhead, was completely washed out. A vehicular bridge we were meant to take had been utterly wrecked by winter storms, so the trail diverted up and around it. We strolled past early season thimbleberries... Copyright 2008 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:58:12 -0800 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:02:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gold Thanks, best Slog post in a long time. You should post weekly on day hikes. Get the Queens off their asses. Point out that when you get in the woods it is very private and can be the best settings sex play in the world. Forest Ranger porn comes to life.

Renew their vigor and outlook.

Life is not all clubs and movies and very overpriced ordinary dining... well, really just eating and spending a lot of cash.

My legs are really messed up from an accident, but used to hike like a madman. Lots of choice trails close to this city.

]]> Gold http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c775498 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c775498 Life Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:20:02 -0800 Comment by jz thx for the feedback, gold.

to illustrate your point:

there was a registration box at the trailhead; each hiker was asked to sign a page and supply their name, zip code, and the purpose of their trip.

i put down "day hike." on the way out, i checked the registration page again. another 20 or so people had signed up. more than a few listed as the purpose of their trip "outdoor sex."

]]> jz http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c775499 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c775499 Life Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:25:19 -0800 Comment by catalina vel-duray All this fresh air business in nonsense. You're lucky to have made it back with your hide still attached, if you ask me.

As the grandmother of my favorite Northwest Authoress (Betty MacDonald) used to say "An animal is a beat. And a wild animal is a WILD BEAST!"

You better believe that I'm saying my beads every time I have to visit the Skagit for work.

]]> catalina vel-duray http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c775500 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c775500 Life Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:00:33 -0800 Comment by daniel Gold- good point about the spending lots of cash. This past week I had forgotten my paperback for the bus commute and wanted something to distract me. After glancing at the wacky cover and headline on the Stranger in the newsbox, I decided to go for it. It wasn't until I turned it open I realized it was the Weekly. Capitalism and long drives are retroactivities and should be heeded with a more progressive mindset.

]]> daniel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c775512 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c775512 Life Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:38:05 -0800 Comment by Jude Fawley Nice post.

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c775771 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c775771 Life Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:24:17 -0800 Comment by Aaro)))n Edge — Great post and beautiful pics... nice.

]]> Aaro)))n Edge http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c775775 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c775775 Life Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:26:11 -0800 Comment by Bob Rock on, man. I was up there earlier last week:
click for Gothic Basin pics

We live in a very special place.

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c776139 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c776139 Life Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:08:59 -0800 Comment by jz holy shit, bob--those are awesome pics! you got sun!

i was thinking about how that area would be sweet to overnight in. lost of views and lakes to explore...

]]> jz http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c776887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak#c776887 Life Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:02:41 -0800