Show C2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday September 13 2002 Evans Continued from er until the unmistakable din of a rock slide replaced my heart as the dominant sound on the surrounding their next battle lost to curiosity I found myself silently laughing though when the persistent pica alarms brought to mind images of Cl Sf i T slope disorientd ptarmigan not because birds the high-altituation” gallinaceous yeah yeah yeah I knew the risks But what followed was no halmade similar vocalizations but lucination Mountain goats! Ghosts because of a response to I’d of the tundra! received about a month earlier from And they were gently moving in a cyber friend in Los Angeles Once I encountered pica I my direction 1 tried to anticipate the was to search the area near the road's group’s chosen path I checked the frame indicator atop my camera next switchback noting any movement among the forbs and small Necks relaxed the majestic beasts ' were boulder fields that provided cover hardly hurried browsing with no particular plan That at least was where “Greg” I chose my footings cautiously I had left his famously camouflaged feather-foote- d his own zigzagged slowly toward them study during in Evans Mount to earlier the avoiding eye contact as I narrowed trip chances I so were space between us With luck I year “Right!" thought I was on top of the world a hoped they would eventually accept 74400-acr- e federal wilderness area me seeing not a predator but merely another life greeting merely another encircling me on either side and I dawn on merely another piec&of was supposed to search for a bird into the sky earth 14000-fe- et capable of remaining invisible even when directly underfoot? I must have Soon I was close enough to hear needed more water the altitude must their breathing rapid and shallow be : yet surprisingly unstressed One goat — a male I think — shook with sub“This whole Internet thing is incredible!" I thought tle Parkinsonesque tremors die thin The ptarmigan filled my viewfind vents on either side of his snout white-taile- “Light-headedne- ss de be purely selfish Adequate light was still several mountain ridges distant Within minutes though the vast-neof the tundra was again inter- -' herd rupted this time by a of elk cows and calves travelling with a couple of prepube scent bulls r I rolled down the window to a chorus of anxious mewing but before I could get out the entire caravan of ungulates vanished over a ridge that tumbled abruptly into the shadowed mountain valley below Magic light a photographer’s most beloved companion was by then rapidly blossoming across the Rock- ies’ innumerable ridges to the east Yellow-bellie- d marmots looked dawn straight in the eye from vation rocks adjacent to their hidden dens And pica the palm-size- d alpine rodents that spend entire summers caching grasses in anticipation of ail ss 20-he- hardier days chirped messages of wanting to each other as I awaited If ‘ ' A' Photo by Jared Thayne of mountain goats takes an early morning strofl through tundra wiktflowers but once they start the The goats don't shed their winter coats until new coat surfaces rather quickly Alert visitors to Mount Evans may even discover wads of shed mountain goat hair scattered along trails and side hills A pair er mid-morni- ng you go to Mount Evans Coming f the Fruit and de 70 Vegetable Group KidScoop explores why we need vitamins and what fruits and vegetables are their natural sources iron-iung- ed " permit-dispensin- J OVER 2000 0L Ilira-Up- Mtamalora 01 Swvice Cooling 8yatam 1 Iron plays its part in bringing oxygen to every part of your body Kid Scoop shows how we get iron TON BALES 2002 -- Oct 31 - Frtfoy as S--l M-T- 1 Satarfa 4-- 12 flow Good? m 4-- Look through the newspaper kUh -- $4JN OUm II 1 Ihiior - $L00 Jto find two adjectives hdqtalflVl$2MtprWf ' BrakM P" STRAW MAZE uc 567-290- o ' V summit of Mount Evans pierces the Rocky The 14264-foMountain sky Just 35 air miles southwest of Denver On the road the Journey is closer to 60 miles From the Mile High City : west to Exit 240 and the reluctantly hip sans-attitutake mountain town of Idaho Springs Then take Colorado Hwy 103 to Echo Lake and then follow the signs to Mount Evans Entry fees to the area are $10 per vehicle for a three-da- y cyclists who willingly subject thempass less for the g selves to the mercies of the mountain An automatic machine accepts cash credit and debit cards In the absence of Forest Seivice personnel at the gatehouse A quarter-mil- e walking trail from the summit parking tot climbs the final 130 feet to the actual summit of Mount Evans Even In the summer daytime temperatures rarely rise above Fahrenheit on Mount Evans and weather condMons -can change suddenly Be prepared for all that the altitude can - throw at stursunscreen of water taka plenty you sunglasses i dy boots or walking shoes and layers of clothing Including a Jacket or coal For additional information contact the Clear Creek Ranger- 1 or wwwfsfedusr2 The Forest Ser-I District (303) vice’s Clear Creek Visitor Center In Idaho Springs also provides mountain-specifi- c Information IncludngThO Mount Evans Dri- Tour audio tape ving 4rtiil LiirT ill i I— Vtf ot ' Not even a mountain goat wants to sleep on rocks I guessed But then all motion suddenly stopped He’d found a surprisingly wondrous spot and so had I releasing carbon dioxide his nostrils filtering what precious oxygen remained He scraped at the dut clearing rocks by hoof for what would soon be his bed to describe each l of the food groups in the Food Pyramid 1 TVaiwniaaiona Oct I 31 12-- Od Dakfldsdsi 1 2200 N 400 L North Lore (MM hakim State Safety Inspection g 3131 — Timing Main ML 787-00- Logan Boo WUmpumpo BacMcal Prabtomo State kupadonn Fuat SMITHFIELD UTAH Alignment and Brake Work stop BY AT ll It ' I! 1MON CV CRAFT lower Foods Inc r ! 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