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[Itsandbits]

I thought I would go back to the Deadman one last time and explore the left side of the 1000ft. ocean bed/ash/ flash flood/pyroclastic/volcanic; not in exactly that order or just one time, area I found the jasper in. I spent the whole morning going left and searching up all the dry washes I could find to see what had come down, then in the afternoon I climbed up to the bottom of the actual cliffs and walked/skittered/clambered along the face checking out what the various layers had to offer. By the time I got back to the bush beater at 4 pm. all I can say is that I had a fun day but boy was I tired; most of the rocks I collected were as I was looking round in the morning so I carried them the rest of the day; uphill.
some pet wood, about 3#

some jet black jasper; about 15#

a flattened sequoia tree; 55-60 mya. carbonized from heat and pressure then silified

some more sequoia but not pushed over; about 20" diameter

this hangs over you all day long and you have to wonder when somethings going to let go

hope you don't have vertigo

a selfie from the same spot

of course the scenery was great and I did stop and look around once in a while:)

not much to show for it but a lot of exercise and fresh air; I'll take that anyday

[Bentiron]

Well at least you had a good time climbing around and enjoying the vistas surrounding you. Me, I would have fallen down over the first twig in my path and that would have been the end of the day. Nice looking country around there.

[GoodEarth]

Spectacular! Thanks for the trip!

[Itsandbits]

Well at least you had a good time climbing around and enjoying the vistas surrounding you. Me, I would have fallen down over the first twig in my path and that would have been the end of the day. Nice looking country around there.

Funny you should say that  LOL I'm embarrassed to say that before I went climbing, I had never explored the creek that runs in the valley so I stopped to take a look and my first step went a-- over teakettle down the bank in the bush to the creek bottom LOL I'm sure glad I was by myself; at least I got the fall out of the way early where there was some bush to cushion me LOL

[Itsandbits]

Spectacular! Thanks for the trip!

No probs; glad to take you along, sort of, too many pictures to show them all; I just love it up there, I tried to get a pussy shot but the cougars wouldn't cooperate; a female I assume with two young'uns I caught a glimpse of now and then; dad was probably stalking me...

[Asianfire]

nice jasper you seem to have gotten there. nice solid, so should make for excellent worlking.
Pictures are great, love seeing the adventures you folks are on.

[Phishisgroovin]

wow, great trip!
I get to kind of do this when i am deer hunting, elk hunting is only lava rock. i have never seen anything worth picking up where i elk hunt.

[lithicbeads]

These type exploring days are super fun for me.Black jasper is pretty rare so if it does not have many little inclusions you could really be onto something. we have carbonized wood down here also and they all seem to be bi stumps . Excellent post.

[lithicbeads]

I was elk hunting down by Enumclaw years ago and took a break while walking out through a clear cut. I leaned the rifle against a piece of wood and it made a very odd sound. The piece of wood was petrified and had been bulldozed to the surface next to the logging landing.

[Itsandbits]

nice jasper you seem to have gotten there. nice solid, so should make for excellent worlking.
Pictures are great, love seeing the adventures you folks are on.

Thanks Kurt; glad I could take everyone along; the black material ended up being a really fine grained basalt, almost obsidian, it even has a semi conchoidal fracture as you can see in the pictures; oh well my wishfull thinking I thought the weight was a little off though.
I used to do a lot of deer and moose hunting too and I guess the chase kept my eyes focused on tracks and sign because I never found any rocks either :)
quote from Lithic;I leaned the rifle against a piece of wood and it made a very odd sound. The piece of wood was petrified and had been bulldozed to the surface next to the logging landing.
The other pet wood area here is like that, the loggers from back in the fifties all had a big stump sitting by their driveways; some 6ft. diameter but it isn't great quality for working outside the center core unless treated. Now you walk into the old forest and there is these ghostly whiteish stumps sticking out of the ground amongst the forest of lodgepole, fir, and pine.

[Minkos61]

Awesome trip report Lloyd thanks for sharing 

[JRAGS]

  Really nice photos. I'm jealous of that trip. Thanks for posting it.

[Itsandbits]

Thanks guys, anytime you want to come down/up I'd be happy to take you:) we can keep an eye on each others back for cougar, bear, and falling rocks :)

[wampidy]

Great post. I'll take a catchers mitt for the falling rocks and all I have to do is run faster than one of you for the other problems.
Jim

[Itsandbits]

Thanks Jim LOL
I'm a little more afraid of the falling things than the animals; and if you look at the cracks in the face and the size of the rocks, that had better be an awfull big catchers mitt LOL
I was there one day one a big chunk came off and sounded being inside a ball mill at the mine and felt like a 4 earthquake; scared the hell out of me...The dust cloud took 2 hours to clear out.