[pct-l] Northern California Trip Reports

[edjarrett at msn.com]

Cool!  Thanks for the info.

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Stephen Clark <rowriver at gmail.com> wrote:

>The pink flower in your Castle Crags to Burney Falls blog that you didn't know the name of is called Pussy Paws, "Calyptridium umbellatum."
>Its name comes from the fact that if you touch the bloom it feels like the soft pad on the bottom of a cat's paw.
>At night the stems lower so that the blooms lay flat on the ground to collect all the available warmth from the soil. During the day, as the ground heats up, the stems raise up lifting the blooms in the air to avoid over heating. 
>Thanks for sharing your journey.
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>On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Ed Jarrett <edjarrett at msn.com> wrote:
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>I have spent the past couple of weeks hiking from Seiad Valley down to Old Station, heading on down toward Donner Pass.  The links below are my impressions of the trail and some pictures.
>Seiad Valley to Etna Summit - http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-marble-mountains-seiad-valley-to.htmlEtna Summit to Castle Crags - http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/2013/07/pct-2013-from-etna-summit-to-castle.htmlCastle Crags to Burney Falls - http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/2013/07/pct-2013-from-castle-crags-to-burney.htmlBurney Falls to Old Station (The Hat Creek Rim) - http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/2013/07/pct-2013-hat-creek-rim.html
>Ed Jarrett Blog: http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdJarrett53 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ed.jarrett.71
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