As we set off dynamite charges on a trail-building job in the High Sierra many years ago, sending huge shards of silvery granite temporarily skyward, an old blaster named Bill said to me, “Look up, John: That’s where the Lord is coming from.” I’m still looking up, but it has been a lot safer since.
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Below are two guys who said “fire in the hole” more often than I. Unfortunately, neither is with us now but they helped leave a beautiful trail behind.
Hugh Provost and Pat Houghton drilling holes for Bill Patton on the way to Siberian Pass. Inyo National Forest, 1972.
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