10 years and counting in the Kalmiopsis: An event

by Gabriel Howe, Executive Director
for Siskiyou Mountain Club

Pick up tips, hear stories, and learn a secret

22 APRIL 2017 | KERBY, ORE. — Join us May 18, 6:30pm at the Ashland Outdoor Store (37 N 3rd, Ashland, Ore.) for our rendezvous the third Thursday of each month. Click here to sign up for the event on Facebook.

1st time
In June 2006 I stepped into the Kalmiopsis Wilderness for the first time, and my life has never been the same since, and either has the Kalmiopsis. [peg-image src=”https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DNdd7L0896s/UuwGTvlOrkI/AAAAAAAAVG0/Zdr4EMAX24AgqGv-HAAR6V9HA9xLFDZ7ACCo/s144-o/100_4842.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/106889352618986621551/5975157234398731233#5975157741873704514″ caption=”Rough & Ready Creek” type=”image” alt=”100_4842.JPG” image_size=”4352×1664″ ]

Places, people, and trouble
Since then, I’ve led a community-driven effort to salvage trail networks that had been written off by the status-quo. [peg-image src=”https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fgEKhzZIuQ0/V2wE9NCUv4I/AAAAAAAAUWk/Iw_sovpgZSMg0likbxHEFY1uEUU6FOuZACCo/s144-o/SAM_1291.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/106889352618986621551/BestOf2016?locked=true#6299415428302421890″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”SAM_1291.JPG” image_size=”4608×3456″ ]

Along the way, I’ve had the chance to explore a lot of exceptionally wild, remote, and untrammeled places. [peg-image src=”https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fK6vzw5KZKU/Urhzv5v-_yI/AAAAAAAAVHg/qz45a-cU63Ytmw6PB1jSINjC2dKTlGkZACCo/s144-o/IMG_4123.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/106889352618986621551/BESTOF2013#5960641373617979170″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”IMG_4123.JPG” image_size=”4320×3240″ ]

I’ve met some real characters, and I’ve even gotten myself into a little bit of trouble.

A trialing wilderness
Come learn more and see the Kalmiopsis for yourself this year. Pick up some tips, and hear some of stories defined by trial and error, failure, and success. [peg-image src=”https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0PL6SiFKXPU/VD7iPk9RfkI/AAAAAAAAMug/7hlp9A99Qvge3_bwOov95GNsoooZ4pygwCCo/s144-o/DSC_0213.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/106889352618986621551/BestOf2014#6070538104988597826″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”DSC_0213.JPG” image_size=”3872×2592″ ]

Shhh
And learn a little secret I’ve been holding onto for over a decade now. It’s not a big secret. Just something I’ve only told a few people.

It happens at 6:30pm at the Ashland Outdoor Store on Thursday, May 18. ###