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| Bob Burd | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 4/10 | "Alexander G. McAdie, scientist and writer; in charge of the US Weather Bureau in San Francisco, 1903-13; professor of meteorology at Harvard 1913-31. 'Our party had the honor of naming the peak directly south of Lone Pine Pass Mt. McAdie, to commemorate your services in advancing the science of climatology' (Letter, J. E. Church, Jr. to McAdie, March 18, 1905, in SCB 5, no. 4, June 1905: 317.) The name did not appear on the maps until the 15-minute quad was published in 1956." - Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada
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| Posted Oct 21, 2003 7:33 pm | ||
| peninsula | Nice Base Camp | |
Hasn't voted | I have hiked the Rock Creek drainage area many times, and have found my favorite base camp in this area is the South shore of the lower of the two Soldier Lakes, easily accessed by way of New Army Pass. From the lower Soldier Lake, an easy cross-country route over the shoulder of the Major General just below the Upper Soldier Lake will put one in easy reach of the many peaks surrounding this unbelievably vast Rock Creek drainage, including Mount McAdie. Although the Rock Creek drainage itself is awesome, it is very exposed and barren for the altitude as far as go campsites. The Upper soldier Lake has a couple of good campsites as well, but no fish unlike the lower lake. | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2005 1:42 pm | ||
| peninsula | Miter Basin | |
Hasn't voted | Regarding the "fine meadow south of the Miter" as originally posted on the McAdie main page, I believe this to be the same as what I referred to as the "Rock Creek drainage" in my original addition. The true name for this area is the Miter Basin. On all of my original maps in the years past, I had never seen this name, but while recently planning a trip over Crabtree Pass, I came to appreciate this fact and wanted to make this addition to help clarify my original post. | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2006 8:58 am | ||
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