Here’s a chance to support the Lookout Project and learn something about Peregrine falcons at the same time. Steve Schubert, Hi Mt. Volunteer Coordinator, has authored a book that is now available for purchase online. Forty percent of sales proceeds for Steve’s book ordered online by August 1, 2008 will be donated to the Hi Mountain Condor Lookout Project!
The Peregrine Falcons of Morro Rock: - A 40-Year History - 1967- 2007 by Steve Schubert. Paperback, 44 pages, with color and black and white photographs. Art work by John Schmitt.
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Hello all,
On Saturday, May 24th, I hiked down from Hi Mtn. Lookout to Hi Valley and Huff’s Hole, in the Santa Lucia Wilderness Area of Los Padres National Forest. I met up with Gary Guliazi in Hi Valley, who hiked in from Hi Mountain Rd after driving in from the Arroyo Grande side.
At 9:30 am, the south wind was blowing 25 mph at the lookout, with a windchill of 33*F. The temperature remained in the 40’s all day at the lookout, with a cold persistent wind, mostly overcast skies and dark threatening clouds, following light rainfall the day before (one week prior the temp. at Pozo was near 100*F!!). Down below on the wind-sheltered lower slopes and into Huff’s Hole a light wind and cool temperatures made for a very comfortable day.
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Here’s a chance to support the Lookout Project and learn something about Peregrine falcons at the same time. Steve Schubert, Hi Mt. Volunteer Coordinator, has authored a book that is now available for purchase online. Forty percent of sales proceeds for Steve’s book ordered online by August 1, 2008 will be donated to the Hi Mountain Condor Lookout Project!
