Last summer, California was burnin,.......we headed out to North Cal. for our assignment to the Alpine Alps wilderness in the Shasta Trinity National Forest. As aircraft was priority to structure protection, and  smoked in wilderness was low on the resource protection list ,traditional methods were used.

In the attached photo, the lead mule skinner was in his mid 70's and the last thing he did before mounting up was to check the chambers and strap his iron on.....the "Duke" had nothing up on this Honcho,...the young buck-a-roo  riding drag was 50 years his junior and followed his lead......yes, I have  faith in the younger generation :) 8-)

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