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Nick Danger
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: Where is this? |
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Anyone know where this marker is located (trail name, location, ...)?
Nick Danger, Third Eye |
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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:28 am Post subject: |
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There was a trail marker with that symbol in Nevada's Valley of Fire on the Petroglyph Canyon / Mouse's Tank trail.
Not sure if it's the same one. It's been 7 or 8 years since I was last in Valley of Fire. I have been tolds the symbol mean's water (tank) nearby, don't know if that's true.
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JP
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Location: Shelton, CT.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:33 am Post subject: |
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Iceaxe wrote: I have been tolds the symbol mean's water (tank) nearby
Looks like the handy work of a drunken termite :haha: |
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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| The symbol is really common in petrogylphs. You see it a lot. Sometime the spiral is clockwise and sometimes counter. My wife is big into rock art and she has tried to figure out if the direction of the spiral has any meaning. She has a theroy that one diection means up and the other down.... but that is really nothing but a WAG. |
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sparker1
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Agree that this is often seen in rock art. I was in Valley of Fire just last spring and hiked the trail Ice mentioned. Unfortunately, I don't recall seeing the wooden marker. Doesn't mean it's not there, I may have just missed it. |
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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:37 am Post subject: |
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| It was on the left (north) side of the trail just before you make the 90 degree turn and drop down to mouse's tank. The sign was off the trail a little bit (20 feet?) and hard to see as it is small. The main reason to locate the sign on the way to Mouse's Tank is it guards some poor petrogylphs. And as I said, it's been a number of years since I was last there so I could be completely wrong. |
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Felicia
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Location: So. CA
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:12 am Post subject: |
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Yup! Shane is right. :2thumbs:
We were there a couple of weeks ago and did that hike. Very nice area. |
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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:24 am Post subject: |
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And last night my wife told me I was getting senile because I could remember anything....
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Nick Danger
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:39 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks to all for the feedback. |
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Rented mule
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Location: St. George, Utah
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| Ahhh! Petroglyphs? There's one of those in a slickrock area on top of Snow Canyon's West Rim Trail. After you pass by the West rim overlook, you keep walking down the jeep trail and back up through the sand for half mile. One of these markers is in the sandy trail. Must signify that petros or pictos are in the area? Hmmm will have to look more carefully next time. |
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