back in camp, amid the better part of an hour's darkness, still we were sans perro. I immediately aroused the caretaker and advised what had happened. During a two-hour pool soak, and all through the night at intervals, I contemplated Oso's return. It did not happen.
The next morning, in my best Spanish, I tried to relate the story with the 96-year old grove owner and he seemed touches and saddened as he told me that Oso was one of the best dogs he ever had. I suspect Oso took too broad a jump and broke his legs or else may have been caught in between big rocks. It is a cruel terrain!
As we wanted to try for Cerro Pescadores this day, we reluctantly left Guadalupe about l0am. What we should have done was to have gathered the other two dogs, and retraced our steps. They could have probably found their kind. Now he was left alone for the coyotes! It has bothered me ever since! I will never forget the look on the dog's face as he barked for help, and we forsook him--not a pleasant memory!
A several-week later DPS climber advised me that there were three camp dogs at Guadalupe, one of which was black.
Oso, I'll always remember you and Pico Risco--you brightened our lives in the few hours we knew you!
-Robert 0. Greenawalt, May 1992
TIPS ON WALKING

Steps that are quick are indicative of energy and agitation. Tip-toe walking symbolizes surprise, curiosity, discretion or mystery. Turned-in toes are often found with preoccupied, absent-minded persons. The miser's walk is represented as stooping, noiseless, with short, nervous, anxious steps. Where a revengeful purpose is hidden under a feigned smile the step will be slinking and noiseless. Slow steps, whether long or short, suggest a gentle or reflective state of mind, as the case may be. The proud step is slow and measured; the toes are conspicuously turned out; the legs straightened. The direction of the steps wavering and following every changing impulse of the mind inevitably betrays uncertainty, hesitation and indecision. --From the "Tombstone Prospector", 10/30/02
Bodie mining bill assayed

A bill to withdraw 6,000 acres of public lands surrounding Bodie Historic Park from new mining claims and to tighten regulations on current mining activity has been introduced by Representative Richard Lehman (D-Fresno). Portions of two BLM wilderness study areas-Bodie and Mt. Biedeman-would be protected by Lehman's bill, the Bodie Protection Act.
The bill, H.R. 4370, would allow mining on existing claims, but only if no adverse impact to historic or natural resources resulted from the activity. The Bodie area is currently threatened by a Galactic Resources Ltd. proposal to mine on Bodie Bluff immediately behind the ghost town of Bodie.
Lehman's bill would require the Secretary of the Interior to consult with the Governor of California before approving any plan for mining within the Bodie Bowl.
For more information on the Bodie Protection Act, contact the Save Bodie Committee of the California State Park Rangers Association, PO Box 292010, Sacramento, CA 95829-2010. (from "The Wilderness Record", June 1992)
 
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