This was another nice, clear post-storm day to come back, and this time stonehillnews joined in.
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We went to the F-4 site first. Apparently I already found ground zero: above the area where the debris was most concentrated there's no debris at all. And this turned into a genuine archaeology dig: I hung around in the gully for a bit, moving dirt around, and unearthed a whole pile of stuff, bit by bit:
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ALL this stuff was completely buried. Mostly it's pieces of skin, but there're some gems. Some sort of adjustable dial to control the brake motor:
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External access panel:
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Motor? Pump?
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Label for something
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One piece was too big, and we couldn't dig it out. I need to come back with a shovel, but in the meantime, it's not going anywhere:
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More stuff. This used to say "danger":
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The "lubricants" bottle from the last time turned out to be a "use no lubricants" bottle. Close enough:
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We spent too much time digging around, but we really needed to go check out the other sites. So off we went. I'll let the photos do the talking here
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Humans for scale:
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We had some theories about the location of the main DC-9 impact site, but there wasn't enough time to go check them out fully. There're a handful of candidate gullies that I will check out eventually. This time I briefly ventured across the ridge to the nearest one, which took me to an area much less impacted by the 2016 Fish fire. I.e. it was a brushy mess:
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This extra excursion uncovered the fact that the tail is in a very waterfally area of tail gully. Directly above the tail is this sheer drop of maybe 50ft:
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/AirWest706/DSCF6171.jpg?variant=medium2)
Directly below is another:
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/AirWest706/DSCF6183.jpg?variant=medium2)
And immediately past that is another. I can't see over the lip, so no idea how tall it is.
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/AirWest706/DSCF6186.jpg?variant=medium2)
Anybody rappelled these? AW?
So yeah. These sites are cool. Stonehillnews took some video footage that should be pretty cool too. Anything else to add?