I have a grandson who had been a part-time fireman/EMT with the Miami/Claypool FD. He was moved to full-time just last month and took additional training on wildfires. Yesterday he was loaned to the fire crew on this, his first actual wildfire - the Gladiator. He is on the fire line today. He is a b...

Went up on the rim to hike yesterday (Tuesday, 5/15/2012). On the drive up in the morning the smoke from this fire was hugging the ground and was widespread clear to the top of the rim. The top of the rim was clear, however. As we got back to the edge of the rim on our return drive, it was evident t...

I did not know Joe personally, but my hiking friends and I benefited from his information several times in our hikes. In particular, we used his GPS track to find our way up to the summit of Mt. Peeley. And the information for a hike to the cinnabar ore mines near Sunflower and the old mercury proce...