Ladder fuels lining the path. |
After all the preparation, delays, and slacking off, we were
finally underway. The first impression I had was this: Yosemite was in bad
shape.
Not from the fire, mind you. The exact opposite actually. The
ground floor is riddled with ladder fuels. Now I knew why the Rim fire was
ripping through the tree tops- Yosemite was a ticking time bomb of fuel, just
waiting for a match.