{"id":1044,"date":"2011-08-25T02:13:44","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T16:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2019-01-29T22:34:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T11:34:01","slug":"the-crosscut-saw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/the-crosscut-saw\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CROSSCUT SAW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-paper-daisy-bud.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1044]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1046\" title=\"the-crosscut-saw-paper-daisy-bud\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-paper-daisy-bud.jpg?resize=660%2C880\" alt=\"Paper daisy bud, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-paper-daisy-bud.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-paper-daisy-bud.jpg?resize=375%2C500&amp;ssl=1 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-streaky-clouds.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1044]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1049\" title=\"the-crosscut-saw-streaky-clouds\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-streaky-clouds.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Dylan on a ledge, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-walking-boots.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1044]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1050\" title=\"the-crosscut-saw-walking-boots\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-walking-boots.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Dylan's favourite Vivo Barefoot Walking Boots, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-lying-rocks.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1044]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1051\" title=\"the-crosscut-saw-lying-rocks\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-lying-rocks.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Lying on a rock like a sunning lizard, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-green-lichen.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1044]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1052\" title=\"the-crosscut-saw-green-lichen\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-green-lichen.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Green lichen on a rock, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-lichen-rock.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1044]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1053\" title=\"the-crosscut-saw-lichen-rock\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-lichen-rock.jpg?resize=660%2C880\" alt=\"Earlu morning night on beautiful lichen covered rocks, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-lichen-rock.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-lichen-rock.jpg?resize=375%2C500&amp;ssl=1 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-camping.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1044]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1055\" title=\"the-crosscut-saw-camping\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-camping.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Dinner preparations, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-papery-bark-green-moss.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1044]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1047\" title=\"the-crosscut-saw-papery-bark-green-moss\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-papery-bark-green-moss.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Trees with papery bark, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-dried-gum-leaves-hollow.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1044]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1048\" title=\"the-crosscut-saw-dried-gum-leaves-hollow\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-dried-gum-leaves-hollow.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Leaf filled hollow, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-dried-flower.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1044]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1054\" title=\"the-crosscut-saw-dried-flower\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-dried-flower.jpg?resize=660%2C880\" alt=\"Dried flower, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-dried-flower.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-dried-flower.jpg?resize=375%2C500&amp;ssl=1 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our friend Scott doesn&#8217;t like to be soft. No huts for us, no breezy day hikes with our packs sweetly sleeping in our tents either. I felt an immense sense of accomplishment in having done it. Although Dylan did have to shoulder some of my load, I think he enjoys pushing his pack horse capabilities to the limit. I hope so anyway. We walked up hills and then down hills for hours, up and down, up and down. On the way up I would decide that going down was clearly the only way to go, on the way down my knees and toes protested that this was not the case. But it was beautiful, intensely so.<\/p>\n<p>On this trip we inherited Scott&#8217;s old (in photographer years&#8230;months) Canon Powershot camera and we spent most of the time getting better acquainted. I hope we will get along well together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our friend Scott doesn&#8217;t like to be soft. No huts for us, no breezy day hikes with our packs sweetly sleeping in our tents either. I felt an immense sense of accomplishment in having done it. Although Dylan did have to shoulder some of my load, I think he enjoys pushing his pack horse capabilities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[435,157,160,44,88,110,161,152,89],"class_list":["post-1044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-camping","tag-crosscut-saw","tag-flowers","tag-hiking","tag-holidays","tag-lichen-fungi","tag-mountains","tag-national-park","tag-weekend-away"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the-crosscut-saw-paper-daisies.jpg?fit=660%2C495&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4l1F7-gQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1044"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14050,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions\/14050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}