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AK Pearson
1969
within
[illegible] miles [illegible] of Lima . Below Chacana we
passed above the coastal fog and came to
bright sunlight. About 13,500 ft we took a
minor road off the main highway and found
a campsite. Ray set a long trapline but
since I was having faintness problems I put
out a short line relatively close to our tent --
13 snap traps at 2 Shennans . The traps run
along the bottom of a talus slope at the
among big boulders scattered among rocks.
July 8, 1969
Last of my 15 traps was spring and empty.
[illegible] moths?
The other trappers had better luck however,
so we have precious mice to inject a
squash chew-moves or etc. It was a bitter cold
night to us -- maybe largely the metabolic effects
of the altitude. The thermometer says -4 C.
This AM I set Shennans (16 g lter) in the
same rocks and boulders as last night's line,
although different sets. They are close enough
by camp that we can check them and also
watch over them as wandering people go by.
The mice traps & Traps go 24 hours, it
seems. The mouse trap went downstream this
morning, upstream this afternoon. Checking
traps at noon -- nothing, and at 5 PM -- nothing. So
I took up 9 g lter to give to one of the other
Trappers for the night.