Yesterday, 12:14 PM
(This post was last modified: Yesterday, 12:16 PM by DeathValleyDazed.
Edit Reason: Misspelling grad for grab
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Like many of you, my admiration and gratitude for Michele J. Digonnet runs deeper than Salt Creek under the valley floor playa. Digonnet is now seventy one years of age and appears to be going strong with new publications about the greater Mojave Desert and Preserve.
I was going to produce a write up of Digonnet but located a respectable one over at DesertUSA.com
https://www.desertusa.com/desert-people/...onnet.html
Digonnet's applied physics technical skills are equally outstanding as his hiking and exploring skills. In fact, my knick name for him is Death Valley Trotty. Digonnet's world travels remind me of our very own netllama and MojaveGeek.
Digonnet's publications in applied physics are note worthy. Imagine if he had chosen geology? (GowerGulch44 - are you paying attention here?)
https://academictree.org/physics/publica...pid=628088
Side note: April 2024 I parked my rental Jeep Gladiator on Highway 190 between the Mesquite Sand Dune and The Devil's Cornfield for the day while I hiked Trellis Canyon on the northeast slope of Tucki Mountain. Upon returning late in the day the Jeep had been "smashed and grabbed" with shattered glass covering the interior.
Besides most of my camping, photo, and computer equipment being stolen was my copy of Digonnet's "Hiking Death Valley." Losing that rabbit eared bible of DEVA pissed me off more than losing the other stuff! I just re-ordered a replacement from Amazon.
Second Side Note: The NPS park ranger was most helpful logging his detailed police report. (I actually spoke with him on the phone twice. He said the smash and grab did not seem to fit into a pattern of serial crime inside DEVA) I checked a few dumpsters and trash cans in the park for my discarded stuff but nothing found. The losses were covered by my American Express rental agreement in which I declined the extras offered by Enterprise. Glad I chose that option.
However, the claim process was painful because DEVA NPS is not allowed to directly provide their police reports to the victims, rather one must go through the arduous process of FOIA Freedom of Information Act with The Department of the Interior. My first online request was lost. The second snail mail request was eventually honored and passed along the the insurance company who would not pay the claim without a police report. The mess was finally cleared up November 2024 seven months later.
Post title should read Grab instead of Grad
I was going to produce a write up of Digonnet but located a respectable one over at DesertUSA.com
https://www.desertusa.com/desert-people/...onnet.html
Digonnet's applied physics technical skills are equally outstanding as his hiking and exploring skills. In fact, my knick name for him is Death Valley Trotty. Digonnet's world travels remind me of our very own netllama and MojaveGeek.
Digonnet's publications in applied physics are note worthy. Imagine if he had chosen geology? (GowerGulch44 - are you paying attention here?)
https://academictree.org/physics/publica...pid=628088
Side note: April 2024 I parked my rental Jeep Gladiator on Highway 190 between the Mesquite Sand Dune and The Devil's Cornfield for the day while I hiked Trellis Canyon on the northeast slope of Tucki Mountain. Upon returning late in the day the Jeep had been "smashed and grabbed" with shattered glass covering the interior.
Besides most of my camping, photo, and computer equipment being stolen was my copy of Digonnet's "Hiking Death Valley." Losing that rabbit eared bible of DEVA pissed me off more than losing the other stuff! I just re-ordered a replacement from Amazon.
Second Side Note: The NPS park ranger was most helpful logging his detailed police report. (I actually spoke with him on the phone twice. He said the smash and grab did not seem to fit into a pattern of serial crime inside DEVA) I checked a few dumpsters and trash cans in the park for my discarded stuff but nothing found. The losses were covered by my American Express rental agreement in which I declined the extras offered by Enterprise. Glad I chose that option.
However, the claim process was painful because DEVA NPS is not allowed to directly provide their police reports to the victims, rather one must go through the arduous process of FOIA Freedom of Information Act with The Department of the Interior. My first online request was lost. The second snail mail request was eventually honored and passed along the the insurance company who would not pay the claim without a police report. The mess was finally cleared up November 2024 seven months later.
Post title should read Grab instead of Grad
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