Came for the map of the path. As someone who’s crossed the Donner pass hundreds of times, I’d really like to see it and perhaps ski tour part of it this spring.
Retracing a Donner Party path, nearly two centuries later
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#12I first learned of this from the Donner Party song on Rasputina's 1996 album Thanks for the Ether. Their music is obscure and hard to find, but I do recommend them to people who like cellos and history:
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdyqlx77gKo
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Rasputina-the-donner-party-lyrics
Album playlist (missing Donner Party track, for some reason): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkzll37266Y&list=PL2TedGVTF-...
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#13“Later, William Foster suggested murdering Luis and Salvador, two Native Americans from Sutter’s Fort pressed into service as rescuers, for food. Tipped off, the two escaped in the night but a week later, Foster tracked them by their bloody footprints and shot them, a well-documented but little talked-of chapter in the tragedy“
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#14I learned about the Donner party a few years ago when I stumbled upon the Donner Pass when I quit my job and just took road trips around NorCal and PNW for 2 months. If you ever get a chance, I highly recommend taking the Donner Pass trail near Truckee, CA (near Lake Tahoe for those not familiar). And if you can do it during the snowy winter, a huge plus!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/donner-pass-summit-tunne...
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Honestly, first thing that popped in my my was Doner kebab so this comment was actually informative. And it’s atlasobscura so it might well have been...
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#16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stumps_of_trees_cut_...
This picture showing how deep the snow was by the height of those “stumps”
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly, first thing that popped in my my was Doner kebab so this comment was actually informative. And it’s atlasobscura so it might well have been...
What's the smallest quantum of work that a reader can do for themselves? This must be that. On HN we expect readers to work a little—not very much—perhaps up to 2 or 3 of those quanta. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
Thanks - a good opportunity to learn more about the HN principles.