Tyler,
That is a big Manzanita ! _ _ _ and the area of northwest Redding that got scorched by the Carr Fire looked like what you are climbing in.
There was no stopping the advance of the intense heat of that 20-foot tall Manzanita. Probably scared the Firefighters, because the engines looked pretty insignificant compared to the 100-foot (or higher) wall of flame.
Randy,
This years supply of firewood came from a burn. i'm now black. Last year, the wife and I burned bark the first month of the burn-season.
Earlier this year I went out to make a cut through a fork of a large round laying on the ground. I knocked off the duff and dirt, and Boom _ _ _ first tag with the saw was major sparks !! just under a pitch ball was an embedded Rock. Never fails, right out of the starting-gate too. _ _ where is that spare chain ?
I won't be making the Gathering, but just may have to set aside for next year.