July 13. East Basin Complex. Los Padres N.F. The Gap Fire was getting buttoned up so they redirected us to a higher priority fire a few hours north. Our assignment is to access a slop ever from they day before and go direct with line. The area is considered wilderness. In this picture you can see the 5 blade wide D8 dozer line right through the middle of the wilderness area. Odd sight in a wilderness area. The local wilderness oversight group didn't care about dozer line but they got up in arms that people were driving ATV's on it. Found that pretty funny.

We didn't end up going direct because the slop was to dangerous. Dewey said it resembled South Canyon in terms of preheated fuels, potential fire behavior and lack of a safety zone.