BEAR THERE

Vangie, Sandra, me and Pam at the start.



















Pam and I along with two of her former co-workers Sandra and Vangie decided to take drive to Yosemite National Park today for a loop hike up to the top of Nevada Falls by going up the Mist Trail and coming down the John Muir Trail. It was going to be an "easy quick" hike.

We started our hike around 8:30. We all had stopped at the restroom to take care of business. There was a gentleman looking at the bulletin board when we asked him to take our "before" picture. Turns out that this gentlman, whose name was Barry, was from England with his family visiting California. He asked if he could hike with us since he didn't know the park that well. We obliged. Very amiable ole chap. Talked up a storm during the entire hike.

The Mist Trail was pretty dry. Vernal Falls was still flowing but not much as it was back in May when Pam and I went up to Half Dome. We escaped without getting drenched, but still the view was spectacular with the emerald pool at the base of the falls and the sun slowly encroaching its way into the chasm.

This shot reminds me of the song "Stairway to Heaven."























When we got to the top of Vernal, we stopped and rested at the overlook for about 15 minutes. Barry and I chatted, while the ladies sat in the shade while exchanging pleasantries.

I was leading the group over the bridge, when I heard this whistling coming from the other side of the Merced River. As I made my way closer to the bridge, I spotted a gentleman who was whistling while he kept pointing in my direction. I came to a dead stop and looked over my right shoulder.

I scanned the terrain and then off in the distance about 50 yards away was this brown hairy hump behind this boulder. Bear. Big bear. Very big bear.

Dah Bear.

















I alerted the rest of the group and pointed out the bear. Pam, who was toting the camera at the time, was so in awe of finally seeing a bear in the wild (on her terms sans bagel and peanut butter as mentioned in the most recent Mt. Whitney blog post). I had to ask her quickly get out the camera and take a picture.

Two hikers came running downhill to see all the commotion. They went across the bridge and tried to get a better look at the bear and to take some photos. Their report was that it was feasting on a mule deer it had killed.

Uh oh! Never approach a bear while it is eating. It will think of you as competition and will defend what is theirs.

Just as I thought of that, it raised its head and started sniffing and emits a loud snort in our direction.

Uh oh! She is giving us a warning.

I say to the group it is time to leave. Pam decides to turn around and run across the bridge.

Uh oh! Bears interpret that as prey fleeing and will give chase.

I "kindly" remind Pam NOT to run.

Just as we crossed the bridge to give us more distance between us and the bear, the bear decided to go down to the river. Little did we know that following her were two of her cubs, one brown and one black. I figured they were a couple of months old.

Uh oh. Not only a feeding bear but with cubs no doubt.

First immediate thought: Do not get close to a mother bear and her cubs nor get between them.

What a hike. Our first spotting of a bear in its own habitat on its own terms and not in the safe confines of any type of vehicle. We cannot get over the exhiliration of spotting such a magnificent yet dangerous animal.

SARCASMA

Uh, suppressant is misspelt.

A SUMMIT AND SAFE RETURN

Pam and I on the "backside."


















Yea, though I hike up
STEEP MOUNTAIN TRAILS
with no idea what's behind the next switchback,
I shall fear no EVIL...
because at 14,497 FEET
there isn't enough
OXYGEN
for my brain to understand
FEAR
anyway.
Anonymous.

Many, many thanks to Dave and Jane for organizing this Mt. Whitney hike. Our summit would not have been possible had it not been for the two of you. Jane, Pam and I wish you could have been there for a "double." Thank you for the post-Whitney hike breakfast! It was DEEEEEEE-LICIOUS. Dave, YOU EARNED IT!

We did it! Dave, my wife Pam and I hiked to the top of Mt. Whitney again! My sixth, Pam's second, and Dave's second.

Mother Nature bombarded us with rain, sleet, snow, wind, lightning and thunder. It made for a very "interesting" hike of all the Mt. Whitney hikes I have done. What made this one really special was being with my wife at the 14,497 foot summit! Words cannot explain the emotions I felt at the top.

Saturday, July 12:

We leave the house at 7:14 (hmm, July 14?) and drive to Yosemite National Park. We stop in Oakhurst to get a few food supplies and to eat at Pete's Place. We camp at Tuolumne Meadows site 57. Bear boxes are very "small" considering the amount of food we brought for our trip. It costs $20 a night to camp.

Sunday, July 13:

Taking it all in while we head into Glen Aulin at the first bridge crossing.

Pam and I sitting alongside the Tuolumne River.

One of the 12 mule deer bucks we saw.

The mountains and the moon on our way back from Saddlebag Mountain.






















We hike down to Glen Aulin. A 13-mile hike starting from our campsite. About halfway into our hike we spot 12 bucks crossing the trail. Thirty minutes after our hike is over, it starts to thunder and pea-sized hail. Wet. There goes our evening meal over the campfire. We eat at the Tuolumne Meadow Grill and then later drive to Saddlebag Mountain to pass the time and to take in the scenery at sunset.

Monday, July 14:

Our first anniversary. Tioga Pass is awesome. We drive the June Lake and Mammoth loop. We stop in Bishop to purchase some hiking clothes and to see Kurt to congratulate him on his Everest summit back in May. We dine at the deli store and bump into Laura. We arrive in Lone Pine around 2:00. Laundry is the first priority. Never done laundry in the holy city of Lone Pine before. We have dinner at Seasons. We spend the night at Dow Villa.

Tuesday, July 15:

Pam, me, Jack, Dave and Jane pigging out on the pancakes at the Portal. Jack's wife Betsy is on the trail somewhere along with their daughter.
















Breakfast at the Whitney Portal with Dave and Jane and their friends Chris, Mary Kay and Sarah. We "feast" on the Portal Pancake. With us is Jack, Mr. 2X in 1 day. Remarkable fellow.

We hike to Lone Pine Lake. Dave, Chris, and Sarah do some fishing. Pam and I hike around Lone Pine Lake...a first for both of us. Not recommended for the weak at heart. Quite a workout going through snowfields and scrambing up and down rocks. It was Pam's idea to do it. We return to Dow Villa to have our "picnic-we-never-had-at-Tuolumne-Meadows" in our room as we watch the All-Star Game.

Wednesday, July 16:

Breakfast at High Sierra Cafe. What happened to the whopping portions? Downsizing. Breakfast downright sucked. So did the service. Had to constantly ask for refills on coffee and iced tea. I bump into an old Irvine neighbor of mine who was rooting on one of the Badwater Ultramarathon runners named Art Webb. We drive to the Visitor Center to pick up the permits for our hike before heading up to Whitney Portal to hook up with Dave and Jane. The WAG bags have become "colorful" instead of the olive drab color.


Me at Horseshoe Meadow.


















After setting up camp, we depart to Horseshoe Meadow for an acclimatization hike. We search for the elusive Golden Trout. We spot many. Lunch snack in the meadow. Soothing. We eat at the Pizza Factory to pig out on pasta.

Thursday, July 17:

1:30 Rise and shine! Time for some hiking!

2:05 A black bear scares the bejeezus out of Pam at our campsite as she sat down to prepare her bagel and peanut butter sandwich to take on the hike. The bear "hissed" at her. Dave and I were headed up to dump the trash when we heard Pam scream (plus a curse word or two). Jane comes down blowing her whistle to scare the bear. I catch a glimpse of the bear before it starts down the ravine. As it runs down, it runs into the hammock Dave had put up. Poor bear. Don't mess with humans with bagels, whistles and hammocks. Up until this point Pam always wanted to see a bear in the wilderness. Well, she finally got what she asked for, but not THAT CLOSE!

3:03 We start from the trailhead next to the Portal Store and not the old stock trail. The recent storms of July 12 left debris and fallen trees. The old stock trail is hikeable but too much to "think and do" during an early morning start. Dave brings his flyrod gear hoping to drop a line in Consultation Lake on the return hike.

3:28 John Muir Wilderness sign.

4:38 Whitney Zone and the legendary Lawrence Murphy "Snooze" Rock. All is quiet. No wind.

5:13 Outpost Camp. All is quiet.

Sunrise above Mirror Lake. What a perfect event for an event like this.


















6:23 Trailside Meadow.

7:10 Trail Camp. Excellent time. Partly cloudy skies. What a view of the Snowy Range. Now the dreaded 2 mile long 99 switchbacks. On the way up we stop at Switchback #23 to replenish water supplies without the use of a water filter.

Looking down at Trail Camp (left) and Consultation Lake (right) from the last of the switchbacks going up.

Hancock Mountain and Hancock Lakes looking towards Sequoia National Park as we stand at Trail Crest (13,600 feet above sea level). Note the "clear" skies at the time this photo was taken.

Making out at Trail Crest. The clouds are slowly forming to the south.



















9:35 Trail Crest. Wow. The 2.5 mile hike from here to the summit starts to take its toll on all of us. The altitude was difficult for all of us. Every 100 steps we took a break. Then, the weather started to change about 1.5 miles from the summit. Rain, sleet and cold wind.

11:52 Summit. Pam and I kiss at 14,497 feet! Confidence is high. We first stop at the register to sign in. There were no pages so Dave found an empty sheet on the back of the July 14 register. Coincidence. Our anniversary. Few photos and a few phone calls to loved ones to let them know we are on "top of the world." It is calm although there are clouds forming over Sequoia National Park. I meet Marshall Ulrich at the summit register. He had just completed the Badwater Marathon from Death Valley to Whitney Portal. Then the next day he and two of his companions come up the Moutaineer's Route.

Pam, me, and Dave at the summit hut register.

At the summit. Storms clouds loom on the right.

Marshall Ulrich and I at the summit register.
















12:18 Descent. Lightning and thunder in Sequoia National Park. At 12:56 we encounter a gentleman feeling nauseous on his way up to the summit. I advise him that if he is not at the top by 1:00 (that's 4 minutes) that he turn around and go back. I tell him the mountain will always be there. He responds by saying he may not be around. Sure, you keep climbing and you die from HACE or HAPE. Dave "oh-fish-ully" announces at Trail Crest that he WILL NOT be fishing at Consultation Lake.

The 99 switchbacks are a mess. There is water on the trail the entire way down to the last few switchbacks making footing on the descent terrible from the get go. Sloggin through the "mud" we make our way down one switchback at a time. A slip here and a slip there. It is drizzlilng and the thunderstorms are on the other side Trail Crest. All of us are just miserable.

We are about a fourth of the way down the 99s when a lady spotted Dave and relayed a message to him saying that Jane made it to the cables and was headed back down. We were 30 minutes away from her. Dave knew there was no way to catch up with her.

We get to the cables when another couple wanted to pass us. We stay close to the wall as they proceed holding onto the cables. The gentleman almost slips under the cable to his demise down the granite chute. Had he not had a death grip on the cable, it would have been the end for him.

We finally get off the switchbacks as we hike into Trail Camp. We spot Jane's hiking permit lying on a rock in Trail Camp. Being as wet as it was, we saw a lot of permits on the ground.

I get more water at the spring outside Outpost Camp without using the filter. The water is cold and refreshing.

The last 2.8 miles from the Whitney Zone sign to the trailhead is the longest part of the hike during the descent. You are tired, you want to get off the trail, you want a burger/fries/beer, you want a shower, you just want to go to bed, or you really have to go to the bathroom without using your WAG bag. Another 25 switchbacks from the fallen log next to the cascading stream.

6:54 Touchdown. The End. 15 hours and 51 minutes. Pam and I hug each other and kiss. A long, cold, wet day on the Mt. Whitney Trail! Damp, sore, tired, but elated that we accomplished what we set out to do. We done did it! We can both say, "WE WERE UP THERE!" I am so proud of my wife. Jane is there to welcome us and orders us five burgers and fries. We devour the infamous Whitney Portal Cheeseburger and Fries.

Notes: I wore The North Face trailrunning shoes. Not a good idea. My feet paid the price for it. Our weight training regimen of squats, hack squats and leg presses really helped with our endurance. We needed to sneak in a couple of 10,000 foot hikes. Hikes to Glen Aulin, Lone Pine Lake, and Horseshoe Meadows did help. Hiking high and sleeping low was a key factor in our success.

Friday, July 18:

Dave and Jane cook us a spectacular breakfast of scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon and sausage. We break camp and say our farewells as Pam and I head to Bishop. We are heading north on the 395 for the first time after all of our past Whitney hikes of heading south into the Mojave Desert to go home. We stop by the Manzanar National Historical Site since Pam never been there. We check in at the Creek Side Inn. We get a room on the first floor overlooking the creek. After unloading, we do more laundry and then we go to the pool and spa, then shower and head to Whiskey Creek for our evening meal. We walk back to our hotel and "crash" around 7:00 p.m. We do not wake up until 7:00 the next day. A well-deserved rest for both of us.

Saturday, July 19:

We stop by Schat's Bakkery in Bishop, CA, to pick up some bread and jams before heading home. We head back up through Tioga Pass into Yosemite National Park. We tried in vain to get a campsite at Tuolumne Meadows but they were full but had 8 vacancies in which they held a lottery by calling out names. We didn't get it. We decided to go home. We stop in Oakhurst to eat on Mexican cuisine at El Cid. We get home and unload the perishables, put on our swimwear, dive into the pool and then relax in the spa.

This concludes any further Mt. Whitney summit hikes (yeah right!). Pam and I plan for other hikes and other summits in Yosemite National Park and other national parks.

If hiking Mt. Whitney is on your "bucket list," then do it!

Standing, well sitting actually, on top of the world.

MT. WHITNEY...AGAIN

Yes, another adventure dayhike to the highest point in the lower 48.

Pam and I will attempt to summit Mt. Whitney on Thursday, July 17 to celebrate our first anniversary.

Thanks to Dave and Jane and the rest of the crew, we will be camped at #44 at Whitney Portal to acclimate and become neighbor friendly with the black bear that frequents that campsite often.

We will start at zero dark thirty, make our way up the gazillion switchbacks, swat hungry divebombing mosquitoes, and huff and puff in the thin atmosphere on our way up to the top. We figure it will be a 16 hour day.

Although Pam and I have been training, we will see how we hold up to the altitude. None of our training runs or training hikes attained 10,000 feet. The highest we got was around 8,000 feet and that isn't good enough.

On our way over to the Eastern Sierra, Pam and I will stop at Tuolumne Meadows to camp and to hike some of the trails up there. I for one have never been to TM, but Pam has. I am looking forward to seeing this majestic place. I do expect the smoke from the fires will obscure much of the beauty.

After pitching camp, Dave, Jane, Pam and I will go to Horseshoe Meadows (10,000') to get our red blood cells ready for our Thursday hike. We will get our fill of a Portal Pancake in the morning and later in the day indulge ourselves with a Portal Burger and Fries.

CAMP DRAGONFLY

HOW DOES OUR GARDEN GROW?

From this...





















To this...

ULTIMATE GYM COMPLETE

The ultimate home gym is complete for now. Pam and I can exercise the major muscle groups for that full body workout at 7 workout stations with over 600 pounds of weights at our disposal.

Station 1: The cage for bench press, pulldowns, pullups, rows, tricep extensions, squats, deadlifts, military press, abduction and adduction for the legs.

Station 2: The leg press/hack squat. The hack squat is a very good burn and the leg press gives us that adrenaline rush of pressing a lot of weight. Pam and I really like this new particular piece of equipment.

Station 3: Vertical knee raises to tone the lower abdominals and bardips to work the pectorals, trapezius, deltoids and triceps.

Station 4: The Roman Chair for the firming up the hamstrings, buttocks and strengthening the lower back at the same time.

Station 5: Adjustable barbells. Pick your poison and pump up those veins.

Station 6: Curling bars. She got hers and I got mine. Tricep extensions, upright rows, bicep curls.

Station 7: Leg extensions and leg curls and other uppper body workouts such as wrist curls and preacher curls.

We will add two more stations in the immediate future: a slant board to work the abdominals and a stationary bike.

Since acquiring all this weight equipment, Pam has really toned up and has gotten stronger. Her weight is holding steady. As for me, I have bulked up in size and have become more vascular. My weight is holding steady at a solid 198. My short-sleeved shirts are snug around the arms.

At the end of a long day, both of us squeeze in a half-hour or forty-five minute workout together. This does not include the other extra-curricular activities such as hiking with heavy packs up and down hills or trailrunning for another 30-45 minutes before our weight training begins.

With the temperatures still hovering above 90° around 6:00 p.m. those hikes and runs are brutal. With no cooling down and with no fan in the garage, the sweat pours out our bodies as we commence the weight training regimen listening to either 105.1 The Blaze or 105.9 Jack FM on the radio.

After some of our workouts there are the table tennis matches (Pam always wins, damnit!), banging the Pearls and crashing the Sabians.

We culminate our workout with a quick dip in the pool to soak or to swim a few laps in the 15' by 30' pool. Even a good soak in the spa afterwards does wonders for the body and spirit as the jets massage those tired muscles. Yes, getting into a spa that reads 102° while it is still 90° out doesn't make sense, but we call it acclimatizing. But after a dip in the pool for a few laps in 76° water it is just a matter of perspective. It just doesn't matter anyways. It just feels good. And without getting into graphic details, we can do whatever we want in our own backyard, in our own pool and in our own spa.

So why all this expensive gym equipment and intense workouts? Let's just say Pam and I like to do things our way on our own time as we make prepare for the second half century of our lives. We do not want to rely on medicines to sustain us and to keep us alive. Vitamin supplements yes. Prescription medications no. We don't want to be like our parents. We will do whatever it takes.

4TH OF JULY AT BASS LAKE

Pam (lower right on the camo liner) and the 300 or so other onlookers.

Dusk at Bass Lake.

Many boats gathering to watch the show.

One of the few "low ones."

Pam and I along with other members of the family went to observe the annual 4th of July fireworks from The Rock near Bass Lake.

COPPERHEAD ROAD

Well my name's John Lee Pettimore
Same as my daddy and his daddy before
You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here
He only came to town about twice a year
He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line
Everybody knew that he made moonshine
Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad
He headed up the holler with everything he had
It's before my time but I've been told
He never came back from Copperhead Road

Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge
Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge
Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side
Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside
Well him and my uncle tore that engine down
I still remember that rumblin' sound
Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night
Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right
He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load
You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road

I volunteered for the Army on my birthday
They draft the white trash first,'round here anyway
I done two tours of duty in Vietnam
And I came home with a brand new plan
I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico
I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
Well the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air
I wake up screaming like I'm back over there
I learned a thing or two from ol' Charlie don't you know
You better stay away from Copperhead Road

by Steve Earle

MOVIES SHOT IN THE ALABAMA HILLS

Many movies and commercials were shot in the Lone Pine area, in the Alabama Hills and around Whitney Portal.

Here are just a few of those movies...

Across the Plains - 1939 Jack Randell
Adventures in Wild California (in IMAX) - 2000
Adventures of Hajji Baba - 1938 John Derek
Adventures of Marco Polo - 1938 Gary Cooper
Along the Great Divide - 1951 Kirk Douglas
And I Alone Survived - 1978 - Blair Brown
Army Girl - 1938 Preston Foster
Army of One, An - 1993 Dolph Lundgren
Around the World - 1943 Kay Kyser
Around the World in 80 Days - 1956 David Niven
Back Trail, The - 1924 Jack Hoxie
Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 Spencer Tracy
Bad Lands - 1925 Harey Carey
Bad Man, The - 1930 Walter Huston
Bagdad - 1949 Maureen O'Hara
Bamboo Saucer, The - 1968 Dan Duryea
Bar 20 - 1943 William Boyd
Bar 20 Rides Again - 1935 William Boyd
Barbary Coast Gent - 1944 Wallace Beery
Between Men - 1935 Johnny Mack Brown
Beyond the Purple Hills - 1950 Gene Autry
Beyond the Rockies - 1932 Tom Keene
Black Jack - 1927 Buck Jones
Black Midnight - 1949 Roddy McDowall
Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado - 1956 Howard Duff
Blazing Days - 1927 Fred Humes
Blazing Sun, The - 1950 Gene Autry
Blue Steel - 1934 John Wayne
Boots and Saddles - 1937 Gene Autry
Border Cavalier, The - 1927 Fred Humes
Border Treasure - 1950 Tim Holt
Border Vigilantes - 1941 William Boyd
Born to the Saddle - 1953 Chuck Courtney
Borrowed Trouble - 1948 William Boyd
Bounty - 2002
Brass Commandments - 1923 Willian Farnum
Brick Bradford - 1947 Kane Richmond
Bridger - 1976 James Wainwright
Brigham Young - 1940 Tyrone Power
Broken Arrow (last shot) - 1950 James Stewart
Bruce Gentry - 1949 Tom Neal
Brute, The - 1927 Monte Blue
Caged Fury - 1989 Eric Estrada
Cameraman, The - 1920 Bill Franey
Cattle Empire - 1958 Joel McCrea
Cattle Thief, The - 1936 Ken Maynard
Chaplin - 1992 Robert Downey Jr.
Charge of the Light Brigade, The - 1936 Errol Flynn
ChasingTrouble - 1926 Pete Morrison
Cisco Kid and the Lady, The - 1940 Cesar Romero
Clean-Up Man, The - 1928 Ted Wells
Clearing the Trail - 1928 Hoot Gibson
Code of the West - 1947 James Warren
Colt Comrades - 1943 William Boyd
Comanche Station - 1960 Randolph Scott
Comin' Round the Mountain - 1936 Gene Autry
Coral Reef Adventure - 2003
Counting Sheep - 2004
Courageous Avenger - 1935 Johnny Mack Brown
Cow Town - 1950 Gene Autry
Cowboy and the Lady, The - 1938 Gary Cooper
Cowboy Holiday - 1934 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Crash and Burn - 1990 Paul Ganus
Crossworlds - 1997 Rutger Hauer
Cupid the Cowpuncher - 1920 Will Rogers
Danger Trials - 1935 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Dangerous Venture - 1947 William Boyd
Daredevils of the West - 1943 Allan Lane
Daring Chances - 1924 Jack Hoxie
Dark Rider - 1991 Joe Estevez
Dead Don't Dream, The - 1948 William Boyd
Death Falls - 1989 Rip Torn
Demon For Trouble, A - 1934 Bob Steele
Demon, The - 1926 Jack Hoxie
Desert Hawk, The - 1950 Yvonne DeCarlo
Desert Legion -1953 Alan Ladd
Desert Pursuit - 1952 Tim Holt
Devil's Playground, The - 1946 William Boyd
Digital Man - 1995 Ken Olandt
Dinosaur - 2000
Doolins of Oklahoma, The - 1949 Randolph Scott
Down Mexico Way - 1941 Gene Autry
Dudes Are Pretty People - 1942 Noah Beery
Durand of the Badlands - 1925 Buck Jones
Dynamite Pass - 1950 Tim Holt
Enchanted Hill, The - 1926 Jack Holt
Everyman's Law - 1936 Johnny Mack Brown
Eye For An Eye, An (aka Talion) - 1966 Robert Lansing
Fair Warning - 1931 George O'Brien
False Colors - 1943 William Boyd
False Paradise - 1948 William Boyd
Farewell to Manzanar - 1976 Yuki Shimoda
Fiddlin' Buckaroo, The - 1933 Ken Maynard
Fighting Fury - 1924 Jack Hoxie
Fighting Legion, The - 1930 Ken Maynard
Firefly, The - 1937 Jeanette MacDonald
Five Million Footsteps - 2004 Documentary
Flame of Araby - 1951 Maureen O'Hara
Flaming Guns - 1933 Tom Mix
Flintstones -
Flying Horseman, The - 1926 Buck Jones
For Those We Love - 1921 Lon Chaney
Freighters of Destiny - 1931 Tom Keene
From Hell to Texas - 1958 Don Murray
Frontier Days - 1934 Bill Cody
Frontier Marshal - 1939 Randolph Scott
G.I. Jane - 1997 Demi Moore
Gay Caballero, The - 1940 Cesar Romero
Girl-Shy Cowboy - 1928 Rex Bell
Gladiator - 2000 Russell Crow
Gold Trap, The - 1925 Fred Humes
Golden Princess, The - 1925 Betty Bronson
Goldtown Ghost Riders - 1953 Gene Autry
Gone in 60 Seconds - 2000 Nicolas Cage
Good Bye, Guy Guy - 2002
Grail, The - 1923 Dustin Farnum
Great Chess Movie, The - 1982
Great Race, The - 1965 Tony Curtis
Greed - 1925 Gibson Gowland
Gun Gospel - 1927 ken Maynard
Gun Smugglers - 1948 Tim Holt
Gunfighter, The - 1950 Gregory Peck
Gunfire at Indian Gap - 1957 Vera Ralston
Gunga Din - 1939 Cary Grant
Guns of Hate - 1948 Tim Holt
Gunsmoke Ranch - 1937 Three Mesquiteers
Hallelujah Trail, The - 1965 Burt Lancaster
Hands Across the Border - 1943 Roy Rogers
Hangman's Knot - 1952 Randolph Scott
Heart of Arizona - 1938 William Boyd
Hell Bent for Leather - 1960 Audie Murphy
Hell Fire Austin - 1932 Ken Maynard
Hey! Hey! Cowboy - 1927 Hoot Gibson
Hidden Valley - 1932 Bob Steele
High Sierra - 1941 Humphrey Bogart
Highway 395 - 2000
Hired Gun, The - 1957 Rory Calhoun
Hitchhiker, The - 1953 Edmond O'Brien
Hollywood Cowboy - 1937 George O'Brien
Homer and Eddie -1989 James Belushi
Hop Along Rides Again -1937 William Boyd
Hop-A-Long Cassidy (Enters) - 1935 William Boyd
Horse Trader, The - 1928 Hoot Gibson
Hot News - 1928 Bebe Daniels
How the West Was Won - 1962 James Stewart
I Cover the War - 1937 John Wayne
I Died a Thousand Times - 1955 Jack Palance
In Old Colorado - 1941 William Boyd
In Old Monterey - 1939 Gene Autry
Indian Agent - 1948 Tim Holt
Infinite Shades of Gray - 2001 Documentary
Iron Man - 2007 Robert Downey Jr.
Jack Armstrong - 1947 John Hart
Joe Kidd - 1972 Clint Eastwood
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - 1973
Jungle Raiders - 1945 Kane Richmond
Just Tony - 1922 Tom Mix
Kalifornia - 1993 Brad Pit
Kim - 1950 Errol Flynn
King of the Pecos - 1936 John Wayne
King of the Khyber Rifles - 1953 Tyrone Power
Knights of the Range - 1940 Russell Hayden
Last of the Duanes, The - 1941 George Montgomery
Last Place on Earth, The - 2002 Tisha Campbell-Martin
Last Posse, The - 1953 Broderick Crawford
Law and Jake Wade, The - 1958 Robert Taylor
Law of the Pampas, The - 1939 William Boyd
Lawless Range - 1935 John Wayne
Lawless Riders - 1935 Ken Maynard
Leather Burners - 1943 William Boyd
Letters from the Moab - 1991 Jarre H.Lennon
Life in the Raw - 1933 George O'Brien
Light of Western Stars, The - 1940 Victor Jory
Lives of a Bengal Lancer - 1935 Gary Cooper
Llano Kid, The - 1939 Tito Guizar
Loaded Pistols - 1949 Gene Autry
Lone Ranger, The - 1938 Lee Powell
Lone Star Ranger - 1942 John Kimbrough
Lonely Man, The - 1957 Jack Palance
Long Long Trailer, The 1954 Lucille Ball
Lost Horizon - 1937 Ronald Colman
Loves of Carmen, The - 1948 Rita Hayworth
Lucky Terror, The - 1936 Hoot Gibson
Man from Music Mountain, The 1943 Roy Rogers
Man From Utah, The - 1934 John Wayne
Man From Wyoming - 1924 Jack Hoxie
Man In the Raw - 1923 Jack Hoxie
Man in the Saddle - 1951 Randolph Scott
Man Who Won, The - 1923 Dustin Farnum
Man's Country - 1938 Jack Randall
Master of the World - 1961 Vincent Price
Maverick - 1994 Mel Gibson
Melody Ranch - 1940 Gene Autry
Men of the Timberline - 1941 Richard Arlen
Mighty Treve, The - 1937 Noah Beery Jr.
Mine with the Iron Door, The - 1924 Robert Frazer
Money, Women, and Guns - 1958 Jock Mahoney
Monolith Monsters The - 1957 Grant Williams
Moonlight on the Prairie - 1935 Dick Foran
Mrs. Sundance - 1973 Elizabeth Montgomery
Mule Train - 1950 Gene Autry
Mysterious Desperado, The - 1949 Tim Holt
Mystery Man - 1944 William Boyd
Nevada - 1944 Robert Mitchum
Nevada Smith - 1966 Steve McQueen
Nevadan, The - 1950 Randolph Scott
New Age, The - 1994 Peter Weller
New Frontier, The - 1935 John Wayne
North to Alaska - 1960 John Wayne
Oh Susanna - 1936 Gene Autry
Oil for the Lamps of China - 1935 Pat O'Brien
Old Barn Dance, The - 1938 Gene Autry
One Mad Kiss - 1930 Jose Mojica
Oregon Trail, The - 1936 John Wayne
Outlaw of the Orient - 1937 Jack Holt
Outlaws of the Desert - 1941 William Boyd
Ox-Bow Incident, The - 1943 Henry Fonda
Panhandle - 1948 Rod Cameron
Pardon My Gun - 1930 George Duryea
Perfect - 1985 John Travolta
Phantasm 4 aka Oblivion - 1998 Reggie Bannister
Phantom of the Ranger - 1936 Tom Tyler
Pirates On Horseback - 1941 William Boyd
Plainsman and the Lady, The - 1946 Bill Elliott
Points West - 1929 Hoot Gibson
Pollyanna - 1920 Mary Pickford
Posse From Hell - 1961 Audie Murphy
Postman, The - 1997 Kevin Costner
Pride of the West - 1938 William Boyd
Prince of Players - 1955 Richard Burton
Rambling Ranger, The - 1927 Jack Hoxie
Range War - 1939 William Boyd
Ranger of the North - 1927 Hugh Trevor
Rat Race - 2001 Whoopi Goldberg
Rawhide - 1951 Tyrone Power
Rawhide Years, The - 1956 Tony Curtis
Red Rider, The - 1925 Jack Hoxie
Red Shadow, The - 1932 Alexander Gray
Red Warning, The - 1923 Jack Hoxie
Renegade Trail - 1939 William Boyd
Replikator - 1994 Michael St.Gerard
Return of Jack Slade, The - 1955 John Ericson
Rhythm on the Range - 1936 Bing Crosby
Ride Lonesome - 1959 Randolph Scott
Rider from Tucson - 1950 Tim Holt
Rider of the Law - 1927 Al Hoxie
Riders of the Dawn - 1937 Jack Randall
Riders of the Deadline - 1943 William Boyd
Riders of the Frontier - 1939 Tex Ritter
Riders of the Purple Sage - 1925 Tom Mix
Riders of the Purple Sage - 1941 George Montgomery
Ridin' Kid from Powder River, The - 1924 Hoot Gibson
Riding Romance - 1926 Al Hoxie
Rip Roarin' Buckaroo - 1936 Tom Tyler
Roaring West, The - 1935 Buck Jones
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm - 1937 Gene Autry
Rough and Ready - 1927 Jack Hoxie
Round Up, The - 1920 Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
Round Up, The - 1940 Richard Dix
Running On The Sun - 2000 Documentary
Saboteur - 1942 Robert Cummings
Saga of Death Valley - 1939 Roy Rogers
Salome Where She Danced - 1945 Yvonne DeCarlo
Salt Lake Trail, The 1926 George Kesterton
Samson and Delilah - 1949 Victor Mature
Sand - 1949 Mark Stevens
Sand Trap - 1998 David John James
Sandflow - 1937 Buck Jones
Savage Dawn - 1984 George Kennedy
Secret Valley - 1937 Richard Arlen
Secrets of the Wasteland - 1941 William Boyd
Senor Daredevil - 1926 Ken Maynard
Seven Men From Now - 1956 Randolph Scott
Shadow, The - 1994 Alec Baldwin
Showdown - 1963 Audie Murphy
Silent Conflict - 1947 William Boyd
Silent Rider, The - 1928 Hoot Gibson
Sinister Journey - 1948 William Boyd
Six Shootin' Romance - 1926 Jack Hoxie
Slow Burn - 2000 Minnie Driver
Smokey Smith - 1936 Bob Steele
Somewhere In Sonora - 1927 Ken Maynard
Somewhere In Sonora - 1933 John Wayne
Song of Texas - 1943 Roy Rogers
Song of the West - 1930 John Boles
Splitting the Breeze - 1927 Tom Tyler
Springfield Rifle - 1952 Gary Cooper
Spurs - 1930 Hoot Gibson
Square Shooter, The - 1927 Fred Gilman
Stage to Tucson - 1951 Rod Cameron
Stagecoach Kid, The - 1949 Tim Holt
Stand Up for Justice - 2004 John Esaki
Star Is Born, A - 1937 Janet Gaynor
Star Trek V- (The Final Frontier) - 1989 William Shatner
Star Trek VII (Generations) - 1995 Patrick Stewart
Sting of the Lash - 1921 Pauline Frederick
Stolen Ranch, The - 1926 Fred Humes
Storm Over Bengal - 1938 Patric Knowles
Strange Gamble - 1948 William Boyd
Stranger Wore A Gun, The 1953 Randolph Scott
Sunset Pass - 1946 James Warren
Sunset Trail, The - 1924 William Desmond
Sweet Poison - 1991 Edward Herrmann
Swiss Movements - 1927 Jimmie Adams
Taking Chances - 1925 Fred Humes
Tall T, The - 1957 Randolph Scott
Taming Power of the Small - 1995 Treat Williams
Tarzan's Desert Mystery - 1943 Johnny Weissmuller
Tarzan's Savage Fury - 1952 Lex Barker
Terminal Velocity - 1994 Charlie Sheen
Terror Trail - 1933 Tom Mix
Three Faces West - 1940 John Wayne
Three Godfathers, The - 1948 John Wayne
Three Men from Texas - 1940 William Boyd
Three On The Trail - 1936 William Boyd
Thunder in the Sun - 1959 Susan Hayward
Thunder Mountain - 1947 Tim Holt
Thundering Herd, The - 1933 Randolph Scott
Timegate - 1972
Tombstone, The Town Too Tough To Die - 1942 Richard Dix
Trail of the Vigilantes - 1940 Franchot Tone
Trail To San Antone - 1946 Gene Autry
Trailin' Trouble - 1930 Hoot Gibson
Tremors - 1990 Kevin Bacon
Trial and Error - 1997 Michael Richards
Tycoon - 1947 John Wayne
Under Mexicali Stars - 1950 Rex Allen
Under Western Stars - 1938 Roy Rogers
Unexpected Guest - 1947 William Boyd
Untamed Breed - 1948 Sonny Tufts
Utah - 1945 Roy Rogers
Valley of Fire - 1951 Gene Autry
Violent Men, The - 1955 Glenn Ford
Violent Ones, The - 1967 Fernando Lamas
Violent Road, The - 1958 Brian Keith
Virginian, The - 1923 Kenneth Harlan
Wagon Master, The - 1929 Ken Maynard
Wagons Westward - 1940 Chester Morris
Walking Hills, The - 1949 Randolph Scott
Wanderer of the Wasteland - 1945 James Warren
Wanderer of the Westland - 1935 Dean Jagger
War Party - 1965 Michael T. Mikler
Water, Water Everywhere - 1920 Will Rogers
Waterhole No. 3 - 1967 James Coburn
West of Nevada - 1936 Rex Bell
West of the Pecos - 1945 Robert Mitchum
Western Frontier - 1935 Ken Maynard
Western Gold - 1937 Smith Ballew
Western Heritage - 1948 Tim Holt
Western Rover - 1927 Art Accord
Westward Ho - 1935 John Wayne
Wheels of Destiny - 1934 Ken Maynard
Where the Buffalo Roam - 1938 Tex Ritter
Whistling Jim - 1925 Big Boy Williams
White Thunder - 1925 Yakima Canutt
Wide Open Town - 1941 William Boyd
Wild Horse Mesa - 1947 Tim Holt
Wild Horse Rodeo - 1937 Three Mesquiteers
Wild Horse Stampede - 1926 Jack Hoxie
Woman Hungry - 1931 Sidney Blackmer
Woman Trap - 1936 George Murphy
Yellow Sky - 1948 Gregory Peck
Zabriskie Point - 1970 Rod Taylor

And the list keeps growing...