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Convict Lake CA

1983

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Who went

"Backpack is an experience where boys can be boys as they become men and men can become the fathers God designed us to be." - Edward Lee Giles December 19, 1948 - June 9, 2026.

Stories

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Told by Ed Giles

A friend at church told me about the great fishing at a place just south of mammoth up highway 395. I borrowed a tent and some other gear and headed north. We saw a road sign pointing to the west "Convict Lake". This old two-lane road led us to a mountain view I have never forgotten. At its base was convict lake. We got a camp site for th…