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| Miranda Camp | |
| Geographical information | |
| Elevation |
8,900' |
| Latitude |
36°36'34" N |
| Longitude |
105°10'12" W |
| Water |
purified |
| Program description | |
| Program |
Mountain Man Rendezvous, Black Powder Rifle, Tomahawk Throwing |
| Facilities |
none |
| Type |
staff camp |
| Additional information | |
| [Source] | |
Miranda is a staffed camp named after Guadalupe Miranda.
Location and geography[]
This North/Baldy Country camp is home to a large sloping meadow with a black-powder rifle range along with a tomahawk throwing range.
History[]
Program[]
The programs at Miranda include tomahawk throwing, black powder musket shooting, casting of lead musket balls, and an evening Mountain Man Rendezvous.
The staff portray a mountain man/fur-trappers rendezvous, and display various trappers and traders wares in the cabin and the teepees in the meadow.
Miranda is noted for its evening activity, Mountain Ball, a variant of baseball with five bases and two teams in the field at any one time. After Mountain Ball, it is tradition for all participants to yell "We are the finest Mountain Ball players in all the land! Bring us your finest meats and cheeses!" towards Head of Dean camp. As it is uncommon for crews to beat the staff in Mountain Ball, crews that do defeat the staff earn prizes such as pudding or powdered donuts.
In the summer of 2016, the staff introduced a "Mountain Man Tall Tales" evening program centering around the backstories of their bombastic characters, and received critical acclaim. Miranda has pivoted between Mountain Ball and Tall Tales depending on the Camp Director, the weather, and evening programs around the ranch. After 2015, the number of baseball-type evening programs was overwhelming, so Tall Tales was an alternate living history evening program that lowered injury risk and kept the camp non-musical.
Burro packing is avalaible between here and Ponil.