# @mysteryranch on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B5v34CJprGB
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18297347-mysteryranch-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/8969f13b8d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-12-06T22:38:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** MYSTERY RANCH (@mysteryranch) — https://gondola.cc/mysteryranch

## Caption

We have been honored to support thesmokeygeneration and wildfire.experience as they have been collecting, preserving, and sharing the stories and oral history of wildland fire, espcially when we get to help sponsor stories like this: “The Women Before Me” - by a_monthei "The walls of the Zigzag Hotshot building are lined with crew photos—the first dating back to the late 1960s. The photos show ash-covered people in nomex or crew shirts, some holding tools, some saws. As early as the mid 1970s, the dirtied faces and huge smiles started to be accompanied by the occasional messy ponytail or braid, as women started to get hired to the crew. In looking at those images on the wall, I started to see a familiarity in those women, in the ash-y cheeks and exhausted eyes and smiles that can only come from hours and hours of hiking or digging or carrying a drip torch. I started to see a little bit of myself in them, and it occurred to me that there was a connection there, a rare generational link developed in hard hikes and long shifts. So, I set out to learn more about those women, and in the process was able to talk for hours with some of the most influential women not just in Zigzag’s history, but in the Forest Service in general. The project—called “The Women Before Me”—which includes videos, photos and interviews with some of the toughest women I’ve ever met." Head to a_monthei 's profile or check the link in our bio to learn more! 
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