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by fortified
Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Top 5 of 2015: Most Memorable Hikes
Replies: 9
Views: 328

Re: Top 5 of 2015: Most Memorable Hikes

Since almost all my hikes are basically trail runs, my expiriences are usually filled with running, the 1992 Sony Walkman, and the natural endorphins flowing, I don't have the beautiful exotic scenery stories. RUNNER UP (for Steve Harvey, that means second place) Just a couple days ago. The first a...
by fortified
Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Top 5 of 2015: Most Memorable Hikes
Replies: 9
Views: 328

Re: Top 5 of 2015: Most Memorable Hikes

Since almost all my hikes are basically trail runs, my expiriences are usually filled with running, the 1992 Sony Walkman, and the natural endorphins flowing, I don't have the beautiful exotic scenery stories. RUNNER UP (for Steve Harvey, that means second place) Just a couple days ago. The first an...
by fortified
Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Western boundary of the SGM range?
Replies: 13
Views: 258

Re: Western boundary of the SGM range?

Sean, If I may change the subject for a minute. I don't remember, but you might be one of the people that helped explain the Lone tree trail when I first climbed it about two years ago. I see your link with the red points and pictures on that rail. The first time I went, I didn't realize that some s...
by fortified
Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 2015 in the San Gabes
Replies: 19
Views: 559

Re: 2015 in the San Gabes

I have the same goal I have had for 20 years
Hike from one side, somewhere around Altadena, to the other side in the upper desert.
One day, I will do it
by fortified
Wed Nov 05, 2014 11:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Millard Campground (Pasadena)
Replies: 14
Views: 472

Re: Millard Campground (Pasadena)

A bear with no fear, came up to a group of fifty people.......for food. Some group that goes up to Echo Mtn every Wednesday, and has pot luck. Bears must be signed up to the "meet up" groups, or perhaps have calendars.........or perhaps have a good sense of smell. They get into the subject...
by fortified
Tue Nov 04, 2014 10:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Millard Campground (Pasadena)
Replies: 14
Views: 472

Re: Millard Campground (Pasadena)

THE FOLLOWING is from the government, and hey if its the government....it must be true!!! sometimes....... "Millard Trail Camp may occasionally be closed due to bear activity. Please call (818) 899-1900 for current conditions and open/closed status." http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/angeles/...
by fortified
Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Millard Campground (Pasadena)
Replies: 14
Views: 472

Re: Millard Campground (Pasadena)

The 2200 block of fern Dell looks like more city than mountain area, unless that is where the police gave their location, while the "hiker" was on a trail. Straight up from there is "the bird sanctuary" (real name) and was a gay hang out for strangers meeting up. I think they cle...
by fortified
Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Millard Campground (Pasadena)
Replies: 14
Views: 472

Re: Millard Campground (Pasadena)

What time of day was the bear stealing the lunch? I thought they were mostly at night. I have been going up the ridge DIRECTLY on top of Lake Ave. a few times a week. From there, making that connection to Mt. Lowe road, up to the Mt. Lowe Railray Trail, and down to echo......by myself, beginning at ...
by fortified
Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Millard Campground (Pasadena)
Replies: 14
Views: 472

Re: Millard Campground (Pasadena)

Bears ripping up tents???!!! Damn, just when I was feeling more comfortable running up Mt. Lowe RD after sunset. I found the following info: "Millard Trail Camp may occasionally be closed due to bear activity. Please call (818) 899-1900 for current conditions and open/closed status." http:...
by fortified
Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SGNM Boundary
Replies: 13
Views: 423

Re: SGNM Boundary

THE BOUNDRY? This is but one piece of a larger picture that literally has no boundary. First, the government just stole the mountains.......and not a sound is made.... "We're from the government, and we are here to help" The big picture? The big picture is one no one wants to believe, but ...
by fortified
Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Former 'Opid's Camp' - just sitting there..... what if...
Replies: 4
Views: 207

Re: Former 'Opid's Camp' - just sitting there..... what if...

I googled, and google earthed, and all I came up with is how much rain in Opid's camp. But alas. I find it is camp Hi-hill, formerly known as opids camp.
Looks like a great place. I wonder...... if one is taking a two day hike.... can you sneak in to sleep for the night?
by fortified
Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:49 pm
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Eaton Canyon Trails
Replies: 124
Views: 12433

Re: Eaton Canyon Trails

Tim Now it makes sense. I thought they were coming down almost where the water falls. Are you old enough to have gone up the stairs? I did razor back once at 13, and the stairs twice a little older. I don't know how I made it this old. Thank god large sodas in New York and school brownies are agains...
by fortified
Mon Aug 04, 2014 1:24 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: 20140729 Eaton Canyon Before Closure
Replies: 7
Views: 318

Re: 20140729 Eaton Canyon Before Closure

January, Feb, of 2011, you couldn't cross the water down at Walnut Canyon shortcut. That's about .7 miles below the bridge. In the winter of 2004-2005, I watched Mt. Wilson toll road get washed out, as it happened. Some True idiots walked out to the bridge to see the water. They got stuck as the mou...
by fortified
Mon Aug 04, 2014 1:07 am
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Angeles Crest Highway (CA-2)
Replies: 639
Views: 14726

Re: Angeles Crest Highway (CA-2)

I ran up to the Idlehour station to see the first runners go by around 9-10 PM. Last year the station peeps sighted a bear about 20 yards away next to the campground. The funniest thing happened about 9:30 PM. A few kids hiked almost to Mt. Wilson, and turned around. They weren't sure about the rout...
by fortified
Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:52 am
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: High speed rail wants to(aka will) tunnel through SGs
Replies: 10
Views: 311

Re: High speed rail wants to(aka will) tunnel through SGs

"Uncle Jerry" AKA "Governor Moonbeam" want to run for President just like in 1976
by fortified
Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Complete list of foot accessible canyons in the SGMts?
Replies: 8
Views: 296

Re: Complete list of foot accessible canyons in the SGMts?

Their is a really big one I noticed once. Its out in the dessert somewhere between here, and Nevada. Its really grand!!! Its huge!!! OK, just being funny...kinda. Well I'll check back some time later. I would be curious if anyone come up with something.
by fortified
Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Complete list of foot accessible canyons in the SGMts?
Replies: 8
Views: 296

Re: Complete list of foot accessible canyons in the SGMts?

While others will have much better, and direct answers........ I would guess, virtually every canyon has areas that are accessible, and inaccessible. The subject of the day, Eaton Canyon is accessible to the "first falls". It is also easily hiked into via about 1.3 miles above Henninger fl...
by fortified
Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:40 pm
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: High speed rail wants to(aka will) tunnel through SGs
Replies: 10
Views: 311

Re: High speed rail wants to(aka will) tunnel through SGs

But.... I'm still waiting for the tunnels they promised in the 60's to blow smog out of L.A. "In the 1940s and ’50s, as Los Angeles confronted its terrible new photochemical smog problem, people from backyard tinkerers to professional scientists and engineers proposed various techno-fixes for t...
by fortified
Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:32 pm
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Eaton Canyon Cleanup
Replies: 19
Views: 511

Re: Eaton Canyon Cleanup

BIG T, THE NEW RULES ETC... 70 PERCENT OF CALIFORNIA WILL BE OFF LIMITS WHEN THEY ARE DONE WAKE UP!!!! There is a common thread that runs through all of these "decisions". It is something half the country laughs when they hear it. The other half never heard of it. Yet has been in the makin...
by fortified
Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:22 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: 20140729 Eaton Canyon Before Closure
Replies: 7
Views: 318

Re: 20140729 Eaton Canyon Before Closure

I have not been to the first falls in a year. I would imagine the water flow would be about as low as it gets???
by fortified
Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:14 am
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Eaton Canyon Trails
Replies: 124
Views: 12433

Re: Eaton Canyon Trails

The closed signs went Wednesday, July 30. They said warnings for a while, then up to $5,000 fine, and six months jail. I am waiting for homeland security aiming sharpshooters, with the tanks to come blazing in with Blackhawks. Police state expanding everyday.
by fortified
Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:05 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: 20140729 Eaton Canyon Before Closure
Replies: 7
Views: 318

Re: 20140729 Eaton Canyon Before Closure

According to the news, signs went up today. Warnings for a while, then $5,000 fine, and six months jail. The police state keeps expanding. I wonder if homeland security, (the national police state.. I mean force) will come in with the sharp shooters, black helicopters, and tanks.
by fortified
Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:51 pm
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: Snakes
Replies: 18
Views: 541

Re: Snakes

NOT A RATTLE SNAKE BUT..... How about a bear on Mendocino and Braeburn in Altadena. That is over a mile in from the hills. This is the farthest I have ever heard a bear into the city. That is the area on the top of the Altadena country club. The time was middle of the day, Saturday. http://www.altad...
by fortified
Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:47 pm
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: Snakes
Replies: 18
Views: 541

Re: Snakes

One rattler almost an hour after sunset. That's the latest I ever saw (heard) one. Doing something between a fast walk, and slow jog connecting from Mt. Lowe road to Echo Mt., on the Mt. Lowe Railway Trail. Their is no where to go. I didn't know my foot was perhaps a foot away until my next foot pas...
by fortified
Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Now that's a GREAT 'tree house' !!!
Replies: 8
Views: 308

Re: Now that's a GREAT 'tree house' !!!

Their is a way to work around the growing problem. Before the growing, winds, and movement would be a problem as well. Build the structure bit away... a foot or two from the trunk. You could have a cone around the trunk giving it space to grow into the cone, without touching the cabin. For more auth...
by fortified
Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:53 pm
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Middle Fork Trail (Lytle Creek)
Replies: 34
Views: 702

Re: Middle Fork Trail (Lytle Creek)

I go trail running four days a week, and I don't know what the ...lets say Pack-ten are. Running/hiking after sunset, two light sources ...just in case, and a ski pole pointed back away from your neck for that one in a million chance for a lion..... cell phone to pretend I can get service anywhere, ...
by fortified
Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:29 am
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: Henninger Flats Bear Encounter - May 2014
Replies: 27
Views: 844

Re: Henninger Flats Bear Encounter - May 2014

PostPosted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:23 pm Post subject: "The number of people ever documented to be killed by black bears in CA (the only type of bear currently in CA)= ZERO " ___________________________________________________ But Californians have been killed by black bears...... while in Al...
by fortified
Tue Jun 17, 2014 5:19 pm
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: Henninger Flats Bear Encounter - May 2014
Replies: 27
Views: 844

Re: Henninger Flats Bear Encounter - May 2014

THIS IS A REAL PHOTO
http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/fil ... lywood.jpg

The lion has been their for two years. Google p-22 for more info. P-22 is the lions name.
by fortified
Tue Jun 17, 2014 5:10 pm
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Eaton Canyon Trails
Replies: 124
Views: 12433

Re: Eaton Canyon Trails

OH, Hikin Jim, I didn't realize you made the boundary lines. Is their an original map with lines, or .....
by fortified
Tue Jun 17, 2014 5:09 pm
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Eaton Canyon Trails
Replies: 124
Views: 12433

Re: Eaton Canyon Trails

Zoom in on the map. When you look closely, it looks like the canyon itself is open. The closed area appears to be the mountainous areas that drop into the canyon, and the razorback is closed. How say you, or anyone else?