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Nice exposure! The crux was obvious. Glad you didn't fall. Were those deer or sheep bones?

Worldstar!!

Big air on that jump. Did you jump from the boulder or is your vertical NBA caliber?

Nice report. Smith was one of my early conquests. It seemed bigger back then. Still a fun hike with great views. Bonus for bonus peak!

Beautiful canyon and first descent. And scary.

Nice! I've never seen it flowing except in old photos. This is great waterfall season.

I recognized it, but have not bagged it. Thanks for the great photos.

Wow. Thanks for posting all that heart felt stuff. Good for everyone. Good for the soul.

That photo is clearly marked CLASSIFIED. I suggest we appoint a special piss-ocutor.

Thanks for posting this. I was thinking about making a trip to Los Padres, but was worried about damage to the roads. So many trailheads require a 10+ mile dirt road drive. I'll stay in the desert until March.

On Friday I went up to the South Fork trailhead with the goal of doing Charlton on the last day of clear weather before the next storm came in on Saturday. I didn't know what conditions would be like, so I brought microspikes, snowshoes, and crampons. There was snow all the way down to the trailhea...

What did they taste like?

https://www.trvrsoutdoors.com/blogs/tra ... west-ridge Yea that's the one I've looked at before but haven't quite got the will-power to go up that way. I was considering it, only because the route was proven, though that was a few years ago. I would not have considered blazing it. Not sure I want t...

Have you considered doing Condor Point from Trail Canyon? I think it's a lot of gain (~5k), but I've read a couple of trip reports on it. Last time I tried was in 2018 or 2019 and it was impassable (in my opinion) beyond the remains of Tom Lucas camp. I spent an hour making about 1/4 mile progress ...

Have you considered doing Condor Point from Trail Canyon?

I think it's a lot of gain (~5k), but I've read a couple of trip reports on it.

Been to Millard a couple of times. No plans to visit Eaton.

I bet the after photo will be great!

That's awesome! Will note it in case I ever visit.

Costa Rica looks truly wild outside the cities. It seems like real jungle. I think they have jaguars.

Interesting loop.

A bear skull is rare find! Was it a baby skull by any chance? There used to be a baby carcass in there, Sean knew where it was, but I thought it was lost under downed trees.

That's a fun summit. I got into a bad batch of poodle dog on the way. It looks cold out there right now. Since Pinnacles is relatively short, some people do Mount Marie Louise on the same trip. It starts a couple of miles away on a dirt road. This is Pinnacles from Marie Louise... https://eispiraten...

I almost did your hike in reverse (excluding Strawberry). From Red Box, I went to the Strawberry-Lawlor saddle, up the west ridge to Lawlor. Then, down the east firebreak to Barley Flats high point. The firebreak to the water tower was ugly, with tall grass and dead vegetation. I didn't stay long be...

Too many great pics to single any of them out. What a huge trip!

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I did Five Fingers back in 2014. But only the high point. I'd like to go back and get the other fingers.

There have long been reports of flaky rock on certain routes. Someone fell and died from Vampire a few years ago.

Regardless of prep and skill, bad luck can still happen. A big flake breaks off and it's sayonara.

I'm scheduled to be in the Sierra that weekend with teke. Onion Valley. Maybe we'll see you Jeff. Are you guys doing Mt Gould? We cancelled due to weather. Wind chill will hit single digits Saturday with a dusting of snow. I do want to hike it some day. I haven't done anything out of Onion Valley.

Such nice scenery. Did you have an skeeter problems?

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Whoa. That looks super cool. Thanks for posting. How often does that place get visitors? What does the register say? Very popular since it's on two Sierra Club lists. 343 attempts in Peakbagger. The register went back to 2015, lots of names. The entry before mine was 9/25/22. It's less than a 3 hou...

Owens Peak (8,453') has a striking profile from highway 395 in the southern Sierra. It is the highest mountain in a 17 mile radius and is featured on multiple lists: HPS #49 and SPS #239. It is a P2K and was designated an HPS Star Emblem. I left the OC at 3:20 AM for the trailhead at the end of Indi...

Yeah, and there is this ...the best swimming hole in the whole state..wow! https://sportssd.iheart.com/featured/er ... alifornia/ Heh? Is there actually something noteworthy there (Colby Canyon, Daisy Canyon junction)? I don't remember ever seeing anything. I took a quick look at Caltopo and it loo...

Strawberry is awesome! Nice trip and looks like perfect weather.

Beautiful photos. Sad news about the 6-year old. Your video editing skills are pretty advanced. Good job. That plain seems pretty dangerous with a high density of rattlesnakes. Dima can swap skull cleaning techniques with you. The few I've tried to clean up, I used hydrogen peroxide. I only I've sav...

Thanks for the report and photos. I've only driven to Guffy, not sure I want to chance the road to Lupine. This report got me interested in the area again. Maybe I can make it out there later this year.