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Rumpled wrote:Notice that huge alluvial fan out into the desert?
Yeah, there's been some big floods.

That big alluvial fan on the right is from the great Wrightwood slide.

The Fish Canyon Narrows were extremely quiet for a weekend. I saw two backpackers at hour 7 of my trip into this area. http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=34.61936,-11 ... %2Cunnamed My photo album of the area. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgbofav/se ... 647078403/ http://www.lamag.com/featuredarticle.aspx?i...

I found this, and thought about how much fun it could be. Zip Line Gear

Haven't heard of that one. Maybe KitFox or HikeUp have been out that way? HJ That is a fun hike. I hiked that peak on July 2nd 2005. The red "Y" on the map is the parking spot. The trail is an access road to the peak top. I believe this is a VOR station for pilots, on the peak top. http:/...

turtle wrote:Wow... thanks for the very thorough and informative response!

My link isn't quite as exciting, but they do have a great wildflower ID discussion.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/califlora/ ... 890077766/

Are the gates past Desert Marksmen still locked?

This entire area was closed to all forms of access thanks to the Center for Biological Diversity's lawsuit against the USFS back in 97. I'm still pissed about the closure because it took away my favorite spots to hike legally.

Minorities We need to show more sympathy for these people. * They travel miles in the heat. * They risk their lives crossing a border. * They don't get paid enough wages. * They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do. * They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different l...

This is how I feel about the issue. Even if you vehemently disagree with his position, you should at least hear an opposing point of view.

I'm starting to think it does have a tail in the video.

Bummer...I was hoping it was something a little more exotic (yeah, the civet...so close! haha), but I sent the video to a couple of biologists, and they think it is a tail-less raccoon. (and made the strange comment that they "see a lot of those".) No mention of what happens to their tail...

I'm no expert, but that animal waddles more than a Badger does. It is a long shot, but the body shape (to me) is very similar to a Porcupine, or a fat, "stubby tailed" Racoon.

This was shared at work, and thought it was worth posting here.

Elwood, Try duplicating the image twice (original, and two duplicates), change the blend mode of the top layer to "Multiply," and the second layer to "Screen." The results might seem a bit dark, so you can reduce the opacity of the "Multiply" layer. The result is known ...

A couple pictures of the site.

http://www.crazyforthestorm.com/crash.php

sure. i dunno. but if i take a 'quick' look at research on it , i don't see that. so you'd have to back that up! Unregulated hunting is not the issue here Ze. Name one game animal today that has been made extinct by modern, regulated hunting practices. I'm not referring to poachers, extinction due ...

Brazen and aggresive "park animals" need to be thinned a bit more often.

I think he committed suicide which explains the lack of info from the Sheriff's Dept.

I did a visual on that gulley and saw nothing. Most of the wreckage is buried in the gravel courtesy of 60 plus years of avalanches, and erosion. I've done the trip twice, and the last visit was harder to find bigh pieces of wreckage due to thick vegetation. My first trip was after a big avalance, a...

You missed the other wreck during your hike. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i4/albums/y144/sgbofav/C-46/th_DSC_0045.jpg https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i4/albums/y144/sgbofav/C-46/th_DSC_0041.jpg https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i4/albums/y144...

lilbitmo wrote:Nice work Elwood, that's one hot area to be hiking right now.

What's the next section you are planning?

url=http://bp2.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip ... ipId=28639]PCT Section 17 Is the section I want to explore myself.

I feel old now, the last time I visited that area was back in 1990. I was still in high school. I vividly remember the beautiful lakes. We made it as high as the 5th lake. Great photographs.

The story goes that a hunter placed that camera to watch for deer, and no less than 20 minutes after placing the camera, did he get the images. He barely missed "bumping" into them. :shock: Looks like he should pick another area - three lions = ~ three deer a week out of that area. (Proba...

Hikin_Jim wrote: How did it strike you personally? Pretty on the level? Wilderness stuff is right up Cody's alley. Does he do a pretty good job with general emergency/disaster prep?

I was intrigued enougth that I read it 2 1/2 times. If he doesn't know that answer, he tells you straight out in the book.

What's his "All Hell Breaks Loose" book like? Not quite as much first hand experience with that subject matter I imagine. Synopsis Survival expert Cody Lundin's new book, When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes is what every family needs to prepare and ...

Looks like one must be a member of that forum to view the post. Bugger. You should have no problems viewing this image. http://img.geocaching.com/cache/461e426 ... 452396.jpg The story goes that a hunter placed that camera to watch for deer, and no less than 20 minutes after placing the camera, did...

I found this on another forum I frequent. The area is somewhere in San Bernardinon National Forest.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/att ... cats-3.jpg

True, Ze. The 9-BRO-9 area code. Harumph: http://www.codylundin.com/ I'll have to read up on him. More used to Tom Brown, Ray Mears kinda stuff. I'm also a huge fan of Ray Mears Bushcraft (way before Les Stroud). A few videos of his adventures you get an idea what his courses are all about. https:/...

If I was out on a casual hike and saw a group like yours, my initial impression would be, "Did I just approach a Marijuana grow operation, and run into the guards?" Kudos for practicing your skills. A great book or two to add to the library since the topic of survival was brought up are Co...

KF, first off, the original post was not anti-hunting, it was anti-idiot. As for wolves, they were practically exterminated by 1974. Currently, according to the FWS, there are about 5700 Gray Wolves in the lower 48. http://www.fws.gov/Midwest/wolf/aboutwo ... drange.htm That is a hugely reduced pop...

Man is not a religious idol, I was referring to those people who revere the wolf like it is a God, or a spirit. Since you want to compare stats, I posted a question and you didn't give me an example of any animals that were made extinct by current, legal hunting methods. Most animals that are hunted...