EISPIRATEN

I wouldn't mind going all the way to Middle Hawkins if the day is nice. I'll be backpacking this weekend, so will check back after Monday. Middle Hawkins sounds good. I haven't tagged it in awhile. If you can go, maybe a car shuttle is in order so we can stumble down Pigeon Ridge on the return. Nev...

Interested parties are invited to join me on an exploratory scouting trip from Shoemaker Rd to Rattlesnake Peak and beyond on Saturday, June 8 at 6AM. The primary goal of this hike is to collect information for a possible future attempt at the 13-Peaks "San Gabriel Death March" challenge....

Very nice route and TR AW very nice

Anyone interested in carpooling to head north to do something like Mount Abbot or Mount Dade or something similar hit me up

Thanks for your reply. Yes, apparently the gate is open sometimes. Here are some links - each from the same point on Maple Springs Rd. I'm trying to figure out why the mileages are so different. 10.5 miles http://nobodyhikesinla.com/2010/06/06/modjeska-peak/ 12.8 miles http://sweet-adversity.com/in...

Very nice Sean and Brad. I've done the canyon to the right of that from Ice House to the summit in winter three times and the next ridge to the west in winter once, the ridge time was dedicated to a buddy that past from cancer I left a memento up there in his honor just above where you two topped ou...

The route from the end of Modjeska Canyon to the summit is over 20 miles, the route up Maple Springs Road (Starting at the end of Santiago Canyon Road - there's a gate there and no car access past that point the last I heard but things do change) is 18.3 miles in the Book "Afoot and Afield in O...

Does anyone know about a place where you can get pics of various peaks or wider shots of the San Gabriel/San Bernarndino/San Jacinto Mountains? I was thinking of putting a couple of framed shots up around the walls of my office, but I can't find much out there. Thanks in advance! You can ask Calico...

AW wrote: ↑ play video games or do whatever pop culture demands is OK to do, such as watch Dr.Phil to learn responsibility:roll:

What are video games and who's this Dr. Phil?

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-ln-lost-hi ... 2811.story "Jack said that she believed she was being attacked by wild animals and mistook tree branches as straws she could drink from." What she meant to say was: I believed we were chasing a white dragon and mistook a tree branch for a glass ...

^ Very well said. Although not surprisingly, new shit has come to light. Rescued teen hiker charged with possession of meth The Orange County District Attorney's Office said methamphetamine was found on or around March 31 in Cendoya's parked car in the Cleveland National Forest. Under those circums...

Those two lost hikers should have to pay for their rescue since they only ended up in that situation due to their negligence. I don't agree with sticking the tax payers with the cost of this easily avoidable accident. Not that it's my opinion but if you were to relate that to other things like say ...

AW I had a feeling you might know, you've done some fun drop-ins in that area - good to know that it will not require loppers or the machete

Obviously as noted the section from Rattlesnake to S. Hawkins, to name a just one obstacle was going to be the most difficult to overcome as it was a thick as can be and might still be as I've not read any reports of anyone getting through there since the fire ... but if someone has BETA on the Rid...

The original objective (still not accomplished) was to do Wright Mountain, Pine, Dawson, Baldy, West Baldy, Iron, drop to Heaton Flats cross the river and ascend Rattlesnake, S. Hawkins, (Saddie/Middle) Hawkins, N. Hawkins, Throop Peak, Burnham and Baden Powell - this trek was fondly nicknamed (by D...

That's a hell-of-a-24 hours Sean, nice work. I see the Three Saints in your future - San Antonio, San Jacinto, San Bernardino. What was the inspiration for just the "out and back" version versus doing the peak bagging version such as Sugarloaf, Ontario, Bighorn, Cuca, Etiwanda, Timber, Tel...

Matt,

You are now the clear leader in all thing NHPS

Having discussed on another site what would have happened had either of them had the simplest backpack I started an "impromptu" survey of hikers on the Mount Baldy main trial today on my way down the mountain asking each hiker that had a backpack (the typical ones you get at an REI or Adve...

I guess it's hard for me to put myself in the shoes of inexperienced hikers... He wasn't wearing shoes. Maybe you could put yourself in his board shorts. I am curious...will these "hikers" be billed for their rescue? That almost never happens because if people thought that it would be &qu...

From what I gather, here was the end result...x being the car and both found in the same general area- where the lost hikers said they were in the first place. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1536835/trabuco1.JPG From what I recall, he was found 500-600ft higher than...

I think the most important thing is to at least spend the day prior to your hike (if attempting to dayhike) at a high altitude. You could drive up further north and climb White Mountain, or drive up to Horseshoe Meadows (at 10,000 ft and very close to Whitney Portal) and do some light hiking at hig...

I'm Irish what mountain did you say dough taters were on - any corn beef and cabbage?

A few years ago I ran into a writeup of this one. It was pretty rambling and was written as one massive paragraph. Anyone else remember seeing it? I would've guessed HPS Lookout or their mailing-list, but i have searched both of those carefully. Or, has anyone else done it? Not absolutely sure you ...

Great TR AW Any chance you did any observing of conditions between the ridge leading down from South Hawkins to where it goes over to Rattlesnake Peak? The fire damage was marked on the map last summer as reaching almost the last 300/400 feet up that ridge below S. Hawkins? I cannot image how cold t...

cab wrote: ↑I, for one, really enjoyed this epic tale of a truly hardcore mountaineering experience. Nice write-up.

Btw, I think there are other Mt McKinley's besides the one in Alaska. There's even one right here in our beloved San Gabriel Mountains!

It's funny no matter how you slice it. Point taken

There are some hikers who are just boys and spend time trying to hike simple peaks in the Southland or think that the Sierra is the definition of adventure. Then there are the men who understand adventure and head to distant locations and climb real mountains such as McKinley. This was to be a wint...

Very nice Jim, thanks for the photos, it's been way too long since I was in that area during winter, I used to be stationed just on the otherside of the mountains at Beale AFB near Grass Valley, great country.

Keep the reports coming

Jeff, thanks for the TR it was nice to read this while I was away in the Midwest, where the highest hill was 300 feet tall

Nice work David, only wish I could have joined you, I like those kind of crazy bushwhack’ s that require a slight since of the perverse self-mutilation. And a friend and I have been known to "skirt" the edge of a privately held property or two :wink: , what good does it do to say it belong...

It's possible for a really strong hiker to do them in 24 hours. At least 3 people that I have read about have done it. They've started at midnight and done a big loop. If you mean the 17 peaks in the San Bernardino area yes it can be done, Rick Kent did it two or three years ago. San Bernardino Pea...