EISPIRATEN

During this clean up, a certain individual loudly claimed that getting any Taginator on climbing equipment would reduce its strength by 90% and that you would die if you didn't listen to this admonishment. To examine this claim, I treated 3 lengths of webbing and pulled them to failure with an instr...

You misread my post as I was talking about the route to gain access to the top of the 2nd waterfall(Slide Falls), not the first waterfall(Eaton Falls). This doesnt stop someone without a rope from sliding down the falls, but they have to go the long way to get there. Sorry, my mistake; it's true th...

I think the best way to accomplish this is to destroy the access to the top of the second waterfall....thats not very hard and there is no way to go around that route. Then word spreads that you cant slide or jump down the falls and the motivation to go the place is lost. I don't think this is corr...

Thanks, that sounds great! I can't commit 100% just yet, but I'm very likely. I've never cleaned up graffiti, so I wouldn't be sure what to request. If I come at 7am or 1pm, will the people there be explaining how to use the supplies?

Thanks for posting -- is there any option for Team C who would hike from the bottom to around the second water fall? That would leave me with way more energy for cleaning than doing all of Lower Eaton. If so, how should I coordinate to get the supplies/skills for cleaning graffiti? I'd really like t...

By what standard do you judge "ridiculous"? Anyone who does anything in the wilderness puts the life and limb of rescuers in peril; lots of people don't need rescuing but some do. Why is this a situation where people clearly should be charged while people in other situations shouldn't be c...

Does anyone know which of the 4 drainages between the Mount Wilson Toll Road and Pasadena Glen is Cascade Canyon? Has anyone been? Sounds like an interesting place to go.
http://altadenarescue.blogspot.com/2011 ... anyon.html

I've been reading a fair amount about the Eaton Canyon accidents and was hoping someone here with a better knowledge of the incidents could fill in some gaps. I know the area fairly well, so here's what I understand (please correct me when I'm wrong): The main Eaton Falls hike takes a left turn arou...

I would definitely be in for 1k, perhaps up to 5 depending on circumstances.

--Ben
(David, we've done two canyons together)