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I did a southern section of the JMT at the end of August, and word is that after that cold snap the mosquitoes were gone. It was so pleasantly bugless

What a weekend: took Dima out to Idyllwild for his first trad or multipitch climb and he absolutely crushed it; made short work of white maiden's (5.8 var, 800'), then since we finished relatively early, went for extra credit up El camino real (10-, 500'). We couldn't resist doing the classic ...

The goal of the day was very simple: To get to this strange building that is next to Inspiration Point to see if it was mine related. The following image is from 1960 and has the building circled. hut.jpg
On the side, I have been trying to locate all the mines in the Monitor Consolidated Claims ...

Over the weekend some of us celebrated the forum's anniversary with a trip to Monte Cristo Campground and hikes to Rabbit, Granite and Roundtop. Cecelia and I started by driving to the campground on Friday afternoon and securing site #11, which has space for several tents under a big sycamore tree ...

Thanks for organizing, Sean and to everybody else for coming out! We hiked some old fire breaks, looking for spotty bits of shade and an occasional artifact or critter. The views made this all worth it. Great to finally meet you, David!

The 6 of us started at Monte Cristo camp in the morning, and ...

This was my second Eis Piraten anniversary, and I'm told the 17th that has occurred. This place may be a minor for one more year, but we still drank beers at the campsite.

• Monte Cristo is probably the closest overnight car camping campground to where I live, so its got that going for it, along ...

It was so nice to see everyone!
Looking forward to the next adventure.

OMG did David really post a picture?

That observatory is featured in the Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle classic "Lucifer's Hammer."

The Gabes set 'em up, and you knock 'em down.

This reminded me to check on the progress of Ranger Nick and his quest to bag 'em all.

https://www.instagram.com/adventures_in_nomansland/

Its gone private! I don't have instagram...

In 2007 I did the same 3 peaks one day (minus Akawie).

In April 2009 I was able to drive up to the observatory although the road was heavily rutted.

Looks like they've painted and changed doors since 2009...

Peak summer is behind us, so Death Valley is visitable again. I just went over there to check out the Albatross .

I started walking in the morning from Towne pass. Looking back down from a bit up the hill:

https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/DeathValley/2024-10-13--Death-Valley-Albatross/R0008002 ...

It's been quite awhile since I've ventured into the San Gabes. Between driving burn out, summer temps, and multiple trips out of state to look after my aged mother, I just haven't had the time or inclination to go. But with the pleasant temps yesterday, I decided to get in a little front country ...

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My son Forest is proud to tell everyone he meets that he is now 4 years old. He also enrolled in Transitional Kindergarten this fall, so is officially no longer a Pirate Preschooler, but a Transitional Kindergarten Trekker!

So please join us for the 2024-24 hiking ...

tekewin wrote: Wed Oct 16, 2024 8:49 am Nice hike. I had to look at a map to see where you started. Did you look in the mailbox?

I did look in the mailbox. Empty. Squatchy had already been by and picked up his mail.

Cloudripper ( https://ironhiker.blogspot.com/2015/08/cloudripper-and-vagabond-peak.html ) is one of my favorite names. I mean, it rips clouds.



That was the first one I thought of on this topic. I've turned around twice planning to summit that via another great name, Thunder and Lightning Lake ...

Yesterday I climbed Mount Wilson from Eaton Canyon, a bit above Idlehour. The idea was to pick a side drainage, and follow the creek as much as possible, ending up somewhere at the summit area, with a victory coffee at the Cosmic Cafe. It worked!

The river has falls

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One of my new things is to decide to do a hike and have multiple options as far as what I am going to do during the hike. The original thought of this hike was to get to a viewpoint of the Cuyama Badlands. Much of this has been closed by the Forest Service since they don't want to fix the road that ...

About 45 minutes north of St. George, Utah sits the Pine Valley Mountains. They rise to over 10,000 feet providing a stark contrast to the red sandstone that is the hallmark of the lower elevations. The mountains hold snow deep into the spring which provides a beautiful backdrop to the local ...

This weekend a few of us met up for some camping, hiking, eating and a little drinking. I met Sean on Friday at Chilao campground, arriving shortly before a fabulous sunset graced the western skies behind Josephine Peak. We sat up for a while in the spacious site, having some tequila and roasting a ...

The Santa Clara divide sets 'em up, and I knock 'em down.

Tuesday morning I knocked off a couple peaks along the Santa Clara divide road along its lonely path to Magic Mountain.

Met some friendly deer hunters at the trailhead. No luck for them this morning, they were going to try again the next ...

Nice peak bagging trip. Cool pics.

I walked up to Monrovia from Monrovia Cyn Park 16+ years ago...

The great thing about the West ridge of Strawberry is that it's easy enough for anyone to do it. Different people will have a different sense of how death-defying the thing is, but it's all doable. Glad yall finally got out there!


Totally - its accessible, offers enough exposure to be a thrill ...

tekewin wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 4:48 am Maybe someone cleaned the graffiti up? No Kamper Ken?

I remember seeing Kamper Ken!! That one lives on! But no route markings.

Thank you! I got my permit but forgot to ask about clamshell Anyways, they were so nice. My permit is good for 6 weeks. I got 3 combos for the gate for every two weeks they change it. I can go more than once if I wanted to maybe some peeps from the group will want to go with me.

Thanks again!

I'm ...

Last Wednesday, my friend picked me up at around 530 am and we headed our to Ojai.

We had intended to start hiking at 730 am but we had made several stops along the way to get breakfast and other necessities.

We finally arrived at Rose Valley campground just before 9am

When we arrived it was a ...

I had received a personal invitation for a tour of the Monte Cristo Mine from Lars the current owner.

Last Saturday me, Ed, Jeff, Dima & Matt met Lars at the locked gate by the Monte Cristo campground.

We followed him in two cars. I've walked this road many times but driving on it was quite a ...

Yesterday on a whim, I went back to the Angeles for some unfinished business. I wanted to get to Hawks Peak but didn't want to tread the same ground I did recently, so decided to approach from the Angeles Crest Station instead of the end of Harter Lane. The potential downside to that approach is a ...

Thanks for the report. Driving up to Monrovia is definitely the way to go.

Whoohoo I went yesterday.
Report report coming soon.