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Beautiful pictures. Love the DV.

David,

Just wanted to give you some props after looking through your site and reading the Thunderbolt report. I think T-bolt is the ultimate California bad ass peak. Well done!

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This sounds like a cool mountain. Everything in Ventura County is fresh to me. I think I'd try the HPS route before attempting your redrum route. I found this from a 2001 trip report: Coming off this peak, someone let a rock go and it ricocheted and gained speed, then smashed my left hand, breaking ...

Excellent! There's no place like drone. 8)

Those are some nice photos.

I've never been on the Harding Truck Trail. Is it a wide dirt road like Main Divide? The 50 mountain bikers alone would probably keep me in other parts.

Our last dog was a Weimaraner, so I have a soft spot for them. Lots of energy, but I'm not sure ours would have climbed a boulder. Cool photos.

Did a standard loop over Zion yesterday: Forest Route 2N40 to the Gabrieleno trail into Santa Anita Canyon, to the Sturtevant trail, left on the Mount Zion trail, then Lower Winter Creek trail, and back up Forest Route 2N40. The twist on this one was the DJI Phantom quad copter Rod purchased earlier...

Nice accomplishment and report. Not an easy hike, even without snow and ice. My only request...pictures next time!

Really bitchin' stuff!

It is great to see some angles around the Twins that I would never see myself.

Occasionally, Irvine PD has volunteer patrols drive on Serrano Ridge Road and Bommer Road. I've never seen anyone official on any of the single track trails.

That is some crazy rock climbing. Sweet!

Rico,

Yeah, it is a fun area. The network of trails connects Laguna Coast to Crystal Cove so the variations are endless.

The toll road opened in 1996 I think. It must have been a little more of a wilderness then.

A string of peaklets in the Laguna Coast "Wilderness" rise along the San Joaquin Hills Tollway (Hwy 73). They offer a surprising amount of fun for an urbanesque setting, especially Peak 808, which is not easy to find and has a 45 degree dirt scramble if approached from the south. I started...

Love the Death Valley. Something for everyone. Jealous.

Sounds like a fun, challenging mountain. It is on my list. Pix please!!

Awesome shots, Rico.

I like Saddleback island in the sea of clouds. The front range is the only place I've looked down on a solid blanket of clouds/fog that stopped around 4000'. Cool visual.

Yeah, not much poison oak. There was a little on the upper Trabuco Canyon trail, but easily avoided.

Epic++. More flavor... https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i1183/albums/x471/tekewin/Goat%20Canyon%20Trestle/026_zps1f2f1ff8.jpg Sean on Piedras Grandes https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i1183/albums/x471/tekewin/Goat%20Canyon%20Trestle/040_zps2dc509b8.jpg Needed twee...

Nice trip, Rico. I can't get my kids outside, and they complain when I do. You're doing something right.

That sunrise photo is pure magic. Wow!

Was the rock not crumbly crap? I think that is the direction my friends and I started errantly last year but turned back before any 5.x sections.

And yes, awesome ledge shots.

Sean C's P-8 insanity workout! I was on Potato(e) 2 weeks ago and completely missed that little trail to the east firebreak. Clear as day in Google earth. That firebreak doesn't look too friendly just before it hits the road. The south firebreak looks interesting, but maybe not steep enough for your...

Even a dusting of snow in the trees is beautiful. Nice photos. There is hope for winter yet.

Wikipedia will show you how to manually do the conversion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic ... conversion but I think you should always delegate that to a computer: http://www.earthpoint.us/convert.aspx There are many other coordinate systems: UPS, MGRS, USNG, Georef, Maidenhead, and State P...

Great quality photos. Thanks for posting.

I've been expecting to see snakes out with the warm weather, but haven't seen any since late last summer.

Wow, I just hope I live to 85 and can still hike anything. What an animal.

Cool, thanks. Maybe I can score some and spread the word.

On Sunday, I didn't know scottawr had just gone up to the mesa from the bottom of the Trabuco Canyon trail. It was one of three stops I made on a balloon style loop coming down from the top of Trabuco Canyon. I hit Vicker BM above the Los Pinos saddle, then down Trabuco Canyon to the Yaeger Mesa, re...

I poked around for the plane wreck but could not find it, but I didn't look too hard though. Did you go up the ridge? or did you follow the trail that looks like a downhill mountain bike racetrack? that's an odd way to do the trabuco/horsethief loop but after going down the bumpy trabuco canyon roa...

Great photos of the mesa! By an odd twist of fate, I visited the mesa on Sunday, but I came down from upper Trabuco after going over Vicker BM, then back up West Horsethief trail, and over Horsethief Peak. I initially missed the Yaeger trail and wasted some time looking for it before I found it. htt...

Nice trip, Rico. It's a fun area with clumps of peaks.

Hey, where did you get the eispiraten stickers? Well done on the redecoration.