EISPIRATEN

Nice route! I'm impressed that you closed the loop and did the route so quickly. I did much of the same route in 2021 but required two hikes on different days. The blue one was a car shuttle starting at Pico Canyon Park and the green one was just an out-n-back where we didn't think we could keep ...

On our way down Baldy Bowl Trail after hearing CHP(?)’s PA to come down, my friends and I watched SAR rappel down from the Sheriff’s helicopter and lift up two body bags one by one. Weather was getting shifty right above the helicopter (as seen in photos below) so they were moving fast, probably ...

Remind me - did other people see her on the trail besides the two hikers she was with?


Not clear how many other hikers they ran across on the way up or on the summit. Supposedly cameras on one of their cars confirmed the three were there on day/time they said to start the hike. And supposedly ...

Mountain lions and bears were in the area (found prints, scat) but experts were consulted and all but ruled it animal attack. Bears leave massive evidence. Mt lions can leave next to nothing and carry the kill to a hiding spot but no more than 500' away. All directions from the LKP have been ...

I haven't really looked into this so pardon my uninformed musings, but:
- without casting aspersions on her, could she have intentionally disappeared in some way, either by going back to Hwy 2 to a waiting vehicle or hiding out for a while? Was there anything she might have wanted to run away from ...

Has anyone gone back to the timeline posted way earlier in this topic and considered the following item?

2:30pm – two hikers returning from Twin Peaks hear what sounded like a female in anguish or despair
(not calling for help) around Twin Peaks Saddle area (estimated 34.32474, -117.93031 ...

I ran into a SARs member on the West Ridge Trail of Waterman today. She was warning me that the marijuana grows are still a thing in the San Gabriels including sometimes armed lookouts watching hikers that get too close. She specifically mentioned seeing new irrigation pipes this summer in Devils ...

.
The purple is my route where I followed some of the old logging roads that run parallel to the main hiking trail for some sections. I tried to circle in red the old road sections. The "C" is where I found another rusted heavy logging cable. The yellow dots are where I think the two sides of that ...

I am referring to the north side of Waterman where the trail makes the loop out to the east on your map, there is that wide drainage that goes up in a southwesterly direction.

.
Ah yes. I know where you mean. In September I followed some of those. One in particular disappeared when it hit a big ...

I was just up on Twin Peaks today and I take a short cut up the Waterman trail. There are three old roads that I cross as I go up the drainage to the ridge.

.
Do you mean this area in red or above that? Also, the switchbacks look much longer and fewer on this Garmin map than any current maps ...

I'm concerned about their use of water. Does it make less available for us hikers? These people seem to be camping slobs...
In the fantasy world where the Feds issue grow permits, a canyon with plenty of water will need to be selected. But it's not like these growers will overrun the Gabes. They ...

Neat! This is a different road from the one I walked when I was over there . Are you going to be checking out more of these? Should they be mapped?


I enjoy checking out the old roads when I find them. Should they be mapped? I have no idea. I like your idea of how to mark them in OSM. Not sure ...

.
Yesterday, I decided to go check out what looked like an old road on the north side of Winston (A to B to C to D is all old logging road). I got a very late start (3:15pm) so didn't explore it fully. I went right (down) at the main fork (B) but sometime will return to see how far past "B" it ...

.
So this was my final large trash haul. After this, I'll just collect what I can carry in my standard backpack. All of this was found within half a mile of Three Points parking area mostly just off PCT or in drainages. The portable stove was what I hauled out with the long trash off-trail 8-person ...

Back in 2020, we stumbled upon an old logging road being reclaimed by nature that seems like it used to go around the entire John Hinge Rocks/Waterman E7 Benchmark peaks (on north side of ACH across from 6000' TH). We started on PCT but before Camp Glenwood we took this old logging road north ...

Thank you. I'm adding Albert Zisook to the list. I'll repost an updated list at some point.

I had also seen these four names but unsure about adding them. Let me know any thoughts.

1960 - Bruce Howard Kremen (age 6) disappeared from Buckhorn Campground where he was with 80+ other people mostly ...

Yes, allowing private operations to continue unhindered is not a good look. It definitely screams financial reasons for allowing them to continue so not about safety or animal welfare.

And I have gone into fire closure areas a few times most notably after the Station Fire when it was a ridiculous ...

I thought the Bridge Fire burned both the Acorn Trail and Bear Canyon trail from Baldy Village. Those are fairly close to Baldy's summit. Was the Bridge Fire the one where people were up in arms because Icehouse Canyon was closed?

A few things to consider. If the fire is active, we've seen how ...

Anyone else find the Kenneth Andrew Pomykala incident very strange? Why would you leave your friend if he fell? Why would you leave him as he was trying to retrieve his pack?

Also, does anyone have more specific information on Jonathan Aujay? What was his route from Devils Punchbowl to Baden ...

I've been looking for updates on this story since she disappeared.

There was a Youtube video posted 2 weeks ago that had this comment posted yesterday in response to anyone who suspected Monica's friends of foul play. It doesn't seem 100% honest and feels suspicious.
I suspect the user ...

Yes, we read your post. Many of the people on this forum and others have also spoken with "Subject A". He is the one who has varied information slightly over the past months and his behavior has turned off many of the best hikers & searchers in southern California. I would have a tendency to trust ...

Careful out Mt Emma area. In 2019, me and my two buddies were threatened by a meth head when we got back to our car at the trailhead.


In the afternoon of January 2019, we hiked to Mt Emma, Peak 5098, and Old Mt Emma. From the ridge we kept seeing a white car pulled over at a weird location on ...

That's the issue is there's no definitive info like official statement or interview from her two hiking companions except obviously to law enforcement that first day.

Initially people heard her hiking partner say 30 yards which would make some sense to lose a person. Later he started saying 30 ...

I found this site that hasn't been updated since 2000 but has some interesting information.
https://tchester.org/sgm/lists/deaths.html#hiking

The Kenneth Andrew Pomykala incident is odd.

Here is a compilation of info on Jonathan Aujay: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/mrmtnc/the_mysterious_disappearance_of_deputy_jonathan/


Having been a part of several aspects of the Monica Reza search, I've seen how information is misinterpreted, changed passing from ...

Careful out Mt Emma area. In 2019, me and my two buddies were threatened by a meth head when we got back to our car at the trailhead.

Not sure if this topic exist anywhere else but I was trying to compile some type of master list of missing (or later found) hikers in Angeles National Forest. Would like to see what areas and what time of year most missing incidents happen but it would also be nice to find out what the circumstances ...

.
This was my last ever haul from Pinyon Flats/Alder Saddle area. I found the main shooting area. It is a fool's errand trying to clean it up. Sadly there was at least one brand new large Modelo bottle and a tall boy Corona can (along the paved section from Alder Saddle down to Pinyon Flats) that ...

.
You guys are true pioneers for even trying that! Would it be better to take Bear Creek Trail from Smith Mt TH? Then from Upper Bear Trail Camp go up that canyon (just slightly northeast of your route) for a ways before moving west at 3200' to the ridge?

New poster here. I read through the discussion on here and reviewed the helpful info, such as the search topo map and the timeline. Thanks for that!

So, what's the latest on this case. Anything new worth mentioning since the last post on here nearly two months ago?

There is a search planned this ...