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Damn, I could've gone with you. Looks like a lotttttttt of fun!

Next time maybe.

Hey, Baldy via register or N. Side of Baden next week.

You in?

k

Three homeboys, the mountain, the sAke and it was good......yes it was good. Hopefully lightning gulch next week.$

What have we become.

Well, it's official. There's nothing left to accomplish, I've climbed every single peak in the world.

k

Sounds good, thx for the research. Maybe I'll run into you there. I'll be the guy gasping for air on the north ridge of pine.

That would be rad. Thanks a bunch. I know they close the road getting close to winter, if it closes, I'll just hike Acorn Trail then go up from there.

Thanks again.

Does any one know if the road to Guffy Camp is going to close soon. I want to climb Pine and Dawson soon, maybe next week.

I think I'm ready for Lhotse now, maybe Everest over the weekend, gotta save up 25 more dollars though.

Taco, thanks for waiting for my slow ass. I know you wanted to jog the whole thing.

Maybe we could do Ski Hut 95 more times next week. It's such a forgiving, treeless trail.

Mr. Driver. Can you make a map and show the entire route that you guys went on? Would be nice. Must have been fun Taco! Damn, I was going to bring my GPS to post the track on GoogleEarth but I forgot it. Do you know If I can draw a line in the sky on GoogleEarth to show what we did? kelly If I did ...

Oh, Now that sounds like a new name for you Taco. The flying Taco, Leader of the Fearless Ice Pirates. It's gotta a bit of a ring to it eh? (rich british accent of course) Mr. Driver. Can you make a map and show the entire route that you guys went on? Would be nice. Must have been fun Taco! Damn, I...

Oh, Now that sounds like a new name for you Taco. The flying Taco, Leader of the Fearless Ice Pirates. It's gotta a bit of a ring to it eh? (rich british accent of course)

Dude,

That was cool. I have never had such a calm clear day to go get those pics. Now I know my route up the s. face of cucamonga for sure.

Had fun, more to follow I hope.

k

Oh Great.

I've seen quite a few of those in Iraq. Hellfire makes a pretty nice flyswatter for those who think it's a good idea to mount in the back of a truck and point in Friendlies direction. KaBOOOOM!!

Note to self. Keep Shiny Airplanes away from Hikin_Jim.

That's pretty funny,

I'll make sure and do an anti-aircraft jig when near any summits. Just in case.

k

that would be easy to plan. A week or so before the flight I will plan all the peaks to be passed. Baldy can be tricky with the winds and the heat in the summer. I've experienced some pretty drastic downdrafts up there. Maybe not the best peak, but suset peak is a good one, iron mt, (no one will wan...

Prob. off topic. But these are youtube links to the aircraft I will use for the Aerial Photos of Peaks. (Taco, you're up in about a month or less) I am flying the airplane in all videos. All footage shot by my back seater, Jack. If there is a second aircraft in the shots, that is Fred, and he will n...

I know. The T-storm started pretty heavy the moment we got into the car. People were probably mid way, to just reaching the summit when it hit.

And you wonder why people go missing or have to be rescued out of our mountains.

k

Baden today was great. We were among the first few peeps to start the trail around 7:30. Weather was awesome, cool, overcast. T-Storms on the way down.

Holy Hell, about 5 million hikers coming up the trail as we were coming down. Guess everyone had the same idea to hit it on Sunday.

k

Good Idea. I did Josephine from Colby and Really liked the trail. I kinda just need to knock out Strawberry and Lawlor for my HPS list. So, depending on how much time i've got, either route seems like a plan.

Thanks.

k

But isn't the southerly faces of baldy REALLY dangerous being that they get a lot of sun. Avalanche heaven. I was just curious, you guys are f'ing hard core.

k

I've been wanting to knock out Lawlor and Strawberry for the longest time but don't want to drive all the way out there. Maybe we could set up a carpool, split the gas and head out if anybody wants to do those two from RedBox.

k

Doing Baden on Sunday, prob. hit the trail at vincent's about 7:30'ish. Maybe c someya cats up there. Prob. be hot but not to bad at the ridge.

k

No, BP is getting postponed until this coming sunday. Couldn't drag myself up there after working graveyard.

k

I work four days a week, and have 4 days off. It's tough gettin used to, but I manage. Schedule just changed a bit so I take advantage and do some hikes.

k

Chinese music on the rarely climbed icehouse trail, it doesn't make sense. Hmmm, oh well.

K

Enjoy Ontario,

I may stay local also and do Bighorn, Ontario via the ridge. Maybe I'll run into you. I'll be the guy weezing and crawling up the trail. Haha.

kelly

If it's not too hot, which it probably will be, I'm planning on Baden from Vincent's monday the 7th. Let me know if anyone is interested. I am a pretty slow mover, so be forewarned.

k

I was just curious. I used to go really old school back in the day, but I remember how uncomfortable I was when we rested on the summits.

Thanks all.

k

I'm trying to avoid spending alot of $$$ on some new winter mountaineering pants. Does any one know of a good cheap pair of pants that would be comfortable with steep grade climbs using crampons?

Any ideas would be awesome.

kelly

I don't personally know any hippies or ever seen anybody hugging a tree, but I would hug any hippies I met that help pass the new wilderness bill. My wife and I were hiking in Hawaii, on Maui and saw a woman, no sh!t giving a tree a HUGE hug. She hugged that thing for at least 10minutes solid. Gott...

Iodine is a beatuful thing. I drank stagnant pooled water in the mountains in washington. Put some iodine in it, with no ill aftereffects, and it didn't really taste that bad. You can also use chlorine bleach (just regular, not scented) and add about 2-3 drops per quart, maybe 4 if it's dirty water....