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Leader implies responsibility while demanding no self-reponsibility? But a a coordinator implies no responsibility but demands self-responsibility? I say both of those are not wise choices...more like the reality is to imply no reponsibility but also demand no self-responsibility either. People hav...

HikeUp wrote:That certainly is one possible scenario. It's also possible that noobs get invited along by the experienced people on forums.

Oh, that happens, it happened to me (Hi, Fritz!). But it's not something a noob can depend on or expect upon joining a strange forum.

I understand what you're saying as far as providing a means for getting people together and getting people off their duffs. But I don't see much difference between this free forum and clubs such as ODC and OCHBC, except the money. Either way you go, you have no idea what kind of group you will end ...

TacoDelRio wrote:Any ideas are welcome. North face of Baldy should be good to go for a while.

Do you have any routes in mind?

If it doesn't rain, I'll be in the Bowl again on Saturday. I am assuming it will be my last chance this winter.

I don't see the point of ODC. If they issue disclaimer after disclaimer that they aren't responsible for anything, then why does anyone pay them for doing something a free forum like this one can do? I see the point. In fact, I am hiking and backpacking again because of a similar group, the OCHBC. ...

You never need an excuse to post dog pictures.



Now that it's getting warmer, how crowded is that trail getting?

What was the snow like? What time did you start? I've been wanting to hit Baldy again this month, but I thought maybe the snow was getting too slushy and slippery. I was up on Saddleback (Santiago) yesterday, a summit with spectacular views in all directions, and was amazed how high the snow level h...

So how many people have we lost in the San Gabriel Mountains during the first two months of 2008? Four so far (two to avalanches, two to falls)?

BTW, check out these photos of the Icehouse/Bighorn area from a week ago. It would be pretty scary to start sliding down on that stuff.

From RickG's photo album, the register at Cucamonga: http://images.myphotoalbum.com/g/gr/gra/grah/graha/grahamcracker/albums/album04/DSC00748.sized.jpg Transcript: "Mountain hikes are fun! Enjoy the ride, love the land, and just say 'No!' to cranky and sour Sierra Club old poops!" I have m...

By now you folks are aware of my tradition-minded bent with regard to gear, the most famous example hereabouts being my photogenic teak ice axe. But it doesn't stop at Italian ice axes. This last weekend I went on my first backpacking outing in about nine or ten years, using the REI external frame p...

Was this one of those "hafta get your feet wet" hikes?

TacoDelRio wrote:

simonov wrote:I'm gonna have to gear up and do that hike sometime this winter.

Join us Ice Pirates for round three.

Name a date.

I'm gonna have to gear up and do that hike sometime this winter.

406 wrote: As I was about to start my ski down from near the summit some jerk off walked to within 5 feet of me and took a picture of me.

Wasn't me. I was up on the summit when I was snapping pics of total strangers.

I also was up on Baldy today. I did 2 laps of the bowl. 1st up the center and glissaded down the right side and then back up the right side and glissaded down the center. I started ~7am and got back around 1:30. How were you dressed? I stood up at the top of a couloir taking a few pics of people st...

After He219 escorted me to the top last week , I got the Baldy Bug in a bad way and decided to try it again this weekend. The wife had something else going on, so I could do whatever I wanted. I had been watching the weather reports carefully all week, and decided conditions would be similar to last...

I got a YouTube message from Robert, part of the Taco Del Rio Fan Club. In his YouTube profile I found several videos of him and his sons glissading down the bowl last Saturday, pretty much going down the route He219 and I went up: He219 expressed some amazement when I told him they had glissaded do...

You can pry my vintage Italian teak-shafted Camp axe from my cold, dead fingers.

I have heard on other forums they are difficult to rent, as there is some kind of concern about liability, but I have rented them twice without any problem at all at my local REI in Santa Ana. Maybe different stores have different policies. There's doubtless an REI near you, so call them to see whet...

I’m eager to get up there again with an earlier start and a helmet. We didn’t have any falling rock but those giant speeding snowballs might sting, or worse. I'm going up above Icehouse Saddle or maybe Baldy again on Saturday, and will start at dawn. Weather.com says there might be a light dusting ...

More awesome pics......nice videos too. Did you just walk back with the injury? Or did you have to dress it first? We dressed it. At the ski hut we were surrounded by professional mountain rescue dudes (and a couple dudettes) and I suggested we have one of them take a look at the leg. But He219 poi...

He219 contacted me at about 4:00pm on Friday night and asked if I was interested in heading up to Mount Baldy at 3:00am the next morning (we live a couple miles away from each other). I am an early riser anyway, so I said okay, all I had to do was rent some crampons at REI. We were on the trail by a...

Maybe the language needs to be expanded to make clear that "members" includes leaders, and perhaps that leaders are not necessarily certified/qualified. Explicitly saying the obvious ensures that it is obvious. I doubt further education of the members would help (actually, I'm not even su...

Thanks Kathy. I think it's the way the website is set up for the Outdoors Club that makes people think they are going on a hiking trip with a Sierra Club type leader. I think this is true despite the numerous statements they have on the site saying that you are the only one responsible for your saf...

For some reason I never noticed this post before, Great video. Very well done. Thank you. Last week I experimented with a couple of shotgun slings (I make shotgun parts) so that I could carry the camera on its monopod hands-free. A single-point sling was convenient but the camera and monopod bounce...

Well, the weekend is coming up quickly. Especially in light of this last weekend's tragedy on the trail up Mt Wilson, I would be very interested in doing a hike during which I (and any others who think they could use it) could receive instruction and practice on winter mountaineering skills, particu...

I was supposed to go showshoeing up Baldy with a couple friends on Saturday, but we won't go if it's still snowing.

Here are more details on the rescue at Skyline http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/three_marines_r_1.html " 'At about 8:19 (p.m.), they called via cell phone and said that they were lost and cold,' Valenzuela said." They waited until three hours after sunset to call for help. Oo-ra, Semper fi!

TacoDelRio wrote:Should be fun. Probably a long approach, a sustained and tough route in my opinion, by any option. Looking for partners. 8)

I wanna do this, but I don't yet have the gear or the experience.

Could we please get a tally on the Koreans you encountered below the saddle? For the record books.