EISPIRATEN

I seem to be free Thanksgiving weekend. Will the snow be consolidated by then?

So what happened to the photos?

The Holy Jim Trail to the top of Santiago Peak is actually maintained by the Warriors, a mountain biking club. If it wasn't for them, there may not be a maintained trail at all. I used to have a prejudice against mountain bikers, assuming they tore up the trails (of course, they are prohibited from ...

Taco should enjoy this one!

I have hiked up Mt. Wilson four times since the Station Fire. The Old Mt. Wilson Trail is fine, as are Sturtevant and Upper Winter Creek. Also, Mt. Zion, etc. The trail to Newcomb Pass is closed. Want to take the kids to Sturtevant Falls this Saturday. No problem with that? No problem at all. Well,...

AlanK wrote:I have hiked up Mt. Wilson four times since the Station Fire. The Old Mt. Wilson Trail is fine, as are Sturtevant and Upper Winter Creek. Also, Mt. Zion, etc. The trail to Newcomb Pass is closed.

Want to take the kids to Sturtevant Falls this Saturday. No problem with that?

That these people, looters and criminals on a massive scale, have convinced so many Americans that plundering the entire US economy is not nearly as grave a sin as some hapless Joe walking out on his mortgage, is an even more obvious symptom of this once-promising nation's slide into naked oligarch...

In the case of TARP which I think you are referring to, a case could be made that the money prevented large instituions that we the little guys depend on for our livelyhoods. (401k, stocks, life savings etc.) Was there? Fine. Then the government could have protected all of us by nationalizing the b...

Seems to me a felony conviction would affect most if not all of our careers. Well, sure, but not all of use are hedge fund managers with Wall Street connections. Remember, we spent about a trillion dollars as a nation ensuring none of these people were held accountable for the global financial melt...

I would like to do some more self arrest practice this year as well as some glacier travel and rescue practice. I have been keeping my eyes open for some good practice slopes during the last couple of years, but haven't seen anything good and safe. I want something where you can get a bit of speed, ...

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/201011 ... ofile=1062 EAGLE, Colorado — A financial manager for wealthy clients will not face felony charges for a hit-and-run because it could jeopardize his job, prosecutors said Thursday. Martin Joel Erzinger, 52, faces two misdemeanor traffic charges stemming fr...

CMC-OC wrote:Is this event still on the table by any chance?

Yes. I was exchanging e-mails with Jim, but he went quiet.

It's now looking like December.

Buying shared hosting services gives you everything you'd get from owning and managing the hardware yourself, plus security and backups, without the headaches associated with maintaining a box and a high speed network link. I don't recommend putting a community resource like this forum on a personal...

Zach wrote:Question: Where does a forum go when it dies?

Does Taco dream of electric sheep?

For the last OCHC Noob Backpacking overnight of the 2010 season, we spent the weekend on Mt San Jacinto. Despite a weather forecast predicting snow and high winds, we enjoyed perfect weather throughout the trip. It was an excellent close to the summer backpacking season. https://eispiraten.com/image...

C'mon, Tim, give it up. Better tell us how you did that!

I think it will be a long time before we need a virtual private server.

What I like about Liquid Web is they offer tiered shared plans with a migration path to a VPS, should that be required.

http://www.liquidweb.com/cart/content/shared/

But this is a discussion topic for the Migration Committee.

Okay, I should read the links you posted, but I'm at work. Does it have to be phpBB? Any chance this could be run on FluxBB or PunBB? Otherwise, you make it sound doable. Small fee is no big deal, a few contributions would take care of that. Unless y'all think Eispiraten.com absolutely sucks, there'...

I blame Travis for setting this up on MyFreeForum to begin with.

Taco and Vitaly hit the nail on the head. This forum is virtually invisible as far as the search engines are concerned, and so there is very little infusion of new blood. If we want to keep it going and thriving, maybe it's time to seriously consider a dedicated domain and forum. Only thing getting ...

HikeUp wrote:Could be that most of the San Gabriel Mountains are closed.

Most?

The parts of the San Gabriel Mountains that are closed are actually - I'm not kidding - areas I have never visited.

Traffic is WAY down on this board in the last six months or so.

I just noticed many of the most active posters from days gone by are now more active over on the San Jacinto board.

What gives?

Haven't any of those people ever read any John McPhee? How about CalTrans being the most hostile agency to mtn users in the USA? There are landslides all the time, and they are typically reopened quickly...in days/weeks rather than Caltrans years/decades. Well, my John McPhee reference was about ho...

Haven't any of those people ever read any John McPhee?

Rim of the Valley (National Park?) http://www.shga.com/forum/phpBB2/viewto ... 3c48f07c26 Decent map overview of the proposal...which wont be resolved until 2014 or later. It seems the proposal would make anything west of Santa Anita canyon part of this NPS area, including Eaton Canyon,MtWilson, Li...

awesome photos, dude! i'm going to drive the loop from reseda/sunland to wrightwood up the detoured crest hwy today and your pics got me amped up for that trip. good job. Had the opposite effect on me. I was all set for a Baldy climb this weekend, but when I saw there was no snow I decided to spend...

Zach wrote:What is show tunes?

They go well with disco.

TacoDelRio wrote:I've got a good spot north of the 58 and west of Barstow. Want the coords?

Sure!

The San Bernardino Fish & Game Commission recently published high quality maps showing where shooting is permitted in San Bernardino County: http://www.specialdistricts.org/2/Fisha ... finala.pdf http://www.specialdistricts.org/2/Fisha ... _final.pdf I am grateful for these fine maps, but a litt...

In the past, I used to love this place, particularly because it used to be peaceful and quiet and serene. But this past weekend the noise level was unbearable -- a caravan of about 10 (!!!) cars coming in at 9:30 pm on Thursday, disgorging about 40 people, who proceeded to build a veritable tent-ci...