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Elwood wrote:Nice report and pictures Mr. Simonov. Any sign of rattlers ?

There was "sign" all right. We found a cast-off snakeskin by the trail. Otherwise, no live snakes, but dozens of live lizards.

This weekend I led my fourth outing with the local after school program. We scheduled an exploratory climb along the Mishe Mokwa Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area west of Malibu. I was pleasantly surprised by this spectacular hike through some of the most interesting and e...

That was quite a hike! I tried getting out to Kelly's Camp a few weeks ago, but found it hopeless trying to make a path through the snow. I wish I thought of going straight up, as you did.

Hikin_Jim wrote:Gotta link for our amusement?

I am always here for your amusement.

http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=53227

Holy shit climbers can be such whiny little girls.

Maybe if there was more angst and drama on this board we would get more traffic.

Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention, I ran into Patrick, Zach and Ellen at the Oaks post-hike. Nice to see Patrick and finally meet Zach and Ellen.

They had kiped all the South Fork permits that morning, so it is to them I owe my serendipitous hike up the San Bernardino Peak Trail.

8 May 2010 After reading about a number of recent expeditions up the South Fork Trail to the north side of Mt San Gorgonio, I decided to do the same, mostly, I guess, because I wanted to see Mt San Gorgonio before the snow melted. However, when I got to the Mill Creek Ranger Station to pick up the d...

Hey, Simonov, Aren't you supposed to be at Johns Meadow today? N00bs all bailed on Thursday night, so I canceled it. Instead I took a day hike up to Manzanita Spring. Much more fun than John's Meadow. Trip report to come. I hope you weren't up there looking for me. Took the non-trailer-queen up the...

Time for a roadtrip ! Yay, a road trip of epic body-roll proportions! ;-) Kids these days. They are pitifully unaware that the 1960s GM A-bodies had better suspensions from the factory than all but the sportiest cars today. This was before cheap crappy McPherson struts took over the industry. Some ...

If we ever go to war with those guys and their super entrenching tools, we are so fucked.

Time for a roadtrip!

norma r wrote:The handsomest ice axe i have ever seen belongs to Cy Kaicener.

Heart breaker!

There's snow for a few hundred feet below the Saddle, but crampons not really needed. Crampons would be useful on the way to Cucamonga Peak, since part of that route is north-facing, but probably not to Telegraph Peak. Some pics from this weekend: http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonov/se ... 92933183...

Great post, Jim. Looks like a nice walk, too. Not something I am likely to do since I always seem to have a destination in mind. I keep a copy of John Muir's Mountains of California in my backpack for reading in the evenings. I'm sorry to say that for the most part its is a very boring book, but one...

Someone obviously took a wire brush to a few of the rocks in the lower part of the canyon, but it doesn't come off that easily and the dipshits came back and made new blazes with white paint.

Assholes are still at it. This looks like fresh paint to me:

PackerGreg wrote:If you see Chaparral loaded with Dodder, it probably needs to burn.

No one is going to let Crystal Cove, which is adjacent to Newport Coast, burn any time soon.

Any more news? I was thinking of taking some kids up to Tom Lucas trail camp next month.

Saturday is going to be perfect climbing weather!

Anyone have any ideas what the avalanche danger will be like on Baldy so soon after new snow?

I do believe I will try to climb Ontario Peak. I don't think there are any avalanche fields along the traditional route, are there?

Thanks, I can update my pic caption.

Anyone know what this stuff is? It's growing on the chaparral in Crystal Cove State Park:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... &map.y=154 http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/sn60.jpg http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/sn70.jpg http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/sn70.jpg http://www.badharvest.net/forum/img/smilies/banana.gif http://www.badharvest.net/forum/img/smili...

Ominous avalanche reports aside, what an AMAZING way to spend the morning before school! Seriously, the federal government should levy an "awesome place" tax on us to make it up to the poor souls of the Midwest. MikeTx came out her from Houston for some climbing. HOUSTON. That's like BELO...

If they were German they were from one of those countries where it is not against the law to wander around in public the way gawd clothed you.

Crazy, huh?

They have Guinness in bottles.

And great bloody marys.

MarkI wrote:Thought about grabbing a beer, but they probably don't like sweaty hiker guys with ice axes.

I can tell you from experience, the Buckhorn has no problem with sweaty hiker guys with ice axes. Just sit outside.

All three of them have prescription for medical mj? That's a crock! :lol: :lol: It's pretty easy to get a medical marijuana prescription, and some suppliers will deliver to your door. Marijuana is more or less legal to consume in California for all intents and purposes. Growing it still seems to be...

Packing brings in from $10 to $400 a day, but it's only done twice a week and rarely earns enough to pay the $1,100-a-month feed bill, not to mention vet bills and payroll.

I wonder if volunteer workers, like high school kids, could help.

Is there a ranger station on the way between the 210 and Heaton Flat?

Got some more. Trying to clean up my album: These were out by Amboy Crater last March: Growing around the streambeds near John's Meadow in the San Gorgonio Wilderness. Lupines? Same area, what are these orange flowers at the bottom? These were seen along the lower Sam Merrill Trail: I have combined ...