EISPIRATEN

I was supposed to go shooting tomorrow near Joshua Tree. I just called the airport and they said there's still a foot of snow everywhere and the roads off highway 62 are pretty treacherous. He said forget about dirt roads. Anyone have any idea whether that snow will still be there tomorrow? What are...

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With a simple cut and paste, you can post Flickr photos like this, linked back to the photo page:



Note that when Yahoo's share price plummets low enough, Flickr will become part of the Microsoft empire.

Revitalization project = condemn local businesses to sell the land to well-connected developers who will put in national chains and a BMW dealership.

It's a scam.

What I mean is that while I do not believe we are headed into a second Depression (which was truly the most traumatic event in American history since the Civil War, it's hard for us looking back to understand how bad it really was for the average American), we are probably about to enter the worst e...

Sounds like Saturday is going to be a nice day for a hike, but what about avalanche danger? My brother-in-law will be coming into town tomorrow, so I'm not sure I can get away Saturday. Sunday is reserved for shooting in the desert (promises to be a great day for it). Snow might also be kind of deep...

Actually I'm referring to the greatest economic calamity to hit this country since the 1930s.

Gonna see a lot of that in the next few months.

I once escaped jury duty on a capital case when in response to a questionnaire I (truthfully) pointed out that I was opposed to the death penalty.

JUDGE: Thank you for your time, Mr Barrie, you are free to leave.

A group representing park rangers, retirees and conservation organizations said the rule change will lead to confusion for visitors, rangers and other law enforcement agencies. How will it be more confusing when the the law inside National Parks will now be the same as the law outside the National ...

The view from Costa Mesa:

I went to get some chains for my GTO and all they (Sears, baby!) had were cables since the GTO is Australian and uses some odd tire size. Someone once told me cables should be used on front wheel drive, not RWD like the GTO. Is that true?

I try to keep chains, a toolbox, jumper cables and emergency blankets in my Yukon at all times. Naturally my wife keeps taking them out.

Damn, I've been so worried about the weather I've gotten NO HIKING in this weekend.

Too busy sitting here in the office designing a new semi-automatic shotgun.

Pics.

I don't drink and drive, ever, so I'd like to combine this with spending the night down in the village (something I've been thinking about doing for a while anyway). To the motels and things get pretty full in the winter?

Polarizers do interesting things with the colors, too. This was one of the first photos I took in the mountains with a polarizer: I wouldn't get that same look with a daylight filter. Sadly, I have grown tired of carrying my DSLR around, and recently picked up a P&S to use on hikes, and there's ...

HikeUp wrote:

simonov wrote:I could bring ... real food.

LOL. Not a fan of sushi?

Oh, I like sushi all right, but not while climbing. Urgh.

Is this an overnight?

Sounds like fun. I could bring Negra Modelo and real food.

So if your reason for studying the Bible at length was to disprove it... While proof of the scriptures certainly has to be taken by faith, I would contend all other plausable explainations require more faith. :wink: My reason for studying it is because I believe all literate Westerners should be fa...

Michael has nailed two storms this fall three weeks before they made land fall. The first was in late October and the second was the one over Thanksgiving. While his estimates tend to be on the high side . . . That's my point. He has made several apocalyptic predictions that failed to come true. Li...

Anyway. Probably nobody cares about the details. I just thought I'd mention it because so many people I talk to don't know what Christianity really is. You wouldn't believe the things I've been told are "Christian" or "part of Christianity." As an atheist who has studied the Bib...

As for the source of the Ventura newspaper Mr.Martin.."Over the past six years Kevin has been targeted online and over the phone. He has received emails and phone calls from people saying they will destroy his credibility with the many he has dear to him. These people have set out to purposely...

I need to get something warmer for my hands, which are subject to pain and numbing from something called Reynauld's Phenomenon. I have been thinking about getting a nice pair of mittens, but don't see how these can be used when walking with an ice axe.

Does anyone use mittens with an ice axe?

Looks like it's gonna snow this weekend.

>The great flood of March 1 - 2, 1938 damaged the road so badly that it was abandoned while still under construction. Or at least thats how its gone down...me thinks it was just rain, and there was no godzilla 30+ft high flash-flood...although it makes for a better story. I'm not sure why you would...

calicokid wrote:Nice piece of craft.

At eleventy-billion dollars apiece it better be.

Maybe we can start handing them out to Wall Street executives in lieu of bailout bonuses.

Intending to summit Ontario Peak, I walked up to Icehouse Saddle this morning. It's still there, I'm pleased to report, but not so sure about Ontario Peak. It started drizzling on me at the Saddle, and of course here in SoCal that is something we simply do not have to put up with if we don't want to...

Man, yesterday was the day to be up there. Today it was a bit . . . moist.

Maybe some of us should get together and use this project to clean up the pages on various San Gabriel Mountains. Most of them are crap.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: ... _Mountains

Hmm, I was eyeballing Register Ridge during most of my hike on Sunday. I've got to do that one soon.