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I would not recommend Camp 4. Design of the tongue near the toebox allows too much dirt and small pebbles to accumulate there. I found that dirt eventually gets inside the shoes. I do like the sticky rubber and the heel support, so will be looking to buy one of Five Ten's other approach/scrambling ...

Is that the same road you take to get to the Lytle Creek Shooting Range? My god, that's a horrible road.

Rob wrote:Or park at Aspen Grove TH then hike up a few hundred feet to join Fish Creek TH. You drive past Aspen Grove TH to reach Fish Creek TH.

This is the ticket. Aspen Grove is a nice hike and saves you five miles and forty minutes of ball-busting dirt road.

Last week I got myself a registration on Wikipedia. I've been thinking of fixing some of that stuff.

Great photos and captions, as usual. You're the next John Robinson. I have never heard of "Zahniser-Lake Saddle" until now. For a while I was thinking maybe it's a new name for Fish Creek Saddle, but I gather it's a name for the saddle between Fish Creek Saddle and Mineshaft Saddle? Edit: ...

That looks great, I'm all over that.

Are fires legal there? They sure aren't a little further up in the Cucamonga Wilderness.

kgw wrote:After about 3 miles on the North Fork Big Pine Creek trail last week, I had to get creative after the sole began separating on my left boot:

That's why I insist on sewn welts.

My boots were originally a Norwegian welt, but during the last resole the dude used an American welt.

An on-line friend of mine complained about the photo Wikipedia was using for their Mt Baden-Powell entry , so I mentioned I had a better one. He edited the article and - voilà! - my photo is now there instead. I bet there are a lot of Wikipedia articles that could be better illustrated by us folks o...

That's so cool you dudes live close enough you can just head up there spur of the moment.

I bought some Merrel trail shoes last year for day hiking, but I have tender feet and have gone back to wearing my old (1982) Vasque mountaineering boots for any and all mountain hikes. They are heavy, but they also protect my feet a lot better on rocky trails. I use the Merrels for local conditioni...

Dude, sticky this!

Oh yeah, MTV actually played music videos in the eighties, too.

The 80's had Reagan, Gorbachev, ICBMs, strategic bombers, the space shuttle, the Challenger disaster :(, the '84 LA Olympics, the Nintendo Entertainment System, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Goonies, Ghostbusters, Top Gun, Superman, Batman, Gremlins, Back to the Future, Short Circuit, Smurfs, Duck ...

Sometimes when I go into those places and order my usual - a medium coffee - the baristas look at me like I have a third eyeball.

JMunaretto wrote:I totally understand the turning back thing, but really just from a headache? I figured most people get a headache going up?

I'd probably turn back with a headache, since I never get headaches.

There are a lot of desirable things I'd like to see or have, but generally only if they can be afforded. This attitude has kept me out of debt for my entire life.

Thanks, Fritz, now I don't ever have to go there.

On Saturday my buddy Frank called to see if I wanted to go up Baden-Powell with him and his daughter the next day, and though they were going to start a lot later than I preferred, I said sure. I had failed to schedule a hike of my own this weekend. When we got to the end of Highway 2, it was sunny...

The eighties kicked ass. I miss them.

Gold is what drove local mining (generally). What other elements are commonly found with gold? How about asbestos and arsenic (at least in the Sierra Nevada)? Oh, and mercury was often used to separate out gold from the ore. Can you say "toxic?" Today cyanide is used to extract gold from ...

Those damned flies are still there? I'd have thought they'd be gone by now. That is a great trail. Lots to see up there.

One problem with hiking when you are already sick is it will not help you get better faster.

Fight on is just being himself. That said, Fight on, kinda tone it down a bit. Your joking doesn't typically seem to entertain anyone but yourself. I stand corrected. IMVVVVVVVVVVVHO, Maybe I would be good to make a rule not to post a mile of pics. Use a link instead. It is kinda not fun to load th...

That wasn't exactly the plan, I was supposed to go up this morning, except I wasn't feeling well last night. Ate too much. So I was thinking about going up tomorrow after all, but I don't really want to run into the runners. I was going to come down via the Notch and it sounds like that will be a zo...

I've been a little confused about the parking. The side entrance to the Visitor's Center has a gate that's closed before 7:00am. I guess that isn't where you go to find the trailhead?

Good, I guess I'll head up Sunday morning.

Is this correct?

On the way down, we ran into a group of about 20 mountain bikers who apparently can't read signs and don't review beta on bike permissible trails in the San Gabriels. Don't get me wrong--I'm a big mountain biking fan myself. But how much fun can you have on a very busy trail where you have to stop ...

Wuz gonna do Langley via Army Pass from Cottonwood Lakes. Got permit and all but the two guys I was going to do it with backed out. :evil: Some time ago, I promised my wife I wouldn't do solo X-C any more. So no Langley this weekend. Bummer. If I didn't have a lot of crap to do around the house, I'...

Simonov, I didn't even see your post at the end of page 1! Sorry I missed it! Excellent post. I'd like to consolidate stuff on here. I am a big organisation-kinda-guy though, so for myself, it's either a handfull of seperate subforums, or a shitload of stickies (think, current conditions, etc). I d...