EISPIRATEN

Isn't El Mirage getting a little trashed? I haven't noticed, but then I am usually there for SCTA events, and the SCTA themselves police the lakebed prior to meets. But El Mirage is certainly getting a lot more use these days. I've been going there for over thirty years and back in the seventies, t...

You've got to wonder what we already pay taxes for Really? I thought everyone knew it's to fight wars (and if there aren't any handy we'll make some) and pay for the needs of an aging Baby Boom. Government-provided recreation will always get hind tit, that's a given, and I don't mind paying a modes...

Lots of people rip on the tourists. Are you suggesting that people cannot post positive messages about tourists? Try it... The more you post, the less coherent you get. I really have no idea what this business about the tram and tourists is supposed to be referring to, and you aren't making yoursel...

Apparently, some folks from the OCHB just got back from a trip up to Camp Muir. I'm not sure they summited, though.

Some pics: http://hiking.meetup.com/217/photos/?ph ... mId=425400

...never been crazy about Perry as a moderator/administrator (he seems like a nice guy, but is prone to banning, editing and deleting to keep his boards squeaky clean; some people like a squeaky clean board, I don't). Could you provide some specific examples? No, I don't spend enough time over ther...

TacoDelRio wrote:Gamecock?

Yeah, there are two SCs in the US: one calls themselves the Cocks and the other is named after a brand of condoms.

Weird.

A seperate "forum" or subforum for each activity here, much like we have a Tralrunning one, a canyoneering/technical one, etc. I figure if we make a total forum, it should really be "the big one", a go-to site for all SoCal mountian activities. Okay, I'll lay down some Forum Fil...

I went with my daughter all decked out in cardinal and gold. NOT ONE PERSON SAID ONE THING TO US BAD. NOTHING. And thats walking all the way through the pregame stuff throughout the game and all the way out. That is amazing. I really expected to be heckled. nothing... Bruins always realize it's jus...

I'm not crazy about the splintering of all these SoCal message boards, and never been crazy about Perry as a moderator/administrator (he seems like a nice guy, but is prone to banning, editing and deleting to keep his boards squeaky clean; some people like a squeaky clean board, I don't). My percep...

Always hated them and their snooty Newport Beach fanbase. But this article is maybe helping me change my mind . . . a little. Actually, to be honest, I don't have a lot of interest in watching grown men play schoolyard games, but watching the kids play is fun. Newport Harbor High School hasn't poste...

Perry from the San Jacinto board has set up http://www.LAtrails.Net I'm not crazy about the splintering of all these SoCal message boards, and never been crazy about Perry as a moderator/administrator (he seems like a nice guy, but is prone to banning, editing and deleting to keep his boards squeaky...

wonder if gairda and viriuss sink? Simonov, Wasn't that area soooooooooooo cool? Man it's really where you camped. Nice isn't it! :D Too bad your camera messed up. It was nice. Good weather, I slept outside as usual, watched the meteor showers from inside my sleeping bag. I'm not sure if non-member...

Lots of horses and people visit this area though. Would you filter your water? I did, and I always assumed it was a good idea to filter lake (standing) water, but that article referenced in the other thread suggests lake water is even cleaner than stream water because the nasty stuff falls to the b...

Hey, Simonov, where did you stay in the Cottonwood area? Any good 411 for me on where to camp and all. I'm thinking of going up there over Labor Day, camping at one of the lakes, and then going up the unmaintained trail up Army Pass. To veer off topic for a moment, that's just what we did. Hiked in...

How do you deal with water on your hikes and camping trips? In SoCal, I drink right from the springs. I have been a bit more nervous in the Sierras (borrowed other folks' filters last week in Cottonwood Lakes), but after reading the linked article I'm none too worried about Sierra water, either. No...

Hikin_Jim wrote:An article relevant to water purification: http://www.yosemite.org/naturenotes/DerletWater.htm

Huh. I have long suspected the portable water filtering industry was a bit of a scam.

I just got back from three days in the Cottonwood Lakes area of the eastern Sierra. While I am happy to drink directly from streams and springs in the San Gorgonio Wilderness, and most of the San Gabes, I insisted on borrowing a filter for the water in the Sierras. There are stock animals roaming ar...

Why not combine the two? Years ago I used to backpack quite often with a girlfriend (we were both San Gorgonio Wilderness volunteer rangers) and as I recall we very rarely felt like fooling around after a hike, except during a few occasions when we were holed up in our tent all day during rainstorms.

OCHBC dudes heading up Baldy: http://hiking.meetup.com/217/calendar/8000598/

Other OCHBC dudes (myself included) going to Cottonwood Lakes: http://hiking.meetup.com/217/calendar/7790323/

I've seen the trail to Etiwanda where it branches off from the short trail to Cucamonga summit, but is there a sign for Etiwanda when you go down that trail? I want to climb Etiwanda next time I am on Cucamonga but I am not sure how to get there and whether it is marked.

A lot of problems can be avoided simply by getting up earlier. I would have thought this would be obvious to people, but no . . .

I've been not wanting to go up Baldy for a while now due to the crowds. Get on the trail by 6:00. You will meet a lot of people as you head back down, but no more than 12 or 20 or so at the summit. Plus you will enjoy the hike up a lot more than later in the morning when the ridges are getting hot.

Funyan005, you have come to the right place. Most of the people on this board seem to be more active in the winter. Thanks to this board, I started winter mountaineering just this year and I love it. To support to some extent what Taco Del Rio said, I think winter mountaineering is made to sound a l...

Travis started the board, then moved away to Washington State.

His Flickr account is still active: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trav_and_jenn/

If anyone climbs, they would have enough to do to stay occupied. Otherwise, drop by and say hi kinda thing, that would work. On our last noob overnight we all got drunk and played cards all afternoon. Good times, good times. Tomorrow I'm heading up again. I have two liters of wine and four Negra Mo...

Mmmm, makes me almost wish I drink pilsner.

There are a lot of interesting local brands in the midwest. Recently Vernors ginger ale has broken out from Detroit. It's great stuff.

BZZT. Heading to the Sierras that weekend.

Hikin_Jim wrote:If she gave me an ultimatum, I'd push back and say first, "you knew who I was before we married, and oh by the way, by what right do you issue me an ultimatum?"

Have you ever been married before?

Wives do this. All the time.

You know I lead a secret life as a hippy.

I remember the Sylmar quake very distinctly. It felt like the end of the world and I was 70 miles away.

I had a pet rat at the time and all I could think to do was jump out of the bucking bed and grab him out of his cage to protect him.