EISPIRATEN

Colin Fletcher used to go on and on ad naseum about how he liked to hike naked. I always thought it was a dumb idea. There are about a thousand very good reasons for wearing clothing while hiking. Reason number one, for all practical purposes, is it's hard to find a place to sit with a tender bare a...

I'll join the chorus, it would be fun for a forum get-together, but I'm not crazy about climbing rocks.

So, no one's got any more info on this? I am well versed in San Gorgonio Wilderness regulations, but all Wilderness Areas are different. In San Gorgonio, there is no camping within 1/4 mile of the trail, except in designated areas, so that's why I'm a little surprised to see all these informal camp...

Here's my perspective: I'm up there for recreation, to enjoy myself. That's why you will never catch me doing any bushwhacking.

We did part of this hike with our scouts in Aug 2006! However, we started at Mineral King and headed south. Night #1 was Franklin Lakes. Night #2 was Little Claire Lake. Night 3 was Lost Creek Canyon at the Big Five Lakes Trail Junction. Night 4 & 5 was spent at Little Five Lakes. We hooked up ...

Just a quicky, earlier this week my sister, Lynn, called and said she was interested in going on a hike. I told her to meet me at the end of Lake Ave in Altadena for a hike up to the ruins of the White City resort on Echo Mountain. It's a short hike, 2.5 miles, but fairly steep. I didn't know what s...

That's looks like a particularly grueling route to the top, especially as viewed from Ontario Peak across the canyon: https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/farm4.static.flickr.com/3243/2690971895_11bdc338dc.jpg I'm looking forward to doing this hike myself, but I believe I will be doing it later in...

Last week, you will recall, I climbed Ontario Peak , which was lovely, and decided then and there to come back the following weekend and have a go at Cucamonga Peak. That I did, on Saturday, after being egged on to some extent by Fritz in a Costa Mesa bar on Thursday night. He said it was beautiful ...

Richard, when did you come down?

I was on Cucamonga yesterday and after my hike as I was getting onto the freeway (about 1:00pm) I looked back and there was a massive thunderhead right over the top of Baldy.

TacoDelRio wrote: That said, I don't see anything being un-civil, and I kinda don't give a crap if anyone's feelings are hurt.

You're my favoritest moderator ever!

Tell that to a Mexican or a Mexican American, they will disagree greatly with that definition. They prefer to be called Mexicans, and some even accept being called Latinos. You seem like an unlikely spokesman for Mexicans and Mexican-Americans, but perhaps you are a man of many hidden talents. Me, ...

This is why I suggested requiring proof of citizenship, or a valid passport before entering the forest recreational areas. It is no secret that 99% of the damage to these areas is by one group. Why are you afraid of spelling out what you mean? You are trying to say that 99% of the damage is done by...

This is why I suggested requiring proof of citizenship, or a valid passport before entering the forest recreational areas. It is no secret that 99% of the damage to these areas is by one group. Why are you afraid of spelling out what you mean? You are trying to say that 99% of the damage is done by...

Oh yes, trails are good. On Sunday on my way down Icehouse Canyon, I ran into some cow and (apparently) her two hawt daughters. As I passed the cow demanded, "What happened to safety in numbers?" I didn't have time for a snappy answer, or to suggest that there is nothing remotely unsafe ab...

After two abortive attempts in the snow in December, I finally got to the top of Ontario Peak on Sunday. So far, it is my favorite hike in the San Gabriels, on account of the beautiful desolation on the ridge leading to the summit. I've been doing a lot of group hikes this year, but it's often nice ...

Let's see, left to right, Throop, Burnham, Baden-Powell, West Baldy, Baldy, Harwood, Thunder and Telegraph, all in one pic:

pretty cool you meet up with folks you don't know and camp. Until someone turns out to be an axe-murderer .. Watch for the ones carrying a Piolet on a summer overnighter! :P I had never met He219 when he called me out of the blue one February Friday afternoon to ask me to accompany him up the Baldy...

I would guess it was the GPS I linked to, I don't know how many GPS of the southwest ridge could their be? Either way, its not Travis's fault, it was very clear in the description (and pictures) what that route entailed. Indeed. Quoth Travis, "This was one of the more difficult hikes I have ev...

Tim wrote:HikeUp, did you taste any of that water coming out of Columbine Spring?

I did. It was cool and a lot better tasting than the Mesa Consolidated Water District water that had been sitting in my Nalgene bottles for the last week.

Trick question - whose car is this? https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/2687243938_4843704075.jpg (sorry I missed running into you...hope your hike went as good as mine!) I had a great hike, and the Ontario Peak trail is my new favorite hike in the San Gabriels. It's...

To get the Google Earth track, I simply traced the High Sierra Trail in my National Geographic Topo! software, then saved the track as a .GPX file. Then I went to GPS Visualizer to convert the .GPX file to a Google Earth .KMZ file. If you follow the track carefully, you can see it veers from the tra...

I don't know about you guys, but I'm packing zip ties from now on. 1,001 uses . . .

I saw that the woman who was lost on San G got the dry heaves. I somehow doubt it was from the water though. What would cause heaves so quickly? I think she was frightened and suffering from exhaustion and maybe other physical problems related to her ordeal. Had nothing to do with the water. This w...

Check this guy out (click on the photo):



Four (4) knives and a bundle of zip-ties!

SCTA trials are this weekend, but since it's going to be so hot out in the Mojave, I decided I'd rather go to the mountains. So I am going to Ontario Peak via Icehouse Saddle on Sunday, leaving at 6:00am to beat the heat (actually, it's only supposed to be about 70 degrees). I've never been there b...

Hikin_Jim wrote:PS I love n00b backpack configurations. lol Creativity at its best. What a hoot.

Yes, ahem. You'll notice I didn't mention them anywhere, I thought I'd let people draw their own conclusions.

Finally got a decent turn-out for one of my OCHBC n00b overnights to John's Meadow this last weekend.



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https://www.youtube.com/embed/rAOHhV1EFe4 Man that was funny, and of course true in parts. I was up in San Francisco and people were riding on the sidewalks all over the place. Ridiculously dangerous. And going through stop signs. Pisses me off. Yeah. I'm normally all in favor of cycling, and we ha...

These guys on the bikes were asking for it if you ask me. Sounds like they weren't riding single file, as we were all trained to do in primary school when we were little kids (at least here in California). We were also trained to stay off the sidewalks and ride in the same direction as traffic. I d...