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Nice photos! I saw these Bighorn Sheep between Baldy and West Baldy on Sunday afternoon (4pm). One of them was very young... https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/digitalalpine.smugmug.com/2011Pictures-1/Mt-Baldy/i-gFpTb9x/0/L/P1020942-L.jpg https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/digitalalpine.smug...

Taco wrote: ↑ Zach, you look like some sorta astronaut.

Fantastic pictures!

Congrats on a fun climb.

Your right about the slope after you exit the couloir, it's the steepest part of the climb.

Did this canyon with Rick Kent a few years ago. I believe this was my first canyon......they day before Eaton Canyon...brrr.

Nice pictures!

Great TR and congrats on the climb.

Btw, I'm not sure whats funnier, your TR's or your battles with the trolls on the whitney portal board

Hey Rick, I've noticed that you always(?) start the loop with Sugarloaf and go counter-clockwise. Any particular reason? I prefer the other way because you start & finish downhill

Nice going, Rick! Glad to see you back out again.

Sweet pics and TR, Johnny! Tahquitz is one place I haven't climbed at yet. Hopefully that will change soon!

Thanks everyone!

GreenMountainBoy- You are right, crampons or microspikes are not needed. Have fun!

It's been a long time since I've posted a trip report, so I thought I would before Taco deletes my user name :o (j/k of course) Anyways, on Saturday I hiked the 6 peaks version of the Big Baldy Loop. I started at Icehouse parking lot and walked down to the village and up the Bear Canyon trail, then ...

Looks like we missed you by about 20 mins...dang! Jeff mentioned he was heading up the trail, but it was just too cold and windy to hang out.

damn....and I thought it was cold during the day! Nice going!

Great TR and pics, Burchey. Nice downclimb on Mallory, glad it worked out!

I was on the MR on Friday and it's was a quiet climb, as all the other climbers were camping.

All trails that go into the Whitney Zone require permits, both day and overnight. Outside the Whitney Zone, permits are only required for overnight. This is only during quota season.

Thanks for info, Jim! I agree with you about loosening the nut and rotating the connecter. I did try this but the connector seemed as if it was "one piece" and I couldn't rotate it. I didn't want to force it. The gas line is flexible but it wants to flip either the stove over of the fule c...

Great review on the stoves, Jim! I enjoy reading your blog. Question: I recently bought a MSR WindPro as my new cold weather, alpine stove and I want to be able to use inverted canisters on it. The stock configuration of the fuel line makes it hard to invert the canister. Do you have any tricks on h...

Fo sure! I'll be gone this weekend, but lets set something up soon. I'll shoot you an email next week.

Anyone have any ideas where one could go to dry tool in the LA area? Taco? You know the SG mountains well, any cool crags where a top rope is possible?

Thanks!

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I see ice in them pictures

Ueli Stech is awesome. Here a few more cool videos of him speed climbing...

What a great day! Thank you Tina for the invite and I hope you had a fantastic Birthday.

My pics:
http://www.digitalalpine.com/2010-Pictures

Good stuff, Alan. I can only imagine how hot the 3 T's trail was! Do you know what was going on with the Sherriff vehicles near Thunder Mtn?

Absolutely amazing pictures, Tim. By far some of the best I've ever seen. Awesome road trip!

What camera do you use?

Hey Norma, I will put my contact information on my spot when I get it back.

Btw, sorry to hear about your foot. I hope it heals fast!

Thanks, Ellen!

UPDATE:

I got a call today from Globalstar and my SPOT has been found. The person who found it was on vacation and didn't have time to call Globalstar sooner.

Hey Tina, no luck. I guess it's someone's paperweight

Hikeup, Thanks for posting the link to my pictures. asbufra, great photos! What day did you take these photo? I was on Ontario Ridge July 4th and ran into a group of 6 males. They were giving me the stare down, so I wasn't about to get close to them. I was happy to use my 12x zoom! :lol: http://www....

That's a great idea Ze! Too bad I already called SPOT and suspended the unit...doh!

Well hopefully the person who took it will call SPOT and report it. It's just a orange plastic paperweight anyways

Thanks, Jeff. Yeah, I didn't see the regisiter on Sunday either.