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Nice work Phil, nice pictures - tell - Phil and Dave not to go without me next time

There was 14 of us hiking together on Saturday, Cindy included, I do not recall seeing a solo Asian female hiker. We were down by 2 PM and there were at least 20 other groups on the mountain that day. Conditions were very icy as it was windy with spindrift and faint but fresh drissel snow which was ...

Nice work Norma and Taco - hopefully we are getting more snow/ice as I write this - let it snow, let it snow, let it snow Pictures are great as well.

Did you go up the face of the bowl?

Is that a "Giga Mike Sighting"?

Nice pictures norma, the cloud just adds character to the shots - and gives you copy rights

Great Pictures Taco, it's crazy that while you were in that "pea soup" we were in sunshine just 1,000 feet higher and 6 miles west - I'd like to hit that canyon when there's slightly more snow in there - thanks for sharing that report.

Register Ridge to Harwood then over to Baldy, down the rim of the bowl to main trail back to car. Snow was all the way down to parking lot when we arrived - icy on the black top. Crampons needed from 1/3 the way up register ridge until we came all the way back around to Ski Hut - extremely icy on th...

To all the hiking climbing bicycling ice pirate friends and crazies that visit this board - Have a Happy Turkey Day and be safe out there (on the roads as that's where all the bad things happen)

Congrats to you both Laura and Matt - hope the honeymoon is on the trail as well - cannot think of a better place to celebrate the joy of committment to another person than in the mountains.

Thanks for posting the pictures NR and DG - I'm very glad those initials do not stand for "Not Rated" and "Don't Go" :D on the contrary, they stand for "No Restrictions" and "Defineately Go" as my pack is packed and I will be on dem dare hills in dah merning :...

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And the photos are great - "it's starting to look a lot like (Christmas) winter"

Congrats on the traverse! There is some really nice scenery on that ridge. I read somewhere that there's a way to avoid that Buckthorn, anyone can confirm this? doesn't look like fun to have to go through all that crap - lopers anyone? :D When I was on the ridge two years ago, there was a way to by...

Nice work Ryan, Shin and James - nice report, great pictures. I read somewhere that there's a way to avoid that Buckthorn, anyone can confirm this? doesn't look like fun to have to go through all that crap - lopers anyone? :D James, what time did you actually start? Finish? Ryan did you get any of y...

Any issues with your injury? None at all I was pleasantly surprised at how little I noticed any pain in it, the finger held up well, I wore a nice little hard protector (synthetic plastic leather combo thing the surgeon's assistant custom fitted for me to that finger), the tip still feels slightly ...

Rumor has it that "stubby" was spotted in the Cucamonga Wilderness :D IHC to IHS, W. Ridge to Bighorn Up, S. Ridge down, played in two of the canyons that come off the summit and came out 300 yards below the saddle, not to crowded, wind was blowing 40+ on top of Bighorn, views were great. ...

Great report Jake - Tell Elwood to wear a "flak jacket" Glad to see you are still doing the NHPS summits only 3,000 more to go in the Southern California Mnts alone :shock: Nice pictures - sorry about being told that a balck bear was shot and gutted, that's always nice to hear during a hik...

OK now you're showing off :D Nice work Dave and Phil We now need to get the lopers out and cut a trail between Rattlesnake and South Hawkins and get the death march back on the menu :shock: Those are some great times, I'll bet the drive to Manker after doing the other two was a bit of a challenge me...

There's a road that leads to the Top of Mount Laguna that you can take on the way out to Anza Borrego called Sunrise Highway, about ten miles north of the actual summit is a pullout on a road called Kwaaymii Point Road. Find that road and go the 1/4 mile down it, you can see all the way across all o...

davantalus wrote:No problems! Maybe next time.

The extra tix are open ended.

I'll take those tickets if no one has claimed them, I'll just go in the next two weeks, send me a message on my email that I gave you last week, check you in box for that.

Thanks in advance

PackerGreg wrote:OH! I thought it said "Areola Tour". Not bad anyway.

I've taken a few of those tours Greg and a few of them have gotten me in to big trouble

SNAFU. Maybe this is obvious to everyone but me? I received a confirmation email stating: "Thursday Nov 04 12:05AM" When I showed up at the theater at the specified time they told me I'd have to come back the next day. They then handed me the ticket and it said, "Friday Nov 05 12:05 ...

Is that the only place it's showing? I have previous commitment on Thursday nights till 8:30 all the way down in Laguna Niguel don't get back to my end of town till 9ish. I have to work Friday morning so that's not the ideal place or time, but I did read the book, that was crazy what he resorted to ...

Nice pictures and report Mitch - looks like everyone had fun

cougarmagic wrote:Be careful out there!

I'll be dammed if that's not the same rock that cut the tip of my finger, who's been hiding that rock

Between 13 and 14 hours, the cross country travel will make it slower than trail miles so that adds extra time, the ridge travel and runnig will allow you to make up sometime but not enough to bring it under twelve, best guess, solo or one other person? Be safe and email me the itenarary just in cas...

Nice flight, thanks for the ride, did you capture all this in a helo or glider or regular plane or is this all from google earth or some other high tech satelite shots? Regardless that is one nice video, almost thought when it "panned backwards" near the end you were taking us up Ontario's...

Anytime they come out unharmed is a good thing - lost/hurt hikers that is

Thanks for the update Ze

LOL@your pooch reading sign #3!!! The sign is/was probably #8 since it is located at the intersection of the PCT and the trail to Dawson Saddle (just east of Throop's summit). Thanks I thought that might be the one since it was lying there even back then. Pooch - she was special I miss her dearly -...

MattCav and HikeUp I have these pictures from 02-02-07 when I did the Islip Saddle/Vincent Gap section of the PCT - can anyone tell which sign it was from the ones below? #1 https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i908/albums/ac287/CharlieMacbob/Dawson%20Saddle%20to%20Baden%20Powell%20Sig...

Fantastic video - I''''m assuming that that mine with the metal cover has another way in or is that it? Everyone looked confused because it had been torched open some time ago and "they" had just locked ''''er back up before we arrived. There are other entrances to different shafts, but t...

Dav - I like the way you roll :D Fantastic video - I'm assuming that that mine with the metal cover has another way in or is that it? Nice little fireworks during the night fire :D Is this all out in the High Desert by Barstow or up by Redgecrest? I'm living vicariously through the message board whi...