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so RR is no longer Baldy's best kept secret? :( maybe we should plant some Poodle-dog bush near the TH. :twisted: I say we start an even tougher route halfway between the HUT and RR, one that goes up that steep canyon before the switchbacks, one that only a few of us know about, one that is steeper...

Stuby says nice work, great pictures, hope to be out there soon

It's starting to look a lot like "snow"

I read that article yesterday, and it sucks. Leave it to NY Times health bozo writers to put stuff that doesn't say shit, other than, hey you have to endure pain to improve performance. Where's the science? none. And other articles where they can't count calories = epic fail. That's what happens wh...

Took a walk down the South Fork trail from Islip Saddle. We wandered down toward the creek bottom in a relatively gentle canyon/avy chute. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i484/albums/rr207/cougarmagic/soitchy.jpg I started itching the minute I opened this post, I'm stracthing now...

Nice Report Matt, sounds like it's worth the effort, glad you were able to find the Spot

I dislike dissembling greatly. Unfortunately, the Forest Service seems far more committed to dissembling than fire fighting.HJ That's another form of firefighting - it's called putting out the "Media/Public" firestorm - Thank you CM for taking time out of your day to give us an inside vie...

Nice work, guys--FFR sure is a fun hike! Sam, it's good to see that you're getting out again. Patrick, not another camera casualty? Surprised to see the amount of snow still remaining up there. I had thought that it would have been gone by the weekend. Same camera, just a little reminder that I hav...

Absolutely outstanding Turtle, glad you found someone to do that with, having someone with us when we do those crazy challenges always helps us maintain the needed encouragement to keep going. :D By the way "Turtle" will now become "Mountain Goat" as anyone willing to do that in ...

Sam, that was a fun morning, the Big Horn added to the fun, thanks for sharing the pictures. Hope you get out again soon - in-between the music sets :D Just a note to anyone not aware of it - it's hunting season for the next month, we did see a man out with at least three guns between Ice House Sadd...

I've seen Giga move, with a little more training I think he can beat him

This is directly from the NOAA webpage for 9,500 feet close to the summit of Baldy This Afternoon: Snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. High near 39. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possi...

Obie, great shots, that's some tough miles in a car and on the trail let alone on a bike.

How long does it take a roadie to climb the road from Big Pine to the Bancroft Lab? That's some 30 miles up hill or more?

Nice work on all of it.

I nominate CM A.K.A Johanna for one "Big Ass Ham"

She gets my vote - video excellence award 8)

What a fabulous area that is. I did a 5 day loop out of Mineral King (out Timber Gap, return Sawtooth Pass) last year. It was ab fab. Out of curiosity, why did you guys go up Sawtooth and down Black Rock instead of the other way around? HJ We were thinking of bagging Big Kaweah from the junction of...

Nice work Johanna, CM.

Thanks everyone else for helping her.

A few days overdue but coming at you just the same :D Zach and I headed to Sequoia National Park at Mineral King after he got out of class last Thursday, the plan was to go as deep into the park as we could on the first day (Friday morning), then continue to Big Kaweah and /or the Kern Hot Springs, ...

Nice work Norma, on one hours sleep that could not have been an easy day, congrats on being back to work - sorry it's going to get in the way of your hiking career :D Dave and Phil it was good to see you guys in Lone Pine and laugh about the fun we've all been having, see you on the next one. I sure...

On my up to Smith Mountain... What's the name of that particular species? I saw one very similar in shape and size on my way back "Downstream" the day Zach, Taco and I went up and down the "Fish Fork" to recover their gear, had to make my way between two choke stones that were b...

Elwood wrote:Nice footage of our ursine and vulpine neighbors. Was their interest in the boulder coincidental or chemically-assisted?

Looks like they both scented the same rock, great question.

Nice footage CM, keep em coming, always nice to see our friends in the forest just being themselves.

Nice work Elwood, Jake is surely proud of what you accomplished :wink: Great pictures as always and NHPS President is thinking of making you a "Honorary Member" :wink: Had you done Harwood you may have gotten zapped by those "antenea" up there and not been able to finish the rest...

When you head north without a permit with a eager young lady who wants to spend her birthday on top of one of the 14'ers you had better have "Lady Luck" on your side. We made it for the 11 AM "Whitney Zone" lottery on Friday morning looking to get one to hike/climb Mount Russell ...

[quote="davantalus]I politely turned down a handshake and explained that I was looking for Big Horn (He was unfamiliar with it!) and asked how long he'd been out there. Apparently he'd been slowly migrating for something like three weeks - living off the land and trapping food. He said, "I...

"Have you seen an Asian, a Hispanic... and a chihuahua?" I'm like, "Dude, there ain't none of that around here." Sorry to hijack an already long thread - but this is just about the funniest San Gabriel story I've ever heard! Random, weird, and awesome! :lol: :lol: Dav & Co. ...

I know I'm missing one so please let me know which one I'm missing (Scott, Kevin, Mike and ?) You're just missing me - "Dav" :) Finally, nothing to do with the San Gabriels' - but we were talking with LilBitMo about our Panamint City trip. Here's my pictures from the weekend before last. ...

davantalus - now that you've posted something you can no longer state that you are lurking :shock: you are an actuall "Ice Pirate" and I hope I got all the names correct, I know I'm missing one so please let me know which one I'm missing (Scott, Kevin, Mike and ?) Yes Zach, Taco and I did ...

By the way - who emerged unscathed by poison oak? I think we had a good scientific experiment going, since we had some people with Ivy Block, some with Tecnu, some with nothing (and shorts...), and one extremely lucky individual who is immune. I had Ivy Block and long sleeves/long pants, and still ...

What a day - um - night :D (Part IV) Being the (almost) Senior Citizen of the group, I knew I was in for a crazy day with Zach and Taco, the description of where we were headed only added to my excitement - the kid in me sometimes forgets that he's dragging around an older person's body. As mentione...

@ Tracie, Yes there's a few of Stacy but I would have taken more but we were greeting and talking to everyone we saw so it just slipped my mind, next time I'll get more.

Also glad the software worked on the recovery - your pictures are amazing, nice shots.

Nice work Mitch, that's one of my favorite, Rick Kent only adds 7 peaks in a day to that, if only I had that in me

Pictures are great as well, thanks for the TR.

When's the next outing for the kids?

Let me know.

I'm out this month but maybe next month.

Patrick

Thanks everyone for the great weekend - Stacy and I did a 7 mile loop of Lake Sabrina and Blue Lake, while Norma, Tracie n EMan were knocking it dead on Agassiz. Four days of the Sierra's was assume :shock: :D Friday afternoon - Hurd almost NHPS 11,600 quit elevation - (Don't let the sun go down on ...