EISPIRATEN

Great job Cougar (& company) for all the work you do, keep up the good work, and may a log fall on those that would harm, damage or steal any of their camera rigs.

I'll take my usual supply, God knows I've left enough at trail summits all over the place

Nice biatchhhh

should have joined you for dis one

If anyone left a pair of boots at the Manker Flats Trail Head contact me I have them. They could have been left Wednesday, Thursday or Friday morning. Pass the word on other boards so we can get them back to the owner.

Ben, David and I ran the canyon in the dark last night, my first time.

It was fun and it will be sad to see it closed, nice canyon other than the third grade scribblings at the bottom half - lots of poison oak to scare me away as well :wink:

So if today is the closure day I can say I did it legal ...

Ran up Baldy Friday with Shin, ran into Ellen on the summit, then went back on Sunday afternoon with Yeit/Jeff and did it again. OK it wasn't running but something close to that though, 1:37 on Friday (Personal Best for me) and 1:55 on Sunday (a bit hot and spent from Friday's go at it).

Ran into a ...

Good luck Sean, that's a big day.

I'm a little burnt from the past three weekends, 9 Peaks, 26 miles on the PCT and then Fish Fork this past weekend so I'm out.

I hope like hell you make it been wanting to see that bad boy checked off for some time.

Like Taco said the TR will be epic

Nice to see Elwood out and putting up TR's again.

We were not that far from you at one point during your adventure, you were staying dry, we were getting soaked south of you.

Great pictures and TR.

Hope to see you on the trail again soon

Thanks Taco for leading another super fun, crazy, cold, wet adventure down a canyon - I had a blast, little beat up but that's to be expected on epic's.



Here is the North Face of Baldy, which Sam Page and Patrick climbed not long ago.
The difference in these two pictures is 3 years and 3 weeks ...

For those wanting to go early season, the Road to Whitney Portal is officially open as of today.

I noticed someone had etched "Fight On" in the dirt in several places.
Someone has their identity and self-worth linked entirely too closely to their virtual alter ego.
He (Greg Suvias) tries to hide behind the curtain and throw stones at people for things he finds unacceptable in others, yet ...

Your right Tekewin this pic from 12th Dec 2013 shows the marker post was still standing then, I think it was only held up by a few rocks.

Mike/Uncle, as for the Iron summits I had nothing better to do when I lived close by in Glendora. Apart from drinking of course.

https://eispiraten.com ...

Nice work Sean, that walk around from Harwood to Baldy/Dawson saddle can be a nerve racking adventure done it in trail shoes with snow and ice only once, and twice with crampons still scares the crap out of you.

When is the big date for SGDM? I'm not sure I'll be ready for the full one, but I might ...

Taco wrote: I've done that one a few times. I always wish I had a mountainbike for the downhill half.

Or a rope to go over the other side and a ride out of Heaton Flats

ur2slo wrote:

Taco wrote: Pretty much the coolest thing I've ever seen done with one of the stickers.

Ditto.....

Triple quadruple ditto and then some

And great trip report with pictures

Thanks for the TR and Pictures Mike, what a special place that is.

The temps are so much more enjoyable at this time of year

Yorba Linda and Chino Hills provide plenty of food for those pups, they have climbed over six foot fences and attacked my dog Charlie before, 14 puncture wounds to be exact, but alas he got great mouth fulls of fur as well, such is the cycle of life. Great pictures Richard

Looking to get a new sleeping bag, have a credit at Cabela's of all places so I'm trying to use that up before the holidays are over, I'll get extra discounts.

Any way they are limited to some Kelty Dri-down bags and some other limited selections.

Can anyone tell me about the fit I'm 6" and weight ...

I agree with what HJ said above.

Adding the category that covers all the other ranges will be nice and I think if you put a notice somewhere that alerts them to the fact that there are other forums for further research they can always link to those.

Under General Discussion on it's heading you can ...

I agree, putting a new tab seems to make sense as a whole new forum takes financial backing besides a following.

We have plenty to work with on other forums, this one will continue to educate folks to what they are looking for.

Consolidating categories might work as well to unclutter and ...

So are you going to bivy near Hawkins Ridge the night before, or down in the car by Hwy 2?

And I'd like to see the time frames you are giving yourself?

The section from W. Baldy to Iron is going to need good daylight to make it safe or at least the midsection where the class 4 sections, I'm good ...

This is the route I suggest but Sean is planning on connecting all the dots
see map here with spots G, H and Q not actual summits but points along the way for reference markers.

As stated the distance and drop from BP to Vincent Gap and then along Blue Ridge just seems to be "too much" but that's ...

How much water do you figure you'll need to carry if you aren't using springs or caches?
To me that would depend on the heat of the day, I'd guess 6 liters to be safe.
Otherwise you will cramp to no end.

The other thought I have is to avoid doing the "double dip", to me I only want to drop down ...

Only wish my back hadn't popped out this past week lifting furniture for my mother-in-law. I would have loved to get out to that canyon.

Nice work my machete-family

I have two copies of Jerry Schad's book, I have another copy of the very, very old "Santa Ana Mountains Trail Guide" by Kenneth S. Croker (Fourth Addition from Aug 1991

Though not much has changed over the years there are some trials that are not in the books. The books typically divide the main ...

Golden Passes, versus yearly passes, versus Adventure Passes, versus State Park Passes - does anyone know the rules about if the husband/wife has to be in the car when they are used? I read online some of the rules but it does not get real specific in regards to whether or not the actual purchaser ...

I suspect that Sean is right, when you view the lake from North to South on Google Earth the lake has a drainage that lines up directly with that debris field and continues on a straight line up and over to the next lower canyon.

If you look closely at the east side of the lake there's similar ...

I found a set of keys in the parking lot of Humber Park. If they belong to you or anyone you know contact me here and I'll get them to you.

Looks to be like one house key/one car key and two other specialty keys.

Patrick/Lilbitmo

Never mind everyone, owner just called from another board, happy ...

Sleeping in the middle of a drivable surface in LA County is the Darwin Effect trying to work.
I wonder how they slept that night? I told them a bit of a fib as far as what the bear's demeanor would be when he woke up from the drugs. :twisted:
Darwin will have to come out of his grave to add a ...

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This didn't really apply to Pacifico, but I couldn't resist.

Cheers.
Could not have said it better and I think most of us feel the same way ...