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Btw, does anyone else think it was a bit ambitious for a 73-year-old to hike from Three Points to Waterman? That's a fairly difficult hike. No, I don't think that at all either with respect to Mr. Jo or as it relates to 73 year old hikers generally. Mr. Jo's problem did not appear to be conditionin...

Montrose SAR tweeted 45 mins ago that Mr. Jo has been found alive. Sounds like he was in Devil's Canyon but limited details. He has been airlifted to the hospital. Good outcome.

I was thinking something very similar. He misses the junction for the trail back to 3 Points on the descent, eventually realizes he's made a mistake, tries to correct that error by dropping south, then falls or ends up in the upper reaches of Bear Canyon. Doesn't seem realistic that he would just co...

David R wrote: I have some theories based on him last being seen on the summit and then the other hikers going back to try and find him.

What are you thinking David?

Beautiful pics.

In the Woolsey Fire burn area, I've actually seen far fewer rattlesnakes this year than previously. Despite the rains and rapid revegetation, I think the fire really decimated their food sources.

Sigh.

HikeUp wrote: Looking up FOMO...brb

At least you didn't have to Google "Tosh.O" ?

I'm disturbed by the whole premise of the Op-Ed. That premise is that everyone who ventures into the outdoors has a moral obligation and duty to publicly share location information so that self-absorbed, selfie-taking "influencers" with no outdoor ethics or respect for LNT principles can d...

Cute ?

Tosh.O does a bit called "Is it racist?" where he shows various video clips to his audience and then asks "is it racist?" This is the SGMDF version of that. Last month, the High Country News published an Op-Ed by the founder of Melanin Base Camp that argued that the failure to ge...

I made use of the swing.

I didn't realize Jeff was a swinger. ?

Looks like y'all had a great day.

The last time I hiked this trail I scared up something big shortly after the trail crosses Big Tujunga Creek. It went bashing through the undergrowth on the south side of the creek. I tell myself it was a bear, but it could have been a deer. Deer seem to be more stealthy and cautious than bears thou...

Nice adventure. Do you have a track of your route?

Anthony wrote: But wait, you hiked from Crystal Lake to Mt. Williamson and back and it was only 10.4 miles with 2700 gain? It seems like it would be more than that. Do you have a recording?

We only went as far as Islip.

Crystal Lake today.1_Crystal Lake.jpg TR or else!!! Ok, so Saturday I went out for my annual mid-May walk-about. I chose the Islip Ridge Trail because....well, I don't really know. Something to do with ridges that I don't understand. Sean can confirm. My better half did join me and she hadn't been ...

Crystal Lake today.

I didn't realize that ridge actually had a name. That first rocky outcropping you mention is regular quick out and back for me.

Haven't been to the peak by this route since the fires, but that upper section used to be pretty dang brushy.

Thx b. Guess I won't be driving that road any time soon.

bardley- any idea about Grade Valley?

The May/June edition of Backpacker Magazine has a nice feature article about Sam titled "A Man and His Mountain." I'd link to it, but I don't see it available (yet) online.

I figured it out. It was me.

Btw, what I've called Panorama Point may not in fact be "the" Panorama Point. According to Tom Chester, Panorama Point may in fact have been at Peak 4504. http://tchester.org/sgm/places/inspiration_point.html https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=34.2139 ... =16&b=f16a Anyone know the exact ...

Awesome trip jfr. My experience on Telescope is similar to yours. When I went, the wind was blowing all the way from the ridgeline to the summit. We had planned to stay a bit once on top to bask in the glory of it all, but once there, the wind was so relentless, and it was so biting cold, that we im...

Nicely done. That's seldom-visited country.

That trail is supposed to punch through and intersect with the Red Reef Trail but I don't know how much action and/or maintenance it sees.

Yeah, I knew about the mine but didn't stop to look.
The descent wasn't terrible actually. It just sucked. ?

So did you get to upper Jackson Falls? I know someone who just did that and they said it was definitely a full day.

Wow, they were quite deep into the canyon.

It's the old adage "better the devil you know than the devil that you don't."

The better play was struggling back to the saddle and the known trail to Ice House instead of dropping further into the unknown abyss (says Captain Obvious).

Ok, I think I figured out the issue with my images. For some reason, my image size was huge. So it wasn't Tapa-Crap it was me. But Tapa-Crap is still Tapa-Crap. ? Anyway, here's some pics that should have been in the original report. thumbnail2.jpg Signage that I missed because it was being blocked ...

How did you come down, its nice to loop around and come down Castle Canyon and then hook into one of the Rubio connector trails. This is one of my standard conditioning hikes. Coming down from Panorama Point is no fun unless it is just after a rain. Up and back the same way. As you can appreciate, ...

Jeremiah's post about his recent jaunt to W. Fuji with a return via the Lone Tree Trail inspired me to finally go check out the Lone Tree Trail. I've been to Echo by way of Las Flores Canyon and have been to Eaton, but Rubio was a gap in my experience. And all I hear is Fuji this, Fuji that, where F...

Anybody else having issues uploading images? Don't know if its Tapa-crap or my system.