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by tomcat_rc
Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:10 pm
Forum: Sierra Nevada
Topic: Mt. Whitney Mountaineers Route Attempt, 7-Sept-2008
Replies: 18
Views: 378

Re: Mt. Whitney Mountaineers Route Attempt, 7-Sept-2008

Congradulations on going back and finishing the trip. MR is one of those routes I try and do 3-5 times a year - although only once this year due to foot injury. I prefer the left side of the snow/ice of the final 400 - but it is easy to miss where to turn to hit ridgeline - maybe this would help. ht...
by tomcat_rc
Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:01 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Iron Mountain via Heaton Flats Trail
Replies: 54
Views: 923

Re: Iron Mountain via Heaton Flats Trail

you should read the Telescope trip report sometime - from Badwater via Porter-Sentinel-Telescope hike down to the kilns to a bicycle he stashed the day before and then bike the 26+miles back to Balarat - water 1 qt and a red bull for that extra energy midway through the trip - that is an overnighter...
by tomcat_rc
Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:18 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Baldy Group Hike 4-5-08
Replies: 8
Views: 186

Re: Baldy Group Hike 4-5-08

https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/tomcat-rc.smugmug.com/photos/276638817_dpq4E-L.jpg Saturday was great conditions to crampon up the bowl - but it is melting fast and thin enough that I don't think I would wanted to have glisaded it. summit photo: https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/tomcat-...
by tomcat_rc
Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:41 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Baldy Group Hike 4-5-08
Replies: 8
Views: 186

Re: Baldy Group Hike 4-5-08

thanks all for looking for my GPS - I feel like such a bone head sometimes. There were still groups going up as we were back at the ski hut so somebody on Saturday afternoon probably picked it up. It does have my name on the screen page and a track leading back to my house from the trail head. Let u...