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Nice hike and "interesting" TR! Loved how Green the green is there and the long lanky tree trunks in the forest.

p.s. Siminov, the photography on that website is stunning!!! Wow!

:D Great TR Mitch! I did that hike once and really enjoyed it. Glad you and the kids did too. I bet that will be a hike they will always remember. The goal of the group i was with was to play in the narrows and we did with the bungee jumpers as constant entertainment. Actually that is something i st...

:D Great TR Zach and a HUGE CONGRATS to ticking this off! Hard to believe both you and Dave G completed this nagging menace within, what 8 days of each other? I realize nailing it in good weather and with good conditions you give yourself a better chance at success. And it worked, you did it! Your w...

cool beans guys! nice way to circumnavigate the crowds on the ski hut trail. plus taking and enjoying a route less traveled is always more fun... stinging nettles and all. great pix and the precious deer was magical. i definitely want to try that route. nice refreshment stand Taco had going up there...

Mucho fun day! Thanks guys for inviting me along to share in the shenanigans.

great video Johnny. thanks for sharing.

years ago when the Sierra Club had a work day at the hut and the outhouse, i asked how much longer till the "hole fills up?" referring to the "hole" under the outhouse. a guy answered that it never will since they apply yeast to breakdown the human waste. i was a bit stunned and ...

Elwood, i didn't find any ticks nor did anyone else mention them. i didn't get any bug bites either, but i was wearing sleeves and legs on the TT because of poison oak, unlike fashion forward Tina. :wink: i always say i hate ticks worse than rattlesnakes. rattlesnakes let you know they're around, ti...

next time i will jump!

TracieB wrote:This kind of thing could actually motivate me to take some kind of certified course in Rap and Rope stuff. On the shopping list right behind winch.

Rap and Rope stuff? LOL

Right behind a wench, you say? Oh Tracie! The Ice Pirates might get the wrong impression?

Outstanding video with excellent music. Compelling and heartbreaking at the same time. A must-see for every board member.

A HUGE thanks to Johanna and Kirk who invited me on a very fun adventure yesterday through Lower Eaton Canyon. With my 80's water ski wetsuit, harness, approach shoes, dorky green climbing helmet and a spirit of adventure i was off for my first ever canyoneering experience. Johanna and Kirk gracious...

Great job Tracie!! Looked like a beautiful day to be in the mountains. Loved your flower photos and the one following them of the fallen tree with the Corn Lily shoots.

Rock 'n Roll G-man! You did it, you really did! Congrats my friend! I know that traverse has been teasing you for quite some time and it's finally yours :!: I bet that light rain kept the trail up Iron in great condition. Then taking the break to dry your clothes probably upped your endurance to nav...

nice climbing! have a great summer playing in the San Gab's and thanks from me too Taco on the clean-up! :D it's not on nature... but, there is a place called the Scary Dairy in Camarillo that i walk through when i hike in the area. it's an old abandoned dairy that was once run by the employees and ...

With my trip to Shasta canceled at the last minute due to poor weather (we know that didn't stop Tina!!) Dave G graciously accepted my spontaneous proposal of marriage (that would certainly piss-off his wife Dina!) err... i mean he accepetd my spontaneous proposal to hike Olancha (elev 12,123 feet) ...

BAD!!!!! 8)

i am Green with envy though SO HAPPY for you! Way to Go!

thanks Johanna for coming along on the hike yesterday! it turned out not to be a hike of distance but of exploration in the Sespe Wilderness of Los Padres National Forest. i had first seen Piedra Blanca (White Stone) from the summit of the Topa Topa Bluff's last November and i knew i wanted to go th...

Good job! But darn Patrick, you is a sucker for punishment... going out in that heat two days in a row? Yikes! You're a better man than i am Gunga Din!

thanks Alan!

Sam Page wrote:It's amazing how fast the snow is melting, especially on Ontario Peak.

it was a great winter! now i'll look forward to burst of flowers on the Ski Hut Trail in July!

Patrick, Shasta fell through. the group i was going with did not want to make the trip when the weather was so iffy and we all could not postpone to Mon/Tues when the weather was expected to clear. I'm hoping Tina will have a great trip as she is going no matter what. I'm not sure what the weekend w...

Phil, Jim and i squeezed in a Sierra day hike over the weekend and we were able to tag Mount Muir, elevation 14,012 feet. i had tried this peak last June with Dave G and between not trusting my old desert hiking boots that i was wearing and not having the guts to make a lateral undercling move on a ...

nice hike. thanks for including the pix of Ember. she is a beauty! makes me miss mine. i would love to take a hike with the two of you someday.

Lucy's in the sky with diamonds! RIP sweet hiking pooch.

looked like a fun day on Baldy from ALL directions.

Tracie, loved your pic of the Miner's Lettuce. nice close-up. the flowers you need ID for, are: 1. Chia and 2. Phacelia.

cool beans! nice job you two! glad you got a chance to get in one last San Gab snow hike.

sorry about the tumble Patrick. glad you are OK. head wounds like ear and nose, bleed like crazy. you were in good hands though, Dave is a latent field surgeon and loves the sight of blood.

Dave G and i took a warm-up hike on Owens Peak, elev 8,453 feet, in the southern Sierra before we headed to Split Mountain last weekend. Owens affords a great little day hike with a number of different conditions. Owens is accessible from a dirt road just north of the Indian Wells Brewery on Hwy 14 ...

Taco,
we thought of you so much during the weekend. there were chutes everywhere for you to climb. some with chockstones as big as a house. you would be like a kid in a candy store on sugar overload up there! take a look at Dave's pix.

the conditions ranged from warm to cold, to colder, to warm. wild and wacky May weather this year. how beautiful to wake up Sunday morning to see everything covered in a dusting of snow. we were always warm enough but loosing visibility was the motivating factor to turn-around. seeing how our tracks...

witch with a B. she isn't a mountaineer, she is a selfish PITA. they better not let her attempt Denali again.