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great photos Patrick! sounds like your Sierra trip was everything you wanted it to be. :D :D seeing the trout makes me really want to carry a pole next time i am in the backcountry. it's been decades since i tasted the flavor of fresh pan fried trout. Yum! i'll skip the Stellar's Jay though!! :oops:...

lilbitmo wrote:Are you or Dave heading that way this week/weekend?

as of this moment i don't have plans to go to the Sierra this week/weekend. but i can always be convinced to meet for day hikes!...

EnFuego wrote:Lilbitmo and I were on Ice House Saddle Sunday and heard copters all morning near the fire area.

missed runnung into you guys!

with the reopening of the Baldy area Dave G and i met at Icehouse Canyon for a short hike. i had to start late because of family commitments and Dave had needed to end the hike by 3pm also because of a family commitment. (we were late, but all worked out thankfully.) so off we went at 10:30 from IHC...

Showing great hiking promise, her eyes brightened noticably when I showed her a 1:24,000 topo. :wink: Jim, you crack me up!! sleep? why?? it's more fun to just stare at the precious miracle before you. that is, until she never stops crying one day! :( but this too shall pass. welcome to the next am...

congrats Mr. & Mrs. Hikin Jim and wishing a beautiful life to little Miss Hikin Joyce!!

happy trails to all!

norma

i can be patient... but Jim when you are able... details... who, when, how big? my best...

typical men. i scroll 2 pages and you are all saying congrats but there are no details...

LOL

i'm a girl. where are the details?

This time, a food trash bag fell out of the tree I'd hung it in and it barely got nibbled on, and then by something very small. the only thing we could find missing was my toothpaste. if you see a Chipmunk with shiny teeth, you'll recognize the culprit! also, if you happen to find a pair of Oakley ...

congrats Mike on a great hike!

thanx everyone! :) edenooch, i think it's impossible to take a bad shot of Finger Lake. glacial fed lakes are my favorite. the colors are second-to none! there was a small lake directly at the bottom of a small glacier just southeast of Finger that i could not get a good shot of from above, that was...

i ended my Sierra Summer 2009 with a one, two punch!... Mount Russell on 9/13/09 and Middle Palisade on 9/19/09. i was in good company for both hikes. There were 5 of us on Russell including Dave G and Phil (lik2hik) from this board. Middle Pal was a last minute backpack invite when Dave G's climb o...

glad you enjoyed the western ridge climb of the trail. that's my favorite hike in "my backyard."

Awesome. He looks so proud. Great shot!

nice trip! Fish Creek is on my to-do list from reading your posts.

i have done trailwork with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservacy, Concerned Off Road Bicyclists Assoc., the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency (all in the Santa Monica Range) and with Friend's of the Inyo in the eastern Sierra. they have all supplied the tools and lunch for the workers. FOTI supp...

i have some friends that i believe did it recently. i will send a link to this thread and see if they have something to share with you.

fun day on rock! lucky me... with a harness, some gear, a willing attitude and a great partner, i got to feel like a kid again. thanks Dave for your strong lead. you done good Dave!! (courtesy of Mrs. G) i added a lot of your pix to my album since there were so many of me. i promise next time i'll t...

congrats! beautiful hike. Dragon has been on my radar for a couple years. i hope to get up there in early Oct.

LOL, Hikin Jim you cwack me up!...

p.s. it was really a balmy 103 degrees!

my friend Camille had spied a peak on a recent hike that she wanted to attempt. with myself, her husband Robert and her friend Don we went to give it a try. unfortunately, the brush proved too thick to get-through on the east slope we attempted. there is a steeper south rocky ridgeline, that might m...

Lik2Hik (Phil) from this board and i did a day hike Sat 8/22/09 of Mount Baldwin near Convict Lake. we had light rain most of the afternoon but the temps were perfect for a great day on the mountain. i had wanted to do this mountain for the last three years after hearing about the Calcite deposits o...

thanx Ryan!!! very interesting. i always say, "i learn something new everyday." this is it.


(that, and the fact that you don't wear underware! )

TacoDelRio wrote:That's OK, I'm a Slav. We cant afford underwear. 8)

don't be so hard on your heritage, in 2009 that's considered Going Green.

happy birthday Liz! i will be up north with family, but i wish you the best on your bday and your hike. :D i fourth Elwood & Jim... and, wise hiking minds think alike... i spent my August 1st bday on top of Mount Sill. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tLZpFwoRpyI/SnrYhLyR9tI/AAAAAAAAfOU/BAByolRtN9g/s640/IM...

while hiking Mount Dana in YNP last month i stopped to cool my feet in a meadow lake and came upon this creature crawling on rock in the water. http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tLZpFwoRpyI/SnCnTwqPTBI/AAAAAAAAeAY/BSkrcO36zDk/s512/IMG_0273.JPG he did not move if i lifted my hand out of the water, but continued ...

Ryan you sucker, he's Scottish (Gillanders)!! and like every good Scot, i'm sure he has a kilt. we all know what you don't wear under a kilt! this will make for a very interesting lead.

have you gas card ready!

i have yet to do Rabbit/Villager. if you plan it, i would be interested in joining you.

thanx for the pix DG. good thing that skort has shorts! didn't realize you got so many pix while looking up. yikes! :shock: you and Ryan have fun next weekend and see if you can find some firm rock. just got back from the Sierra and that rock, rocks! even when wet. be careful on that SG choss!

locally: any trail with snow on it. San J, San G, Icehouse Cyn, Baldy.

in the Sierra: being off-trail and on a cross-country into the backcountry.

on my mtn bike: Porcupine Rim, Moab Utah & Tahoe Flume Trail CA.