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Cool way to spend an afternoon! wish i was close enough to do that. but the traffic between me and Baldy at that hour would not make it feasible.

thanks for the post!

kathy, regarding the leash... on the Baldy bowl one day i ran into a man that had his axe attached to him by a harness that went over his shoulders and around his chest. much like an animal harness. he made it himself out of webbing. i had not seen that technique before. your post made me think of i...

hi kathy!

i always switch my axe when my direction changes. SMI drilled that into me when i took their course a few years ago. i don't always use a pole with an axe, but i do sometimes if the slopes isn't too steep. on the steepest, just an axe and some serious concentration.

yamaya, thanks for posting your TR and sending the link to your first hike. good reminder for us all. i did the hike in the reverse of you a couple weeks ago, going up FRC and coming down near the Icehouse saddle. really enjoyed it. i had to self arrest for real for the first time ever on that hike,...

thanks all! i love to hike, cuz i love everything about hiking and the people i meet. pretty much sums it up.

have a great weekend!

and Norma hadn’t done a hike in the last several hours. just so happens i had two great opportunities back to back. thanks all! mo, in FRC it seemed we went right at every Y. then at the saddle we gained the ridge on our left to Ontario. walking out to Sugarloaf gave us a nice visual of the ridges ...

Sunday 3/15/09, with my friend’s Phil and Rich we climbed up Falling Rock Canyon (my first time), went over and visited Sugarloaf Mountain and then climbed the ridge and bowl to Ontario Peak. Beautiful day! The snow in FRC was in great condition for climbing with crampons and we were grateful that t...

Great report! I am reading the book Nanda Devi right now and John Roskelley is concerned about the expedition since the team is not working as a team. here you are Taco, confirming that same discipline missing for you on Snow Creek impacted your feelings of success. you chalk it up to a lesson learn...

Good job Tim! I was on Baldy Bowl very early saturday and never heard a rock fall and then went up Falling Rock Canyon early sunday morning and again not one rock fell. As you know FRC is pretty sheltered and doesn't get much sun. Plus the early morning affords some comfort when all is cold and stil...

thanx for the TR! i love Corkscrew, it's probably my favorite hike in DV. i take that back, i have so many favorites in DV! heading out there this weekend, we'll see how much more of a bloom is going on in a week.

it was nice to meet you too Mo! may i shorten it?

Great pix! cool perspective. glad you all had a great day on the bowl.

i tell you, every hike with Dave is an adventure. hope he doesn't start charging me for the fun!

know doubt about it, we should all plan a hike together.

hey, who needs sleep? truly, it might take me a couple days to catch up, but it was certainly worth it to miss some and take this midnight hike. it was so cool to hike by the light of the moon. then watching the sunrise and the colors in the bowl made Baldy the prettiest i have ever seen her look. i...

thanx for the TR. looked like a fun day! amazing how conditions can change so rapidly. now Norris can cross-off the highest peak in L.A. county from his international list! i spent heavy change to woosh and schuss an 11,000 ft peak over the weekend. i had a great time but always look forward to my n...

What a winter! Powder, powder everywhere!

here are my pix from Sunday:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ryan.norma81/BighornPeak#

en fuego,

not sure why, but the pix on your posts never open up for me. a box on top left with the red x is all i get. could any techies out there tell me what i can do besides imagine what the pix must look like?

visions of amazing snow covered peaks...

Great TR! Thanx for sharing the adventure through your words. Quite an accomplishment any way you look at it.

Dave G and I hiked Iron Mtn in the constant light rain of Saturday.

my pix are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ryan.norma8 ... ntain12408#