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Hmm...
I'd be wary of camping anywhere called Crystal Lake.

You might run into this guy!

Yeah, I hear you. We'll just be prepared for a few days of misery then. What technical demands does the route make? Or is that another unknown?

I'll go! One overnight is anticipated? Any idea of milage?

Whoo! I can't wait. In other news, I'm taking an avalanche course (level one) through SMC. Here's the link in case anyone wants to join me: http://www.sierramountaincenter.com/win ... rses1.html I'm taking the romantic Valentines Day weekend session: Feb 14-16 https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/...

I am totally in. We should definitely cache food and water ahead of time to decrease the amount of weight we'd have to carry and to save on time (pumping and filtering water). From Iron Mountain we should try going down Clark Gulch to the narrows and then up iron fork to S. Mt Hawkins. That's an ex...

In San Gabriels, bungee jumps YOU!

Oh yeah, I'm driving from La. So if anyone wants to carpool, let's do it.

You know what's sad? I can identify that tripod as a set of Ronford-Baker Mitchell Mount legs with a Sachtler fluid head.
So anyway, we're looking at a film crew and not a surveying team.

Okay, I'm in.

"The SGMDF Rescue Crew could use the practice of delivering a baby."
And I'll bet it will look something like this:

Why not bring her along?

I know this is probably a long dead thread, but maybe this will interest someone. Given the year (1959), the film in their cameras was probably a very slow ASA reversal film. Most likely something similar to Kodachrome with a speed of 12 or 16 was loaded. A very slow and stable film like that would ...

In San Gabriels, mountain climbs YOU!

Yes, and then after the difficult process of finding said partners, they tend to get hit by rocks and stop climbing. It's terrible I tell you.

Thanks everyone for your responses! We're going to hit Strawberry Peak on Saturday, but now I also have a nice list of future scrambles. Let me know when you head out Ryan and David, I'm in too!
Peace to the East.

Howdy y'all, I'm going hiking on Saturday with a friend and her dad. They're both into hiking in a serious way, but do not have winter gear. I need to find a route that will be exciting and fun, but also not require crampons... Any ideas? Scrambling is cool. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/ga...

"Hitting it" in which way...?

Sorry gang. I just booked a music video and a commercial this weekend. I haven't been working much, so it's kind of a relief. But as a result, I can't come snow camping. But you kids have fun now!
OR... We push it back a weekend to Jan 24 and 25. Ayes or nayes?

This bud's for you Ryan.

Also, perhaps I can fill in a couple gaps... As I was building an anchor at the top of the 5th pitch, Taco soloed past me. Throughout the morning, we had been experiencing some nasty rockfall and had been avoiding it mostly by placing our belay stations behind outcroppings and on the safer side of t...

Ryan buddy, I've never seen someone so calm and so put together after an injury like that. You took it like a champ and I hope it's not as bad as the paramedics feared. David, you're a superstar and I couldn't have asked for a better partner! I hope to climb with you both soon and collect on that be...

Man, the compression algorithm on this site really kills image quality...

I'm guessing we hiked/climbed/postholed/stumbled over loose rock somewhere in the region of 15 miles. Having done a brisk San Gorgonio summit up the Vivian Creek trail in one day, I can say this was by some margin tougher. We eventually had to turn back after encountering a series of waterfalls agai...

That's me in the photo, in case you were wondering.

Hey all, On a separate, unrelated and entirely coincidental note, I'd love to do a weekend camping trip for the purpose of practicing snow shelter construction. I haven't picked a location, but if you have ideas please post 'em. We could head out on Saturday the 17th, hike somewhere, build snow shel...

Has anyone here climbed Shasta in winter? I'd love to talk with someone who has and get an idea of what it's really like. From what I can tell, pretty intense but you can only glean so much from Summitpost.com
Thanks,
Alex

Byaaaah!
Nice Trip Report! I was on the edge of my seat!
Next time we need to rappel down though, that was some absurd post-holing!