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Just be careful when, not if, Taco invites you to the back seat of his car - they don't call him Speedy Gonzalez for nothing you know

Thanks Taco - so that's it - that is very tunnely alright, I was think something like a rock tunnel. At first I thought the tunnel photo might be an April 1st joke - seeing that I wasn't seeing you going through a tunnel at 85mph with a drifting ending... :P And agree with ya on the looking down and...

Thanks a bunch for those links Cy, some fun readings in those - out and out amazing to my eyes and mind!

I keep hearing about this 'tunnel' area too - are there any good pics that illustrate this infamous tunnel?

I gotta get that John Robinson San Jacinto book!

Outta curiosity - anyone know who made the first ascent of San Jacinto's North Face - even more curious about the decade/year this happened.

That alternate route TR and pics = amazing, amazing, amazing! I still can't believe anyone gets up that north face, or down it, no matter the route. I keep hearing about the purity of the water being the reason that they don't want hikers up that face ---- is the threat of water purity really that s...

That's some sweet stuff Packer Greg - sure would like to see a pic of that cabin! You got any info about this one: http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5844/ccc001.jpg I can't remember where I read something about this ccc camp but something tells me it stated that it was wiped out in the '38 flood.

Very cool 'then & now' photo job there Oilslinger! If I may, where is that...? Heavy duty image of the abandoned Hermitage place :shock: :shock: Nice 1 Packer Greg And those dudes hauling up the telephone polls - I wouldn't wanna get in a bar fight with any of those guys --- the skinner dude,,, ...

Very cool.... thanks for sharing the sights & history.

More Hermit business:

The next time a fire breaks out near the ACH - I say we just clear the road, let Taco jump behind the wheel of one of those big water tanker truck thingies and let him rip!!! I bet he can get from it's starting point to Wrightwood in like 15 minutes :P :P Two hands on the steering wheel and at least...

I'm gonna start the MORE!!! chant here and now

Can someone get to the Santa Anita Canyon Hermitage photo sooner than I can... woulda been fun to run into that character back in the day

TacoDelRio wrote:I think this year, I will... I honestly don't know.

Take curves at 25mph or less

That was pretty wild, hearing the fire department screaming 'slow down on the water, we are almost out of water'... Aint that like a roach coach cook, yelling 'cooking oil, we need more cooking oil' That last line was pretty funny too = 'here comes the forest service, after the fire is out, probably...

http://hometownstation.com/index.php?op ... &Itemid=97 Hershey said that the young man was disoriented, because he had actually slept for 8 hours when he embarked on his drive. As the rescuers followed him back to the trail, the rotors of a helicopter assisting in the search woke his father, Sh...

TacoDelRio wrote:Erkle?

Points off.

Points off - but wait, didn't you see my - let me add one more for good measure. + Erkle, that aint a bad thing - Erkle even likes fast cars on mountain roads, that is a fact.

Looks like a shirtless TacoDelErkle

Yup, that is a nice photoshop shadow job - do we get the instructions, or is it an ancient Chinese secret ? Oh it's Baldy, make that an 'ancient Korean' secret - ok, I'll go get my parka.......

Saturday, November 28th, 8am

This looks interesting too...

http://www.bigbear.us/westridgewebcam.html

That's hilarious !!! They should make a 'black dude on the beach' video next. Even a 'black dude in Huntington Beach' might work :wink: :wink: :wink: I remember when I was much younger, late teens early 20s, working for the parks department, there was around 15 of us - and when we'd mention a weeken...

About when did this Baldy traffic jam stuff start? From what ya'all report, sounds pretty crowded. Any reasons behind the increase? I remember many [nice] weekends when we'd be lucky to see 20 people along the way. Same goes for Ice House Canyon. Even when we got late starts, we'd find parking witho...

I'm still curious - and to be honest - a little confused as to why the Morris fire was knocked down so quickly, relatively speaking --- yet the Station fire, only a day so later, went so wrong. Is it simply unfair to compare the two fires? Was the vegetation and terrain that much different? They see...

Think offside the trail...

Kit Fox wrote:A couple pictures of the site.

http://www.crazyforthestorm.com/crash.php

Wow, that's some heavy stuff.

Amazing how composed that kid was considering what he'd just gone through...

Makes me wanna read the book.

Curious as to what road he was talking about, where he says some kid found him???

EnFuego wrote:Warm saki?

"Don't take the Saki, you'll killlllllllllllll yourself!!!"

Thanks for posting that, seems to be a fair, interesting write up...can never get enough north face Jacinto stories!

Taco, If you have snow dreams.... I hope they are well rounded :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: * * * * http://hoyleographic.com/Surreal/snowbunny.JPG I used to dream about pretty girls all the time...... now that I've gotten older, yet not more mature ---- things have changed, just a bit... * * * * http://f...

Cool TR [Taco Report?]...

Taco, would you mind telling this city-slicker what trail that is? Great shot...

I'm having a hard time reconciling these comments. The veteran county official was disheartened his department wasn't called back. But Conklin says the county rejected the request for a second helo. What am I missing that would make this make sense? I agree - if I'm reading this article correctly, ...

Always here to bring a cup of joy

Friday, September 11th, 2009, 6pm

What do youse guys think about what this fellow has to say? Well, that is interesting kgw... Not sure if this is a fair comparison - but last week, can't remember what day exactly - a car crash started a fire in Pacific Palisades/Palos Verdes area - within minutes two of these large, water dropping...

A little good news in these sad times... Millard Canyon Cabins: http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_13270926 Camp Hi-Hill area: http://www.presstelegram.com/breakingnews/ci_13262672 Hearing that Bear and Grand Canyon appear to be gone is sad. But then I think of the family of the fighters that passed away ...

Don't like to be Negative Nelly here - but what are the chances of catching this person?,,,,,,,,,,, wait scratch that, this 'Fvck-face-selfish-piece-of-hell-trash-that-makes-me-wanna-agree-with-the-death-penalty' bastard that started this fire? If you like fires, set yourself on one... Unbelievable ...