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No word on Newcombs Ranch but there are reports it burnt as well. Any updates on Newcomb's? Not sure if this is the time or place for this [again] - but going back to the thread when the Station fire started - according to the LA Times link, between the hours of 4:30 - 6:30, the fire had only grown...

A little bit ago, ktla showed some rather large flames and said they were to the east of Mt. Wilson. Then they said something about a cafe that burned and all that was left was a phone booth... the shot they showed of the phone booth was not enough for me to figure out where it was... Like with many...

Its all toast! :cry: how did the fire get so uot of control. I have seen better fire combat for the other fires in the past year. when it was just a small blaze east of lukens. They should have had it out in a day I couldn't disagree There needs to be an investigation as to why this happened, they ...

Oh, now that I look a bit closer at the map provided by mattmaxon, looks like most of Mt. Lowe Railway area has been burned to some degree. Is it safe to say that those areas shaded in the orangish/peachish color are areas that have already burned? And if so, is it also safe to assume that burned me...

And so goes the pavilion at Inspiration Point, which the Mt Lowe volunteers worked so hard to rebuild, and make historically accurate: http://www.mtlowe.net/pavillion.htm Cougarmagic, is that [reasonable] speculation or have you heard that the pavilion has or is burning? Just read this from the SG ...

Just got these two sentences inna email blast, the first one about 5:15, the second one, about 15 minutes later: "As of now, there are visible flames on the front side of Sunset Ridge, NNW of Echo." "Bad news. The Cape is burning." --- That being 'The Cape of Good Hope' from the ...

Excellent info, Thanks for that MattMaxon!

Outta curiosity - and ignorance - but why do they say the fire is only 10% contained at this point [9am Wednesday] - to the average Joe like myself, it looks much more in control than that [going by tv/mt wilson cam sightings]...

What am I not taking into account?

Zach wrote:there are no snakes on the summit of baldy itself...

Well then... now it's finally settled, I know where I'll build my cabin!

The only thing that needs to be sorted out now - how much to pay some of you REAL hikers to haul up pastrami sandwiches on a daily basis. Oh, and the beer...

TacoDelRio wrote:If anyone needs a taxi...

You forgot to tell me.... byod

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bring your own diaper!

Lots of nice pics - but for a lotta reasons, I like this one!

Ok, that's what Simonov meant :D Hi Taco, although we may not totally agree on the semantics of the word selfish - it was interesting to read your thoughts on this subject. I guess that footage of the 'double laning' got my heart racing faster than you going around a SGM curve :wink: To me, that per...

Thanks AW !! Some fun stuff, especially that wildcad link ---- WTF, someone's got a bonfire [bone head fire?] going in Rubio Canyon :shock: :shock: :shock: And really, these SELFISH, don't even know if can call them people, that drive their silly cars so dangerously on a PUBLIC road. I'm sorry but t...

best was above orchard camp. very well known. hippies and cholos liked it lots. FS tore it down in '78 one or two cabins was still standing at Kelly's camp in the mid 70's. not sure when they went .... :shock: :shock: :shock: Thanks a million for these recollections Sewellymon! By any [long] chance...

:shock: :shock: :shock: Thanks a ton for that AW! I had no idea... That second youtube, that captures the angle quite well - an angle that I wouldn't wanna be on... Then you got those backpacks adding some more weight on the death-ward side. Wild stuff - at least for some of us. PS - I love your mis...

Found this pic searching 'razorback eaton canyon' - is this the spot people tumble down or is it just one of the places people tumble down? http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/mwjcITUE ... JfCmHUi9CA I wouldn't go up or down that thing.... well, unless....... :wink: :wink: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/...

cougarmagic wrote:Kind of an upset-sounding, warning cry, but nothing I had heard before.

No, that wasn't a bird you heard, that was DamOTclese wailing away from a distant trail

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Thanks for the bird ID Kit Fox.

4 for 4 there! I also liked the deer chase... or could have been something else chasing them for dinner

What kinda bird is that in the last clip? Trippy looking thing

Thanks Dirt Pour, be cool see a pic... Only going on hearsay, well, and a few photos, it sounds like the FS probably leveled a few cabins in their times [1950's & 60's especially so I've been told] Some cabins were hardly hidden, a few even sitting right there on the front face ranges of the SGm...

The mentioned some thing about old wooden cabins Always loved the idea of running into cabins but never really found/saw any - is that because the forest service leveled so many of them - or me not looking in the right spots? Well, I know this sounds kinda wrong, [since my butt probably won't do th...

The men apparently ran out of water, so they drank shampoo and sucked on a magic marker. That one, that one might be the weirdest 'survival' sentence I've seen in awhile. Then again, going by smell, my Sun Kissed Raspberry shampoo might be quite tasty in a pinch! Does anybody have any pics of this ...

Two too wicked!! I like the pine tree spines on Godzilla's back

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Fairly sure this is the Buckhorn patio - not sure of the year though...

friendowl, What's up with you - are you some type of 'snake magnet' or something? Even if you are, you are my type of hiker: after our little walk we ended upat arribas mexican restarant and i ordered/ate the best steak and eggs ive ever had.....deeeelicious I used to hike just so I could enjoy a pa...

DamOTclese wrote:Adventure Passes? Ha! I don't have to buy any because I'm on a bicycle! La la la! They can't force me to pay a parking fee for my bicycle.
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Not until you just gave them the idea

I got it on my N#$ Sack (the week before) my wedding, the wife was not happy, all she could do was laugh at me. Lilbitmo, Well I just don't get it --- if you got poison oak on your nap sack why didn't your wife just go buy you a new one instead of laughing at you? :P That's an amazing TR, LD! Great...

That map is nice nice nice! Good job, Enfuego! Taco - see ya have some of those LA maps too - ya got this one?: http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8872/laposter.jpg It's by Jack Moffett... pretty cool map. I might have an extra one if you don't have one already - can't promise, since everytime I fin...

2) The Buckhorn Lodge serves absolutely divine home fried potatoes cooked in butter, whereas the Baldy Lodge's hashbrowns are those horrible frozen things cooked indifferently and soft and watery when they are served. Now you're talking my hiking language :P :P Great TR but when you go into home fr...

Yes! Fun photos... Got any explanations for this: https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i6/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/P5191070.jpg Never seen anything like this, I'm assuming this is this natural? Sure looks weird, either way https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i6/albums/y222...

Zé wrote:Yeah I think that's the "inversion layer" effect.

Thank you, Ze! Now if you could just explain to me why my initial reading comprehension was so pitiful.