EISPIRATEN

360 degree panorama from the summit of Big Horn Peak yesterday!

Click for large version!!

How do you simulate crevasse rescue without a crevasse?
It's not that hard actually.

To practice self-rescue out of a crevasse, you can start by getting your prussicing dialed-in while hanging from a tree or cliff. With a heavy pack on your back throwing you off balance of course.

To practice ...

I'm hoping it clears out quickly too. I know little santa anita burned a few years ago and still hasn't recovered yet. Eaton seems to have fared better though, and definitely not as bad as it could have been. That's great to hear that the slide-jump still goes!

Wow! Thanks for making the crags a better place! (and having some fun while at it!)

Let me know if you ever need help with more high angle graffiti removal projects.

I'm curious though... do you paint over the graffiti with rock-colored paint, use paint remover, or does Taco just stand at the ...

kristo5747 wrote:A group of three women were coming up the trail wearing nothing but tank tops and sneakers.

HEY! Quit trying to scare pantsless women away from the backcountry!!

I'm very sad to report the current condition of Eaton Canyon.

Some friends of mine just descended Eaton on 4/8, and what used to be crystal clear pools of deep water are now all filled in with gravel and debris.

Eaton Canyon was probably my favorite place in all the San Gabriel's... literally ...

To the best of my knowledge no one rents ice axe, crampons (or any avy gear) due to liability reasons. Not anywhere in SoCal at least. I know this because most of my friends are poor college students... and it kinda sucks being the only one of my friends to own gear!

edit: according to REI's ...

Arg, I just posted a comment to Ze's blog before I read the replys here. Turns out you all had the same idea as me, but first :lol:
Really cool stuff Ze!! I might have to invest in a GPS just to play with this kind of data!

What would be really interesting is, given an individual's data, to ...

This seems to be getting excessively complicated with raising and lowering systems and whatnot.

It seems pretty straightforward to just come up from the bottom like Taco said. I think the location you want is well below the crux of those routes...

Alternatively if you don't want any tracks ...

Thanks everyone!

He219, I saw you guys going up ahead of me. I was going to follow you and taco up to the summit, but didn't really want to snowboard by headlamp :lol: I didn't catch too much wind with my board sideways, it was pretty mellow, but I did catch an uncountable number of branches!

I ...

Great TR!

I've always wondered about that gully. I ended up walking the whole way back on the ski hut trail on friday, but I guess I should have snowboarded down the 'express route'! I was afraid of finding myself at the top of San Antonio Falls without a rope

Oh man Baldy was amazing this friday!

I went up Baldy for some backcountry snowboarding, and also to test out my new HD Helmet Hero camera. The helmetcam was taking pictures and/or video all day long. 6545 pictures total (!!). Most were pictures of my feet trying not to slip :lol: The ones where I ...

I know this will never happen, but I say remove the cables! Problem solved!

Well I had it set to take pictures automatically every 2-10 seconds.

The vast majority of the pics are looking at my feet trying not to fall off register ridge

I was up there yesterday too... TR coming soon, as soon as I sort through the 5445 pictures I took! (not exaggerating... just got a new helmet cam )

AW wrote:SA Ridge?

yep, that's it!

+1 AW

nope

I have no idea what that means, but I'm pretty sure no...

I'm running out of pictures to post for this game!

Despite looking serene, this is the most horrendous patch of buckthorn I have ever encountered. It turns out that it is easily bypassed on the left, but I took the direct BW4 variation.

https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/farm3.static.flickr ...

Actually that perspective looks closer to Islip?

Hawkins

Socalhiker69 wrote:Around Josephine Peak. San Gabriel Peak and Mt. Disappointment (with the antennas) to the left.

Yep. En route to Strawberry Peak.

Your turn...

Yep definitely in the san gabriels.

Camera is looking south if you guys need a hint...

This thread died, and it makes me sad...

Where was my user image taken?

Big Tujunga: Condor peak ..I suspect the view is from an approach to Mary Jane canyon.
Pretty damn close! Good job living up to your title, canyon man! It is indeed Condor Peak, but it was taken while on the "Maxon Route" to Suicide Canyon. (thanks matt... you're famous!)

Its funny that you ...

Elwood wrote:That's not Vetter from Alder Creek by any chance?

Nope, cold. (unless you were talking to AW... I have no idea where his pics are!)

Edit: The first picture I choose was boring, and no one responded yet so I put up a cooler pic 8)
Aargh! I thought the first pic was great...what was it?
haha, thanks! Well then, back by popular demand:

https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/farm3.static.flickr.com/2690/4293774001_998b6a0151_b ...

Elwood wrote: The marsupials that posted ahead of you had the correct answer. Sorry!

Edit: The first picture I choose was boring, and no one responded yet so I put up a cooler pic 8)

Just below Allison Mine?

Mike P wrote:OK, all you smarty-pants and -panties. Try this:

...

Big Butch Wash?