EISPIRATEN

No summit bid or Peak bagging today. Just a nice morning hike. Tried looking for the devils chair after taking the 2 loops but no luck. First time here and it was as nice as every one kept telling me. Was supposed to be 106 but it didnt go past 92 this morning. If you havent been here yet. You must ...

merrells are the best thing i have done for my feet. other than hiking socks!
My last pair of chameleons took me hiking every weekend for the last 2 years till i killed them at charleston. I got a new pair of the same shoe it now has better tread/grip and gore-tex.

nice shots

i dont know for sure......
6 liters of fluid. food and camera + Gps, other esentials. Maybe about 15-20 lbs

I think the shoes might be the problem. @ charleston i Came down slower than usual. My knee didnt burn up as usual. but i felt it the day after. I think i have hiked my shoes to death and the tread and arch support is done! and the weight of a pack aint being supported n e more! got a new pair of me...

Cutting switchbacks often leads to erosion. Not to mention all sorts of ugly individual trail segments. It is not the worst thing a hiker can do, but it is harmful and easily avoided. People hike for exercise. Why avoid exercise by cutting switchbacks? after all the thousands of feet of elev gain a...

Were they really lost? From that heli cam it looked like they were STUCK.
theres a bunch of kids that arent hikers that just want to get to all the waterfalls. I think this is what happend!!!

This was a poll. These haven't been imported. Sorry.

Kit Fox thanks for that link. i might order a bunch of those day packs I usually Carbo load and drink 4 liters of h2o the day before. On the hike i take electrolye water and Just enough food to replace calories lost and sustained energy (cliff bars and sandwich with thick bread) . I used to bring a ...

Yeah it was 108 at the strip. Low 80's at the trailhead and 60-70 @ the summit. I was gonna do the loop but you neeed a shuttle car. Its more than a mile! Next time i want to camp at Charleston Saddle and Roundtrip the Mummy MT

So i decided to make th most of my week off by doing Charleston Peak and bagging Griffith Pk in the process. After i planned to car camp. I was sick of the drive and stayed at Charleston Lodge for the night (15 mins from TH). and let me say the rate on a tuesday is a 3rd the weekend rate. As far as ...

i wish i could have done this!

i know it does look wierd. my trip odometer said 12.xx miles but when i uploaded the track to TOPO! this is what it gave me

thats bs dude! we already pay for the adventure pass.
Time for cross country routes

Its only on the right knee. Btw.

I`ve recently been getting knee pain outer-lower knee when descending. I do alot of hikes with 4-5k feet elev gain. 10+ miles and in hte middle of the hike or towards the end it comes. I take ibuprofen with me but is just masks the pain. If this is some thing serious or the cause of some permanent d...

Started about 7am. Wasnt as hot as you guys said it would be! It wasa really good day =) Looped around and took ski lift down to manker. Not alot of people which made it better. I would give more details on this report but my feet are done and im going to lay down now. Thanks for looking =] https://...

im gonna do that saturday morning. brand park is kill on the knees when going down though. may take fire road loop x2

wish i saw this a few days ago. really useful

nice report. islip saddle is just a pain in the ass to drive to tho lol

there is a sign on the trail to islip Mt saying Crystal Lake Rec area Closed.
Is no hiker allowed to go? I have seen bikers cruising down that old road before.

thanks alot man!

HikeUp wrote:Wow - tough hike you guys. Nice pictures - is that really the site of the old summit inn?

Looks like an ol quarry

Any one know how hot it will be?