EISPIRATEN

thanks for the trip report!

how did you get there, though?
still through sunland?

hh

matt, i pm-ed you.

matt: i'll try to make it today!

greg: wow, you can actually *lift* this lovely creature

hh

how EXCITING!!!!! and yes -- how about eaton saddle thru' mueller tunnel around mount lowe east trail down to the camp lowe fire road junction and up the west trail and back?? this has been one of my most favorite hikes in the front range (for the views) -- and i've been mourning it ever since the f...

hi matt -- sorry about the late reply: work ate me up this week. i'll try to make it there saturday (tomorrow). weekends are really the only possibility for me in any case, alas. so if i can't get there tomorrow, it'll have to wait until the weekned after. but i *will* come :-) should i just ask for...

hi matt --

it helps plenty!
and i would *love* to have you help me with this in the store in arcadia!
what are your hours there??

hh

thank you both! i'll definitely look into that double-shot pack for shorter walks. and matt, for something a little larger your suggestion sounds terrific! my problems are similar to your wife's actually, with trapezius and scalenes involvement in the upper body and nerve pain down my arms -- as wel...

hello all -- i've injured my upper back and can't carry a backpack anymore (for now.) so i need a lumbar pack -- except that my lower back isn't in great shape either, and that means it's GOT to be light. what i'm looking for, i think, is a small lumbar pack that will allow me to carry water (1.5-2 ...

Zé wrote:fuck it. the ANF is incompetent. people from different cultural backgrounds don't treat the forest the way others do, so it ends up as shit. thanks, ANF

yup.
this is exactly (and literally) true.

hh

thanks all. i'll email the buckhorn tale (see trip descriptions) to the address(es) provided, and maybe call as well. i had tried to call and fax jody noiron at the info provided online -- but no go. hh later: ok, i feel better. sent a long email to the two contacts. as for calling: the river ranger...

i tried calling -- no one there.
i tried leaving a message -- no such option.
i tried to fax -- fax number does not work.
there is no email address.

anyone?

hh

I just have to share this harrowing experience i just had -- trying to camp at Buckhorn around labor day is obviously a *very* bad idea: In the past, I used to love this place, particularly because it used to be peaceful and quiet and serene. But this past weekend the noise level was unbearable -- a...

ah, that was good to read.

do you -- or does anyone -- know anything about the hike starting at eaton saddle, through mueller tunnel, leaving san gabriel peak to the right and then circling mount lowe (w/ views of inspiration point on the north side of lowe)?

hh

this on inciweb today: "Due to an anticipated increase in temperatures, wind, and a decrease in humidity over the next few days, Station Fire Incident Commander Mike Wakoski has ordered additional aircraft which include 4 heavy helitankers. In addition, a tactical water tender equipped with fir...

Friday, 18 Sep 09, 4:45 pm PDT - There is concern that conditions on Mount Wilson may be going south over the next few days. A dozen or more smoke centers are still active low on the north slope of the mountain, and the forecast is for Santa Ana-like wind conditions turning on by Tuesday. This coul...

if you watch these in succession -- prepare to weep.
(no, seriously.
pour yourself a glass of something or other.)


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harper

I want to check out that trail this fall when the leaves turn. I didn't know we had wild roses in our mountain, I saw some kind of wild blueberries a few miles from there today. http://picasaweb.google.com/markshiking ... 5391757490 what you saw looks like sambucus mexicana (blue elderberry) to me....

this little 5 mile trip saved me from despair last weekend (what with the fires over here and all): https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/600640/all summer 09 188.jpg https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/600641/all summer 09 189.jpg https://eispir...

cougarmagic wrote:http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skine ... ki-Channel
(snipped) I hope we can find out soon how much of the trees did (or did not) burn.

amen, sister.

hh

mattmaxon wrote:The MODIS is aging with no new detections!

It may well be true.... Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please

'scuse me while i kiss the sky...

hh

ah -- that's wonderful news!

harper

OH YEAH! It still stands despite the minimal efforts of our illustrious Forest (dis)Service 40,000 fire fighters brought in, over 30 heros injured so far, 2 fire fighters dead so far, and there you sit with your yap open denigrading the heros who are putting their lives on the line. far as i know h...

man, this is nerve-wracking!! (and wrecking, too -- ack!) so buckhorn is stil intact, according to this map. let me know when you go to clean/clear your trail (whenever that may be), i'll help. harper I've been mucking around with the main source for the MODIS data This seems to be a bit better than...

http://pctmap.homeip.net/data2/photos/thebeast11040908.jpg oh god. i feel literally nauseated looking at this map. so -- *where* do we make these demands? *who* do we talk to? and in which way? any ideas? also -- where do we go to help clean up this mess (literally, i mean, in the actual mountains....

i keep thinking about that *enormous* pine down in cooper canyon... Oh yeah - that enormous incense cedar. Many people are convinced it's a sequoia. That beautiful thing is sitting practically right in the water. Bark is probably a foot thick. Yeah, I'm not worried about that tree! ah, no, i don't ...

Oh god. I'll be crying over my beer for years over this one. Well when you're done crying get angry! Get very ANGRY! This must NEVER happen again I'm plenty angry, but what can be done? Where do we channel our anger? What can we do to make changes? I fear its too late. This can't happen again, sadl...

I completely understand your point. believe me, though no effort was made to save this structure. This is just an historical replica. The guys who put a bunch of work into rebuilding it several years ago are just happy to see it still there. At this point, anything familiar that remains is a welcom...

I wouldn't tell the source of this photo, even if I knew (which I honestly don't). But it's a good photo. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i484/albums/rr207/cougarmagic/InspirationOtPavillionIMG_4145.jpg i just don't get it. why -- i mean WHY can't the same (or more) effort be exp...

I wouldn't tell the source of this photo, even if I knew (which I honestly don't). But it's a good photo. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i484/albums/rr207/cougarmagic/InspirationOtPavillionIMG_4145.jpg i just don't get it. why -- i mean WHY can't the same (or more) effort be exp...

Someone at Mt Waterman is making these recorded updates - it does sound like they're working extremely hard to keep it south of the Crest. And working really hard in general. 818-790-2002 i have no doubt that the fire fighters *are* working really hard (and i am grateful to them, don't doubt it.) b...