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hvydrt wrote:

turtle wrote:in the middle of a Triple Crown attempt.

How did it go???

Trip report coming soon in a separate thread.

Headed up Baldy at around 6:00PM on Saturday, my friend Brent and I encountered a group of hikers looking for a lost terrier. :cry: We took a phone number, but did not see any signs of the the dog higher on the peak. However, while passing time at the Snowcrest Lodge while waiting for our return fro...

Gate to the Vivian Creek parking area was shut "closed for the season". I bumped into this gate on Saturday as well, with permit in hand, at 11pm, in the middle of a Triple Crown attempt. Needless to say that was a rather rude surprise. My immediate reaction was the same as Elwood's -- &q...

Nice pictures and trip report! Turns out I was just one day ahead of you guys -- I went through on Saturday. Though as I was by myself I didn't have the option for a car shuttle and had to get back to the IHC trailhead the honest way. :P Like you and Matt I'd only done the stretch of MFLC up to the ...

Very nice... thanks for posting the report. I desperately need to get out to Tahquitz before the snows arrive. The Trough is definitely the stoutest 5.0 I've ever climbed! I had to z-rig a fellow climber over the "crux" just below Pine Tree Ledge. He frustratedly remarked that he should cr...

turtle wrote:

Johnny Bronson wrote:where and what formation is at 7:20? O_O

That's the promontory/roof atop the southwest face of Tahquitz. Traitor Horn ascends there.

There's a nice photograph over at Mountain Project.

where and what formation is at 7:20? O_O That's the promontory/roof atop the southwest face of Tahquitz. Traitor Horn ascends there. hahaa classic! Thanks for posting! Have long heard of this movie but never seen it. If I remember correctly, it's mentioned in the Vogel/Gaines guide to Tahquitz and ...

Richard K, where exactly is the pipe located at the camp? Elwood and I were through there yesterday as well, but could not locate the pipe. Simonov, do you consider the water from Columbine safe to drink without filtering? I'd think so, given that it's coming directly out of the ground, but would li...

I'd highly recommend it to anyone...just make sure you're not afraid of the dark :P . Got to see nature at its best (owl fly by really close), with tons of stars above your head. Cool temps too. I couldn't agree more! A few weeks back I had planned a long hike on a Saturday with forecast highs of 8...

The photos are beautiful - what camera do you use, and how much Photoshopping? Thanks! I have a Canon S90, a "high-end point and shoot". I used Canon DPP to gently adjust the levels (usually adding a bit more mid-range contrast) of the RAW images and then used Photoshop to rotate and crop...

Returned Monday from an amazing trip to Escalante with friends Scott, Ira, and Alicia. We pulled off three canyons (Ringtail, Choprock, and Neon) in three days. Choprock has a nasty reputation owing to a dual fatality that occurred there in 2005. (A team of two canyoneers dropped into a frigid pool ...

During a trip to Sespe Creek this weekend, I encountered lots of interesting features in the mud. Can anyone help me identify the animal (or physical process) that made these? I believe there are actually two distinct features in the photo... 1) The smoothly undulating channel immediately alongside ...

Wow... thanks for the very thorough and informative response!

Can anyone confirm whether this is in fact a Western Wallflower? My searches of the Internets suggests that it is Erysimum capitatum ssp. lompocense but the pictures I'm finding are not an exact match. I'm new to the wildflower game and don't have a good sense of how much variation there is even wit...

One visited our camp while we were sleeping out in Fall Canyon in DV NP a few years ago. My friend Adam awoke when a critter he described as "a squirrel or chihuahua with a racoon's tail" began digging through his backpack (which lay just a few feet from his head). He got a good look at it...

Hikin_Jim wrote: How was the trail from Heaton Saddle to the mine?

It was in pretty good shape, with a little brush in a few places and an eroded trailbed in a few others. But easy going the whole way. Elwood was kind enough to clip back some yucca to make it easier for the next guy.

Thanks for the trip report and pictures Elwood! I've also put an Allison Gulch Slideshow up on Flickr. This was my first time through Allison Gulch. It's a bit off the beaten path for most local canyoneers, but should not be overlooked, IMHO, especially if you can catch it while it's flowing nicely....

I'm curious about what appears to be a waterproof rucksack--is that de rigueur among the canyoneering crowd? Not quite de rigueur , but very common, yes. It's actually not waterproof, but rather just designed to shed water efficiently. (Things that need to stay dry are typically enclosed in a dry s...

mve wrote:Love this picture
http://picasaweb.google.com/BiletChick/ ... 7022508498

Yeah, I found that one rather amusing as well. Been there for sure!

hvydrt wrote:So your tent is still MIA?

Unfortunately, yes.

Not only is my friend out some cash but Baldy has another huge piece of litter.

I saw a cave on my way up yesterday - did you have a probe inserted near the head of the cave? Yes, the probe was ours. We'd inserted it during the digging process to ensure that we didn't get too close to the surface (and compromise the structure of the cave). It entered the cave about where the e...

Nice trip report...

Turns out (I recognize your outfits) that our groups did pass each other at about 9400, as you ascended and we descended. We had a brief conversation about the summit winds. Should have introduced myself as a SGMDF'er so we could have met.

Hehey, saw it yesterday and was wondering if you guys did that after reading our Mill Creek report? Actually, that wasn't our cave. :P Our cave was just a few feet to the right, with the (much smaller) entryway tucked in alongside a tree. A few others had joined us for the day on Saturday, and they...

Given this year's exceptional snow pack, I'd for some weeks been hoping to spend a night in a snow cave high on Baldy. And with the spring temps now upon us, it was clear that time was running out... Flickr Slide Show Having found a few other so inclined (Steve, Aly, Steve, and Celine), we were off....

The main issue with this drop is the rope tends to get damaged on the last 250-300ft free-hanging section. By the time Suzanne (labeled in the photo two posts above) finished rapelling, this is what the rope looked like... https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/722620/s_cor...

v_v = v_diag * sin(arctan grade), preferably plotted against theta I believe that Ze's vertical axis is currently horizontal velocity, no? I assume he's pulling data from a GPS unit, which would presumably give you only the component of the velocity along the surface of the earth. Anecdotally, one ...

Very cool... I've always wanted to see something like this. A related question that I think your data can answer... What's the most efficient grade of trail for gaining elevation? That is, given that you are working at full capacity, what grade of trail will get you up a certain height the fastest? ...

mattmaxon wrote: It's hard to see anything cuz the people on rope are just little specks

Indeed!

A picture from a trip a few years back, with labels to help locate the canyoneers...

Regarding the first descenders and the origin of the name... The first time I heard of the big drop was from Bob Greer. He sent a photo to Chris Brennen, referring to it as the 'Widowmaker' rappel. He'd scouted the drop from above, and expressed his interest in descending further down canyon. He did...

Thanks for the kinds words, all. Much appreciated since this is my first trip report on this forum. :D mve: You'd inferred from the pictures that it was quiet. I forgot to mention what may have been my favorite characteristic of this trip: We did not see a single hiker nor any (human!) tracks at any...