EISPIRATEN

What a day. I generally don't like uphills on the return half of a hike.

I never train for Hike Naked day, I just go out and do it. I send my selfies to all the fellas in the neighborhood. I'm impressed that you know it's coming up!
Do you have a Whitney permit?

Nate U wrote: ↑.... its pretty hard to have a peak staring at you from your lock screen for a few months without feeling a uncontrollable desire to bag it:

Yeah, I have some reminders too. Lock screen for me is Mt Whitney and the background screen is Mt Baldy.

All the traffic in the area definitely led to more trash. When I left on Sunday morning I saw a crew at the bathrooms above the village so I hope they managed to get something done at Icehouse. Nice that the Adventure Pass dollars help to clean up, not so nice that they can't even afford to put a tr...

I got a ULA Circuit, it shaves more than a pound off my load. Been using my Osprey Atmos 50 since 2008, newer fabrics and fewer pockets make a difference. Of course with the changes I have to figure out how to pack things differently, for now I have some lightweight stuff sacks for various tasks. Wa...

Wow, there were a lot of people out on the trails last weekend. I wanted to get away for a night so after clearing my schedule at home I went up to Icehouse Canyon. Despite cloudy skies in the valley, at 3pm on Saturday afternoon I was relegated to the last available parking spot. This was also the ...

Taco wrote: ↑I can rant in many directions. It's quite fun.

That is a valuable skill to have!

Not many people will take a look at a talus field and think "that's just where I want to be".
Nice report. That snake is well-concealed.

CrazyHermit wrote: ↑I'm not sure how you could be rescued if you got stuck in there. There's one point where it's so narrow you can't turn your head around.

I suppose if you're stuck there for a number of days you'll get a little thinner.

Are there only a few measurements for wit, like the phases of the moon? What if he was actually 54 percent witty, could he have survived? And how did he prepare the rice?

It was a great day out there! A few more pics....

Mueller Tunnel.


Long line of hikers.

The group on the steeper part of Mount Markham.

Birthday celebration.

tekewin wrote: ↑You both must have big loppers to pull that off. Looks like quite serious brush. That was nice the way you tied it in with the old photo.

Thanks for the cool trip report.

Size matters.

Cool trip, great views.
I've never been there either.

Welcome. If you're a little weird about the San Gabes then yes you may have found your peeps. I've learned a lot from reading here...

Tungsten is also used for a lot of xenon arc lights such as those found in movie projectors and lots of vehicle headlights.

Sean wrote: ↑Then, at 2 PM on March 23, 1909, something amazing happened. The lost ones staggered into Switzer's Camp, having self-extracted themselves from an emergency landing on the north side of Strawberry Peak. ....

Whew!! I'm glad everyone made it out OK!
Thanks for a good story.

dima wrote: ↑On the edge of my seat over here. Well, I WAS until I cheated, and looked ahead. Good stuff!

I'm waiting this one out. Also wondering why they weren't dressed for cold in March at elevation.

(just noticed this is post number 1000 for me - is there some kind of award now?)

Interesting. The security thing is a curious thought. Ive got friends who work with that project. I am not familiar with that site, however. Didnt know there was a lodge. The lodge burned down in the late 80’s. I kind of remember reading the Daily Bulletin about the circumstances being a little sus...

Saw this in the FS Twitter feed today. Talk about construction of buildings where the old Icehouse lodge ruins are currently located. I once had a beer there while looking out the window over the parking lot. I need to read more, don’t see how it increases security. And what amenities? https://www.f...

I sort of like visiting some snow, postholing like that does not sound fun.

Girl Hiker wrote: ↑ Hey Jeff, let me see you do this jump lol

Great shot there!

Sean wrote: ↑With 80' of prominence is it really a peak though?

Well one of those spots on top is a peak.

That's a cool find!

Assuming you were standing on the actual highpoint, either the surveyors got it wrong or the highpoint has been bulldozed or ... I don't know. Would you say there was a 0.17-mile stretch of flatness at the top? The south firebreak meets up with the summit area at a low spot "T" intersecti...

My phone also got it at 5490.

Thanks for the report. That's a cool route I'll have to keep in mind. Never been up to 5490. Is that the one you can also reach from the top of CA-39? You timed that jump perfectly. Yes, the dirt road goes from what looks like the part of 39 after the turnoff to Crystal Lake. That would certainly b...

After reading all of Taco's reports this week I'm almost embarrassed to say I drove to this trailhead... It's been a couple of years since I visited Smith Mountain, and on my previous trek I thought I could head up the peak just not of the saddle and then walk down the firebreak and rejoin the trail...

I've been doing Wilson once a week for the last few weeks, timing myself to the top. Last week there was a lot of snow and ice, so this week I made room for microspikes in my favorite itsy-bitsy fanny pack by substituting a folding silicone cup for my water bottle. So of course the snow had complet...

Are you also providing beer now?

Wow, those photos are great! The light with the snow reflecting the full moon is pretty amazing.
Thanks for the write-up!