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He had to get across the south face of San Gabriel didn't he? When was Mueller Tunnel built?

https://www.robertstrongwoodward.com/Sc ... rails.html

I've always understood there was a trail carved into the cliff face that is the south wall of the tunnel. Is it still visible?

I completely forgot!!! My darts are tungsten too. Doh! It's been 30 years since I was on the dart team at the John Bull in Pasadena.

Nice story. Incandescent light bulbs are the everyday use of tungsten that I know of. They're going to be outlawed fairly soon if they aren't already. So I looked it up... Tungsten , or wolfram , is a chemical element with the symbol W and atomic number 74. Tungsten is a rare metal found naturally o...

Things aren't that bad. Yet. Hang in there Hermit.

Anyone on this site that has jumped from this bridge?

I haven't. And I'll be ruler of the world long before I do.

All 49 of them!

lol @ Frozen Defiles...

...[of East Fork].

Did they end up eating each other?

Sean wrote: ↑I doubt this is an approved bench, but who knows given the state of the FS these days. Found along Charlie's New Trail in Little Santa Anita.

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Be careful when tossing this bench over the edge because the old trail is down below somewhere. Just saying.

Two new benches coming to Pasadena! Woot! https://www.pasadenanow.com/main/tabled ... cial-names The City of Pasadena’s Legislative Committee is set to consider the naming of a new park and wilderness trail on Tuesday after more time was taken for public input about the top-contending names. Two of ...

Sean gets that reaction a lot I bet.

Any bite marks?

Here's a couple of pictures of the offending Peak 5495+/-, from Smith (circa 2010)...

Is SAR looking for your balls?

Here's a contour map of Islip area. There is a sorta level spot on the south ridge (ssw ridge) at ~300 ft below the peak (circled in blue). Red line is a crudely drawn contour 300 ft below peak.

There is a firebreak that goes straight up from Henninger's in the far SW corner that is a lot faster. We came down the firebreak this time and dropped to the nature trail back to the visitor center. At some point I'll try the shortcut up from the main road. IMG_20230216_123627766_HDR.jpg IMG_20230...

We need a sub-committee to look into this egregious misbehaving topo map.

Actually there is a higher pt just yards to the north of the 5495 location that is 5520+. And just yards to the south is slightly higher too.

Taco is 5ft tall?

Nice hike! Cool pics. Thanks. I've had the luck of watching (through binoculars) the bulldozers making firebreaks on unbelievably steep ridges (in the Verdugo's). They defy gravity while destroying everything in their path, then backing up over it and destroying it again. Looked to me that they were...

They keep telling me the check is in the mail.

Sean wrote: ↑See Bob hiking up the trail.
Hear Bob naming ev'ry plant.
Go, Bob, go sit on the bench.
How you must be very spent!

When does he destroy the bench?

All I've got to say is I'm not gonna get in a pissing contest with it!

I've heard that a couple of croissants stuffed in your nostrils are just as good as one of them baklava/balaclava thingies. Buy them warm fresh from the oven.

bcrowell wrote: ↑then $3.50 for a soda at the pie shop around the corner.

SW corner of Baldwin & Sierra Madre is Happy's Liquor store if you want cheaper soda!!! lol

bcrowell wrote: ↑But -- Bean Town is out of business! So sad to have to resort to corporate Starbucks for a bathroom and coffee.

They struggled because of Covid and an old lady backing her SUV into the store front (which closed them down for like 10 months). They went tits up in December 2022.

San Gorgonio...

San Gabriel High Country...

Can I be Chair-curmudgeon of the Bench Trundling sub-committee?

dima wrote: ↑They bug me, and I want to throw them down the hill. But then I see other people enjoy taking pictures with them, and I feel bad.

Keep the signs and throw the people down the hill.

Sierra Madre closed this trail until further notice due to damage sustained in the recent storms. There is a large washout that they plan to span with a bridge. Screenshot_20230116-065649~2.png 2023-01-21, 7:00am: I joined a group of about 30 volunteers to haul up materials for the bridge. The brid...