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Did you do the entire thing as a day hike or did you camp overnight on the route?

Augie wrote:Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to everyone on this forum. Hope everyone is able to get up into the hills and hope we get more white stuff up there.

I'll second all of the above, right down to the smilies.

FWIW, I have run into these guys all over Southern California.

As for the road, it wasn't too bad, my Honda Civic did fine, just took it slow. Once I got the hang of it I actually started to have fun 4x4ing in my Civic. You did Trabuco Canyon Road in a Civic? That's nuts! In the interest of full disclosure, I did it once in a Civic too -- on the way to the Hol...

I have heard from a number of Korean colleagues in recent years that hiking is very popular in Korea. I definitely meet more Koreans on Mt. Baldy and in the surrounding area ahan anywhere else I go. that certainly doesn't make me question the claim about the popularity of hiking!

What I have is the plain old black ad white eTrex Vista, which comes with a serial cable, not a USB. I thought this was ridiculous at first (see my snark in the first post in this thread), but I later realized (while hiking Icehouse Canyon) that these GPS units are designed to talk to devices other...

Yes... the pictures will probably multiply until someone does it and posts a TR here.

My son Eric and I hiked up Baldy on Saturday via the Bear Flat Trail. We ran into everything from hard packed snow to soft snow, some of which was deep enough for postholing, to bare dirt to glass-like ice near the summit. There were no dangerous spots, but it got tedious at times. It was nice on to...

I also have a Garmin eTrex Vista Cx, which I purchased a couple of years ago. It came with a USB cable. 1. I have used the MapSource software to upload GPS data. There are many other options. 2. There are freeware programs like EasyGPS which you can use to upload data in gpx format. 3. You can uploa...

The last time Hikin_Jim went silent for a week, the San J board was ready to send out a search party.

Given his recent comments, though, the China pattern comment is probably on the right track. 8)

Looks like a nice outing. I'm glad you got around to that one. We don't see a lot of multiple peak reports from the San Jacinto area.

Travis -- Speculation on the SGWA board was that the paving was done at the behest of the cabins along the road to the falls. Jay -- I am reasonably sure that cross country for Eric ends on December 1. We are planning to hit the trails together the following weekend. Meanwhile, I am trying to sneak ...

I have not been getting in enough hiking lately due, in part, to watching a lot of high school cross country. So, after yesterday's meet, I headed over to Mt. Baldy and hiked to the top via the Ski Hut Trail. The trail is as popular as ever. As discussed on the SGWA Message Board recently, there has...

He219 wrote:We'll have to setup a webcam on you and relay the world's first live online Rick Kent narrated peaksprint session ..

I'd like to see you find a webcam with a frame rate faster than Rick's manual photo acquisition rate!

HikeUp wrote:Maybe this discussion should move to the "Why do you hike" thread.

Good point. Unfortunately, in my case it would expose my contradictions. I already gave what I thought was a pretty good justification for hiking based on solid state physics.

I really like Iron Mt. Maybe it's a personal mental deficiency. :? Mental deficiency? Don't be so hard on yourself, Alan. I'm sure it's just an iron deficiency. ;) Not bad, Jim! :D Here's what I hope it isn't: Nature Genetics 28, 299 - 300 (2001) Iron on the brain Tracey A. Rouault Cell Biology and...

Nice accomplishment on Iron Mountain. I usually have a quizzical look at supersonic hiking times just for the sake of moving fast, but for Iron Mountain, to be honest, I am not sure of what the attraction is of Iron, if not the personal challenge. I can certainly understand that statement. However,...

Rick -- it's good to know that you get obsessed occasionally.

I already commented on the first post I saw on Rick's latest Iron Mountain hike. I enjoy hearing details of some of the fast times people, including Rick, achieve on various hikes. I don't think we're not talking about racing -- there are plenty of places to discuss that. But it's nice to know what ...

Finally, an official announcement!

There are two trailheads on La Tuna Canyon Rd. If you start at the parking area where the 210 Freeway crosses La Tuna, the eastern trailhead (pictured here and here) is 0.8 miles west and the western trailhead (pictured here and here) is about 0.35 miles further west.

I like both the thoughtful, philosophical comments and the quips. Far be it from me to decide which are which.

At the moment, I will settle for an attempt at the latter.

I hike because it helps to provide Crystal with a reason to exist.

The news media are starting to carry stories about the re-opening of the ANF. :D Angeles National Forest To Reopen After Wildfires POSTED: 11:07 am PST November 7, 2007 UPDATED: 11:25 am PST November 7, 2007 LOS ANGELES -- The Angeles National Forest, closed recently due to wildfires, will reopen fo...

Still no word on opening the Angeles or San Bernardino National Forests or Mt. San Jacinto State Park. The Cleveland National Forest announded an extended closure last Friday, but that is hardly surprising given the fire damage they experienced.

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I hiked Santiago via the Holy Jim trail several years ago. The trail is nice, although the last couple of miles are on a fire road. The views from the peak are great, although you have to walk around a forest of towers to take them all in. Trabuco Canyon Road is an adventure in a car -- a high clear...

I'm with Jim. The San Gabriels are a significant regional range surrounded by cities, suburbs, and rural areas. The Verdugos are a small range completely contained within the city limits of LA, Glendale, and Burbank, all urban areas with populations in excess of 100,000. Griffith Park is an even sma...

Done.

Perry posted this article from the Desert Sun on the San Jacinto message board today. October 29, 2007 Mount San Jacinto park closed Colin Atagi Mount San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness is closed until further notice because of extreme fire danger, park officials said in a news release. People wh...

Jim -- I ate lunch sitting on top of Mt. Verdugo around 1 PM. I did the loop after that. So, you beat me to it. I was thinking I might run into you. I was ready to accost anyone who looked like your picture. :-) That was the most miles I've ever walked in the Verdugos. I was getting tired heading up...