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Hikin_Jim wrote:We're already packing...

Jim, Congratulations on the birth our your daughter Joyce!

https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/img/albums/v101/He219/mpnet/A-8834P-255.jpg Hires A Special Forces Soldier learns to carry heavy equipment and weapons up the mountainside Sept. 24 near Lake George, Colo. while attending the U.S. Army SF Command (Airborne) Senior (Level II) Mounta...

https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/img/albums/v101/He219/mpnet/090911-A-8834P-152.jpg Hires Soldiers throughout United States Army Special Forces Command (Airborne) participate in the Senior Mountaineer Course at 11-mile Canyon, Sept. 11. The Green Berets will be graduating the five...

Congratulations Mike P!
Tough job for a day-hike with the altitude.
Cheers!

Nixe TR, lilbitmo!

TacoDelRio wrote:That's a nice plucking tarn.

Tøtål verplückt!



We're hittin' that plucking headwall this winter ..

Not quite ..


The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn meaning pond.

.. with that sandy area ? This calls for a quick Geologic explanation: Dragon's Head is a Headwall, an outcropping of rock at the end of a dry lakebed called the Tarn. This is an old glacial cirque and previous site of one of the southernmost glaciers in California; also known as Tosh's Tarn. Sourc...

Got some new Scarpa Ivernos with Cordura Liners for -- $139.96 lol

Nice TR!
Thanks for sharing those pix, RichardK ..

This one is cool:

One of my buddies is planning on going on Echo right now.
I advised him against it; air quality and visibility probably suck and he could find himself in a world of hurt if the wind picks up or shift.

Maybe you'll get some interesting pix, edenooch

JetBoil sells a kit that essentially acts as a french press when you use it in conjunction with the PCS cup. Can't get too much better than that. :) I like my jetboil but coffee grinds pass by the collapsible baffle on the french press .. same with a nalgene press .. so I got this cowboy coffee ada...

West Redonda Island, British Columbia last week Tuesday. Only 683 meters, but we had to hike up something in Desolation Sound .. We followed an old logging road for an hour from our anchorage at Roscoe Bay. We passed some beaver dams and headed up densely forested terrain with lush undergrowth on so...

Fire burning in Angeles Forest above Azusa Pasadena Star-News - ‎8 minutes ago‎ Posted: 08/25/2009 04:57:29 PM PDT ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST - A large fire is burning in the Angeles National Forest north of Azusa. The fire is on both sides of Highway 39 and firefighters with the Angeles National Fire...

A decent Beer ... and those Nachos at the Baldy Lodge!
8)

Just reading this morning's copy of the OC Register, Outdoors, Aug. 3rd, 2009:

'Summer hiking risky for dogs'


Yeah, yeah - still reading newspapers.
I'm old school ..
8)

Thanks, Matt!

LD wrote:This lady hiker wasn't so fortunate.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/rea- ... pass-group

That's just - horrible!


You wouldn't happen to be John M or Bob P?

I really enjoyed the Fish Creek approach Simonov showed us Memorial Weekend, via Aspen Grove.

Matt, how is the dirt road from Aspen trailhead up to Skyhigh?

mattmaxon wrote: we're doing Horseshoe to Onion Valley with the side trip to Whitney in 5 days 8/12 thru 8/16

30-35lb range with the fluids ..

I estimate total mileage at 62-ish

Nice, Matt! Good mileage there ..
No tent, how do you keep it that light with fluids?
somebody's going to hump the the Bear Canister ..

Nice additions! Some squirrel Beaver hybrid A Rock Chuck , otherwise known as a Yellow-Bellied Marmot Whitney... i think!?!? https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/farm3.static.flickr.com/2559/3782296514_e281232596_m.jpg Indeed! ... and Langley from Whitney! :D https://eispiraten.com/images-archived...

Nice TR, edenooch!


Interesting about Old Pass still being snowed in ..
Happened to us last year in May without crampons:
Hires

Thanks for the tr and photos, I doing Whitney from Crabtree Meadows on 8/14! Matt Nice; via Horseshoe? How many days and about much weight are you packing? Happy Trails, matt! :D Heading up on the 14th of August, doing the summit on the 15th, will more than likely get some altitude at Horseshoe mea...

Was helping my buddy train for altitude on Rainier, he's climbing it today .. Headed to Lone Pine for a Langley session, then upgraded to Whitney because an overnight permit made itself available on standby. A recent snow kept the crowd at bay with a hint of ice on the trail .. https://eispiraten.co...

Nice TR; Corn Lily - finally figured it out ...

Nice job!

check out the very end of this broadcast:


rip to the victim on the wedge today ..

Nice job and thanks for sharing your TR.
I've been wanting to do Charleston for a little while now ..
Cheers!

RichardK wrote:We hiked Ontario Peak on Friday.

Great picture Richard!
Nice clouds over Baldy that HikeUp and hvydrt wrote about ..

Nice job, Liz!