EISPIRATEN

Time to repair those scree trails around Baldy ..

FIGHT ON wrote:pretty cool you meet up with folks you don't know and camp.

Until someone turns out to be an axe-murderer ..
Watch for the ones carrying a Piolet on a summer overnighter!

Nice pix ..
You made good time!


There's a nice soft patch on a cropping between Cucamonga and Etiwanda that'd be great for a camp;
City lights at night and a nice spot for sunrise.
One of these days ...

Nice pix Hikin_Jim!


Could you see any of the fires at Isabella and the Tehachapis?

Ready for round two? 8) We DEFINATELY need to do this next season. Wouldn't mind making it an annual thing and there are lots of routes to do. Right now it's warm and freezing is above 14K. Glaciers are really moving, rocks falling, crevasses opening wider and more rock exposed. So shoot for the ve...

Nice photos. Did you make the summit? Yes, but the summit was an instantaneous turnabout because of whiteout conditions. Quite anticlimactic. There was one other rope team that braved it with us (I think Alpine Ascents) along with a couple of climbers that were already heading back down at the crat...

FIGHT ON wrote:A lot of cool pics. The first one looks like the mountain has a cloud comb over.

Thanks; it's moisture condensed by laminar flow as wind rushed over the stratovolcano. Very cool to watch.

Thanks Jim!

I just got my camera back today via DHL after leaving it in my friends car during the rush to catch my plane back to John Wayne two weeks ago. Keep in mind that I had a lot of 'stuff'. My mountaineering gear alone weighed in at 74.2# on the airport scale. June 18th-21st, 2008 https://eispiraten.com/...

Nice TR. Congrats Joe! :D Keyword, acclimation. Take an extra couple of days to camp out at lower altitude and allow your body to get settled in. Exhale deeply to expel unused air and gain more fresh O2. Pace yourself and take an Aspirin if you're feeling altitude at 11.5K, yet alone 14.5K .. Good c...

I think what you see in the picture is a work in progress (probably plywood) and I'd assume what they put on that will have a green finish to it - wait and see. Yep, they just peeled off the green layer of Corrugated Metal Decking and what you see is plywood sheathing of the roof structure. Decking...

Augie wrote:How far down is the wreckage from the sign?

First big chunk (center wingspar with L&R landing gear) is 50 feet down, litterally.

Then it keeps on going down scattered another 500 feet or so to the 9,100 foot level, easy to get stuck heading down canyon.

It's exactly where that sign HikeUp referenced is.


The C-46A Commando wreck on the North Face is more difficult to get to ..

May 25th, 2008: Official start of Summer https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/img/albums/v101/He219/photobucket/current/1st%20Day%20of%20Summer%2020080525/DSC09045.jpg https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/img/albums/v101/He219/photobucket/current/1st%20Day%20of%20Summer%2...

Awesome 406!

Gotta love your spirit to make some tracks in June.
Cheers.




Niiice ..

Keyword, acclimation. Take an extra couple of days to camp out at lower altitude and allow your body to get settled in. Exhale deeply to expel unused air and gain more fresh O2. Pace yourself and take an Aspirin if you're feeling altitude at 11.5K, yet alone 14.5K .. Check out the percentages for Ac...

Sammich was good too!


Crowds follow weekends and good weather, not like over the Superbowl ..

June 8th, 2008: A beautiful day! https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/img/albums/v101/He219/photobucket/Baldy%20June%208th%202008/DSC09529.jpg First time up register ridge, nice route with great views. Best climbed with a heavy pack https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/im...

simonov wrote:I believe that is near the trail fork for Mineshaft Flat.

Yep, I recognized the location


Hope you're doing well.

Beautiful images.
Thanks for your TR!

Nice Simonov!
I was wondering how your trip went with ze schnee ..

simonov wrote:

Isn't that spot on ze trail just after crossing south on Mannschaft Saddle?
8)

Fist day of Summer in Icehouse Canyon (with TDR): https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/img/albums/v101/He219/photobucket/current/1st%20Day%20of%20Summer%2020080525/DSC09011.jpg Timber Mtn. in the back https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/img/albums/v101/He219/photobucket/...

The software being the Mapsource stuff? Is this just for the computer, or also to access maps on the GPS unit? Sorry for being dense, I just have never used a GPS before. But I do think I can 'acquire' that sort of software pretty easily. I think I bought mine for 100 bucks, then got National Geogr...

Yeh, but the Amazon one wasn't bundled with Garmins software

bertfivesix wrote:Finally a reason to checkout all the stuff in my REI online cart I've been accumulating the past couple weeks..thanks for the heads up!

LoL, that's exactly what I do ..

If you're needing one and always hesitated because of ze price:

http://www.rei.com/product/774570

$160.-- bundled with software.
Today only, online.

Great Pix AW.
Thanks for that report ..

Nice pix!

That rattler, on the rock next to your tent?!

Like this nut job ... https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/img/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/militarypix/fresh/more/more/even%20more/more/will%20it%20ever%20end/more/more/more/fresh/readyforabeer/DSC04675.jpg Forgot about that set, but callin' me a Nut Job , HikeUp? :P Or can he only lea...

https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i17/albums/b65/happycamperandsix/COOPER%20CANYON%20JULY%202005/H0021796-P.jpg Great Panoramic, Dudley ! :D https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/img/albums/v101/He219/photobucket/current/PanoramicSGM.jpg https://eispiraten.com/images-a...

Nice video. It looked like the Trojan Marching Band on a camp or something .. Reminds me of an SC Engineering Geology field-trip we took to Landers back in '92. There were only 20 of us .. We rode an old yellow schoolbus down a dry riverbed and ended up embedded in an off-road motorcycle race. Event...