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Also, give me a break--the "skill levels" of these guys doesn't matter. I highly doubt the average--or even very skilled--outdoors-persons has practical training on what to do during a forest fire. Skill level doesn't matter? That is an absurd statement. Someone with the knowledge of the ...

Many people think that the government is some omnificent paternal entity that is responsible for their protection and are disappointed when that is not the case. In the backcountry cell phone reception is frequently nonexistent and help may be a long ways away. We all know about people who venture ...

Does anyone have a copy?

Don't even think about it.

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I hear you, Magic. My worries about parasites are a thing of the past.

No, I don't have a problem stepping on chunks of dog poo when I hike. My concern was the ground AFTER the waste is picked up. The trail that I was referring to, the Mt. Wilson trail in Sierra Madre, reeks of dog poo for the first mile or so and I figured if you can smell it on the ground or on your ...

Found a pair of nice trekking poles on Mt. Wilson Trail rd around 9:00PM today.

Alas, I finally know its name. Thanks!

Ready, set, go!

Now that I have a better view of the fire its clear that the guy who live above Monrovia is actually more towards the east.hopefully they can contain the fire before it speards even more.

Taken at 3:00PM. There is a guy that lives in a tent north of where the fire is.

Something that blows my mind and drives me nuts? People smoking cigarettes on the trail.

Nice find. A paper copy of this would be so cool.

Thanks for the help JeffH.

I would like to be as close as possible to "the valley(?)" so that I can hike in it during the day.
Free BLM land would be nice since I'm on a student budget but I don't mind forking up a few bucks if its close to the park.

The subject line says it all. I plan on heading out on April 11th and staying for 10 days.

That is an awesome story. The moment I come across his book I'll definitely pick it up.

Well, well, well, I guess I'll just up date ya'll if I end up noticing worms crawling around in me.

I recently decided to give barefoot hiking a shot and it turned out to be one of the best decisions I've made so far. My only concern is the amount of dogs and poo on the trail I frequent. I was wondering if anyone has hiked barefoot and experienced PARASITES! :shock: ...or any other experiences hik...

Thanks for the detailed explanation arocknoid. How would you describe the texture/look of cougar scat that's not the hair part? Also, this coyotes home is in Point Mugu if anyone was wondering. HikeUp, you hit gold! The biggest poo I have yet seen was this today. Definitely not as big as the one in ...

Great, I'll remember this Poo Feng Shui for my future adventures.
I have to say, I love poo so much that its always slowing me down on the trail. I have so many pictures of poo that one day I'm going to make a big poo collage and frame it.

Is it the tapered end, segments, or shape that makes the last one seem more cougar-ish?

Very interesting. That might explain the two bobcats I ran up on a few days before noticing all of the scat. It looks like they're all done with their love making because the number of scat has dramatically decreased within the past two weeks. And while we're on the subject of scat I came across som...

Shoobie doo bee tok a doo bah dah dootle dee dah dah... I've recently started to hike early in the morning because of the time change and holy smokes I've noticed A LOT more scat ? on the trail. Its a bunch of little bobcat and fox scat and a couple of coyote ?. Do y'all notice the same thing or am ...

Poor Mr. Coyote.

Came across this coyote in Bailey Canyon today. Thought it was an alien at first but then realized it was a very sick coyote with perhaps mange but who knows.

I don't know how to put YouTube videos on here so I just have the link.

Hikin_Jim wrote: ↑Enh. Don't sweat it. I mean, what could happen?


HJ