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Please note that part of the forest above Arcadia and Monrovia is still under a closure order. Basically the entire Big Santa Anita watershed is closed.

The thread is unlocked. Thank you, everyone, for your comments and for searching the roads and trailheads. I've talked with Sierra Madre SAR and given them info and ideas. They are also talking with the family. SAR is searching for him now. It's probably best not to go looking yourself. Not only is ...

K_Sabo wrote: ↑Car found. Sheriff on site

I'm locking this thread too. Post at the Whatsapp if you have information. I'm on my way to Monrovia.

5:25 update, I drove a giant loop looking for his car. After checking ACH, I took AFH to Mt. Emma, Pearblossom, back up AFH to Aliso Cyn. I drove down Aliso Cyn to the Monument boundary and back up to AFH to Big Tujunga Cyn Rd. I checked all turnouts, campgrounds, trailheads, picnic areas and paved ...

All posts related to Colin going missing have been merged with the new thread.

1:14 pm His car is not at Milmada parking. Heading up ACH. 1:16 Not at parking for Gould Mesa. 2:33 update, Separately Jason and I have gone up and down the ACH to Redbox and up to Wilson. No sign of his car at any turnout or trailhead. I checked all roads around Wilson, even the open service roads....

1:14 pm His car is not at Milmada parking. Heading up ACH. 1:16 Not at parking for Gould Mesa. 2:33 update, Separately Jason and I have gone up and down the ACH to Redbox and up to Wilson. No sign of his car at any turnout or trailhead. I checked all roads around Wilson, even the open service roads....

Please check JPL lot for Arroyo and Canyon Crest drive crossing at Millard.

Don't forget about the various parking areas for Lower Millard and Lower Arroyo Seco.

Colin Walker is missing. His brother has reported not hearing from him over the weekend. Colin hikes off trail a lot and might be somewhere in or near the Arroyo Seco watershed area. Please post here or contact local police if you have information on his whereabouts. IMG_20230507_063735013_HDR.jpg I...

Thank you for reaching out. I'm disheartened to hear about this. Please tell SAR that Colin loves going off-trail around the Arroyo Seco watershed, especially around Switzer's Camp area. I'm going to get together my pack and head up the Angeles Crest Highway now to look for his car. Check all turnou...

Have you tried running in those Vibram or barefoot shoes? The material is rubber or smooth synthetics. I get the feeling that foxtails won't stick to them as much. You might have to be more careful though placing your feet in overgrowth.

I guess they haven't figured out spare keys in England? Thanks for the report. Looks like a fun time for beer drinking hikers. What is the tall rock pillar?

Tapatalk says they fixed the uploading issue, and it seems to be working again. Let me know if you experience any problems.

The earliest account of the "survey party" story probably exists in one of the Wheeler reports from around 1875 or 1876. I've looked in Google Books but can't find it. According to this 1883 newspaper account, though, the survey party, led by Dr. F. Kampf, named it "Disappointment&quo...

Something happened to Fannie McKenzie on July 13, 1915. She was found in a dire state on the Wilson Trail above Sierra Madre. She ended up dying from a possible poisoning. I couldn't find a follow-up article after the coroner's report. You know what that means. Death by speculation. Screenshot_20230...

Some sort of phasmid enjoying my backpack on Rose Peak...


(Photo uploaded on only the third attempt. Yay, me!)

i am curious, is radio silence after suicide SAR protocol, or media protocol? or..? There's a whole science devoted to reporting on suicide. You could google it and find websites and articles. I don't know what the various protocols are for various media and SAR groups. I'm sure it's a difficult si...

David R wrote: ↑When you have radio silence and no comment, that means a suicide, unfortunately.

YouTube search: Albert Zisook
Keep scrolling down.
Let me know if you are fed any "interesting" videos.

We're aware of a problem uploading files and images. Sometimes it takes several attempts to upload a file successfully, which is frustrating. We're trying to get Tapatalk to fix the problem. Thanks for your patience.

On July 12, 1899, Theodore Kretschmar experienced the biggest shock of his life. While walking around the mountains above Altadena, he grabbed a low-hanging wire. Unfortunately it was a live wire and he suffered a terrible electric burn. He survived but both of his arms had to be amputated. Screensh...

Another possibility is that "los pinetos" is a loanword from Italian. Though I don't know how much influence Italian culture had on Spanish. Spanish does have the family names of Pinedo, Pineda, and to a lesser extent, Pineto.

There's another one adjacent to Graveyard Canyon at the start of what eventually leads up to the Hawkins ridge systems. I think Sean went by there once during the youthful folly of his Death March days... Yes, Willie and I scrambled up to Doe Flat in 2014. That was a gnarly adventure. Check out the...

There is some problem with uploading. I have to try several times with each photo to get it to work. Super annoying. I'll submit a ticket to Tapatalk.

Cool trip. Any of you been up to Supercloud Hollow after a rain storm? Does it ever become an actual lake? I know a fellow trail worker who went up there after a big storm and said it was still empty. If we get hit with another series of atmospheric rivers, it might be worth trying to return in the...

The postcard images from this later era often use "Disappointment" for the entire ridge including Rose, but not sure if that was a simple way to relate the landscape to landmarks that would be familiar to Mt. Lowe visitors... There is some conflicting information about the origin of the D...

I added Rose Peak to Peakbagger. If you sign up and add your ascent, it will help establish the name, as there is a competing entry for the peak.

Peak 5058 sits along the ridge between Bear Canyon and Little Bear Canyon. In the early days of Switzer's Camp, it was known as Rose Peak, due to its coloration at sunset. Lizzie Miller describes the scene in her 1895 book, The True Way: Lizzie Miller - The True Way page 213.jpg Before visiting Rose...

It's an alternate spelling for "los pinedos," meaning "the pine forests."

I'm bumping this TR because it's summertime and more sites are confusing Baldy Waterslide for Stoddard Falls again.