EISPIRATEN

After this experience did you decide this was your limit, and not to be reached again? Or did you want more?
I mostly wanted to scramble up canyons, and I didn't know my limit until something looked too dangerous to attempt. Sometimes an otherwise impassable obstacle is made passable through a ...

I don't know how to pick my favorites. I do various hikes for various reasons, and many of them were very memorable. I'll go with the toughest I completed, the toughest I didn't complete, and the toughest where I thought I might actually fall and die.

Thanks for the report. Definitely a sexy mountain.

Wow! Thanks for the story. That's dedication. I'm glad you found the BM. Respect.

Thanks for the report. That might be the most perfectly curvy snake I've ever seen.

Thanks for the report. Upon reaching the summit, one should yell, "I'm the king of Arizona!" Then slap himself in the face for being such a dork.

Have you tried using AI to build the perfect bike? I hear it's all the rage with the younglings these days.

Are you a pirate or a mouse?
Put some action in your life!

Thanks for the reports. I feel cold just reading them.

Sometimes the algorithm knows me better than I know myself. Faceborg just introduced me to this fresh banger.

Thanks for the report. Don't these dozer operators know that it's a crime to disturb a benchmark?!

Thanks for the cerebral trip report. It's like reading a chapter in a novel. I'm not sure I ever want to meet the unholy megafauna of Oat Mtn.

One of the wildlife cameras in Rubio Canyon survived the Eaton Fire. Check out the video from the Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy.

There should be a contest for ugliest post-fire hike. Winner receives the ugliest beanie I've found on the trails.

Thanks for the report. It's called double-plus, ungood sandy.

Thanks for the report. Looks like all the potatoes up there exploded into a thick mist.

Is it snake season already!

Thanks for the report. That place is a mess. Someone go up there with a beefy hedge trimmer and an ammo box!

Thanks for the report. I've been curious about that trail. It's been neglected for a long time. I hope some crew adopts it.

Thanks for the report. Looks like a pretty mountain. I guess the road went to a mine?

Wow, thanks for the epic trip report. That's quite a challenge you created. The weather gods definitely didn't like you. Extra points for incorporating night vision.

Thanks for the report. I would have taken the tiki rock, I enjoy being cursed. Cool BM find too. County's involvement probably indicates the survey was for some local project.

Thanks for the report. John Bradford Camp was a pioneer in the Pomona Valley, after coming here from Tennessee and Kansas. He was an innovative farmer and bought Brown's Flat as a summer retreat. Here's a page from Frank Wheeler's scrapbook that has a lot of neat information about Camp and Brown's ...

If you don't try, you can't fail. I'm glad you found an escape route. Thanks for the report.

Well, that sucks. Is water coming out of the spring above the cascade?

I was promised an amazing Super Bowl between two great teams. Maybe the Chiefs will show up for the second half.

We've got the biggest balls of them all!

Two weeks ago I returned to Glendora Wilderness. It was one of the few places in the Gabes not affected by the ANF closure. Pavil Canyon Trail begins at the end of the park road. It's a short trail to a fern-covered spring. Years ago I was stopped by the waterfall obstacle just after the spring, but ...

Thanks for the report.

Matthew wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2025 7:43 amLove that one plant that always grows by creeks, like the one that's in the waterfall pic taken from above. Anyone have the id?

Invasive eupatory. We've been trying to eradicate it from Rubio Canyon.

Dima, can we use this image from Taco for the header?