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by Sean
Tue Mar 18, 2025 7:15 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Taco's Alpine Touring Bike Project
Replies: 1
Views: 55

Re: Taco's Alpine Touring Bike Project

Have you tried using AI to build the perfect bike? I hear it's all the rage with the younglings these days.
by Sean
Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:53 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Youtube song of the day
Replies: 75
Views: 5595

Re: Youtube song of the day

Are you a pirate or a mouse?
Put some action in your life!
by Sean
Tue Mar 18, 2025 7:30 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: The 3rd-annual moonlight baldy winter climb
Replies: 10
Views: 244

Re: The 3rd-annual moonlight baldy winter climb

Thanks for the reports. I feel cold just reading them.
by Sean
Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:08 am
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Youtube song of the day
Replies: 75
Views: 5595

Re: Youtube song of the day

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

by Sean
Wed Mar 12, 2025 11:27 am
Forum: California
Topic: Caswell BM and Peak 3,941
Replies: 3
Views: 161

Re: Caswell BM and Peak 3,941

Thanks for the report. Don't these dozer operators know that it's a crime to disturb a benchmark?!
by Sean
Wed Mar 12, 2025 11:18 am
Forum: California
Topic: Oat Mtn from Santa Clarita Valley - birthday revenge
Replies: 10
Views: 358

Re: Oat Mtn from Santa Clarita Valley - birthday revenge

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.
by Sean
Sat Mar 08, 2025 2:33 pm
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Eaton Fire
Replies: 28
Views: 2911

Re: Eaton Fire

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

by Sean
Sun Mar 02, 2025 4:14 pm
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: West Ridge to Los Pinetos Peak
Replies: 3
Views: 422

Re: West Ridge to Los Pinetos Peak

There should be a contest for ugliest post-fire hike. Winner receives the ugliest beanie I've found on the trails.
by Sean
Sun Mar 02, 2025 6:53 am
Forum: Desert
Topic: Cave Mountain via South Ridge
Replies: 4
Views: 422

Re: Cave Mountain via South Ridge

Thanks for the report. It's called double-plus, ungood sandy.
by Sean
Fri Feb 28, 2025 4:33 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Potato Mtn
Replies: 2
Views: 301

Re: Potato Mtn

Thanks for the report. Looks like all the potatoes up there exploded into a thick mist.
by Sean
Fri Feb 28, 2025 4:31 pm
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: Verdugo Pituophis Catenifer
Replies: 1
Views: 127

Re: Verdugo Pituophis Catenifer

Is it snake season already!
by Sean
Fri Feb 28, 2025 4:29 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: San Sevaine LO and Rafael BM
Replies: 12
Views: 573

Re: San Sevaine LO and Rafael BM

Thanks for the report. That place is a mess. Someone go up there with a beefy hedge trimmer and an ammo box!
by Sean
Thu Feb 20, 2025 7:02 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Dillon Divide to Dagger Flat Canyon and Laurel Canyon
Replies: 5
Views: 613

Re: Dillon Divide to Dagger Flat Canyon and Laurel Canyon

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.
by Sean
Thu Feb 20, 2025 10:06 am
Forum: Desert
Topic: Palen Mountain
Replies: 5
Views: 320

Re: Palen Mountain

Thanks for the report. Looks like a pretty mountain. I guess the road went to a mine?
by Sean
Mon Feb 17, 2025 7:04 pm
Forum: California
Topic: 42 Miles, No Sleep: One-Shotting the Trans-Catalina Trail
Replies: 8
Views: 398

Re: 42 Miles, No Sleep: One-Shotting the Trans-Catalina Trail

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.
by Sean
Mon Feb 17, 2025 6:52 pm
Forum: Los Padres
Topic: Townsend Peak & BM 2,658
Replies: 2
Views: 256

Re: Townsend Peak & BM 2,658

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.
by Sean
Mon Feb 17, 2025 6:17 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Browns Flat
Replies: 4
Views: 545

Re: Browns Flat

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 ...
by Sean
Thu Feb 13, 2025 12:26 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Iron & Sand
Replies: 7
Views: 581

Re: Iron & Sand

If you don't try, you can't fail. I'm glad you found an escape route. Thanks for the report.
by Sean
Tue Feb 11, 2025 5:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bailey Canyon Falls: July 2024
Replies: 28
Views: 2590

Re: Bailey Canyon Falls: July 2024

Well, that sucks. Is water coming out of the spring above the cascade?
by Sean
Sun Feb 09, 2025 5:18 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Youtube song of the day
Replies: 75
Views: 5595

Re: Youtube song of the day

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

by Sean
Sat Feb 08, 2025 1:35 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Youtube song of the day
Replies: 75
Views: 5595

Re: Youtube song of the day

We've got the biggest balls of them all!
by Sean
Tue Feb 04, 2025 3:02 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Grand Tour of Glendora Wilderness - North Trails
Replies: 3
Views: 342

Re: Grand Tour of Glendora Wilderness - North Trails

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 ...
by Sean
Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:31 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Beckley Canyon Exploratory with Hawks/Pickens Sidecar
Replies: 6
Views: 695

Re: Beckley Canyon Exploratory with Hawks/Pickens Sidecar

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.
by Sean
Thu Jan 30, 2025 8:10 am
Forum: Admin & Tech Support
Topic: Forum Logo (Header/Banner Picture)
Replies: 303
Views: 21103

Re: Forum Logo (Header/Banner Picture)

Dima, can we use this image from Taco for the header?
IMG_4552~2.jpeg
by Sean
Wed Jan 29, 2025 10:59 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Saxsquatch
Replies: 11
Views: 1899

Re: Saxsquatch

Hell, yeah.
Saxsquatch tour
Saxsquatch tour
by Sean
Wed Jan 29, 2025 9:34 pm
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Eaton Fire
Replies: 28
Views: 2911

Re: Eaton Fire

So they announced the Eaton Fire closure area.
fseprd1223752.pdf
Eaton Fire Closure Map
(3.19 MiB) Downloaded 36 times
by Sean
Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:44 am
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Eaton Fire
Replies: 28
Views: 2911

Re: Eaton Fire

Survival Gal wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:28 am Hi all, this is Kili “Survival Gal” Sands (the orange hammock)...
Welcome to the forum. Glad you made it out safely.
by Sean
Fri Jan 24, 2025 4:13 pm
Forum: California
Topic: Fishback Ridge in the Simi Hills
Replies: 1
Views: 370

Re: Fishback Ridge in the Simi Hills

Thanks for the report. That ridge should be littered with fish bones.
by Sean
Fri Jan 24, 2025 8:19 am
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Entire ANF temporarily closed
Replies: 18
Views: 2233

Re: Entire ANF temporarily closed

Extended through Jan. 31. Good luck staying sane, mountain people! Some of the city wilderness parks are open, like Glendora.
by Sean
Thu Jan 23, 2025 11:20 am
Forum: Desert
Topic: Iron Mountains High Point
Replies: 5
Views: 856

Re: Iron Mountains High Point

tekewin wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:35 amThere are also 20 Eagle Peaks in CA (without variations or Eagle Mountains).
Do you think there's a dude called "Eagle Hiker" who only hikes Eagle Peaks?