Hey, instead of peak bagging, just go snow globing. Leave a snow globe on the summit, shake it up real good, then include that factoid in your TRs. Take THAT ChatGPT!Taco wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 12:19 am You’ll find more action in a snow globe than in most threads he touches.
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- Sun May 11, 2025 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Pub
- Topic: Taco's Alpine Touring Bike Project
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7093
Re: Taco's Alpine Touring Bike Project
- Sun May 11, 2025 6:49 pm
- Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
- Topic: Horn ID requested
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3762
Re: Horn ID requested
Yeah, small bull. I've seen them in Chino Hills too.
- Sun May 11, 2025 6:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does Spring Camp have water?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2119
Re: Does Spring Camp have water?
You have to follow the side road down to the campground. The spring water pops up below the picnic area. You'll hear it if it's flowing, which it should be this time of year.
- Wed Mar 26, 2025 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Retrospective... 3 favorite adventures.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6966
Re: Retrospective... 3 favorite adventures.
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 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 ...
- Tue Mar 25, 2025 6:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Retrospective... 3 favorite adventures.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6966
Re: Retrospective... 3 favorite adventures.
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.
- Tue Mar 25, 2025 6:15 pm
- Forum: Desert
- Topic: Palo Verde redux
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3353
Re: Palo Verde redux
Thanks for the report. Definitely a sexy mountain.
- Tue Mar 25, 2025 6:09 pm
- Forum: California
- Topic: Baker Benchmark, Forgotten Summit of the Santa Anas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3597
Re: Baker Benchmark, Forgotten Summit of the Santa Anas
Wow! Thanks for the story. That's dedication. I'm glad you found the BM. Respect.
- Tue Mar 25, 2025 6:01 pm
- Forum: Los Padres
- Topic: Alamo mountain the easy way
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4677
Re: Alamo mountain the easy way
Thanks for the report. That might be the most perfectly curvy snake I've ever seen.
- Tue Mar 25, 2025 5:56 pm
- Forum: Out-of-state
- Topic: Signal Peak, AZ
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3953
Re: Signal Peak, AZ
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.
- Tue Mar 18, 2025 7:15 pm
- Forum: The Pub
- Topic: Taco's Alpine Touring Bike Project
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7093
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.
- Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:53 pm
- Forum: The Pub
- Topic: Youtube song of the day
- Replies: 76
- Views: 12468
Re: Youtube song of the day
Are you a pirate or a mouse?
Put some action in your life!
Put some action in your life!
- Tue Mar 18, 2025 7:30 am
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: The 3rd-annual moonlight baldy winter climb
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4995
Re: The 3rd-annual moonlight baldy winter climb
Thanks for the reports. I feel cold just reading them.
- Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:08 am
- Forum: The Pub
- Topic: Youtube song of the day
- Replies: 76
- Views: 12468
Re: Youtube song of the day
Sometimes the algorithm knows me better than I know myself. Faceborg just introduced me to this fresh banger.
- Wed Mar 12, 2025 11:27 am
- Forum: California
- Topic: Caswell BM and Peak 3,941
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3114
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?!
- Wed Mar 12, 2025 11:18 am
- Forum: California
- Topic: Oat Mtn from Santa Clarita Valley - birthday revenge
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4188
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.
- Sat Mar 08, 2025 2:33 pm
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Eaton Fire
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9323
Re: Eaton Fire
One of the wildlife cameras in Rubio Canyon survived the Eaton Fire. Check out the video from the Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy.
- Sun Mar 02, 2025 4:14 pm
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: West Ridge to Los Pinetos Peak
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3176
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.
- Sun Mar 02, 2025 6:53 am
- Forum: Desert
- Topic: Cave Mountain via South Ridge
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3682
Re: Cave Mountain via South Ridge
Thanks for the report. It's called double-plus, ungood sandy.
- Fri Feb 28, 2025 4:33 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Potato Mtn
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3266
Re: Potato Mtn
Thanks for the report. Looks like all the potatoes up there exploded into a thick mist.
- Fri Feb 28, 2025 4:31 pm
- Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
- Topic: Verdugo Pituophis Catenifer
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2620
Re: Verdugo Pituophis Catenifer
Is it snake season already!
- Fri Feb 28, 2025 4:29 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: San Sevaine LO and Rafael BM
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3961
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!
- Thu Feb 20, 2025 7:02 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Dillon Divide to Dagger Flat Canyon and Laurel Canyon
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3816
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.
- Thu Feb 20, 2025 10:06 am
- Forum: Desert
- Topic: Palen Mountain
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3392
Re: Palen Mountain
Thanks for the report. Looks like a pretty mountain. I guess the road went to a mine?
- Mon Feb 17, 2025 7:04 pm
- Forum: California
- Topic: 42 Miles, No Sleep: One-Shotting the Trans-Catalina Trail
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3966
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.
- Mon Feb 17, 2025 6:52 pm
- Forum: Los Padres
- Topic: Townsend Peak & BM 2,658
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3163
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.
- Mon Feb 17, 2025 6:17 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Browns Flat
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3395
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 ...
- Thu Feb 13, 2025 12:26 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Iron & Sand
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4274
Re: Iron & Sand
If you don't try, you can't fail. I'm glad you found an escape route. Thanks for the report.
- Tue Feb 11, 2025 5:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bailey Canyon Falls: July 2024
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9399
Re: Bailey Canyon Falls: July 2024
Well, that sucks. Is water coming out of the spring above the cascade?
- Sun Feb 09, 2025 5:18 pm
- Forum: The Pub
- Topic: Youtube song of the day
- Replies: 76
- Views: 12468
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.
- Sat Feb 08, 2025 1:35 pm
- Forum: The Pub
- Topic: Youtube song of the day
- Replies: 76
- Views: 12468
Re: Youtube song of the day
We've got the biggest balls of them all!