Bravo! I could not agree more.Taco wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2025 12:08 pm No, I don't think it's warranted. It's government overreach. On top of that, it's overreach mandated by people who don't know a damn thing about nature...
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- Tue Jan 21, 2025 8:23 am
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Entire ANF temporarily closed
- Replies: 18
- Views: 737
Re: Entire ANF temporarily closed
- Tue Jan 14, 2025 4:41 am
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Eaton Fire
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1109
Re: Eaton Fire
I hope so.Sean wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:03 pmI figured out their address but won't reveal it here. It appears their house survived based on the high-res aerial imagery.Gene wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 9:55 am Door camera and cellphone video:
https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/1878472127113826624
- Sun Jan 12, 2025 9:55 am
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Eaton Fire
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1109
- Fri Aug 16, 2024 7:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mental endurance in hiking
- Replies: 11
- Views: 535
Re: Mental endurance in hiking
Mental endurance is a very real thing. I used to ride many century bike rides, both 100 miles and metric 100k rides. Before attempting my first 100 mile ride another member of my local bicycle club cautioned me not to watch the mileage on my speedometer as most century rides could never be exactly ...
- Wed Jul 24, 2024 9:44 am
- Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
- Topic: Chill-ass rattlesnake
- Replies: 3
- Views: 587
Re: Chill-ass rattlesnake
it's not surprising, sadly, we all know what happens to rattle snakes that give you a warning to back off.
- Sun May 19, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: TR (Long!) Eight Days on the PCT through the San Gabriel Mountains, October 2023
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6278
Re: TR (Long!) Eight Days on the PCT through the San Gabriel Mountains, October 2023
Thanks for such a detailed post of a great walk. Captions on the pictures are especially appreciated, well done!
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:11 am
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Suicide: Eaton Cyn./Henninger Feb. 28, 2024
- Replies: 5
- Views: 913
Re: Suicide: Eaton Cyn./Henninger Feb. 28, 2024
Just in case...
Deconstructing 'Myths About Suicide'
https://www.npr.org/2010/04/28/126365907/deconstructing-myths-about-suicide
There are many myths about suicide: that it's an act of selfishness, that it's cowardly, that it's just a cry for help.
Psychologist Thomas Joiner has studied ...
Deconstructing 'Myths About Suicide'
https://www.npr.org/2010/04/28/126365907/deconstructing-myths-about-suicide
There are many myths about suicide: that it's an act of selfishness, that it's cowardly, that it's just a cry for help.
Psychologist Thomas Joiner has studied ...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:20 am
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Funny trees
- Replies: 6
- Views: 886
Re: Funny trees
This tree got a little confused about which way is up at some point (Clear Creek - San Gabriels).
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This looks something like a Cherokee Trail Tree sometime found in the South East.
https://relicrecord.com/blog/cherokee-trail-trees/
https ...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 10:39 am
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7466
Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
A poignant vist to the cemetery at Manzanar. A few years back we visited the museum there. They had a display of log books of the incarcerated. and there it was, the name of of best friend's Father's family.
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dumb Thoughts While Roaming
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2773
Re: Dumb Thoughts While Roaming
Easy as pie to explain.
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 7:48 pm
- Forum: Admin & Tech Support
- Topic: Our Forum Has Moved
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12514
Re: Our Forum Has Moved
Click on the "Quick Links" There is a "New Posts" link.Girl Hiker wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 6:59 pm I miss seeing the banner and the easy access of the most recent posted hikes. When will it be available?
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 11:44 am
- Forum: Desert
- Topic: Old Woman Mountain
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2814
Re: Old Woman Mountain
Because of the antenna tower, I'm guessing the shack is an abandoned amateur radio repeater.
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:09 pm
- Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
- Topic: Proxy Bear Encounter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1368
Re: Proxy Bear Encounter
No good deed goes unpunished.
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:06 am
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: "Ridge to River" - A San Gabriel Mountain Death March
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2718
Re: "Ridge to River" - A San Gabriel Mountain Death March
Excellent, I'm watching the video as I type this.
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 3:56 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Allison Gulch Falls
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4132
Re: Allison Gulch Falls
Allison Gulch is a tough walk. The last time I did a hike to those falls a rock fell off the top just as I stepped back, it landed where I was standing. It was my last solo hike.
- Sun Aug 06, 2023 11:04 am
- Forum: Out-of-state
- Topic: High Altitude Wildlife On Mt. Evans
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1763
Re: High Altitude Wildlife On Mt. Evans
I was thinking the same thing about a Marmot coat but feared the pitchforks and torches of the animal rights people. LOLCrazyHermit wrote: I have a major scratch in the viewfinder from those beaver teeth. But I was noticing the same thing about their fur. Marmot coats might be the next thing.
- Sun Aug 06, 2023 10:06 am
- Forum: Out-of-state
- Topic: High Altitude Wildlife On Mt. Evans
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1763
Re: High Altitude Wildlife On Mt. Evans
The Marmots have some really nice fur. I get the feeling they expected the camera to be edible.
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:58 pm
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Missing man near Millard (Albert Zisook)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4740
Re: Missing man near Millard (Albert Zisook)
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 ...
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 ...
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:55 pm
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Missing man near Millard (Albert Zisook)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4740
Re: Missing man near Millard (Albert Zisook)
On the topic of suicide, one of my sons and his buddy found the boys Father after he committed suicide. Needless to say, it left a mark on both boys. I knew the Father and was angry with him until I heard an explanation of suicide on NPR, Regardless of your politics, it's a great discussion ...
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 5:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Forgotten Anniversaries
- Replies: 103
- Views: 12456
Re: Forgotten Anniversaries
I had the pleasure of driving a restored 1915 White truck. Hats off for getting that mirror safely up Mt. Wilson. The truck had only rear brakes, mechanically operated. The brakes were so grabby they caused the truck to skid when lightly applied at very low speed on the slick concrete of a gas ...
- Mon May 15, 2023 11:29 am
- Forum: Out-of-state
- Topic: The Butt Crack, World's Narrowest Slot Canyon In St. George Utah
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1552
Re: The Butt Crack, World's Narrowest Slot Canyon In St. George Utah
Great video, going someplace I'd be happy to visit after just a few thousand more years of erosion. ?
Some really interesting erosion patterns.
Some really interesting erosion patterns.
- Mon May 01, 2023 8:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Proposed expedition inquiry: Pacoima reservoir from the back door?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1521
Re: Proposed expedition inquiry: Pacoima reservoir from the back door?
The LA County Public Works operates the dam. The Forrest Services says you cannot fish in the reservoir here:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/angeles/ ... rdb5318019
"No fishing is allowed in Morris, Cogswell, Big Tujunga, Pacoima, or Bouquet Reservoirs." but nothing about visiting. I'm guessing ...
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/angeles/ ... rdb5318019
"No fishing is allowed in Morris, Cogswell, Big Tujunga, Pacoima, or Bouquet Reservoirs." but nothing about visiting. I'm guessing ...
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:30 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: The Andrew Curtis Tungsten Mine
- Replies: 70
- Views: 10735
Re: The Andrew Curtis Tungsten Mine
It would be a very "tough" world without tungsten cutting and machine tools and it would be mpossible to do any TIG welding without tungsten electrodes.
- Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:16 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Bungee At The Bridge To Nowhere
- Replies: 9
- Views: 790
Re: Bungee At The Bridge To Nowhere
Fun to watch, but while watching my back wispered, "Try that once and I'll make you wish you were dead."
Not sure about today, but that block building used to house a water flow instrument and radio.
Not sure about today, but that block building used to house a water flow instrument and radio.
- Wed Mar 15, 2023 2:04 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: The Deadly PL&P Trail
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1573
Re: The Deadly PL&P Trail
Exactly!CrazyHermit wrote: LOL, thanks. Never again though. Makes me lean to the right every time I watch it.
- Wed Mar 15, 2023 12:25 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: The Deadly PL&P Trail
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1573
Re: The Deadly PL&P Trail
Another epic adventure!
- Thu Feb 09, 2023 2:55 pm
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Dams project news
- Replies: 6
- Views: 989
Re: Dams project news
Typically, debris, i.e., other than silt and sand, are not included in the sluice gate flow. Sluice gates have a set of bars, called a trash rack, that catch the debris for removal during a slicing operation. The silt would be slushed out of the LA Basin into the ocean, where it actually belongs.
- Thu Feb 09, 2023 12:24 pm
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Dams project news
- Replies: 6
- Views: 989
Re: Dams project news
So they let the sluice gates get buried and now they can't remove enough sediment to make them work again? Is that what's going on?
No, that would help them operate, but they are usually hydraulically operated using a remote pump system. The government cannot stand the uproar of silting up river ...
No, that would help them operate, but they are usually hydraulically operated using a remote pump system. The government cannot stand the uproar of silting up river ...
- Thu Feb 09, 2023 7:27 am
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Dams project news
- Replies: 6
- Views: 989
Re: Dams project news
At some point they might realize they had the solution all the time. Each dam has a sluice gate at lowest level of the dam. The sluice gate is used to clean out the dam using water flowing though the lake bottom mud and out the sluice gate. The same process is required for each dam or facility all ...
- Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:19 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: 20230128 Minero Canyon First Descent
- Replies: 11
- Views: 669
Re: 20230128 Minero Canyon First Descent
OH CRAP! AW is the other guy! How could I forget to mention you? I beg forgiveness. I offer parcels of land I have taken from the salamanders.
Surprisingly enough there was no black hose in this canyon. GMR has been mostly free of it. I find it in nearly every ditch on 39 though.
Have you done ...
Surprisingly enough there was no black hose in this canyon. GMR has been mostly free of it. I find it in nearly every ditch on 39 though.
Have you done ...