EISPIRATEN

I made it up there today, but thought it unwise to burn anything. Jeepers, that's a long drive! I'm 818-based, so used Big Tujunga -> Angeles Forest Hwy -> Upper Big T -> CA-2 to Islip. The road has been resurfaced from (at least) Upper Big Tujunga junction to the easternmost of the Sally Saddles. C...

Congrats! Your super power is no sleep, eh? Hmm...

Half a mile from Tucson, by the mornin' light
One man gone and another to go
My, ol' buddy, you're movin'
Much too slooo-oooow

There's a guy who camps in one of the upper loops that looooooves his Styx. A few times I've been up there after dark, I could clearly hear some cosmic soft rock wafting through the oaks. "Come sail away... Come sail away! Come sail away with me, lads!" On the lower Islip Ridge Tr, there w...

You mean take into consideration elevation as contributing to how the mass is distributed throughout the mt range? I thought about that, but I'm not sure how one would go about the calculation...the elevations (as we all well know) are wildly variable throughout the mountains....hence them being mo...

If you manufactured several Centroid Detection Templates from different materials with a range of density and mass distribution, perhaps a better center point could be determined. You could thereby increase the chance of access, and decrease the chance of excess tiredness. Sounds like you're doing t...

I hope someone finds this hilarious. I was descending Kenyon Devore Trail, almost to Gab junction, and there is a freshly unearthed boulder in the trail. I stop to move the boulder. Fifty angry bees emerge from a hole in the ground...where the boulder had been recently...until some bastard bear pull...

Sean wrote: ↑I don't know when people started calling the bumps by those names. It might predate the internet.

Certainly before Internet. I knew those names when I was in Scouts, early to mid 1980s.

SoCal’s most scenic toilet seat on South Hawkins. AKA, The High Can! :) RE: Tree People, the original use of the moniker was applied to 'gate crashers' who would invade the forest behind the Greek Theatre to watch 'free' concerts. My parents were among the Tree People attending for Neil Diamond's f...

"Yucca can leave painful red swelling..." Hmm...good call. I've had similar mild reaction from a yucca stab. That's a delicate part of the body, and if you puncture a ligament or something not muscle, it can get very bad. Good luck, Anthony. That's 'gonna leave a mark' as they say. Hope yo...

OK, I'll see if I can allay your fears... It was worse! There were dozens of these things marching about all over the road, and possibly a second species with long scissor-like pincers. They were milling about like a bunch of robots with scrambled control signals coming through. My 'lobstrosities' i...

Here's a shot from today (below). There is an obvious 'leak' in the middle of the slide, and it looks like they are doing something, vehicle on a mound. The wall from the previous repair is missing/buried. The water tank reference point is upper left. The drainage to the right and above the slide is...

"I don't think we have scorpions around here do we?" I got bit in the back by one near Mt Wilson (sat against embankment) and didn't feel much at first. By the time I got back to my car, my face felt weird itchy-tingly. I looked in the mirror and it was classic puff and pink...scary! Drove...

There's much more on up the road, too. Many washouts, slides, sinkholes, cleaved lanes.

It's one of the bare patches in HikeUp's photo, right of center. The slide is in a western fork of Valley Forge Canyon, one ridge over from what looks like the more likely basin. The better angle is from the Wilson Rd between Eaton Saddle and the big cliff straight with stone wall. I was by there to...

After having a look from a distance (Wilson Rd), it is my un-expert opinion that Lawlor-Barley Flats segment of CA-2 is doomed. The huge slide on Lawlor that was repaired recently has re-slid and consumed the road again. It is unclear if the road and debris wall have left the site, or if they are si...

Some general notes on West Fork San Gabriel River as of 01-AUG-2023: 1) Water - It is still available almost everywhere. Most small side canyons have at least a trickle, and the West Fork itself is flowing well starting somewhere above Camp Happy Helmet. 2) Trails - Most have been worked recently, i...

Damn, looks like that trail's in the closure zone? It didn't occur to me that the closures were in part due to unstable ground. I always assumed it had to do with not disturbing the vegetation. The root systems often burn, leaving 'ant-hill' cavities that are a man trap. I almost fell in one up by ...

The 'Projects' menu on their website lists some things. Also, they are active on Trailforks, and posted a bunch of pics recently.

Maybe Colin is holed up in a speakeasy at Sturtevant Camp. One can hope...and pray... Lowelifes did the work on Gab and Kenyon Devore over the last year, and did a final sweep for the poodle a couple weeks ago. I was down there the day before they did the cut, and I got much contact on legs, arms, f...

HikeUp wrote: ↑Ian is reporting that Colin was researching Clamshell/Rankin/Monrovia

Does he have / can he get access to the Rincon gates? Ask ranger if he got the 'keys' recently?

Great stuff! Didn't the summit of Pine make you want to drop all your s#!+ and take a nap? Beautiful place. There is a spring on the Cabin Flat Road short ways below the first switchback. That's the road splitting south into Prairie Fork when you hit the saddle east of Guffy CG. There is supposedly ...

Sean wrote: ↑

Tom Kenney wrote: ↑

Sean wrote: ↑ Lightning Point?

Is there a proximity rule?

The rules are in the first post. Tell me if I'm within 5 miles (as the crow flies) or within 1 mile.

Within 1 mile, Gleason summit! I thought the rocks were a give away. They've been there forever.

1 point?

Sean wrote: ↑

Tom Kenney wrote: ↑Where am I? Lost, apparently!

Lightning Point?

Is there a proximity rule?

EDIT: See, and I didn't even finish reading the rules. I'm not allowed to submit...and now I forfeit the pity point, too.

OK, it's Monday (just). Let's get crackin'!

San Gabriel subcategory: Where am I? Lost, apparently!

The rules of this game seem quite similar to those governing the production of a Splattski . Here's an example that would be far too easy for most here to guess: https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/a4.pbase.com/u48/thomasjkenney/upload/36933083.summit2.jpg I'll have a good one by Monday...maybe e...

Here's a hint. It has some interesting artifacts on top, and, like it's name-twin, is quite distinguished.

Thanks for the report. You wrote so eloquently that I felt like I was there with you, except for when you took a shower at your mom's house. I was outside with the bear for that part. I try to start somewhere around Michner/Bierce/Emerson, but I usually veer off to Edward Abbey/HS Thompson at some ...

Spectacular! Thanks! Love the 'catalog' shots of the flowers. I never thought to count the varieties, but have read about many. Usually, they just become part of the colorful scene, mere brush-strokes. I like how civilization loses the battle early at the Sabrina trailhead. As soon as you cross that...

I haven’t been to Frosty in a few years either. It’s a welcome treat on a hot day. Awesome trip, you’re motivating me. Thanks. Great pics. That water under the bridge looked inviting until you described how cold it was. He feeling of being so hot, then trying to get into an icy stream and (for me) ...

JeffH wrote: ↑Frosty Chalet is one of my favorite places! Joseph's has apparently been purchased since it now has a different name.

I wasn't watching closely enough when driving through town...missed that. Thanks. Did they also sell the other location? (Big Pine or Bishop?)