Mt. Baldy (10/2/2010)

blueshammer · Post by **blueshammer** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 7:54 pm

Granted, everyone here knows Baldy like their own last name, but today's weather made for some nice pictures.

Looking south from Register Ridge:

The Bowl:

Mt. San Antonio:

Passerbys:

Thunderstorm in the distance (raindrops were plenty):

Heading towards Dawson and Pine:

Post by **HikeUp** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:59 pm

Very nice.

Post by **Taco** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 3:00 am

Beautiful.

Kinda afraid of thunderstorms myself. Once things start to get all vibrat-y and whatnot, I book it.

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:29 am

Hey blueshammer, we might have passed each other. I went up Register Ridge yesterday and hit the summit of Baldy at 12:40. I went down the Ski Hut route. Here are some pictures somewhat similar to yours.

Taco, I was thinking a lot about thunder. I have no desire to become an overcooked morsel on the side of a mountain. The thunder was pretty distant yesterday, but I did not hang out on the peak for long waiting for it to come our way.

blueshammer · Post by **blueshammer** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:49 pm

Nice pictures, AlanK. I didn't notice that "Jebb" rock lettering yesterday. Were people conducting prayers in one of your photos?

I reached Baldy at around 11 am and immediately went down the north backbone. When the far-off thunder started to sound closer and more frequent, I recalled a story I heard on the radio while driving up of a local elderly woman who was struck by lightning in front of her house. Became a bit paranoid about the weather, so I decided to head back not far from the start up to Dawson. I returned to Baldy around 1:15 pm, then made for the DBB. The weather grew downright hot by then.

Elwood · Post by **Elwood** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:05 am

Those are some mighty fine pictures. Thank you for sharing them.

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:16 am

blueshammer wrote:Were people conducting prayers in one of your photos?

I think it was the Aetherius Society folks. I arrived at the top of Harwood at the same time as a guy who was looking for them. They were hard to miss.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:24 am

Good pix!

norma r · Post by **norma r** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:25 am

beautiful photos! thanks for sharing.

mve · Post by **mve** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:55 pm

great capture!

outwhere · Post by **outwhere** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:56 pm

Very nice shots, so much that it's my new desktop picture - finally replaced my Taco cascading San Antonio Falls
backdrop

Lighting might make me get off that mountain faster than seeing a rattlesnake

blueshammer · Post by **blueshammer** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:13 pm

outwhere wrote:Very nice shots, so much that it's my new desktop picture - finally replaced my Taco cascading San Antonio Falls
backdrop

Thanks for the kind words. Quite a privilege to have the pic on your desktop!

Once the morning showers cleared and before the fog rolled in, there was a brief moment when the intersection of clouds, blue skies, and sunshine made for ideal picture taking.