Iwihinmu

Post by **Uncle Rico** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 7:18 am

Ok, Iwihinmu is just a fancy name for Mt. Pinos. But it sounds sexier and more exotic than just saying Mt. Pinos.

Anyhoo, made a trek to the Ventura County high country last weekend to escape the heat. Went out for a second visit to Sawmill while we were in the neighborhood. I really like this area. A night a Sheep Camp could be in order one of these days.

TR and pics here: http://wildsouthland.blogspot.com/2017/ ... world.html

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Post by **JeffH** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:05 am

Nice writeup. I had to read that to confirm this is the largest cairn I have ever seen.

oldcoot · Post by **oldcoot** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 2:53 pm

Yes, that's a wonderful area! Unfortunately, trailhead is a 166-mile roundtrip from my apartment...;o(

Looks like the summit cairn has stood the test of time (well, almost 3 years, anyway)...but the monks have moved on...see photo from September 2014...

Thanks for the fine report and pix!

oldcoot

oops...tried to attach photo, and got message that it's in format the forum program doesn't understand...it's standard jpeg...have posted them here before...weird...thought everything understood jpeg...well, anyway, cairn looked about the same, but had those colorful tibetan monk flags all around it...

Post by **Sean** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 5:09 pm

Here is your pic, oldcoot. It uploaded to the Gallery. But the site is having posting issues right now.

oldcoot · Post by **oldcoot** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 7:38 pm

Thanks -- for getting the photo up there, and for the monumental effort to keep this wonderful forum going!

oldcoot

Post by **Uncle Rico** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:53 am

Looks like the summit cairn has stood the test of time (well, almost 3 years, anyway)...but the monks have moved on...see photo from September 2014...

The monks were still there in September of 2015. I've got a pic similar to yours from that time period.