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34.15773, -117.93057. I've been playing lots of https://www.geoguessr.com/ lately... do you know how many meters off I am?
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maxmapper wrote: do you know how many meters off I am?
Maybe 200 or so. Your coordinates are too high up on the trail. You wanna name the trail and post the next one?
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Fish Canyon Falls. Dang... On geoguessr you have to be <50m to win :) Ok here's one from a roll of film I forgot about
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Is that a trail in front of your tent, and is this the San Gabriels?
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Yep. Trail is behind and to the left, this clearing is what I believe is an old helipad
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Okay, I'll guess the helipad at Twin Peaks Saddle.
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Nope
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Hawkins Ridge Trail
34.3163, -117.8095
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@hikeup Bravo! Right on the money
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Circa 2010...
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Hmm... PCT Around 34.390007, -118.029437?
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maxmapper wrote: Hmm... PCT Around 34.390007, -118.029437?
Negative!
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Burkhart west of DPB?
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Sean wrote: Burkhart west of DPB?
Correct trail, but I'm gonna call ya on being too vague about where on the trail. It's a named location.
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Oh! That's Burkhart Saddle. I had the angle, not the elevation.
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Sean wrote: Oh! That's Burkhart Saddle. I had the angle, not the elevation.
Atta. Your turn.
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In the Gabes...

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Here's a hint. The small peak in the distance has a second-rate reputation.
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Ok i'll shoot... 34.236606, -118.103256. Edit: Forgot to mention... Mt Lowe Road
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maxmapper wrote: Ok i'll shoot... 34.236606, -118.103256. Edit: Forgot to mention... Mt Lowe Road
Nope. Too far west.
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Going down the Mt.Wilson fire road with the Yale benchmark in the upper left had corner?
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Uncle Rico wrote: Going down the Mt.Wilson fire road with the Yale benchmark in the upper left had corner?
Exactly.
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Ok, what trail junction is this? In the Gabes.
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Dat Bobcat on the hat Rim of the Valley fat carrot who sat on Mt Lukens Road. I pass my ass to someone else.
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David R wrote: Dat Bobcat on the hat Rim of the Valley fat carrot who sat on Mt Lukens Road. I pass my ass to someone else.
You seem confident in that answer. LOL

But correct obviously.
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That's right. I'm going out of turn since the last post on this thread is gettin' stinky.

Where am I? I'm looking north.
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Is that Hillyer?
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Yep. Coming up from Rosenita Saddle.
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Hint #1
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