Just saw this story on the news. Apparently there was a rock slide today "on the back side of Mount Baldy" somewhere up Lytle Canyon that tragically killed an 18 year old hiker .
Here's a link:
http://www.ktla.com/landing_topstories/ ... eedID=1198
Hiker killed in Lytle Canyon
Another vote for helmets when canyoneering.
Nunc est bibendum
http://www.rimoftheworld.net/columns/ne ... oung_hiker
"A San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department helicopter searched the area until the victim and other members of his party were located about 200 feet off Mt. Baldy Road"....."Beavers explained the original call came into dispatch shortly after 3:30 p.m. as a rock slide. Scanner reports indicate this was a shale rock slide"
Area map was
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=34.28080,-11 ... tonio%20CA
"A San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department helicopter searched the area until the victim and other members of his party were located about 200 feet off Mt. Baldy Road"....."Beavers explained the original call came into dispatch shortly after 3:30 p.m. as a rock slide. Scanner reports indicate this was a shale rock slide"
Area map was
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=34.28080,-11 ... tonio%20CA