Outside Magazine article about ANF from 1997

Post by **HikeUp** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:21 am

Accidentally ran across this article about the "most dangerous national forest in America".

Interesting quote (read article for more context)...

As many as 30,000 people a day visit San Gabriel Canyon on weekends, and all of them, of course, come in automobiles.
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The only way to keep an area beautiful, she now believes, is not to build roads there: "People who really love the land and nature are the same ones who don't mind hiking there."

LOL @ this...

It's another 30 minutes before I can comprehend that I'm still in Los Angeles County. This realization comes suddenly, though, when a yahoo in a Japanese sports car comes at me off a curve just below Red Box in a two-wheel drift, passing so close I can see the combination of belligerence and panic in his eyes.

Post by **Taco** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:06 pm

Post by **HikeUp** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:47 pm

Gonna start calling you a belligerent yahoo.

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:55 pm

was Taco old enough to drive back then?

AW~ · Post by **AW~** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:59 pm

Maybe another installment of Angeles Forest 'transportation' is in order. To be fair, I cant just discriminate against Highway 39 and cars.

Post by **Taco** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:05 pm

Zé wrote:was Taco old enough to drive back then?

I have no idea what you're talking about.

HEY, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?! Aw, man.

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:11 pm

oh hell yeah, way illegal! illegal illegal illegal! you were probably 12! driving like a maniac on Starbucks CAFFEINE! probably up on GRR sipping on some latte and taking in GU and taking out cyclists!

Post by **Taco** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:19 pm

Caffeine... GU... reminds me of someone I wouldn't give a ride to.

Hey, that rhymes.

Belligerent Yahoo reporting in.

Post by **Taco** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:24 pm

Note signature...

Post by **HikeUp** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:27 pm

TacoDelRio wrote:Note signature...

Sporting your "yahoo" bonafides!

Post by **Taco** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:31 pm

HikeUp wrote:
TacoDelRio wrote:Note signature...
Sporting your "yahoo" bonafides!

Gotta take pride in one's ability to get so many people riled up over nothing.

AW~ · Post by **AW~** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:46 pm

Zé wrote: oh hell yeah, way illegal! illegal illegal illegal! you were probably 12! driving like a maniac on Starbucks CAFFEINE! probably up on GRR sipping on some latte and taking in GU and taking out cyclists!

Yes, but what tune was playing? Initial D's 'We Roll' ( ) didnt come out till later.

Post by **HikeUp** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:10 pm

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:29 pm

I can see the combination of belligerence and panic in his posts.

Post by **Taco** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:41 pm

simonov wrote:I can see the combination of belligerence and panic in his posts.