Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:46 pm Post subject: Day of hell?
I'd love to join a "day of hell." Can I maybe tag along, boys? _________________ "Stood alone on a mountain top, starin' out at the Great Divide. I could go east, I could go west. It was all up to me to decide."
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:59 pm Post subject: Hike of Pain
Zack and Liz - I will work with Ze to see when we can do this but it will not be this weekend, not enough time to prepare for that much mileage.
I think there's one or two other folks that may join in.
One other thing we should consider is bailout points - it's always more successful if we have a plan that allows people that have hit the wall to head out on there own. The other thing we may consider is putting water in stashed spots so we don't have to carry as much up the major climbs. I did this with another group in Mid Oct before we did the 9 peaks hike along the San Bernardino Peak Divide Trail - we went up two weeks prior to the hike and put 2 litre bladders in some rocks below one of the summits so that we could just grab it and go.
I'm thinking the first or second weekend of March would be perfect - snow levels should be at or around the summits of the big boys - Baldy, West Baldy, Baden Powell, and most of the other summits will have very little snow or ice, mostly on the North facing sides and slopes.
I have not been on Iron or anything between that and Baden Powell but have done the hike from West to East from Islip Saddle to Baden Powell and down to Vincent Gap in winter of 2006 solo with my dog Lucy, that part will be ice if it continues to snow or stay cold.
I will pull out my GPS software and start plotting things to see what the mileage is, the Profile, etc... etc.. ect...
Let's plan at least one difficult hike before that so we can all make sure we really want to do this.
Any ideas or any information for the stuff West of Iron to the narrows, up to Mount Hawkins South would be greatly appreciated. From there is fairly straigth forward - does anyone know if there's a trial leading away from the Narrows up to Mt Hawkins South?
There should be a hike where you meet various wizards and shit along the way, and they issue you challenges on your QUEST. You can always just walk past them or shoot them, but that's kinda cheating.
Why would we have to sh*t along the way? Would this be sorta like marking our territory?
I'm hiking Rabbit and Villager peaks this saturday, so no Bridge for me.
When the snow/temp permits, I'll be doing Manker-Baldy-Iron-Baldy-Manker, not sure if anyone is up for that.
For sure, the Baldy Loop variations are the best for multiple bail out points.
I have not yet reach S mt Hawkins, Mt Hawkins, or Ross, so I would love to get those. not sure if its feasible to ascend ross from east fork. but all that will have to wait for the snow to go. _________________ http://socalhikes.com/
There should be a hike where you meet various wizards and shit along the way, and they issue you challenges on your QUEST. You can always just walk past them or shoot them, but that's kinda cheating.
Why would we have to sh*t along the way? Would this be sorta like marking our territory?
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You, sir, have earned 2 points.
Would these be DS points????? _________________ There is no place for me in this world, Chanchito, I don't belong out there and I don't belong here. So I'm going into the wilderness, probably to die. I hope to see you again Chancho, maybe in the next life.
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: Hike of Pain
lilbitmo wrote:
Zack and Liz - I will work with Ze to see when we can do this but it will not be this weekend, not enough time to prepare for that much mileage.
I think there's one or two other folks that may join in.
One other thing we should consider is bailout points - it's always more successful if we have a plan that allows people that have hit the wall to head out on there own. The other thing we may consider is putting water in stashed spots so we don't have to carry as much up the major climbs. I did this with another group in Mid Oct before we did the 9 peaks hike along the San Bernardino Peak Divide Trail - we went up two weeks prior to the hike and put 2 litre bladders in some rocks below one of the summits so that we could just grab it and go.
I'm thinking the first or second weekend of March would be perfect - snow levels should be at or around the summits of the big boys - Baldy, West Baldy, Baden Powell, and most of the other summits will have very little snow or ice, mostly on the North facing sides and slopes.
I have not been on Iron or anything between that and Baden Powell but have done the hike from West to East from Islip Saddle to Baden Powell and down to Vincent Gap in winter of 2006 solo with my dog Lucy, that part will be ice if it continues to snow or stay cold.
I will pull out my GPS software and start plotting things to see what the mileage is, the Profile, etc... etc.. ect...
Let's plan at least one difficult hike before that so we can all make sure we really want to do this.
Any ideas or any information for the stuff West of Iron to the narrows, up to Mount Hawkins South would be greatly appreciated. From there is fairly straigth forward - does anyone know if there's a trial leading away from the Narrows up to Mt Hawkins South?
Thanks
Lilbitmo
Let's move this topic over to Plans and Partners, under a new heading "I'M MORE OF A MAN THAN YOU ARE HIKE". Except for you Liz, we make exception.
_________________ There is no place for me in this world, Chanchito, I don't belong out there and I don't belong here. So I'm going into the wilderness, probably to die. I hope to see you again Chancho, maybe in the next life.
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