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HikeUp · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:46 am Post subject:

This unabashed douchebaggery must end.

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you can't cure stupid
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RichardK · Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 160

I found this article at http://mtwhitneyhiking.blogspot.com dated October 18. It's the first explanation that makes sense.

I'd Like to Draw and Quarter the Idiot(s)

I convinced my friend to go slumming with me up Icehouse Canyon. Little did I know I how accurate that statement had become. Both of us had commitments later in the day and were just looking to move the muscles.

Just before the avalanche debris field, we started to see spray painted blazes which continued the 2-mile marker then picked up again at the upper Chapman Trail Jct. and continued to the saddle.

We were both convinced this was done by a regular user or users of the canyon to permanently blaze the trail to assist them in winter getting to the saddle. During the winter, many people wander about in search of a trail rather than follow the contours of the ground. Most of these folks travel the canyon every single weekend.

So, if you are planing to use Icehouse Canyon in the coming months be prepared for this stinking eyesore.
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norma r · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:52 am Post subject:

great photos Dave! so sorry to see the markings of a sociopathic visitor to the mountains. i refuse to call the perpetrator a regular hiker they are more like an irregular invader of what should be a lovely canyon.

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Liam, you done splendid! at this rate, you will be able to hike Whitney and have fun all the way to the top. your dad makes a good hiking buddy doesn't he? Dave, i love seeing you share the mountains you love so much with your son. making memories that will last a lifetime and training up another fine mountaineer!...