ooking forward to discussing the high peaks of the Sierra. Thanks to Seki/Bill for pointing me over to this site. Come on over and check out my sites on the...
ere's Secor's explanation as to why the YDS is as it is:<br><br>"The Yosemite Decimal System has its roots in the Sierra Club classification system first...
ust wait until summer. I'll bet there will be lots of action at this club.<br><br>By the way, have you guys ever wondered about the accuracy of some of the YDS...
i, new to the board.I, too, look forward to an active summer in the high country, and spend the winter exploring the Coast Ranges. Junipero Serra Peak in...
agree, without the IMAX experience you'd be missing out on 90% of it. As I understand it, the IMAX equipment is rather bulky. Even with a specially modified ...
es Bill, I believe it was Mesner.<br><br>As for the IMAX movie, I am a little less impressed. If you see it, see it at IMAX. I wouldn't bother buying the ...
hanks for the recomendation, Bob. Even though I'm not much of a climber and I'm certainly not an expedition climber, I really enjoyed reading about the solo ...
think the key is acclimatization. I believe the "recommended" amount is 1 day for each 1000ft over 10Kft (for sleeping elevation). This gets your body used to...
've had a few encounters with hypothermia, usually while hiking in the rain and getting soaked to the skin. Now, I don't try to get anywhere while the weather...
aturday (Dec19) turned out to be a very nice day for a day hike/run along the Pine Ridge Trail. I started from China Camp at 8:30a and finished 6 hours later...
ob's comments match what I have read as far as where it grows. It needs both sun and moist soil. Unfortunately, this means it grows over my back fence and I...
Is poison oak ubiquitous in the Coast Range?"<br><br>Yes. In my experience, I rarely find it where it's very dry (like on ridge tops), or heavily forested (it ...
keep seeing these words sprinkled through your reports. I'm not allergic (yet) but if my wife even touches objects that have come in contact with poison oak ...
ou've definately been to more places in Ventana than I have, but here are the places I've been. Everything so far has been day hikes and around the north ...
k, not the Sierras, but a very cool place not too far away. For those unfamiliar with this region, it's 167,000 acres in the Santa Lucia Range south of ...
ery true that rain is worse than snow. But in the Santa Cruz mountains it's hard to be more than 10 miles from a road, or more than 15 miles in Ventana. So I...
ob -<br><br>I also limit most of my winter hiking to Ventana (as well as the Santa Cruz Mtns). I would like to hear where you hike, favorite places, etc. Since...
was surprised to log on today to find that there was more than one member! Guess I'll pay a bit more attention now.<br>I don't plan to do much hiking in the...
n June 22 of this very snowy year of 1998, a friend of mine invited me to accompany him on a climb up Mitchell Peak which is located on the western border of ...
ug 8, 1998 Part 2<br>On top I found a couple who I assumed had camped with the group below. They departed soon after I arrived, leaving me with the whole dome...
ug 8, 1988<br>I had originally planned to climb Mt. Florence out of Toulumne Meadows in Yosemite on a three day solo trek. Unfortunately, a bout of altitude ...
lacier meets gullies, and I stop to put the crampons away. At the base of the gullies I was surprised by Jim's comments that it was unclear which of the two ...
aturday, Oct 10, 1998.<br>I woke up just before 7a in the Rodeway Inn of Mammoth Lakes. For 10 minutes or so I lay there pondering the pros and cons of going...
t took another half hour to get back to Koip Pk and begin my descent at 4p. I figured I had 3 hours (before it got dark) to retrace what took me 4.5 hrs to ...
here's a limitation on length of postings, so I had to break this into two parts.<br><br>On my way to climb Mt. Ritter, I thought I'd do a "warm up" while I ...
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