Chris: I am not able to do any overnight trips until the middle of March because I have a pet at home who needs special care due to an injury, so I can't do...
There is a good sized group doing the ski hut trail on Friday. Also Kurt Wedberg is doing free Whitney clinics in the evenings next week. Seen his clinics and...
Sonya and I hiked about 10 miles on Saturday on various trails through the reserve. This is a beautiful place and I want to go back in a month or two to see...
Thanks Beth, but I'll worry too much if I don't go home at night to make sure the kitty is okay while he's living in the crate. I'm even too nervous to leave...
The first training hike on Sunday went very well. 22 people, including myself, showed up for the hike. The weather was really nice and it was a great group...
Beautiful photos! Thanx for sharing. I was really confused about "which" Santa Rosas, but the link at the bottom of your page helped clear things up. I did...
Well, I posted a couple weeks ago about getting out and I did. Ended up in Joshua Tree to climb Key's Peak then made the trip out to Willow Hole. It was a...
Carol: Thanks for sharing your hike pictures. The Santa Rosa Plateau is just beautiful. We hiked down there the first weekend in April last year and the...
I am considering the purchase of either National Geographic TOPO Outdoor Recreation Mapping Software (California) or Deloreme TOPO USA (West Region). Both are...
I bought Delorme several years back and was very impressed by its ability to view topo maps in 3D. At that time NG didn't have that capability but I haven't...
Having worked with both, National Geographic's TOPO is much better than DeLorme. That's my two cents. I now have Maptech Terrain Navigator at work and that's...
I will second the Terrain Navigator. A little more pricey - but accuracy is much better and more user friendly. The only draw back I have with TN is that I...
On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:29:57 -0000 ... I bought the National Geographic TOPO because the Hundred Peaks Section offers maps to all of their peaks that integrate...
It's a national park, so maps can be had easily once you get there. Titus canyon, dantes view, twenty mule team canyon... You won't be bored, even if you stay...
With the unsettled weather this Sunday, I decided to hike some more Lower Peaks. I wanted to get some decent mileage since I hadn't hiked the past two weeks...
Well, I didn't want to have a weekend go to waste so I chanced having reasonable weather in Joshua Tree. I am happy to say that the weather was good, for the...
Nice to see you posting again, Earnie : ) You've got some cool pix - I am reminded by several of those that I have GOT to get back to the desert soon! ...
I normally wouldn't do this, but I'm giving it a try. I did the training hike with Kathy and it was good to see the different people, and will continue to do...