Thanks for sharing! Glad you guys made it back safe and sound. Despite all the difficulties of life, isn't it amazing the therapeutic effect spending some time in the mountains and forests can have on a person?
Thanks!!! You are so right. Whenever life seems to push down, heading to the mountains always seems to lift me up. Hopefully this will change the momentum of what has been slowly deteriorating for the last 6 years.
Thanks for the trip report. It's a good reminder to keep your wits about you at all times when hiking and climbing. It is easy to let your attention wander and make a wrong turn or slip and fall.
Thanks for sharing this trip. Years ago Gimpilator and I were up there with horrible conditions in mid February.
Glad that Josh's fall didn't amount to anything more.
scramblingbadger - Nov 22, 2016 6:54 pm - Voted 10/10
Amazing ReportThanks for sharing! Glad you guys made it back safe and sound. Despite all the difficulties of life, isn't it amazing the therapeutic effect spending some time in the mountains and forests can have on a person?
EastKing - Nov 25, 2016 12:04 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Amazing ReportThanks!!! You are so right. Whenever life seems to push down, heading to the mountains always seems to lift me up. Hopefully this will change the momentum of what has been slowly deteriorating for the last 6 years.
stoaX - Nov 25, 2016 3:08 pm - Voted 9/10
Thanks - good reminderThanks for the trip report. It's a good reminder to keep your wits about you at all times when hiking and climbing. It is easy to let your attention wander and make a wrong turn or slip and fall.
Diesel - Nov 25, 2016 3:42 pm - Voted 10/10
CorrectionThe two pictures on West Baldy have the links reversed.
Bryan K - Nov 28, 2016 10:21 pm - Hasn't voted
Great tripThanks for sharing this trip. Years ago Gimpilator and I were up there with horrible conditions in mid February.
Glad that Josh's fall didn't amount to anything more.
EastKing - Nov 29, 2016 12:29 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Great tripThanks Bryan. Sometimes the easier peaks have surprises. I remember seeing your pics from that trip. You both went in intense conditions.
EastKing - Nov 28, 2016 10:58 pm - Hasn't voted
Thanks Josh!!You put some awesome new pictures up on this trip report.
DM88T - Apr 19, 2017 3:50 pm - Hasn't voted
Devil's Backbone, etc.http://sbcsentinel.com/2017/04/prolific-climber-becomes-the-sixth-fatality-in-15-months-on-mt-baldy/
EastKing - Apr 25, 2017 1:36 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Devil's Backbone, etc.Two died right where Josh nearly lost his life. Thanks for the article update.