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Postby lilbitmo » Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:23 pm

zippetydude wrote:Hi all.

Patrick, those are some great pics. I posted a few below to share what it looked like at my house when that storm hit. (I just put thumbnails to minimize space. Of course, you can click on a pic if interested.)

Ellen, you are one mountain climbing woman nowadays! How many times are you averaging a week right now?

Steve, be sure to look at the last pic.

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Of course, I built an igloo in the back yard.

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But my big fat butt would barely fit into it.

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The neighborhood looked like Switzerland

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And here's one for Steve of Cat back in 2004. (That disembodied hand is one of my other daughters, Lauren, who was inside the igloo helping me finish the top.)

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Hope I didn't bore everyone with the pics, but I get all excited about the snow.

z


I'm guesing those are from the Nov Storm in 2004, nice shots and you are talking about Yuciapa where you live?

As far as Warren and "Fecal" bateria, that's a bunch of "crap" no pun intended, the hikers and climbers would have to defecate directly into the water for that to be true - if they want us to respect them and they want the public to be aware of the real reason then I challenge them to make available the bacteria reports for the past ten years and have that analyzed by an "Independent" company. Hikers and climbers rarely if ever go in or near streams, ponds or creeks and those times that they do use the great outdooors (not in the water)(the number of pople that have gone up snow creek is like less than 100 in the last ten years) and when hikers use the out doors most folks bury it and it decomposes and if by chance they went on or near the surface of the snow, some of that material would decompose naturally and not end up in the water and flies and other's in the animal kindom will natarually go at it as well.

Lastly, if they wanted good Public relations with the hiking/climbing community they could have walked down the road to the park cars and make a public announcement that they were aware of the hikers and that attempting to cross DWA property was not allowed, and in fact they were there waiting to catch anyone attempting to (good fair warning) that would have been sufficient to allow some of them to leave without that "Ninja Army Bullshit Tactics" - too me they are hiding something, and they still do not have the 1 squre mile of DWA land properly posted as required by California State Trespass law - so as much as he would like us to believe that the no crossing their property is from the "Fecal Matter" I say that's "CRAP" :evil:
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Postby KathyW » Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:20 pm

Morton Peak (4624') is forecast to get 8 to 14 inches of snow - I might not have to go far for snow.
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Postby zippetydude » Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:35 pm

For you PS people out there, I cut and pasted this from the NOAA site. May be record cold for Palm Springs.


RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS FOR
SATURDAY...FEBRUARY 26TH...

LOCATION...................FORECAST.....RECORD.....YEAR

PALM SPRINGS..................50..........54.......1944
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Postby Hikin_Jim » Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:00 pm

KathyW wrote:Morton Peak (4624') is forecast to get 8 to 14 inches of snow - I might not have to go far for snow.
I might not have far either -- as in my front door. I live at 1750'.

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Postby Hikin_Jim » Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:06 pm

zippetydude wrote:Hey, I met Warren the Warden last weekend. He recognized me, (maybe because I was running?) and seemed actually pretty reasonable. When he introduced himself, I said, 'So, YOU'RE Satan!?" He actually had a sense of humor, and seems to love the back country...without the strange enforcement tactics (he and I did not come into agreement on that topic) I could see him trekking along with a few of us up in the wilderness. Still can't understand using the goons, though. He said they regularly test the water and the bacteria counts always go up when climbers go up. I don't remember the name of the bacteria, but it started with "fecal". Try as I might, I can't imagine climbers "going" in the creek! Maybe they scare the poop out of local wildlife?

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I think I'll take a little different tone than Lilbitmo here (although I don't approve of goon squad tactics). I'd be interested to see the data that he's talking about.

I do wonder how he tracks these "climbers" and how he separates out climbers from kids going in to smoke pot and such. Inasmuch as climbers (if they go through DWA property) usually do so on the sly, I'd be curious how the DWA could maintain any meaningful count of when climbers go up. Perhaps they're just assuming that every time coliform bacteria counts go up that "climbers" are responsible? It seems to me that absent a good count, a real correlation cannot be established.

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Postby 93ludegirl » Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:44 pm

zippetydude wrote:For you PS people out there, I cut and pasted this from the NOAA site. May be record cold for Palm Springs.


RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS FOR
SATURDAY...FEBRUARY 26TH...

LOCATION...................FORECAST.....RECORD.....YEAR

PALM SPRINGS..................50..........54.......1944


Sweet! im a PS person! it took me 2 hours to walk to the snow last weekend from Ramon rd, so maybe Sunday it'll only be 1hr :D
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Postby bluerail » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:16 pm

I think I have some of those records that do show it..

Once you are in the chute, if you have to go, you are going on snow. You just have to get it done beforehand..far far away..in another part of the wilderness. You have plenty time to go before you put on spikes, I suppose, if you are just planning to do it once a year..shitting on the snow won't bother you. However, when you are going to be up there the next weekend, and the next weekend and..... well, you want to keep the place clean.


IT'S NOT FERN AND I, WARREN !!!!! I SWEAR !!!!!

...and I completely agree zip, I like Warren (remember the photos of me saving his house? Thus, his life? )......when I referred to humorless thugs, it wasn't him.

I hope I don't eat shit again from these guys.

btw zip..I find myself going back and gazing at the look on Cats face....priceless...demented..devil child !! I LOVE that girl !!!
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Postby DaddyLongLegs » Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:54 pm

bluerail wrote:I hope I don't eat shit again from these guys.


Well, you do drink the water, right?
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Postby Hikin_Jim » Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:58 pm

So it says -5F at 9000' with the wind chill on Sunday. Think it'll get that cold? Sounds, er, "brisk."

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Postby TacoDelRio » Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:58 am

:lol:

I usually poop directly into streams right after I trundle massive boulders down popular winter routes.

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