New Member introduction

[ACEVLX]

Hello all, my name is Josh, I live in Hemet, and I've been addicted to hiking for over 10 years now... well, now that's out of the way.

I stumbled onto this site searching for information about the C2C trail... and I sure found a lot. I'm considering on joining the C2C2C trip in october, but I was planning on camping on the hill and then hiking out to Idyllwild the next day.

I'm glad I found this forum!

Josh

[zippetydude]

Hi Josh. Welcome! I actually like your idea better than doing the final 2C of C2C2C - the steep downhill is kinda pesky.

Unless you want to carry extra weight going up Skyline, you might consider taking your camping gear up on the tram and stashing it, then doing the museum to tram part with minimal gear. Skyline is a sufficient challenge without carrying extra weight, and it might make it more fun for you. Just a thought. Either way, hope to meet you out there.

z

[ACEVLX]

Thanks for the welcome.

I like your idea except for the tram part... I can hike next to a cliff, but the thought of riding in the tram scares me. It would be only one night, so my pack would be fairly light.

Josh

[recordalley]

Dude, I've been riding the tram since it opened & its only dropped into the canyon once that i can remember. Do you fly?

[neverwashasbeen]

Welcome and I'm sure that the neither of the tram cars have dropped into the canyon. There have been other types of incidents but never a dropped car.

Birdcage on the other hand... .

[NormaR]

Dude, I've been riding the tram since it opened & its only dropped into the canyon once that i can remember.

funny you mention that. there was one death that i can recall on the old tram when a cable burst and equipment shot through the tram and killed a female passenger. maybe in the 60's or 70's??? i just googled San Jacinto Tram Accident and came up empty. i did not check multiple pages. who out there has a link to that accident i am referring to? i don't remember it as having fallen to the ground, just one passenger killed.

[NormaR]

nevermind! i didn't check hard enough (must be because of this dang head cold i am sportin') and found this on Wikipedia...

In June 1984, an aerial-tram car was headed down the mountain when a bolt from a shock absorber snapped, causing a 30-pound piece of metal to crash through a Plexiglas window along the car's roof. Tram passenger Elaine Tseko of Ontario, Calif. was struck by the piece and died as a result of the injury.

In September 1984, during routine maintenance, an auxiliary cable snapped and wrapped around the main cable tracks. The Desert Sun newspaper reported that if the broken cable hadn't wedged itself under the main track cables, a rescue car with the tram's workmen in it could have plummeted down the mountain into the lower tramway station. "Without the snag," a state investigator said "those two men wouldn't be with us today."

[Florian]

i don't remember it as having fallen to the ground

Norma, i think recordalley was making a funny.

-Florian

[ACEVLX]

Well thanks all for the reassuring posts... I still think I'll pass on the tram.

Another option would be to have someone hike in some stuff from Idyllwild and meet me on the hill. Still got a few months to figure out the logistics.

Josh

[Florian]

Another option would be to have someone hike in some stuff from Idyllwild and meet me on the hill.

Or someone could bring your stuff up the tramway and meet you in Long Valley.

-Florian