Bowling on Baldy with Kathy Wing

[Ellen]

Howdy All

Short trip report as I'm headed back up San J tomorrow to tramshoe

For those who think that I live under a rock on the tram road and only climb San Jacinto ...

I had a wonderful time with Aaron (organized the trip), Kathy Wing and the rest of the gang today. This was my fourth ascent of the Baldy Bowl (crampons, helmet, ice-axe) and the first time that conditions were good for glissading down. I may not glissade fast but it sure beats walking

Miles of smiles,
Ellen

[zippetydude]

Pics? I'm with you, glissading (did you ever notice that "slidin' ass" is hidden in the word 'glissading' between the g's?...well, we're missin' an s, but it's still closer than it should be by random chance) is way more fun, even than plunge steps. In fact, I've never had a bad time glissading, whereas I've had a few plunge steps that went awry (last weekend, my snowshoe caught on a submerged branch, and I did a sloooooowwww face plant in front of 3 young people who were polite enough not to laugh, but it was actually really funny. At least glissading one knows the risk they're undertaking.

Anyway, I've never done Baldy in the snow (just the run to the top), so pics would be great!

Mebbe see you tomorrow if I can break away early. If not, have fun!

z

[KathyW]

It was a beautiful day on Baldy yesterday, and it was so nice to get to climb with you Ellen. I did take a picture of Ellen glissading down, but it didn't turn out because my camera lens was all wet from being in my side pocket during my glissade. Darn.

There are pictures posted over at: http://www.meetup.com/SoCal-Hikers-and-Peakbaggers/photos/1291535/

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[Ellen]

Howdy Kathy

It was wonderful to climb with you -- thanks again I think your camera started laughing when you tried to snap a photo of my glissade

Howdy All

Don't believe Kathy when she says she's "slow." She was ahead of all of us, which is why she captured such great photos of the climb.

Howdy Z

Love your re-arrangement of "glissade" to show the real meaning
I highly recommend going up the Baldy bowl while conditions are still good. You hike up the ski hut trail to the hut, then gear up (crampons, ice-axe, helmet) to go up the bowl. I bet you could talk the other greyhounds into a trip.

Miles of smiles,
Ellen

[Lcpl Hughes]

Glad you had fun

I am really itching to use my crampons, but the road up to Manker Flats crushed my clutch in my truck about a month and a half ago and cost me $1000 to get repaired..so, I am a little shy of Baldy right now..