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San Jacinto: Fortress of Solitude

San Jacinto: Fortress of Solitude

Here's a slide show of my trip up San Jacinto Peak on Thursday. Speedster Brent and I went up the tram and then up the east face. Snowfall totals and icing were eye-popping (more)

A White Christmas

A White Christmas

Clear skies and snowy peaks is the Christmas Day forecast here in the Southland. Expect impressive coverage above 9000 feet or so, and ice forests around the snow line. Here's a (more)

Ma Nature Goes Insane

Ma Nature Goes Insane

LA Times has a story on how Mother Nature has fooled the forecasters this season. It's a nice rundown on some of the crazy ups and downs of the end of 2010 in SoCal, including a (more)

A Four Hour (Cold) Shower

A Four Hour (Cold) Shower

There are only so many days in a row I can watch heavy rain pound the pavement outside my apartment. But that stubborn snow level refused to come down. Finally, on Sunday, I (more)

Winter Yearbook (2009-2010)

Winter Yearbook (2009-2010)

Maybe I needed a little space to make sense of this past winter. It seemed at the time like I just wasn't getting out there as much as I wanted, but now that I've edited all the (more)

Black Diamond Couloir Harness

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Black Diamond's Couloir is not the harness I'd want to be wearing if I was going to be hanging around all day, but short of that need, you'll have a hard time finding a better (more)

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