huh. well now i have seen one.
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Friday, 13 July 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
spent the better part of june ridin freight and hitchin and hiking in the northwest. here's an inlet near a forest that we slept in. https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/282708_672452118444_926733131_n.jpg
― for reasons of sass (the table is the table), Friday, 13 July 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
Hi, LL. Here in the pacific northwest we have tons of Douglas fir trees. When they are blown over their rootballs are less shallow and less spread out than the tree roots you photographed.
ttitt, that is beautiful. Looks to be in WA. Be careful riding those freights!
― Aimless, Friday, 13 July 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
aimless, it is in washington, outside of Olympia.
and thanks for the well-wishes, it actually isn't *as dangerous* as it is made out to be. driving is actually more dangerous, in all likelihood.
― for reasons of sass (the table is the table), Friday, 13 July 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
If you ride freight only in safe perches, like inside an empty boxcar or in the seat of an auto you find unlocked on an auto carrier car, and if you only get on and off while the train is stationary, then ok, safe enough. Riding in the open, e.g. on flatbed cars, or getting on or off a moving train are big no-nos in terms of safety!
― Aimless, Saturday, 14 July 2012 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
I took a nice hike yesterday in the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness near Mt. Hood. After climbing about 1000 ft of elevation I entered a bank of clouds and stayed there the rest of the afternoon until I got back down. The whole hike was 10 1/2 miles round trip and gained 3100 ft of elevation from bottom to top.
The trail in fog.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8424/7604861760_1553f554e7_z.jpg
My lunch spot at the top of Huckleberry Mt.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8022/7604862680_58486c655d_z.jpg
Some bear grass in bloom at the top of the mountain.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8425/7604862982_55d0be1351_z.jpg
This Washington Lily had a resident spider.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7259/7604861640_a669854dc4_z.jpg
This is probably the most amazingly beautiful fungus I have ever seen!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8016/7604862026_4e1499c979_z.jpg
Finally, a Columbia Tiger Lily in its full glory.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8018/7604861900_9fc3d4657b_z.jpg
― Aimless, Thursday, 19 July 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
amazing fungi!! great pics all around, really beautiful.
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 19 July 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
Earlier today I learned that the 'fungus' pictured above is actually a 'gnome plant', which is a parasite on detritus. Instead of being a fungus it is a plant and shares the same family as 'indian pipe'. Quite rare, apparently.
― Aimless, Saturday, 21 July 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
cool stuff!
― Misc. Carnivora (Matt P), Saturday, 21 July 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
If you want to look it up, the latin name is: Hemitomes congestum. I now feel quite privileged and special, as if I saw an okapi in the wild.
― Aimless, Sunday, 22 July 2012 05:49 (twelve years ago) link
It's me again.
Last week my wife and I camped at Newberry Crater National Monument in central Oregon. The monument comprises the collapsed caldera of what was once the largest volcano in Oregon. There are now two huge lakes inside the caldera, much like Crater Lake, but not quite as spectacular -- and much less well known. We hiked some each day we were there.
Here is a photo of some whitebark pines growing up on the rim of the crater.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8150/7660073594_bf86214ce6_z.jpg
― Aimless, Saturday, 28 July 2012 04:22 (twelve years ago) link
aimless, next time i'm up there, i'd like to take a short hike with ya.
― for reasons of sass (the table is the table), Saturday, 28 July 2012 05:15 (twelve years ago) link
RMNPhttp://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/IMG_0151.jpgdream lakehttp://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/IMG_0141.jpginhabitant, one of scores hanging by the shore (10-13")http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/IMG_0144.jpgon the trailhttp://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/IMG_0137.jpg
― backed by regular small people (Hunt3r), Monday, 17 September 2012 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
I went out for my first real hike of the year today, an 8 mile loop with 2600 feet of elevation gain. Very nice blue-sky weather, although I climbed up to where there was still snow on the ground and the wind chill was probably close to freezing. I was up in the mountains flanking the Columbia River Gorge, at a place called Nick Eaton Ridge.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8543168307_0c91192624_z.jpg
I came home and made my wife a mushroom-and-thyme souffle, steamed brocolli (sry vg) and baked potatoes for supper.
― Aimless, Sunday, 10 March 2013 05:31 (eleven years ago) link
Went to Deep Creek hot springs on the north side of the San Barnardino mtns yesterday, 2 miles each way, with only a 1000' elevation gain, but I was exhausted doing the uphill on the way out. 4 hours of soaking beforehand didn't help.
This is the river next to the springs.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/nickn/DCHS1a.jpg
As is this. We crossed here - mid-thigh deep, and cold.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/nickn/DCHS2a.jpg
And this is some of the group in the pools. It's really a nice area, water is not sulpherous, and the hot ones are nicely hot.There are more pools, and I hear they get 5-60 people here in the summer.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/nickn/groupatDCHS.jpg
― nickn, Monday, 11 March 2013 01:39 (eleven years ago) link
San Bernardino, that is. It's about 80 miles from where I live.
― nickn, Monday, 11 March 2013 01:41 (eleven years ago) link
I'm the guy in the white hat.
― nickn, Monday, 11 March 2013 01:42 (eleven years ago) link
i've been there! think it was in february, we had the place to ourselves and were, uh, not wearing bathing suits iirc.
― circles, Monday, 11 March 2013 02:03 (eleven years ago) link
Nude is the way to go, though most people there weren't.
― nickn, Monday, 11 March 2013 02:38 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGV2ADbKpcQ
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
Done any good hikes or climbs lately, milo?
― Aimless, Thursday, 14 March 2013 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
Sounds like a good day, Aim! I've hiked pretty much every weekend since I moved to AZ in December, sometimes squeeze one in during the week after work.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 14 March 2013 04:39 (eleven years ago) link
There's hikes that are so crowded it's not feasible to say hello to everyone you pass, there's hikes where you encounter few people and so say hello to each one...then there are the borderline ones. I tend to err on saying hello even if it's every 30 seconds esp by the trailhead, but kinda awkward when others have decided the hike traffic level has crossed the "no hellos" threshold.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 14 March 2013 04:42 (eleven years ago) link
On last week's hike I saw about 25 people in 5 hours, so everyone got a 'howdy'. I always head for uncrowded trails, so 25 was a high number for me. I know what you mean about the threshold, though. Cities are just like that. No way around it.
― Aimless, Thursday, 14 March 2013 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
There's only 10k people in town, but it's a tourist destination and hiking is what the area is known for so even non-hikers tend to hit the trails. Not looking forward to high season, which is coming up shortly. I've at least accumulated enough local knowledge at this point to know which trails to avoid.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 14 March 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
i am so pumped to be moving back somewhere with readily available hiking/climbing
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Saturday, 16 March 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
You going to be near the Presidential Range, by chance?
― Blue Waffle Disease (Aimless), Saturday, 16 March 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
bigtime
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Saturday, 16 March 2013 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
I hiked two days ago, from the Columbia River up to the top of Benson Plateau. 12 miles round trip with 3600+ ft of elevation gain and loss. Strange to say my legs were not sore the next day, but yes, I was a bit tired. It was my most challenging hike so far this year.
― Aimless, Thursday, 16 May 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
Nice! I never wake up early enough to do hikes that long, I max out at 10 mi.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 16 May 2013 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
Wank (German pronunciation: [ˈvaŋk]) is a mountain in southern Germany, situated in the Loisach valley close to the Austrian border in the southwestern Ester Mountains range near Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
^ tomorrow!
― caek, Friday, 17 May 2013 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
I like the next sentence that mentions a grassy summit and spectacular views. Have a great time. I hope it the skies are clear, but not too warm.
― Aimless, Friday, 17 May 2013 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
tomorrow:
http://forecast.io/#/f/47.4929,11.0868/1368828000
― caek, Friday, 17 May 2013 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
clear, mid to high 60s. perfect.
going to get squiffy at the top and ride the wankbahn to the bottom rather than hike down
― caek, Friday, 17 May 2013 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
we're up all night to get squiffy
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Friday, 17 May 2013 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
this week I hiked more days than not, had my 1st encounter w/a rattlesnake (thank god this species in particular rattles as soon as it senses you, cause I would've walked right on top of it), and climbed to the highest point in the area. feel like I'm an official Arizonan now.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 26 May 2013 07:22 (eleven years ago) link
Panorama from Capulin Volcano a couple weeks back. Was definitely feeling the 8000 feet.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8278/8701691257_23aa3d5a09.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 26 May 2013 10:52 (eleven years ago) link
At the start of August I spent my usual two weeks camping and hiking in the Wallowa mountains of NE Oregon. I spent one night camped in this hanging valley.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3718/9580488102_70257184fb_z.jpg
The elephant heads were blooming.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5492/9577701197_9d877270ac_z.jpg
This was my wash basin.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7283/9580488642_886e2321c0_z.jpg
I walked over a high pass and visited this lake just a couple of hours before a major thunderstorm started. I got back over the pass and to my camp just as the first peal of thunder broke.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7320/9580504716_0577af383b_z.jpg
The weather was pretty gorgeous for this hike. I was feelin' it.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2856/9580495372_0969bf1a99_z.jpg
The gentians were opening up at Upper Laverty Lake on my last day out.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3723/9580512530_cb9175d503_z.jpg
― Aimless, Saturday, 24 August 2013 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
Last week I went out again, this time for four nights with my wife in the Central Oregon Cascades, in the Three Sisters Wilderness. We just got back yesterday. On the way in we hiked through the Wikiup Plain, a pumice desert.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/9580592188_e37e6897fc_z.jpg
On the afternoon of the second day a wildfire started just 1/2 mile from where we were camped. We saw the fire spotter plane circle it, then about an hour later smoke jumpers were parachuting into the meadow where we were camped. The smoke made for nice sunsets, but we could have done without the excitement.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7378/9580591922_ef4c6de53e_z.jpg
We moved to a new site, further from the fire. Water was scarce in the area, but our site had a small spring near it. 100 yards from this photo the water disappeared again. It wasn't much, but it was enough.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7448/9580591388_499452b965_z.jpg
I wish I had a good shot of the view from that campsite, though. A huge volcano framed by massive old mountain hemlocks. Sorry, you'll just have to imagine it.
― Aimless, Saturday, 24 August 2013 01:44 (eleven years ago) link
damn
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Saturday, 24 August 2013 04:53 (eleven years ago) link
i like your wash basin
― caek, Saturday, 24 August 2013 05:08 (eleven years ago) link
Johnny Fever or any other southeastern ILXors, have you been to Dismals Canyon in NW Alabama? Super fun!
http://www.dismalscanyon.com/
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 20:18 (ten years ago) link
Needed to rinse my brain of some bad fam news yesterday so woke at 6 and did a loop including Mt Whiteface and mt Passaconaway in NH. Really cool but I was in a cloud the whole time so zero views. Amazing how much ground you can cover solo!
― tobo73, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 12:21 (ten years ago) link
i did Whiteface in the winter once and started too late so i ended up descending in the dark on an icy trail - probably the most dangerous hike i've done, whoops.
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 12:49 (ten years ago) link
also i've started using aimless's photos from this thread as my PC desktop backgrounds, so thanks for those aimless
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 12:51 (ten years ago) link
i am going to the whites this weekend, p pumped, nice to see a fellow NH person here
― gbx, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
I climbed the hills of Hollywood and Echo Park, w/ aid of this guy's book
http://secretstairs-la.com/walks.html
Don't laff, I seem to have lost 8 pounds (that will be back on by the end of the month).
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
Just in NH a few days, sadly. Making the most of it tho. Chocorua today, maybe something in Presidentials on Fri.
― tobo73, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
think I'm doing a truncated pemi loop this weekend with a friend
― gbx, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link