California: south

On July 5th, 2006 I biked (OK, mostly pushed) up the city of San Diego's highest point, Cowles Mountain (1591'). The peak is located near SDSU, and about 6 miles northeast of downtown. Directions are here.... (read more)

For the past six years the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition has been sponsoring a ride along the L.A. River. The latter is no longer a real river but is in fact mostly a large, all concrete drainage ditch used to keep the former watercourse from flooding the L.A. Basin. Back in the day the river would change course and even caused a massive flood or two.... (read more)

Believe it or not, there is rock climbing of a sort in Griffith Park.... (read more)

Earlier today I mountain biked in Cheeseboro Canyon, which is part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. It's off the 101 freeway in Agoura, which is generally between Thousand Oaks and the western edge of the San Fernando Valley. I drove a lot of miles to get there, and going back isn't high on my list of priorities.... (read more)

The following video was shot at a super-secret hiking trail high above Pasadena and/or Altadena outside Los Angeles (in the San Gabriel Mountains/Angeles National Forest).... (read more)

Some nighttime pictures from Griffith Park in Los Angeles. These were shot from the Observatory looking towards downtown. Shoot date: April 27, 2002.... (read more)

Each year the Friends of the L.A. River conducts river walks, taking people for tours of the river.... (read more)

Most of these are pictures taken at the Sepulveda Dam in the San Fernando Valley. The Los Angeles River runs through the area, but the dam is designed to prevent flooding of rain runoff water.... (read more)

Photos from Los Angeles' Griffith Park. Taken April 8, 2002.... (read more)

This gallery has images from the Mulholland fountain, Griffith Park, Los Angeles (May 1, 2002)... (read more)

In the future, this post will describe how to use an ice axe for self-belay and for an emergency arrest on steep icy slopes.... (read more)

Here's video of me mountain biking the lower section of the Old Mount Wilson trail that runs through Little Santa Anita Canyon from the city of Sierra Madre to Mount Wilson.... (read more)

Apparently a hiker broke his clavicle in Los Angeles' Griffith Park and had to be rescued with a Los Angeles Fire Department rescue helicopter:... (read more)

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Yesterday I "mountain biked" to the summit of Mt. Baldy (10,064') outside Los Angeles. I took the ski lift up to the Notch (~7800') and "biked" (OK, mostly pushed) to the summit. Then, I "biked" (more biking and less pushing this time) back. A very short video of the expedition is available here or here.

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