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by CrazyHermit
Sun Nov 05, 2023 5:12 pm
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: Dead Animals
Replies: 31
Views: 4062

Re: Dead Animals

What's that hole in the ground above him?
by CrazyHermit
Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:15 pm
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: Dead Animals
Replies: 31
Views: 4062

Re: Dead Animals

Why shop when you can run one over.
by CrazyHermit
Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:02 am
Forum: Out-of-state
Topic: High Altitude Wildlife On Mt. Evans
Replies: 5
Views: 1405

Re: High Altitude Wildlife On Mt. Evans

Mountain Goats are even more chill in Washington. Check out this other guy's video.

by CrazyHermit
Sun Aug 06, 2023 10:22 am
Forum: Out-of-state
Topic: High Altitude Wildlife On Mt. Evans
Replies: 5
Views: 1405

Re: High Altitude Wildlife On Mt. Evans

I have a major scratch in the viewfinder from those beaver teeth. But I was noticing the same thing about their fur. Marmot coats might be the next thing.
by CrazyHermit
Fri Aug 04, 2023 7:15 pm
Forum: Out-of-state
Topic: High Altitude Wildlife On Mt. Evans
Replies: 5
Views: 1405

High Altitude Wildlife On Mt. Evans

I’ve been photographing goats, sheep and marmots between the 13,000 and 14,000 level for the past month on Mt. Evans, so the animals are getting used to seeing me. There are virtually no predators at this altitude, so they’re a little more relaxed around humans. I was lucky enough to get some close ...
by CrazyHermit
Sat Jul 08, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Tracking Down Two Lost Falls
Replies: 26
Views: 2163

Re: Tracking Down Two Lost Falls

Here's a short clip of the San Antonio Canyon Falls on a day when some drunken idiot pushed a four year old off the top.
https://youtube.com/shorts/FJJN5_hk_qU?feature=share
by CrazyHermit
Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:42 pm
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: There's A Yeti Under My Car
Replies: 5
Views: 828

Re: There's A Yeti Under My Car

That was the first one I've ever seen. They're not native to Colorado, but Mt. Evans is one of the best places to find them. 14 mile road, the highest in North America, you can drive all the way to the top.
by CrazyHermit
Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:31 am
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: There's A Yeti Under My Car
Replies: 5
Views: 828

Re: There's A Yeti Under My Car

No, they're actually pretty dangerous. They've killed grizzlies before. But they lick salt off the passing cars. This one was licking something on the undercarriage.
by CrazyHermit
Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:54 am
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: There's A Yeti Under My Car
Replies: 5
Views: 828

There's A Yeti Under My Car

I've been looking for these mountain goats since I moved to Colorado.
Finally found one. He found something he liked under my car. People passing by thought I ran him over.

by CrazyHermit
Mon Jun 05, 2023 6:38 am
Forum: Out-of-state
Topic: Bighorns Eating Asphalt On Mt. Evans, Colorado
Replies: 3
Views: 642

Re: Bighorns Eating Asphalt On Mt. Evans, Colorado

Apparently there's salt in the asphalt and on the sides of cars. They salt the roads up here in the winter.
by CrazyHermit
Sun Jun 04, 2023 2:11 pm
Forum: California
Topic: COQUINA MINE
Replies: 9
Views: 840

Re: COQUINA MINE

Next time you're out in that area check out the Cave of Munits.

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by CrazyHermit
Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:35 am
Forum: California
Topic: COQUINA MINE
Replies: 9
Views: 840

Re: COQUINA MINE

The rock wall and fence are along the way as you walk up the canyon, on the left side. It used to be a bee farm. There's also an old tipped over utility truck on the right side. The patent date was from some old machinery on the side of the hill below the steam shovel. That stuff is all still up the...
by CrazyHermit
Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:16 am
Forum: Out-of-state
Topic: Bighorns Eating Asphalt On Mt. Evans, Colorado
Replies: 3
Views: 642

Bighorns Eating Asphalt On Mt. Evans, Colorado

Mt. Evans is the highest peak in the Mount Evans Wilderness at 14,271-feet. The road leading to it is the highest paved road in North America. Each year the road gets damaged by the extreme weather and asphalt patches are made. Bighorn sheep and mountain goats love to lick and eat these patches, pre...
by CrazyHermit
Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:09 am
Forum: California
Topic: COQUINA MINE
Replies: 9
Views: 840

Re: COQUINA MINE

Love that place. The last time I went there bees had built a hive inside the gas tank. There used to be cults living in the canyon below.
by CrazyHermit
Mon May 22, 2023 5:11 pm
Forum: Out-of-state
Topic: The Butt Crack, World's Narrowest Slot Canyon In St. George Utah
Replies: 12
Views: 1149

Re: The Butt Crack, World's Narrowest Slot Canyon In St. George Utah

I'm not sure how you could be rescued if you got stuck in there. There's one point where it's so narrow you can't turn your head around.
by CrazyHermit
Mon May 15, 2023 6:46 am
Forum: Out-of-state
Topic: The Butt Crack, World's Narrowest Slot Canyon In St. George Utah
Replies: 12
Views: 1149

Re: The Butt Crack, World's Narrowest Slot Canyon In St. George Utah

Thanks for the info. I'll try to research it.
by CrazyHermit
Mon May 15, 2023 6:21 am
Forum: Out-of-state
Topic: The Butt Crack, World's Narrowest Slot Canyon In St. George Utah
Replies: 12
Views: 1149

Re: The Butt Crack, World's Narrowest Slot Canyon In St. George Utah

Nice. I saw one video of a guy doing the crack at night. Looked really cool. Is Little Jamaica in St. George?
by CrazyHermit
Sun May 14, 2023 7:40 pm
Forum: Out-of-state
Topic: The Butt Crack, World's Narrowest Slot Canyon In St. George Utah
Replies: 12
Views: 1149

The Butt Crack, World's Narrowest Slot Canyon In St. George Utah

Not for the claustrophobic, this crack is only eight inches wide at it's narrowest point. If you get stuck you're screwed.

by CrazyHermit
Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:09 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: The Deadly PL&P Trail
Replies: 23
Views: 1193

Re: The Deadly PL&P Trail

The San Gabriel Mountains are harsh. The Mt. Lowe Railway was completely wiped out by fires, flood and wind. Nothing survives for long in those canyons.
by CrazyHermit
Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:44 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Tracking Down Two Lost Falls
Replies: 26
Views: 2163

Re: Tracking Down Two Lost Falls

So after I published this the lady who owns that canyon threatened to have me arrested, but yes I have some great photos of Stoddard house and some of his famous friends. I wish I could have gone further up that day but that canyon is so overgrown it took forever to get that far. By the way that tro...
by CrazyHermit
Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:09 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: The Deadly PL&P Trail
Replies: 23
Views: 1193

Re: The Deadly PL&P Trail

That trail was originally supposed to go all the way to the Forks Dam, which would have been the largest in the world, but it was never completed. There was an entire construction city built near the merge of the three forks above the narrows. Also believe it or not there was a railroad that went up...
by CrazyHermit
Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:19 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Bungee At The Bridge To Nowhere
Replies: 9
Views: 637

Re: Bungee At The Bridge To Nowhere

At one time they were trying to raise money to build a self cleaning restroom next to it. Would have cost 80K and never happened.
There's also a secret helipad where Ron the owner flies in every morning hidden in a side canyon
by CrazyHermit
Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:12 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Bungee At The Bridge To Nowhere
Replies: 9
Views: 637

Re: Bungee At The Bridge To Nowhere

I would have aimed for the water to break my fall. Fear not, I'm happier than ever since I left California.
by CrazyHermit
Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:52 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Bungee At The Bridge To Nowhere
Replies: 9
Views: 637

Re: Bungee At The Bridge To Nowhere

WTF?
by CrazyHermit
Mon Mar 27, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Bungee At The Bridge To Nowhere
Replies: 9
Views: 637

Re: Bungee At The Bridge To Nowhere

I'm too cheap to pay the hundred twenty buck. Might do it with no rope.
by CrazyHermit
Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:51 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Bungee At The Bridge To Nowhere
Replies: 9
Views: 637

Bungee At The Bridge To Nowhere

I watched Dirty Grandpa and had to steal this song. This footage was taken about a year ago.

by CrazyHermit
Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:36 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lower Millard, Baby!
Replies: 7
Views: 301

Re: Lower Millard, Baby!

I have that same newspaper article. Thanks. The guy who wrote History of Pasadena was amazing. His wife was the first woman to ever reach Thalehaha Falls in Rubio Canyon. That's like the bible of everything that happened in that area in the late 1800s.
by CrazyHermit
Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:03 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lower Millard, Baby!
Replies: 7
Views: 301

Re: Lower Millard, Baby!

Youre right. I was going on memory but now I remember that. You must have seen that in History of Pasadena.
by CrazyHermit
Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:06 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lower Millard, Baby!
Replies: 7
Views: 301

Re: Lower Millard, Baby!

That canyon used to be called Church Canyon. There was a civil war fugitive (Confederate) who got caught in California, He was tried and convicted for treason but instead of hanging him the court made a slave out of him and forced him to cut down trees for the lumber that built a church in downtown ...