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Alarm is set for 3:30am and the Do Not Disturb sign is going up now.
Hope the winds aren't as severe as they are up here!
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Make sure you take the 395 "SOUTH" 
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SPOT On advice Mike (get it?).
Winds at 10 from the west - I can live with that. Out here in the desert, they're blowing in the thirties (hope I stay on the road).
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Great day today, gang. We had a dozen hardy souls brave the weather and wind (which wasn't so bad, really!), half of us heading up the remnants in the Bowl and the rest hitting the regular trail to the ridge. We were above the clouds all day, and I even broke out the shorts for the hike. NICE! Pics will be up Monday/Tuesday. Headed for Josh tomorrow to leave some skin on the rocks. Woohoo! Congrats to Betsy on her first Baldy summit! A nice excuse to come down for the weekend. -L 
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Glad you had a good day on Baldy......funny thing you are coming out to Josh ,where I live and I will be leaving Josh saturday night to drive to Lone Pine......I have sunday and monday off work .....plan to climb Whitney ........... perhaps with a bivvy out on sunday night....what time will you be in J Tree ?
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Pictures from today's group hike. It was great to get together with some old friends and meet some new ones. All in all, it was a great day.
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had a great hike friday put the oh names on faces thing, met some new friends,thanks for the hike kurt (btw pinkfloyd cover band fri. nite was great didnt have to drink or do acid to have a good time lol).
alan or jeff or anyone in area if you ever want to take a hike to the summit let me know, if available i'll go.
moose glad to finally meet you, life of the party with a heart of gold..
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Had a great time yesterday. It was really nice to meet all of you. Hope to see you soon in the mountains again!
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Thanks everybody for another great hike on Baldy. My photos will be uploaded later this coming week after I get off of Whitney. I did manage to get our summit shot uploaded. Enjoy!!  back row l to r: Christo, Len, Richard, Mark, Ken, Jeff, Alan front row l to r: John, Betsy, Laura, Paul, Kurt
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Ok, guys...play fair! If you post links to photos of people, please try to indicate names, so we know who is who. It makes it more like we were there.
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Ok, guys...play fair! If you post links to photos of people, please try to indicate names, so we know who is who. It makes it more like we were there. Wait a minute. You mean that's not you, kneeling on the far right? Must be your twin, then.
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Ok, guys...play fair! If you post links to photos of people, please try to indicate names, so we know who is who. It makes it more like we were there. Wait a minute. You mean that's not you, kneeling on the far right? Must be your twin, then. Nah, that's me with the bare legs. 
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BTW, if anyone hears of a PhotoGPS device being found somewhere near the bottom of the climb, I'm missing one.
Let's see, a camera and expensive lens a couple of years ago. A water bottle and PhotoGPS this last trip up. Is Baldy trying to tell the Sierra Snob that he should stay up north?
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Ok, guys...play fair! If you post links to photos of people, please try to indicate names, so we know who is who. It makes it more like we were there. Names added!! Next time I want to be adding the name "Ken" to one of these Baldy photos.
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Dr. Murray always comes up during conversations on these Group Climbs. Perhaps he should show up so that we aren't talking behind his back?
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Hello Richard ,
I heard from Laura that you rode your motorbike up the dirt road to the Mt Split trailhead a while back . I am interested in having a look at the East Couloir on Split . Do you know if I can ride my BMW R 1150 GS up the approach road . The bike is heavy and pretty good on most stuff except deep soft sand. I would appreciate your in put .
I enjoyed looking at your photos from your two recent trips to Whitney .
cheers from Joshua Tree ,
Simon
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Another reason to be jealous of a fellow board member. I think this is the bike Len and Bill want me to buy so we can ride together. (It would be a joke trying to keep up with them on my 230.)
In answer to the question: Yes, I'm pretty certain that you could get up there with your bike. I been up both the Tinemaha Campground and Big Pine (McMurray Meadows) approaches multiple times. The McMurray Meadows Road approach is much easier, but a longer ride in. There is only a short section of really rocky terrain on this approach. The road is soft in places, but not too bad. (I'd guess no deeper than a few inches. If you've ridden any of the desert terrain, you'll know what I'm talking about.) Heading up from Tinemaha Campground involves a LONG section that will test your Trials Riding ability. (I put a nice dent in my frame one day when the front tire kicked up a rock that nailed one of the frame members below the engine.)
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