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Boulder Scrambling at Anza Borrego

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Take a hike! I consider the group hard core. In other words, I could not keep up with them. The last time I hiked with them was almost 10 months ago at Tecate Peak. Prior to the Tecate Peak, I hike with them for El Cajon Peak. Isabel had to leave me at the summit so she could go to her  weekend work. I would have hiked with Isabel and her +1 today, but she cancelled. I would always be hiking with old and new acquaintances. There's Marina who I picked up grapes with. She's quiet and I liked her. Of course, she's also foreign-born. I am hiking with Susan for the first time and she's not that quiet. There was Linda, kind of a hard core. She has done the Cactus to Clouds Hike for San Jacinto Mountains. There's also Ken who recently moved to San Diego from the East Coast. Ken Kugel was there, I hiked with him at Eagle Rock, a PCT area. I was being led into the Smuggler's Canyon for the first time by Tim Mc. Blair Valley, Pictograph Trail, Slut  Canyon, Alcoholic P...

Revisiting the Holy Reptile at the Tecate Peak

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It must have been my fascination on the US-Mexico border fence. It was the first time I was hiked with Maui who caught up with the North County Hikers  group lead by Robert Deveraux and Marsha on a Border Patrol vehicle. It must have been my fascination on the US-Mexico border fence. It was the first time I was hiked with Maui who caught up with the North County Hikers  group lead by Robert Deveraux and Marsha on a Border Patrol vehicle. The animal of the day is Javelina. The joke was a carry over from the  group's previous hike. The group was talking about a skunk pig or a peccary I conditioned myself the day before for the hike so I felt good not being the straggler this time. Robert  and Marsha made sure everyone was okay. The last time I was in this trail, I was left behind. I did some short cuts and got so embarrassed afterwards that I just let myself be left behind.

Hiking with Philip Erdelsky, Lady Schwarzenegger et al at Del DiosGorge Trail

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I consider him a maestro in hiking. Philip Erdelsky posts trailhead addresses according to GPS coordinates, in minutes of degrees, latitude west of the Prime Meridian, north of the Equator and refers to the Greenwich time.  I rely to Maestro Magellan to look for Maestro Erdelsky's  GPS coordinates and I always get lost. I almost gave up looking for  Thomas 1148 J7, N 33 2.403 W 117 9.415. The hard-to-find trailhead is located  below a fruit and vegetable stand on the southeast side of Del Dios Highway in Rancho Santa Fe, 0.09 miles north east of Calle Ambiente. I was even elated to see Lady Schwarzenegger at the trailhead. She came with Adele this time. Several months ago, I called her on the phone she posted on a meet up she was wanting to join. She does not drive for some mother fucking reasons, must be yoga for mother earth!  She thought I was calling to pick her up on my way to the hike. But another kindly hiker had decided to pick her up from h...