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16 AUGUST 2020 – W6/CT-025 It had been hot the day before. 101.5ºF at home in Topanga Canyon. I wanted to get a really early start before attempting the south-facing switchbacks of Josephine Peak. I’d done this hike in 1985 with my Mom, Linnea Gardner and Patty Fox. But that was in March, not inContinue reading “Josephine Peak”

14 AUGUST 2020 W6/SC-285 After a great weekend in the San Gabriel Mountains, I was inspired to hit the road again before it was light and head out to the Agoura Hills to activate a mountain I have not visited for over 40 years. Ladyface (2036′) is a prominent peak of igneous rock south ofContinue reading “Ladyface”

8 AUGUST 2020 W6/CT-010 & W6/CT-012 Another predawn drive, this time I was headed through the city and on up into the San Gabriel Mountains. I’d first been up Mt. Islip on February 6, 1982 with my childhood friend, Jon Bucci. I made a second trip with my brother Mark on January 16, 1999. TheContinue reading “Mount Islip & Kratka Ridge”

5 AUGUST 2020 W6/CT-274 After my first activation on the previous weekend, I was excited about the prospect of activating another mountain soon. Just up the hill from where we live is Saddle Peak so Wednesday before it was light I made my way up the mountain through a dense marine layer of fog. AtContinue reading “Saddle Peak”

1 AUGUST 2020 W6/CT-214 I’d been hearing about the Summits on the Air for a while and when the buzz turned to the SOCAL SOTAFEST on the weekend of August 1st & 2nd 2020 I decided to give activation a try on a local peak here in Topanga. I’d hiked up Calabasas Peak many timesContinue reading “Calabasas Peak”

A wide range of things interest me. A generalist at heart, I am curious about so much of the world around us. John Muir said “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” One line of inquiry inevitably leads to another, and another… I’llContinue reading “Eric Fitzgerald”