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This sign is posted at the lower end of the Mount Wilson Toll Road:

It says below the graffitti “Closed Due To Landslide” which is no longer true. What it should say is: The Toll Road is closed due to the County Board of Supervisors Failure to Clear the Landslide.

If this slide had closed an important trail into the Santa Monica Mountains where the rich people live would it have taken more than two years to reopen?

Cut a safe hiking trail through the slide area before someone dies.

I wrote these Four reason why the trail should be reopened in January of 2006 and sent them to the Board of Supervisors. The reasons are still valid and nothing has been done.

Write an email to Mike Antonovich at fifthdistrict@bos.co.la.ca.us and let him know that you want the trail reopened. Or click on comments below and I will forward your comments to him.

The slide is in county administered land

Help me put some pressure on Mike Antonovich to reopen this important hiking trail.

I am searching in San Diego for a good neighborhood bar near La Jolla. I love going to Lucky Baldwins in Sierra Madre for the Cheers like atmosphere and quality Jutebox, but I have yet to find such a place in San Diego. If anyone has any suggestions on either places to go or ways to find such a place I am all ears.

If you choose a pond that’s small enough you can be a big fish.

Thanks to David B. for this interesting research:

From the Bribane Times: 

Marijuana is not kosher for Passover, a pro-cannabis advocacy group says, advising Jews who observe the week-long holiday’s special dietary laws to take a break from smoking the weed.

The Green Leaf Party announced Wednesday that products of the cannabis plant have been grouped by rabbis within a family of foods such as peas, beans and lentils that is off-limits to Jews of European descent during Passover.

The Green Leaf Party, which has made several unsuccessful attempts to win election to parliament on a platform urging marijuana’s legalisation, said it was issuing its advisory as a service to Jews who don’t want to break ritual law.

But it said the rabbinical ban for the holiday beginning at sunset Monday, during which many Jews eat matzos, or unleavened bread, could be a blessing in disguise.

“Logic dictates that if the rabbis say cannabis is non-kosher for Passover, it is apparently kosher during the rest of the year,” Michelle Levin, a spokeswoman for the party, told the YNet news web site.

I’m training to climb Mt Whitney in September. The Mountain itself is over 14,000 feet high but by driving to Whitney Portal and climbing the Mount Whitney Trail Route the elevation gain is about 6300 feet and the distance is about 12 miles round trip. September is a good time for the climb since the crowds will have decreased substantially. I’m planning to make it a two night three day trip.

Lee Summits Whitney

My friend Lee F climbed it a few years ago as part of his hike along the John Muir Trail.

On the trail

To train I plan to hike in the front range of the San Gabriels a couple of times a week until I can climb 5000 feet in a day with a 15 lb pack. It is a lot harder to climb at altitude but you have to start somewhere.  I’m looking for partners to train with and to go on the climb.