LA Trail Hikers License Plate – Luis Salazar
Luis Salazar, one of our hike leads, shows off his LA Trail Hiker spirit with a set License Plates we can all be proud of.
Go LA Trail Hikers!
General Updates
Social Event – LA Cancer Challenge 5K Walk/Run (10-31-2010)
The LA Trail Hikers will be embarking on new group territory by participating in this year’s L.A. Cancer Challenge 5K Walk/Run on October 31, 2010. This will be the 13th annual run of this event, and a first for the LA Trail Hikers. The goal of this challenge is to fund raise money for Pancreatic Cancer Research. As team “LA Trail Hikers,” the group will partake in the 5K walk/run. They have a fundraiser page provided by the LA Cancer Challenge page where you can join their group or help support the cause. The LA Trail Hikers are very excited to push their positive efforts for good causes.
You can find the group’s donation here (donations must be made to a team member’s individual page to increment the group’s amount):
http://www.lacancerchallenge.org/com/latrailhikers
Team Captain: Jason Bazalar
The current fundraising goal is: $2,000
The current team member recruitment goal is: 60
Everytime the fundraising goal is met, the goal will be increased by $500.
Everytime the team member recruitment goal is met, the goal will be increased by 5.
To be on the LATH team, you must register for the event and choose join the “LA Trail Hikers” team, you can then have people donate to your page and it will increase the team’s overall fundraising amount :
5/10K Registration: $35.00
Includes: Chip timed event, performance t-shirt, bib and runner’s gift bag.
Mail In Registration must be postmarked by Friday, October 22
Online Pre-Registration closes at midnight on Saturday, October 23
NOTE: Children under the age of 13 who wish to run the 5 or 10K AND be chip timed should register for the 5/10K, not the Kids Can Cure Fun Run.
To increment the team’s fundraising goal:
1. Register and join the “LA Trail Hikers” team.
2. Any person who donates to your personal fundraising page will increment the group’s overall goal.
Can’t be there the day of the event? You can still be on the LA Trail Hiker team as a Virtual Runner.
General Updates
Social Event – Plan Upcoming Hikes and Leads (09-22-2010)
The LA Trail Hikers will be meeting on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 to organize the trails they want to do in the months of October and November. It is a great way to plan out a few Sundays ahead of time so you can invite others accordingly. We will also like to have different hikers volunteer to lead some of the hikes. Any other ideas, comments, or suggestions will be welcome. We may even be able to plan some scouting for new hikes. This is also a great opportunity for new and prospective members to meet with current hikers to get information and an idea of what we do.
We’ll get together at Casa De Luna Coffee House at 7:30pm (we will have the back room reserved for us). By the way, they have great coffee & Tea. All members/fans of LA Trail Hikers are welcome to join in on this event to provide us some feedback. We hope to see you there!
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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| Time: |
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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| Location: |
Casa De Luna Coffee House
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| Street: |
9835 Belmont st
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| City/Town: |
Bellflower, CA
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Upcoming Hikes & Events
Potluck Hike – Monrovia Canyon Falls
Hey Everyone,
The LA Trail Hikers will be having their first HIKE + POTLUCK this coming Sunday, August 22, 2010. We hope you can join us. We’ll be posting a listing of people and the items they are signed up for. It is not a requirement for you to bring anything, but any additions will be greatly appreciated. You can see the details at the hike details page here:
General Updates
Evening Hikes at Griffith Park
I thought it would be fun to have some evening hikes out during the week in Griffith Park. I’ll try to keep these interesting. It is always important to hike with a buddy and Live Sex try to keep from obstructing anyone else’s evening experience by not bringing a white light flash light. Instead please use a red,blue, or green light. You’ll see them posted as we have them.
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Bridge to Nowhere – Hiker Note
All hikers who will be attending the Bridge to Nowhere hike, it is important for you to read through all the details found on the hike page linked below. We reviewed the hike and have changed the level of the hike from level 6 to level 7, increasing in difficulty.
http://latrailhikers.com/hikes/bridge-to-nowhere/
We want to make sure that all hikers are well aware of what this hike entails. It is not a beginner hike and must be considered with a little more care as we’ll encounter heat factors that may impact the group’s performance. If you feel you are fully capable of doing this hike, we’ll see you and all your minimum hiking essentials on Sunday.
General Updates
New LATH Hike Levels
Please note that we have started using numbered Hike Levels on our hikes to better understand the difficulty of each trail. The levels go from 1-10 (1 – the easiest; 10 – the most difficult). You can click the hike level on the Hike’s Detail page to view all other levels. You can see them here:
General Updates
Social Event Plan Upcoming Hikes and Leads (06-24-2010)
| Date: |
Thursday, June 24, 2010
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| Time: |
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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| Location: |
Casa De Luna Coffee House
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| Street: |
9835 Belmont st
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| City/Town: |
Bellflower, CA
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http://www.casadelunacoffeehouse.com
The LA Trail Hikers will be meeting on Thursday, June 24, 2010 to organize the trails they want to do in the months of July and August. It is a great way to plan out a few Sundays ahead of time so you can invite others accordingly. We will also like to have different hikers volunteer to lead some of the hikes. Any other ideas, comments, or suggestions will be welcome. We may even be able to plan some scouting for new hikes. This is also a great opportunity for new and prospective members to meet with current hikers to get information and an idea of what we do.
We’ll get together at Casa De Luna Coffee House at 7:30pm (we will have the back room reserved for us). By the way, they have great coffee & Tea. All members/fans of LA Trail Hikers are welcome to join in on this event to provide us some feedback. We hope to see you there!
MAP:
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LA Trail Hikers on KCET.org’s Top 10 Summer Hikes
KCET.org’s new website provides a plethora of new features and community involvement. For all of us who would like some fun and great advice for summer plans, KCET.org has really hit the spot by providing us various list of Top 10 things to do and experience in the Southern California area. One of these happens to be a Top 10 list of hikes. Some members of LA Trail Hikers were asked to contribute to their list of nature filled hikes. These recommendations were based on the hikes our members have truly enjoyed and considered part of our own top list. You can check out the fully compiled list here:
LA Trail Hikers on KCET.org’s Top 10 Summer Hikes:
http://www.kcet.org/socal/summer/top-10-must-hike-trails.html
Show them some appreciation and leave a comment on their posting. It’s always great to see the LA Trail Hikers be acknowledged by great organizations such as KCET!
LA Trail Hikers
Hike! Explore! Live!
General Updates
Meeting Recap (04-21-2010) * [UPDATED]
*We apologize for the late recap posting from our last meeting
INTRO
We had a very electric gathering with many new faces to the social on April 21, 2010. We had plenty of great ideas and a good listing of hikes. We will be doing a few new things in the upcoming months
HIKES
Alright, so here’s the full listing of hikes/events as listed for May and June at the meeting (please note changes/additions/removals may be made at anytime):
MAY
5/1/2010 Saturday Irma Padilla Fish Falls
5/2/2010 Sunday Jason Bazalar Eaton Canyon Falls
5/9/2010 Sunday Mother’s Day (No Hike)
5/15/2010 Saturday Jason Bazalar Red Rock, Las Vegas
5/16/2010 Sunday Linda Cota Echo Mountain
5/23/2010 Sunday Jason Bazalar Hollywood Sign
5/29/2010 Saturday Irma Padilla Shady Canyon (Road Trip – Irvine)
5/30/2010 Sunday Luis Salazar Monrovia Canyon Falls
JUNE
6/6/2010 Sunday Luis Salazar Bridge to Nowhere
6/13/2010 Sunday Lorena Rodriguez Echo Mountain
6/20/2010 Sunday Effin Gentry Monrovia Canyon Falls
6/23/2010 Weds Jason Bazalar Social / Hike Planning
6/27/2010 Sunday Jason Bazalar Topanga Overlook
FUTURE EVENTS
We discussed a few ideas regarding some upcoming events:
LATH Planning Meeting/Group Social
DATE: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 7:30pm
LOCATION: Casa De Luna Coffee House – Bellflower, CA
NOTE: This date, time and venue were chosen by the meeting attendees.
LATH Pot-Luck BBQ
DATE: TBA
LOCATION: TBA
NOTE: This date, time and venue will be setup at a later time.
LATH Beach Day
DATE: TBA
LOCATION: TBA
NOTE: This date, time and venue will be setup at a later time.
LATH Bike Ride
DATE: TBA
LOCATION: TBA
NOTE: This date, time and venue will be setup at a later time.
LATH Bonfire
DATE: TBA
LOCATION: TBA
NOTE: This date, time and venue will be setup at a later time.
WEBSITE
No updates at this moment.
OTHER
We discussed setting up the following:
SUB LEADS: These Hikers will assist the main hike lead in organizing and maintaining the group in order. This will give our hikers access to more resources of information and guidance on the hikes. Those who wish to be a volunteer sub lead please advise the Hike Lead/Hike Organizer so they may be listed as such.
EXPLORATION HIKES: These are hikes that allow more experienced hikers the opportunity to explore and ‘scope out’ trails that the group has not been on, or has not current information for. Usually impromptu and unsanctioned as one of the designated LATH hikes, the exploration hikes provide limited to no relevant details of the difficulty and type of terrain to be encountered. These will usually be prompted by experienced members who wish to go on extra hikes, or to scope one for the group to do at a later time.
FUND-RAISING: We also discussed the idea of fund-raising to acquire membership with the American Hiking Association. There is a yearly cost. If you would like to find out more, you may do so here: http://www.americanhiking.org/
We are looking for dates and places for the upcoming events listed above (not to mention comments, questions, ideas, concerns, and opinions about this recap), if you have any ideas feel free to comment on this post and share it with our other LATH members!