*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!
A list of hikes for January and February 2011:
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.