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Live In Hermosa: 2010/07 - 2010/08

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Hike09: Half Dome (Part 1). 4AM is early. Even when you know you need to get up, it's early. Even when you're excited for the day ahead, it's early. Damn early. Bleary-eyed doesn't quite grasp the visual of the two of us stumbling around a dark, unfamiliar cabin at that hour. Yet we still managed to get our pre-packed gear into the car. Hehwell, more on that later. We climbed along the edge of the Merced river for a mile that felt like two until a break point came at a bridge (elevation 4464) down river ...

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Live In Hermosa: Hello father time, it's me, James.

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Hello father time, it's me, James. I think I blinked away 3 months of time. I had so much to do and then *poof*, I'm here.still with so much to do. Just a big hazy blur in the rear view mirror. Now I'm sitting in a coffee shop. For the first time in forever. In front of me is the marked up script that's calling me to finally revise. LOOK AT ME! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, STOP IGNORING ME! But it needs sooooo much work. Do I have the patience for you? I move it to the other side of the table.behind my laptop.

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Live In Hermosa: 2010/01 - 2010/02

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Posted by James Beirne. All roads are open this year.like seriously open. I find the refreshing emptiness of my constantly busy city to be strangely exciting. Maybe it's a glass half empty / half full thing. To cycle through the images. Or go to emptyla.com. For more from photographer Matt Logue covering this rarely seen side of Los Angeles. Posted by James Beirne. Testing 1.2.3.4. Oh good it's still working. Welcome to 2010. I expect nothing short of a great ride this year. Posted by James Beirne.

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Live In Hermosa: 2010/05 - 2010/06

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HIKE05: Ice House Saddle. Confidence up, we flipped through the hiking guidebook with a mission to find something a bit more challenging. Never been to the Baldy area so seemed like a good enough time as any. Got up early and started the 60 mile drive. Out to Claremont and into the Angeles National Forest. Yet), so we opted for another nearby trail that crested at a 7,555 foot saddle between several higher peaks. Among the many boulders passed, saw a few with very interesting sedimentary geology. 2 miles...

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Live In Hermosa: Hike09: Half Dome (Part 1)

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Hike09: Half Dome (Part 1). 4AM is early. Even when you know you need to get up, it's early. Even when you're excited for the day ahead, it's early. Damn early. Bleary-eyed doesn't quite grasp the visual of the two of us stumbling around a dark, unfamiliar cabin at that hour. Yet we still managed to get our pre-packed gear into the car. Hehwell, more on that later. We climbed along the edge of the Merced river for a mile that felt like two until a break point came at a bridge (elevation 4464) down river ...

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Live In Hermosa: 2010/03 - 2010/04

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We had a busy Saturday planned, so we got off to an earlier start than last time. After a quick stop for our normal pre-hike McDonald's breakfast to go, we were on the freeway by 9AM. We didn't know much about what awaited us, but it turned out to be a delightful walk that I haven't stopped recommending to friends who regularly day hike in the Santa Monica mountains. Three things became clear as soon as we started. Second, it began as a wooded narrow path along a small creek. (not a fire road! Wildflower...

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Live In Hermosa: 2010/08 - 2010/09

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Hike09: Half Dome (Part 2). Did you miss part one of this adventure? Check it out here. It was starting to get seriously warm. Thankfully relief came from shade created by the biggest trees I'd see the entire hike. Beyond that, the next section wasn't particularly interesting compared to other sights on this hike. No waterfalls. No cliffs. No rocks. Just a walk through the forest. Well.a walk up through the forest. I had a decent a pace going- passing small groups along the way. It was great! I stopped f...

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Live In Hermosa: Hike09: Half Dome (Part 2)

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Hike09: Half Dome (Part 2). Did you miss part one of this adventure? Check it out here. It was starting to get seriously warm. Thankfully relief came from shade created by the biggest trees I'd see the entire hike. Beyond that, the next section wasn't particularly interesting compared to other sights on this hike. No waterfalls. No cliffs. No rocks. Just a walk through the forest. Well.a walk up through the forest. I had a decent a pace going- passing small groups along the way. It was great! I stopped f...

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Live In Hermosa: Neighborhood Grinds is the black hole of first dates

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Neighborhood Grinds is the black hole of first dates. Citizens of the South Bay:. Don't doom your blind first date to failure. Avoid Neighboorhood Grinds like the plague for those hope-filled adventures with members of the opposite sex who have an intriguing online dating profile. Trust me on this one. It won't work out. I've seen it again and again and again. But, all potential goes out the window in this place. Maybe there's something in the coffee. It will undoubtedly go down like this. Live in Hermos...