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    Good Friday SMASH
    Dale Hill
    • Apr 15
    • 9 min

    Good Friday SMASH

    Survey Mark Recovery: Locate, Photo-Document, Verify the condition of Survey Marks, and report results to the NGS, a day well spent! 😊👍🏻
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    #95 - Sawtooth Mountain High Point
    Dale Hill
    • Mar 19
    • 15 min

    #95 - Sawtooth Mountain High Point

    What an adventure! 16.7 miles, 3,831 feet of vertical gain, a boulder-strewn mountain side with lots of Class 3 bouldering & Type 2 fun!
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    Tying Up Loose Ends
    Dale Hill
    • Feb 6
    • 9 min

    Tying Up Loose Ends

    Sorting out an "Oops!" by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Surveyors dating back to 1941 and tying up other "loose ends" in the desert.
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    Third Annual SD6POP Done!
    Dale Hill
    • Jan 29
    • 12 min

    Third Annual SD6POP Done!

    My 5th time back to Hot Springs Mountain Summit and my 3rd San Diego Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge Complete AND a personal record on descent!
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    ECM² - El Cajon/El Capitan
    Dale Hill
    • Jan 22
    • 11 min

    ECM² - El Cajon/El Capitan

    Five Peaks down, one to go! Closing in on the San Diego Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge with a beautiful day on El Cajon Mountain!
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    Half a Six-Pack in a Day
    Dale Hill
    • Jan 9
    • 16 min

    Half a Six-Pack in a Day

    Today's trifecta included Volcan Mountain Benchmark, Cuyamaca Peak, and Corte Madera Mountain. Check out the full story & awesome pictures!
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    Happy Hiking New Year!
    Dale Hill
    • Jan 1
    • 17 min

    Happy Hiking New Year!

    Happy New Year 2022! I joined a few friends for an Epic New Years' Hike at the stroke of midnight. What a great start to the New Year! 🎉🏔
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    Obsidian Butte SMASH
    Dale Hill
    • Dec 11, 2021
    • 16 min

    Obsidian Butte SMASH

    Survey Mark hunting on a Volcano 💥Obsidian Butte was a cool pile of rocks with a pre-historic history, + lots of marks found along the way!
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    Flood Plain SMASH
    Dale Hill
    • Nov 24, 2021
    • 8 min

    Flood Plain SMASH

    What started off as a routine Drive-By Recovery, turned into a 3-week survey mark recovery project and a lesson in Flood Plain mapping!
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    Cody Benchmark - Peak #94
    Dale Hill
    • Nov 14, 2021
    • 9 min

    Cody Benchmark - Peak #94

    Today's return to LCIR and ABDSP was a fun day of Peak Bagging with Friends and #94 of 100 on the San Diego Sierra Club 100 Peak Challenge!
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    Box Canyon SMASH
    Dale Hill
    • Nov 6, 2021
    • 8 min

    Box Canyon SMASH

    I returned to Box Canyon and the surrounding area for more Survey Mark Recoveries on November 6, 2021. Fascinating history & cool finds!
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    A "Stabby" day at Quake
    Dale Hill
    • Oct 30, 2021
    • 7 min

    A "Stabby" day at Quake

    "You ain't having fun unless the trip ends in the hospital" 😳 LOL, Just one comment I heard in response to today's adventure. Read on!
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    Julian Hiking Challenge - 2021
    Dale Hill
    • Oct 2, 2021
    • 12 min

    Julian Hiking Challenge - 2021

    The original plan was to complete all 5 hikes in a day, that didn't quite happen; check out all 5 trip reports inside for the full story!
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    Joshua Tree SMASH
    Dale Hill
    • Aug 29, 2021
    • 9 min

    Joshua Tree SMASH

    Road Trip to Joshua Tree National Park! I built this entire trip around finding a single, hexagonal Gravity Station Survey Mark. Job Done!
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    Monument Peak NASA Site
    Dale Hill
    • Aug 7, 2021
    • 9 min

    Monument Peak NASA Site

    A return hike to Monument Peak to document a survey mark that I missed last weekend and a chance to do some needed trail maintenance.
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    Easing Into Monument Peak
    Dale Hill
    • Jul 31, 2021
    • 17 min

    Easing Into Monument Peak

    Two months to the day from a torn ACL and I am back on trail for my first hike, some cool Survey Mark finds, and a bit of CA Land History!
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    Coronado SMASH
    Dale Hill
    • Jul 18, 2021
    • 6 min

    Coronado SMASH

    Day 2 of keeping things cool and "SMASHing" near the water! Lots of Coronado Benchmarks today and I picked up a GPSonBM priority on the way!
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    Oceanside Harbor SMASH
    Dale Hill
    • Jul 17, 2021
    • 4 min

    Oceanside Harbor SMASH

    Today was a great day to hang out at the Oceanside Harbor and Pier looking for survey marks! I found 3 Tidal Stations & some bonus marks!
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    San Diego Coastal SMASH
    Dale Hill
    • Jul 15, 2021
    • 7 min

    San Diego Coastal SMASH

    Staying close to the coast to keep things cool! It was a great day with 3 GPSonBM finds and new information on finding Tidal Station discs!
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    Crosses, Domes & Towers
    Dale Hill
    • Jul 13, 2021
    • 8 min

    Crosses, Domes & Towers

    Finding a 2 or 3-inch brass disc can be challenging at times, today's recoveries were easier to find and included crosses, domes, & towers!
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