Dale HillApr 159 minGood Friday SMASHSurvey Mark Recovery: Locate, Photo-Document, Verify the condition of Survey Marks, and report results to the NGS, a day well spent! 😊👍🏻
Dale HillMar 1915 min#95 - Sawtooth Mountain High PointWhat 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!
Dale HillFeb 69 minTying Up Loose EndsSorting out an "Oops!" by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Surveyors dating back to 1941 and tying up other "loose ends" in the desert.
Dale HillJan 2912 minThird 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!
Dale HillJan 2211 minECM² - 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!
Dale HillJan 916 minHalf a Six-Pack in a DayToday's trifecta included Volcan Mountain Benchmark, Cuyamaca Peak, and Corte Madera Mountain. Check out the full story & awesome pictures!
Dale HillJan 117 minHappy 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! 🎉🏔
Dale HillDec 11, 202116 minObsidian Butte SMASHSurvey 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!
Dale HillNov 24, 20218 minFlood Plain SMASHWhat started off as a routine Drive-By Recovery, turned into a 3-week survey mark recovery project and a lesson in Flood Plain mapping!
Dale HillNov 14, 20219 minCody Benchmark - Peak #94Today'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!
Dale HillNov 6, 20218 minBox Canyon SMASHI returned to Box Canyon and the surrounding area for more Survey Mark Recoveries on November 6, 2021. Fascinating history & cool finds!
Dale HillOct 30, 20217 minA "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!
Dale HillOct 2, 202112 minJulian Hiking Challenge - 2021The 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!
Dale HillAug 29, 20219 minJoshua Tree SMASHRoad Trip to Joshua Tree National Park! I built this entire trip around finding a single, hexagonal Gravity Station Survey Mark. Job Done!
Dale HillAug 7, 20219 minMonument Peak NASA SiteA return hike to Monument Peak to document a survey mark that I missed last weekend and a chance to do some needed trail maintenance.
Dale HillJul 31, 202117 minEasing Into Monument PeakTwo 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!
Dale HillJul 18, 20216 minCoronado SMASHDay 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!
Dale HillJul 17, 20214 minOceanside Harbor SMASHToday 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!
Dale HillJul 15, 20217 minSan Diego Coastal SMASHStaying 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!
Dale HillJul 13, 20218 minCrosses, Domes & TowersFinding a 2 or 3-inch brass disc can be challenging at times, today's recoveries were easier to find and included crosses, domes, & towers!