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Trans Catalina Trail - Departure Day
What an amazing week! My Trans Catalina Trail thru-hike was done. I hike more than 50 miles & found 18 survey marks! A success all around!
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Dale Hill
- Jan 26
- 10 min
TCT Day 5: Parsons Landing to Two Harbors
Trans Catalina Trail Day 5. From a steep climb up Fence Line Road to bison walking through my camp right outside my tent, what a day!
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Dale Hill
- Jan 25
- 10 min
TCT Day 4: Two Harbors to Parsons Landing
Trans Catalina Trail Day 4. Today is like an active rest day; I am hiking West End Road, the coastal road, to Parsons Landing.
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Dale Hill
- Jan 24
- 7 min
TCT Day 3: Little Harbor to Two Harbors
Trans Catalina Trail Day 3. Today I am midway through my hike and have a few survey marks to look for as I head toward Two Harbors.
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Dale Hill
- Jan 23
- 4 min
TCT Day 2: Black Jack to Little Harbor
Trans Catalina Day 2. After much climbing yesterday, today promises to be mostly downhill after lunch at the Catalina Airport in the Sky.
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Dale Hill
- Jan 21
- 14 min
Trans Catalina Trail - Arrival Day
I arrived in Avalon today for a week of hiking the Trans Catalina Trail; follow me daily on my thru-hike on beautiful Santa Catalina Island.
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Dale Hill
- Aug 25, 2022
- 33 min
Mt. Whitney First-timer
My first summit of Mt. Whitney, the tallest peak in the Continental U.S., couldn't have gone any better! The 3-Day trip was Awesome!
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Dale Hill
- Aug 7, 2022
- 13 min
Yosemite SMASH
I can't go anywhere without looking for Survey Marks 🤣 I found 38 survey marks on my week-long vacation to Yosemite, read on to learn more!
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Dale Hill
- Jan 29, 2022
- 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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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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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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Dale Hill
- Nov 13, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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