11/17/2014 Topic: Whale Peak via the Pictograph Trail pacatc	I recently took a group of hikers ( 12 ) up to Whale Peak via the Pictograph Trail and Smugglers Canyon. We had a great time on the hike. It started off a little warm but once we hit the shade in the canyon that helped quite a bit. There is not much of a trail to follow until you get to the top of the canyon and connect up into the northern route up to the peak. Here is my write up on the hike on my web site. http://www.ihikesandiego.com/whale-peak-via-pictograph-trail/ Looking down the dry fall at the mouth of Smugglers Canyon.
11/17/2014 Topic: Whale Peak via the Pictograph Trail pacatc	Thanks Jim
11/18/2014 Topic: Whale Peak via the Pictograph Trail pacatc	Thanks everyone. I'm a personal trainer at a club in Carmel Valley, and I started a hiking club there about 1 1/2 years ago. The group usually averages 6-8 people for some of the hikes, the largest group I had was 20 people when I took them to Eagle Rock. http://www.ihikesandiego.com/eagle-rock-hike/ I usually take the group out once a month to hikes somewhere in San Diego County, sometimes we head up to San Jacinto, or Mt Baldy. I've been waiting for the temperature to come back down to a comfortable number before I took the group out on another hike in Anza Borrego. The last hike I took a group on out here was the Mortero Palms to Goat Canyon Trestle Bridge hike. http://www.ihikesandiego.com/mortero-palms-goat-canyon/ . I'm always looking for ideas for upcoming hikes for my group, If anyone has any favorite hikes out in this area please let me know.
11/28/2014 Topic: Rockhouse Canyon / Buck Ridge / Jackass Flat 4 Day pacatc	Great pics ! I've been wanting to go out and do some milky way night shots as well. It looks like that was a great trip
1/27/2015 Topic: The Domelands: Wind Caves and Slot Canyon pacatc	I took advantage of the fantastic weather we had this last weekend to take my hiking group out for a hike in the Domelands. The Slot Canyon and the Wind Caves. The Wind Caves Coming up out of the wash Here is the Video I made for it: http://vimeo.com/117881839 And the write up of the hike as well. http://www.ihikesandiego.com/anza-borrego-domelands-windcaves-slot-canyon/
1/28/2015 Topic: The Domelands: Wind Caves and Slot Canyon pacatc	Thanks. Those are not from the GoPro though. I just use my normal camera Canon G15 ( until I can get something nicer) and use overlapping portrait shots, take them into Photoshop to stich them together and then play around with lighting and color in lightroom. I find I get much more information this way then using the pano on my phone. Sometimes I'll make several panos and them stich them all together vertically to get a much bigger image then I could do otherwise.
1/29/2015 Topic: The Domelands: Wind Caves and Slot Canyon pacatc	Thanks for the heads up, I took a look at that Autopano software, it looks pretty cool, and a lot easier then taking it through Photoshop. I'll have to give that a try.

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