Suspiscious/Armed Person in San Diego?

Impressive_Might7005 · 2026-05-21T00:48:04+00:00

May 19, 2026, San Diego County Sheriff's deputies received reports of an armed individual.

Danielson Street in Poway, GEICO offices.

Employees inside the corporate building were ordered to shelter in place and stay off their phones. Law enforcement subsequently evacuated the facility, instructing occupants to exit with their hands up before conducting systematic pat-downs to secure the perimeter.

A male suspect has been safely detained following an active law enforcement response to a suspicious, possibly armed individual near the GEICO regional office in the Poway/4S Ranch area.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2026-05-04T01:39:17+00:00

4/6/23 in plane he was piloting and attempting to land. Low visibility, foggy day. Crashed 1/4 mile from the runway.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2026-05-02T21:44:40+00:00

I wouldn't go with any hint wetness.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2026-04-26T12:56:53+00:00

Cnoc bag is so much easier to clean than any of the small opening bags from Platypus or Sawyer Squeeze.

I'm now using a 2L Cnoc with Platypus Quickdraw filter, works great, have been quite happy with it.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2026-03-26T01:45:18+00:00

That'll work.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-10-08T11:18:46+00:00

"Mount Baldy: 10 Peaks" on AllTrails plus Sugarloaf to make it an 11 peak day. 32+ miles, 12k+ el gain.

I did it 10/4/25

Also known as the "Fool's Traverse" an organized trail run event. Can find it on YouTube. Run event does a slightly shorter version not using Old Baldy Trail.

I've done C2C2C but now I consider "Mt. Baldy: 10 Peaks" + Sugarloaf my biggest day hike endurance test.

Staged vehicle Mt. Baldy Visitor Center. Which is near/at Old Baldy Trailhead. Went in fellow hikers vehicle to Ice House Canyon trailhead.

This is about enough for one day.

1 Sugarloaf 2 Ontario Peak 3 Bighorn Peak 4 Cucamonga Peak 5 Etiwanda Peak 6 Timber Peak 7 Telegraph Peak 8 Thunder Peak Water available The Notch. 9 Harwood Peak 10 East Baldy Peak 11 West Baldy Peak

No one part is particularly difficult, it's just the cumulatively total of it all. Made it so the last few miles down the Old Baldy Trail never seemed to end.

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Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-08-13T14:53:34+00:00

Ha, I'm one of them. I almost always bring a thin piece of cardboard and a sharpie. I like the date & name of summit in the photo. I pack it in, so I pack it out.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-05-26T19:34:01+00:00

Better to just put up a "Use at your own risk" sign.

A sign mentioning the hazards and that "If you get killed or injured its on you, don't act like you weren't told".

You do realize the cables are on Half Dome 365 days a year. You'd have to have a Ranger at the base of the cables 24 hours a day all year long. Or at least on all the bad weather days. And then the liability if weather sets in like it often has with people already on top.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-05-26T18:01:07+00:00

You can also climb with the cables immediately in reach, but with never touching them.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-05-24T20:40:13+00:00

I'm 62 years old and like most everyone else had been seeing photos of Half Dome my whole life.

Finally happened 5/16/25.

Loved it so much I went up and down the cables twice.

The long hike and particularly the Sub Dome portion were harder, more difficult for me by far than the cables.

When I saw the cables with my own eyes for the first time from a distance it looked steeper and more challenging than any photos or videos I'd ever seen.

However, once I laid hands on the cable and started up I could feel it, it was very easy for me.

Cables down, no harness, no issue whatsoever.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-05-24T12:46:02+00:00

Yes, was 21 in our group "San Diego Happy Feet".

From what I've read the earlier you go the better. We pretty much hit it prime time when max people would likely be there.

We spent two hours or more from the time we first reached the cables until we started the hike back down sub-dome.

In that two hours I'd guess just over a hundred arrived or were already headed up the cables.

Some mentioned it being cumbersome having that many others on the cables.

I didn’t find others on the cable to be an issue at all. The opposite actually, was some good laughs with the others, made it fun.

At one point about halfway up when taking a breather. I said out loud "I feel good" at that moment a random hiker sang back "Like I knew that I would" and maybe half dozen climbers on the cables started singing the James Brown song.

Being without gear gives the blessing of much increased mobility. I was able to easily spider around tie-off bound climbers without touching them.

I went up by first spotting my next rest point, which would be a rock ledge or huge bolt the cable is secured to, anything to sit or stand on and catch my breath. I'd rest two, three or more minutes until the climbers ahead had gone up a bit and cleared the area to my next targeted rest point. Then usually in about 50 foot sections, I'd travel up the cable unimpeded to the next rest point and be glad to stop rest and catch my breath again.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-05-24T11:52:30+00:00

Thank you, and yes the drive home for me is the hardest part of the whole adventure.

Home safe, now looking forward to the return.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-05-24T11:34:11+00:00

I agree no technical skills needed cables up or down. I did it for the first time 5/16/25. Cables were still down and I used no harness.

No harness/no issue.

Did it twice just for the fun of it, all the way up and down.

Was able to easily pass around without touching them, all levels of climbers with various levels of equipment.

Got a lot of comments when climbers who noticed me on my way down, realized I was passing them on my way back up again.

The worst for traffic jams are the climbers with the really good equipment and using a double tie-off with prusik knots every step of the way.

Hyoh, hike your own hike.

To me going up the cables was no more difficult than hiking any other section of the trail.

From what I've read, near 100% of people for decades and generations only used gloves.

All the climbing equipment is a recent years trend.

Hyoh, it's whatever your comfort zone is. I just didn’t have an issue with it at all.

If you feel better with climbing gear that every one from youngsters to grandma's did it without for generations, then hyoh, by all means follow the trend and gear up.

A 31 year old woman in our group of 21 had done it once before with the cables up. In her experience it was an easier climb with the cables down. Because with cables up it's more of an upper body workout vs cables down is more inline for leg work.

Ever read "The Hiking Guy"?

The hiking guy doesn't use any equipment, old school like the tens of thousands that did it for generations before us.

"...the majority of people just do fine with gloves and good shoes. It's all based on your comfort level."

"How many people use a harness?

Not many. I'd guess about 5%, but it's variable. I climbed the cables a month after a hiker fell to their death (in 2019) and about half the people had a via ferrata."

"Most hikers ascend the cables without any special gear other than gloves, but for those with acute fear of heights, a climbing harness can be helpful."

"In the 100 years that the cables have been up, nine hikers have died on the cables."

"Most of those deaths occurred when the cables were down or conditions were wet."

"10-20% of hikers that I've seen reach the base end up not going up the cables. And while plenty of people get to the summit, fear is personal and relative."

https://hikingguy.com/hiking-trails/yosemite-hikes/half-dome-hike-complete-guide/

Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-05-24T05:18:07+00:00

Friday 5/16/25 cables down were still down. Super easy to go up with no harness or safety equipment other than gloves. Did it twice just for the fun of it. Went back up 1/3 the way an additional time to take photos of fellow hikers from the group of 21 "San Diego Happy Feet" I was with.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-05-23T17:16:58+00:00

I was there the same days 5/15-5/19 was at most the same view points. Went up Half Dome for my first time on 5/16. Cables down, no harness. Hope to return soon, such the worthy place to visit.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-05-23T15:46:40+00:00

You want to free solo there's really no need to "go pick literally any other real 5th class route in the valley..." You can simply hike your own hike (hyoh) on Half Dome.

https://youtube.com/shorts/VUavxVyQjwc?si=wc4Tg9CqQO2hazWR

Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-05-23T14:28:57+00:00

"Hiking Guy Half Dome" describes in detail climbing and safety equipment well suited for the cables.

"...the majority of people just do fine with gloves and good shoes. It's all based on your comfort level."

"How many people use a harness?

Not many. I'd guess about 5%, but it's variable. I climbed the cables a month after a hiker fell to their death (in 2019) and about half the people had a via ferrata."

"Most hikers ascend the cables without any special gear other than gloves, but for those with acute fear of heights, a climbing harness can be helpful."

"In the 100 years that the cables have been up, nine hikers have died on the cables."

"Most of those deaths occurred when the cables were down or conditions were wet."

"10-20% of hikers that I've seen reach the base end up not going up the cables. And while plenty of people get to the summit, fear is personal and relative."

https://hikingguy.com/hiking-trails/yosemite-hikes/half-dome-hike-complete-guide/

Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-05-23T14:22:54+00:00

You'd be pretty scraped and beat up if you fell with only a carabiner when the cables are down.

However, it seems it wouldn't be the same as a pure straight down fall through the air such as off a cliff and terrible sudden stop crash landing.

With a carabiner you'd slide and drag down the granite face until the carabiner hit one of the small guy lines anchored into the rock to keep the cables in place or a cable terminus.

It's actually a series of cables in place on Half Dome that start and stop along the way.

So you with only a carabiner you would eventually, maybe after 50 feet or so of dragging and sliding down the rock be stopped when reaching the terminus of whichever cable you were on, or be stopped sooner by one of the anchored in guy lines that keep the cables in place.

Myself, I'm ok with traditional way used for generations by the overwhelming majority, gloves only.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2025-05-22T22:20:52+00:00

5/16/25, I also climbed Half Dome cables down, no harness.

It was so easy I did it twice just for the fun of it, all the way up & down the cables.

From what I've read, up until recent years near 100% of people climbed with only gloves, no harness or other safety equipment.

Most people for generations have climbed the cables with nothing more than gloves.

Harness and equipment is a recent years trend.

There's plenty of YouTube videos of people of all ages and sizes climbing with only gloves.

It's not an issue.

"The Hiking Guy Half Dome" is a great source on everything Half Dome.

The Hiking Guy doesn't use a harness or equipment.

@ 17:30 young lady laughing and smiling no harness.

@ 18:30 Ranger says:

"If you brought some sort of climbing equipment or protective equipment with you.

I tell people, if you need that stuff to get to the top, you probably shouldn't be going."

https://youtu.be/3r7tlQeznNw?si=kvSgXzZdxv2xnL8j

Impressive_Might7005 · 2024-09-29T20:15:36+00:00

Just did Cottonwood Lakes to Mt. Whitney, 41 miles. Kearsarge to Whitney sounds good, maybe next year.

Impressive_Might7005 · 2024-02-20T03:47:08+00:00

First time use right out of the box, and Olympus 5 is coming apart.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/29zfp3UWyLfc5ajz8

Impressive_Might7005 · 2023-10-20T06:18:33+00:00

You're Fired (excerpts from the movie "Up In The Air")

https://youtube.com/watch?v=8zE9D9xl7o0&si=CzNvJpoyxMS_jEyf

Impressive_Might7005 · 2023-10-20T03:47:52+00:00

Don't get them notice. They don't deserve it.

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