About us
Meet other people interested in backpacking, hiking, camping and skiing. Our signature hike is the Wednesday night hike up to Echo Mountain for a fun HAPPY HOUR potluck. Everyone is welcome, so come and help us make this the greatest group on meetup.
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🚴🌊⛱️ Join Us - Beach Bike Ride from Long Beach to Newport and Stop for Lunch
Fish Market Restaurant, 6550 E Marina Drive, Long Beach, CA, USJoin us for a scenic bike ride on the beach bike path and road from Long Beach to the Newport Beach peninsula.
E-bikes are welcome too!ROUTE MAP:
https://goo.gl/maps/angyo4MT4YWhrHNB9***
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bike riders who are comfortable and experienced riding their bikes on bike paths and roads who can keep up with our group riding at least 12 miles per hour are welcome to join us. You are required to wear a bike helmet to ride with our group.
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MEETING PLACE AND TIME:
Arrive at the parking lot (free parking) at 8:30 AM to get ready.
Meet for introductions and a mandatory safety talk at 8:45 AM.
WE WILL DEPART PROMPTLY AT 9:00 AM.***
CONTACT:
Patrick' cell phone number is in the RSVP question (which you can see by clicking on the blue box under "You're Going")
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PLEASE FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES:
RSVP: If you can't come please change your RSVP to "No" so we are not waiting for you.
BICYCLE: Make sure your bicycle is in good working condition with the tires properly inflated and the chain lubricated prior to the ride.
RULES OF THE ROAD: Safety is always our first concern. Use standard hand signals and obey all traffic stops and signals.
SPARE TIRE TUBES: You need to know how to change your own bicycle tire tubes if you get a flat tire. Please bring 2 spare tire tubes, levers, a small bicycle pump or CO2 cartridges to fill your tires with air once you change the bicycle tire tube. If you don't have spare tire tubes you might have to call a taxi to take you and your bicycle back to your car!
MONEY: Please bring money for your lunch and taxi if necessary.
BIKE LOCK: Don't leave your bicycle unlocked at any time. Please bring your own bicycle lock.
HELMET: Please be advised that you are required to wear a helmet to ride with our group.
WATER and FOOD: Please bring water to drink so you don't get dehydrated and food to eat, such as a protein bar, in case you get hungry.
WAIVER OF LIABILITY:
Please read this important disclaimer: This Meetup group, it's organizers and members take no responsibility for any injuries nor accidents that may occur during events. By joining this ride you take full responsibility for your own safety. Please ensure that you are in good health before participating and understand that there is risk involved in your participation. This Meetup group does not certify the qualifications of any of it's organizers or trip leaders, and they are not responsible for your safety. We are all just participants.
This event is crossposted in many Meetup groups.
IMPORTANT: Please join Southern California Cycling Group at http://meetup.com/cyclegroup to be notified of future bike rides!
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Tuesday Griffith Park Night Hike - 3 Mile Junction Hike
Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round Lot 2, 34.13388889,-118.28500000, Los Angeles, ca, USJoin us for this midweek get-away. I've done this hike a several times and it's a nice alternative to Beaudry. This MODERATELY-PACED hike will take about 2.5 to 3 hours and is 4 to 5 miles. We walk up a fire road.
Bring WATER, hiking shoes, hiking poles and an extra layer. Bring a head lamp. Arrive 10 to 15 earlier, we leave exactly on time. If you cannot make it, please update your RSVP.
How to get there:
Take the Los Feliz/Crystal Springs entrance to the park just off the I-5 freeway. Go North on Crystal Springs into the park. At the second stop sign you'll come to a four way intersection. The ranger station should be on your right. Make a left at that intersection, go up the road a little bit, and you'll be forced to turn right into merry-go-round lot #1. Just drive through lot #1 and down the road a little ways and you'll be in lot #2. We meet at the far end of parking lot 2. (That's the other end of where you drove in.)Please be aware that Assistant Organizers, Event Hosts, and support hikers are volunteers and organize hikes without compensation and assume absolutely no responsibility for you or your guests. By signing up for a hike, or any other event organized by this group, you are acknowledging that you are aware and have made your guests aware of the risks, dangers, and hazards associated with any outdoor activity, and you accept, and fully assume all such risks, dangers, and hazards, and further agree to release, and discharge the Organizer, Assistant Organizers, and Event Hosts of Los Angeles Hiking & Fitness Meetup Group from, and against any, and all liability arising from your and your guest's participation in the group activities. Please see the Meetup terms of service agreement https://www.meetup.com/terms/
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Tuesday beginner's suburban hike in Hermosa Beach.
Hermosa Beach, CA, USBeginner's suburban hike in Hermosa Beach. 4.2 miles in 1.5 hours on easy paths, 200-foot elevation gain. (If you are not up to doing this, we can accommodate) Every Tuesday night at 7:00 pm. The group size varies from as few as 6 to as many as 20. We meet in the Hermosa Valley School's parking lot.
More information (and directions to meeting location) HERE
No need to RSVP, just show up. The group size is not limited.
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Past events
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