The Obligatory belongs to a guy I bumped into while noodling around at flickr.com (here’s his photostream.) He has a bunch of write-ups and pix from Southern California outings. A snippet:

I got nothin’ against slow hikers. Most of the time when I’m hiking with Will or his friends, I’m the slow hiker in the group. But the Icehouse Canyon trail is absolutely littered with people hauling fully-crammed overnight packs for an 8 mile round-trip. Hike light! You don’t need all that crap!

Well said.