OOG wrote: Hey Sean, why don't you do a page for Bully Choop? It's one of the most prominent peaks in California so the info would be used. If decide to go for it and you need any help with the page building tools, formatting/html I could assist in that department. I also have a couple of pictures of that mountain from neighboring peaks I could attach (though none from the mountain itself since I haven't been to the top). Just a suggestion.
Ha! You read my mind. When I got back to home, south of the bay, I found that there is an SP page already started for Bully Choop by Dennis Poulin. I thought about PM'ing him to see what I might be able to do to help. Looks like the first thing the page needs is the detailed road information (I've got a map with road names, but not the precise mileage that would help prevent anyone from getting lost). Then the page could use links to area info., government agencies, and camping (the National Forest, Whiskeytown NRA, Redding, historical information, etc.) My buddy has a book with historical mining info. about the area that I could use to aid in some research and I recall coming across etymolgy information on the web. I've got some pics from the top, and Dennis posted some pics too, but a description of the many views to expect and pics of snowcapped Norcal from the spring or early summer would be much more impressive.
Truth be told though, I'm on my last day of procrastination before I dive into a thesis. Also, I've got two kids not of school age yet and a wife who works 60 hours a week. I may stay away from SP for awhile other than an occasional check-in for beta and to see if there is anything I can quickly help others with. There is a lot of talk lately about making pages easier to build and making collaboration easier. I'd like to help and I don't care a bit about the point system, but I do need to care about how much time I spend on here right now (I say this after getting lost in the forums this week for the second time this year). I've got a few relatively obscure peaks and trails I could help make pages for around where I live if they will be valued and if the process is easy, but it probably needs to wait until late 2012.
Thanks for your suggetion and especially for your work. I've been wanting to make it up to Preston Peak, but making it back to Bully Choop, if necessary, to obtain milage info. and better pics is more likely.