Missing hiker found

A missing hiker heading up a hike starting through Icehouse Canyon, near Mt. Baldy Village was found dead today. He was trying to climb an "ice wall" according to the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department.

He was found in the dangerous-sounding Falling Rock Canyon (shown above), on the way to Ontario Peak, a route I am familiar with... I believe I walked by the steep river bed he was trying to climb up... I considered using it as a short cut to the top of the mountain, but of course at that point, in October, it was dry as a bone.

He did have the right equipment (crampon and ice pick) but still..... wow. I've succumbed to temptation to climb up a steep hill through thick brush without knowing where I am going, but I would steer clear of an ice wall.