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Special instructions Aloha!
I just flew into LA (helping some friends in need), etc.
I'm guessing we are all going to overeat this week, so I know you NEED to gte out and climb a hill.
So this 11/30 at 11:30 we will meet, and waddle to the top.
- Ki
310.THINKER
reichart@gmail.com
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Directions We meet at the Parking Lot just South of the Merry-Go-Round
(you can see the letter P in the photo)
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The Good This trail sports a fabulous view of the city. |
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Where East side of Griffith Park, just before the LA Zoo. We meet at the Merry-Go-Round parking lot. |
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Notes Located in Park Center between the Los Angeles Zoo and the Los Feliz park entrance, the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round has been a Los Angeles family attraction for over five generations.
Built in 1926 by the Spillman Engineering Company and brought to Griffith Park in 1937, the Merry-Go-Round boasts 68 horses, every one a jumper. Each horse is finely carved with jewel-encrusted bridles, detailed draped blankets, and decorated with sunflowers and lion's heads. A Stinson 165 Military Band Organ, reputed to be the largest band organ accompanying a carousel on the West Coast, plays over 1500 selections of marches and waltz music.
While the difficulty rating for this hike is listed as moderate, there are a couple of relatively short but difficult stretches: One at the beginning and one near the end. But the hike is well worth the sweat.
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