Most of us work during the weekend! This is a group for those of you whom love the outdoors and love to hike and camp but only have the weekends to do so. Well, although some day hikes will be posted most will consist of overnight to multi day trips ranging from the northern sierras to Joshua tree through all four seasons. Majority will be posted in the San Gabriel’s and San Gorgonio/San Jacinto mountains but there will be scattered adventures elsewhere. Packing in your food and gear is a requir …

With over 1,400 members, the Calabasas Day Hikers Meetup group is one of the fastest growing, most interesting hiking groups in Southern California. We are passionate about hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains, hiking in the San Gabriels, and hiking in other areas, too! Our hikes range from beautiful, simple nature hikes just right for beginners to "down and dirty" cross-country treks and scrambles, and just about every kind of hike in between. We enjoy hiking with our dogs, and hiking with a …

We'll meet every Wednesday evening around 6 p.m. and walk in Woodland Hills near Pierce College for approximately 90 minutes. In the winter months, we'll walk in and around the neighborhoods near Pierce and around the campus. There will be some steep hills and it will be a pretty good workout. In the summer months we will walk on the Pierce College cross country course which is quite beautiful and hilly and we'll start a little later to avoid the higher temperatures. Park near Oxnard St and Winn …

I shall not update this! (Beyond this update). Many magical secrets lay before you should you choose to go on an adventure with us. Traveler, Beware! For this group may not be what it appears! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Our original manifesto: Hello there.. I know it's cold out but I want to start getting together a group of people that are interested in hiking (with a twist). When I visited my friend in Amsterdam we went on shrooming hikes. I really enjo …

I am starting this group for people who want to get out and backpack.  We will be doing some over night trips, weekend trips and a few long distance multi-day through trips.   I encourage people of all levels to join.  We will be planning trips for the newbie and those who have not been backpacking in a long time. If you are just getting started most of the equipment can be rented so don't be afraid that is will be a costly investment. Feel free to drop me an email if you have any questions. Ji …

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SoCal Climbing is a group of friends who get together throughout Southern California to go climbing.  Join us! Like SoCal Climbing on Facebook Join our Facebook group! EVENT HOSTS WANTED Do you have a favorite crag or gym at which you'd like to invite other climbers to join you?  Send me an email and let's chat. Learn more about SoCal Climbing and how to gety started in climbing at our About page. BEGINNERS - HOW TO GET STARTED IN CLIMBING 1) Find a $30-$45 Introduction To Climbing class with Be …

Open to backpackers and soon-to-be backpackers of all ability levels, LABC is where L.A. area backpackers can come together for weekend backpacking trips in the surrounding wilderness areas and longer excursions outside Los Angeles. This is not backpack traveling. Our focus is on the outdoors. We're all about backcountry adventure! *These are NOT guided trips (you have to pay BIG BUCKS for those)! *There are no "leaders". We're just people who love to backpack and don't mind sharing with other …

Are you interested in trying food from other countries? Do you want to check out the oldest and best restaurants in LA and Orange County? While doing so you'll have the chance to walk off all those calories (or at least some of them). Join this diverse group of foodie hikers (Foodikers) as we explore Southern California and many other great places on day, overnight, and long distance trips!

Hi! I'm Alan Halcon, former field Editor and Writer for Wilderness Way magazine (Now Defunct), owner of outdoorselfreliance.com and part owner of Dirttime.com. For many years, I've traveled the country teaching and training others in Outdoor Self-Reliance and Wilderness Survival skills. I've trained everyone from civilian, to scouts, to military personnel the skills they need to help keep them alive. Currently, I hold the world record at starting a fire by rubbing sticks together, so making fire …

You are adventurous? Great!! Welcome to "Los Angeles Snowboarders and Outdoors Adventures" and many other adventures meetup group. We started out as a snowboarding group but have now ventured into outdoor adventures and more! We love winter sports and enjoy summer adventures as well. When there is snow, we hit up the slopes. In warmer months, we keep up the fun through hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing and other outdoor adventures. If you don't snowboard or ski, want to learn or enjoy outdo …

Hey! This group is for Asian men and women in their 30s to mid 40s to make new Asian friends at dinner parties, dining events, gourmet dining out, potlucks, bowling, picnic, hiking, short hiking, movies, concerts, board games, networking professional events, photography, kayaking, dancing, salsa, happy hours, fitness, sports, tennis, cooking, camping, coffee socials, women's socials, food (yea, we like eating), wine tasting and other activities like movies. Whether you are new to the US or Asia …

This is a group that will walk at a slow pace, about 20-minute miles. It's meant to be social, so we'll hopefully talk while we're walking. We'll mostly walk around the Brentwood Country Club, although eventually we may branch out to other routes. The walks will be during the day, not the evening. I would love for you to join us!

Welcome to the Desi Addict's meetup group. This group is for all Desi's spread over LA, Orange and Riverside county. This group is for those who are looking for an escape from the daily routine to meet interesting people for chat and interesting activities. The group is for socializing, sharing ideas and performing fun activities. Members will be encouraged to come up with their ideas. We will be organizing get together for dinners, movies, parties and networking. The group is all about new frie …

There are quite a few 'peak lists' in California and we like to climb them. Some are easy and good trails lead to the top.  Others are long, difficult cross-country routes and may require some roped sections. Please evaluate the proposed hike/climb to be within your capabilities.  As many/most of these hikes will be new to all attending, everyone should have studied the route, copied topo maps, have your GPS loaded with waypoints, and be prepared to 'help' with route finding on the difficult one …

Hi Guys! When I first came to the L.A area I found it really difficult to find people with similar backgrounds to hang out and have fun. By similar backgrounds I specifically meant people from mainland China speaking Mandarin. Now I have lived here for almost five years and made lots of friends. But I kept seeing people just came here having a hard time adjusting themselves to the culture and life styles here. So I started to think maybe I should do something to help everyone getting used to thi …

We need event hosts!  Contact me if you'd like to host an event. :) This group is for fun loving people in Los Angeles to get together & have a good time. We'll do happy hours, go to LA's many great restaurants, museums, galleries, & performances. How about a day sailing or scuba diving? Beach bonfire, BBQs, a pool tournament, Salsa Night,or Lakers Game? I'd love to get a group together to do some volunteering, or take a group cooking class, or go up to Napa for a weekend. Members are encouraged …

Welcome to Singles Latin American Lovers Simply put, this group is for people who want to make friends and travel to different parts of Latin America. The group tries to Meetup locally in the Los Angeles area to bring people together to talk about places in Latin America. We see movies and pictures from others who have been there so we can dream together and plan trips. As much as we are looking to find other adventurous people to travel with, we look for typical restaurants in our community so …

Do you consider yourself to be kind and thoughtful? To be accepting of others? To be fun and engaging? Do you feel like you relate with so many, yet have met so many who rashly assume they probably won't relate with you? Do you feel like people seem to genuinely like who you are, yet even so, somehow don't quite know what to do with you in "their world?" Perhaps you almost feel like you're expected to focus on aligning your being with some kind of niche community or sub-culture, based on some di …

Angry Birds... Angry Whoppers... and now, a Meetup for Angry Backpackers who "pledge to create real, face-to-face community" with only two requirements: (1) a backpack, and (2) stuff real people feel and want to take into the back country with real people.  MARCH 2013: Suggested reading: the chapter on "Anger" in the classic book by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis.  Have a beautiful day !

Welcome to the OC Good Life! We are glad you found us! OC Good Life is the fifth largest Meetup group in the entire country, so you have come to the right place! You only live once! Our group of fun, friendly people, whether single, married, attached, kids, pets, or not, will welcome you. We're lucky to live in Orange County where we can (and will) enjoy local social activities like: Dining Wine Tasting Dancing Volleyball Hiking Museums Art Exhibits Live Music Cultural Festivals Karaoke …

We are the largest dining/foodie group with special emphasis on all the Asian cuisines with over 1,900+ members. Meet other local foodies at our many dining events who wish to share sushi & Asian cuisines and explore new Asian restaurants around town. You don't need to be Asian to join, but you do need to love dining on Asian food! We will explore both high end gourmet as well as highly recommended local dives in search of a great place to eat and meet others who share our love of Asian food. To …

Progressive Friends is a political and social club for liberals in the Los Angeles area. Whether you're a Democrat, Green, left-leaning Independent, Progressively Unaffiliated, or unabashedly Socialist, this group's for you! Feel like you can't talk to your family, close friends or co-workers about politics at all? You can with us! Always have to hide your leftist views from loved ones? Not here! We let our Lib flag fly high and have fun too! Let's share our ideas for making our country a better …

ESCAPE..... from the house, your job, neighborhood, city, state, or country! This group will get you going! I'm looking for open-minded, adventurous travel buddies. Although primarily a social group for people interested in travel, be it locally to a new venue, or distant foreign lands, meeting like minded individuals for friendship, relationships, business contacts or employment will also be topics for discussion. Our "meetup" venue's can be a private home, wine bar, picnic in a park, local hik …

Outdoor Afro is a social community that reconnects African-Americans with natural spaces and one another through recreational activities such as camping, hiking, biking, birding, fishing, gardening, skiing — and more! Outdoor Afro disrupts the false perception that black people do not have a relationship with nature. We remember our history in nature, leverage social media, and support relevant local leadership to create interest communities, events, and partnerships that support diverse partici …

This group is for people who were born in America (or feel they have been here long enough to feel comfortable, integrated and invested in the future of their surrounding community), have family roots in a Middle Eastern country, have a Graduate degree and are interested in meeting others with a similar ethnic and academic background. This is not a singles group. You are welcome to join if you are married, engaged or single and we encourage it. You must be of Middle Eastern descent and have a Ma …