San Gorgonio, April 2007
So this trip was pretty cool. This was probably the hardest bit of hiking I’ve done to date, and I would have been way more proud of the fact if people weren’t doing it as a dayhike and kicking our asses both up *and* down the mountain. Well, my ass. Joe could have done it.
Anyway! We did an overnight backpack on April 28-29, 2007 of Mt San Gorgonio, the tallest mountain in Southern California, with the summit at 11,502′. The trip was a one nighter. The first day was just short of 6 miles, and about 3k’ of gain. The next day was 11-12 miles, with 2k’ gain, and all 5.4k’ of loss. Ouch. This is hike #54 in San Bernardino Mountain Trails, the current edition by David Money Harris (I kid you not. real name. hotshot engineering faculty at Harvey Mudd, too).
I always see a gnarly face in there
Anyway!
