With a bleak weekend wave forecast and a hunger for some adventure, this past weekend Amber and I tackled the second highest peak in Southern California, San Jacinto Peak. Located 2 hours away in the San Bernardino Mountain Range and standing at 10,834 feet, it beckoned to be climbed. The hike was a moderately strenuous 13 miles round-trip with an elevation gain of about 2,300 feet. How did we climb a 10,834 foot mountain by hiking a trail that only had an elevation gain of 2,300 feet you may ask. The answer to that question and more that after the jump!
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Monthly Archive for July, 2011
The beauty and diversity of San Diego still amazes me after all these years. Below is a picture of the valley of the Anza Borrego desert taken from the rim of the mountains located in the Cleveland National Forest. Best experienced from the seat of a motorcycle!
