When we reach Baldy South there is a group of 10 or more people up there, with the youngest I saw maybe being 50(?). I am pretty much mentally put in my place, and I sincerely hope I am still doing stuff like this when I am their age.

When I come puffing up the ridge to the peak like Thomas the Tank Engine I look at them all and say “well crap, why didn’t anyone tell me there was a shuttle bus up here?!?!”

They all laugh and we carry on… down a massive scree slope to the connecting ridge to Baldy West.
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I figure that if you are still dead tired a full day after doing a hike, you know it was pushing you to the limits and beyond.

My friend Jon gets back in town a little while ago and asks who would like to go for a “hike”. I have some vacation time I can use, so I take the day off on Wednesday and go for a casual stroll up Mt. Baldy with Jon, Sean, and Bono.
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