Once again I went up Baldy on Friday night, via Devil's Backbone both ways, followed by a good dinner at the Notch. I was with a group of people that had never been to the summit and somehow ended up leading the way (I seldom do that). I tried to keep the pace slow enough so everyone could keep up, with plenty of breathing breaks (photo opportunities). Hit the backbone at 6:40pm, we still made the summit in just over an hour from there. Was nice since there was wine, cheese, crackers, salami and beer at the top. After a couple beers and the sun going down it was time to head back, and the half moon put out plenty of light to see the trail. I like walking in that subdued light, just a little closer to nature...
Rode down on the lift in some very pleasant weather so it was a pretty good end to my week with auditors at work.
A few pics:
Bony.
High desert view.
Baldy shadow with San G in the background.
Sunset.
Shin sighting for those of you who know him, summit number 283.
A couple of these at 10K are interesting. But free beer = good.
Half moon to light the way down. Grainy due to automatic setting on iPhone.
"Argue for your limitations and sure enough they're yours".
Donald Shimoda
