Capture California, the Game-2012
Adventure: 008-100: High Trail to Round Valley
Team: Thing One, Thing Two
Date: September 6, 2012
Location: Mount San Jacinto State Park
Description: This is the part of the 8000 meter challenge
where your mind simply starts going crazy. After the mad mad mad rush to catch
the last tram we made it to the top of tram. From that point we had to hike to
Round Valley with our camping gear, set up camp, and then hike to the top of
San Jacinto for the final mountain. I tried talking to our permit ranger about
Capture California, but she didn’t know about it.
After Seigi and I got our permit we started a hike to
Round Valley. There are two trails to get to Round Valley; the shorter Low
Trail and the longer High Trail. We were intending to go on Low Trail but as we
came to our first trail head we realized that we were on the longer one. That
extra half mile is killer on a day like that! After 2.3ish miles of endless map
reading and compass checking, we got into camp around 9:30, grabbed some soup
from the soup kitchen that the Steripen people set up, and got ready to hike
the peak.
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