My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place – police, firefighters, and members of our armed forces.
~Sydney Sheldon
MOUNT BALDY
Friday Photo – August 25, 2017
Sun is shinin’ in the sky, there ain’t a cloud in sight, it’s stopped raining, everybody’s in a play, and don’t you know it’s a beautiful new day.
~Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky
Mount Baldy and The Climb For Heroes 2017
For being so close to suburbia, this hike has a ‘far away land’ feel to it, and I’ll go so far as to say that, at times, it feels like being in a National Park.
Mount San Antonio, aka Mount Baldy, is known for many things, one of them being the highest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains. With an elevation of 10,064 feet, and elevation gain of about 3,900 feet in an 11-mile out and back hike, this mountain makes for no easy summit. Given these facts, it’s easy to see why Mount Baldy is number three on the Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge list. The ‘challenge’ is an annual opportunity to summit six of the highest and most prominent peaks in Southern California. Jeff Hester, who runs the website, SoCalHiker, hosts this challenge each year. SoCalHiker is also a major contributor in the annual Mount Baldy Climb For Heroes event. Climb For Heroes is an event hosted by the Heroes Project, a charity that raises money for our US military veterans. Continue reading
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