Hiking just outside Los Angeles in July, and things didn’t quite go as planned!  Check out the story of losing the trail and commentary on helping a hiker in distress the previous week – what I learned and how I was overdo for a little humility.

Also, here’s a video of a hike from last winter along the same lines: this was one of the deadliest winters for hikers in the Mt Baldy area.  Stay safe and be prepared, but please do enjoy the beauty and the challenges of the wild, even if that wild is only a couple miles from town