Hiking Skyline May, 2008?

[Cy Kaicener]

John and Terry - We will have to keep an eye on the fire situation in the San Jacintos. Doreen who lives in Palm Springs near the Skyline trail said that her car was covered in ashes this morning and full containment could take a few more days. We can always go the following Saturday and join outdoorsclub.org

[Marknhj]

Made it up yesterday for the first time. Group of seven of us, none of whom I'd met before: Doreen and her friend Stacy, Tina, Dan, Mike and Jamie.

We got to 4300' in three hours and then the party broke up. Stacy, Tina, Dan and I pushed on and lost sight of the others. I'd never been beyond 5500' before, so didn't know what to expect. Stacy lead about 100m ahead of us. We stopped for about 10 minutes at Flat Rock then carried on to the top. The last 1.5 hours were certainly a calf/quad/butt burner to a level I'd never felt before, but Tina, Dan and I talked non-stop and played a word game to take our mind off it. They also advised, "Don't look up to see how steep it is!".

Was pleased to arrive at the top in 6 hours 55 minutes (including short stops). Thoroughly enjoyed hiking with Tina and Dan, so thanks guys for leading me into unknown territory. It was a shame that Cynthia couldn't make it as she's been showing me the mountain ropes since the picnic. But she wasn't feeling well.

Cynthia - if Tina and Dan report that in your absence I left a trail of litter all over the mountain, it's not true!

[Cy Kaicener]

Well done Mark, Doreen, Tina and the others. I could kick myself for not going.
I will join the big group from the outdoorsclub next Saturday.

[drndr]

Mark, once again congratulations for doing Skyline. Always a great accomplishment! Hope you're feeling fine today. We'll have to get a trip report from Tina because I'm pretty sure she turned around and did it again today

[tinaballina]

Cynthia - if Tina and Dan report that in your absence I left a trail of litter all over the mountain, it's not true![/quote]

LOL, I gave him my trash to hold on to, good looking mark.

The mind games help soooooooooo much, thanks to dan for suggesting them. i tried to play them today with Adam but his mind was not working so well. I started talking to myself (which i do often on hikes) to keep sane. I also counted sheep, 6,798 of them....LOL

[tinaballina]

Cynthia - if Tina and Dan report that in your absence I left a trail of litter all over the mountain, it's not true![/quote]

LOL, I gave him my trash to hold on to, good looking mark.

The mind games help soooooooooo much, thanks to dan for suggesting them. i tried to play them today with Adam but his mind was not working so well. I started talking to myself (which i do often on hikes) to keep sane. I also counted sheep, 6,798 of them....LOL