The weather was great. Obviously cold and windy at the barren top, but we came prepared so all good.

More grueling than we anticipated. I've never had to carry my dog before but by the end we ended up having to.

Mountain was super busy, Veterans day event had 800 people on the trail on top of holiday weekend trail traffic. The summit was awash with people, so we didn't hang out or take in a  view, we took a couple pictures and got the hell out of there. I think we would have enjoyed it more if the trail hadn't been so packed with people, but who knows, maybe not.

We did a loop up devils backbone and then down baldy bowl, so the descent was much quieter but it felt like it went on forever. I did half dome last year with some friends and for some reason Baldy felt harder.

All in all it wasn't a great day, but we survived.