El Cajon Mountain

Another great day on the trail today. I teamed up with my friends Dale Hill and Amy Huang as we attempted El Cajon Mountain. An

Never to hike again…This has been my mantra since the inception of SD challenge every time I’m hiking this trail. I didn’t plan at all

We started hiking at approximately 0540, getting an early start to beat the day’s heat. Temperatures on the ascent were bearable even after the sun

Decent trail conditions. Lots of rocks but good footholds. Slightly muddy in places. Weather was overcast and foggy for the most part, but the sun

Well this one was definitely a “one and done”. We hated it. Great training hike? Absolutely! Fun? Nope. Beautiful? Not really. This one was a

Left work a bit early to hike El Cajon (the box) Mt, but probably under estimated the time needed.  I carried all of my water,