May 25 - Mt Baden Powell

Start: wherever we were last night
End: little Jimmy campground
Daily: 11.1
Total: 384.1

We climbed another mountain today - Mt Baden Powell. Named after Lord Baden Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts. It was 9402 feet. It was a hell of a hard day.

I don't know why people make such a fuss about Fuller Ridge. Today was harder, mile for mile, than either climbing San Jac or doing Fuller Ridge. Which is why we only did 11 miles - last time I was in a bad mood after such a hard day.

Anyway, I feel I should take a moment to salute the dumb questions we've gotten while hiking.

First three are from a lady checking me out at the supermarket in Big Bear (she lives in town, there is no ocean for a hundred miles):

"So are y'all doing the Pacific Coast Trail?"

"So do you like to hike?"
In my head: "Nope not at all. That's why I chose to HIKE a 2650 mile trail."

"But wouldn't you rather sit at home and watch TV?"

These were all serious questions.

Then today, from a day hiker climbing Baden Powell, after he noticed our packs, asked if we were camping, and we explained to him that we were walking from Mexico to Canada:

"So did you leave your car at the (Baden Powell) trailhead?"

Response: "No, we left our car in Texas."

Anyway... We ended up making it to a campground with a bunch of other thru hikers, with a nice warm fire. We also packed in a small box of wine, which was enjoyed by all. Good night!