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I hiked the Backbone Trail here in SoCal this weekend. I bailed early yesterday as the temperature had reached 28 by 11AM yesterday and there was no shade for the remaining 13 miles. I'd already hiked 13.5 miles/3000ft and it was my birthday and I didn't want to miserable for the rest of the day - ha.
There was a 9 mile climb on the first day that I climbed in the midday sun. It really wrecked me and I never fully recovered. The ground in the Santa Monica Mountains is also much harder than I am used to and my Altra Lone Peaks just weren't providing enough cush. My feet really got destroyed. Still, 58 miles/11,000 ft of climbing in three days is decent. Gonna go back this weekend for the final 13 miles.
No campsites for the first forty miles which meant I had to sleep in a car park under some picnic benches...
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