[Bucket List] Hiked Mt. Baldy!

The day started at 5:30am, mind you I haven't woken up that early in so long, and I was getting ready half asleep and ventured my way to Jordan's house. The address he gave me took me to the winery and I was all, "uh wrong." I eventually found myself at his place and we took off! We began our hike around 6:30 and it ended around 1:30ish.. so about a good 6 hours. My body was tired and extremely sore... but it was totally worth it :) Here's a few photos from yesterdays adventure:

It was truly an amazing experience, the different terrains and the fear of falling at any given moment was terrifying but so much fun. My favorite part was the rocky terrain, #3, it was JUST rocks and you really had to pick and chose which one to hop on! We even lost the trail for about 2 seconds coming back down cause it just looked all the same haha. We also went off trail a little bit going up to look at a bouldering problem, I lost balance and caught myself with my left arm causing it to pull a little weird... it was really painful and it hurts a little even till now :/ but it's okay IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.

It was beautiful!! 

At the top!!! I never would of imagined that I'd be sitting at the top of a mountain looking down at the world. The photo above does not give the real view any justice. Jordan was right, "That's why you have to experience it yourself"

The hike back down was a lot shorter (obviously) but my legs felt like they were about to give out. They were shaking and my shins started to feel really weird, but I kept going cause I knew at the end of it I'd be finished! After an hour and a half of trucking back down and trying our best not to fall over we reached the end of trail! Jordan is pretty athletic so it didn't seem like it tired him out at all, but I...  I looked like I could use a nap or two - ha!

Snake!

Oh and there was a 3ft rattlesnake...yep. We waited for the little guy to crawl into the bushes and when we saw his head pointing down the hill we all decided to go one by one and cross our fingers hoping that he wouldn't launch at us. I ran for my life and kinda jumped into Jordan's arms like a little chicken sh*t... But whatever, I did it... so ha!

I did it!!!!

Would I do it again? Of course, but next time I'll be better prepared. Next time I know to bring more stuff, like you know... food and water LOL. I survived the entire trip on a cliff bar, another granola bar AND one water bottle. Definitely survived, but lesson learned! I can't wait for more adventures like this one...!

Special thank you to Jordan Jarnagin for taking me here and essentially making sure that I didn't fall off the face of the earth!

Cheer to dangerous but fun adventures!