Day 11-even when everything doesn't work out

Today was the most challenging day by far. Not because or my feet or my body hurting, just a few gear setbacks that took lots of time to fix. But even with a short day and walking until dark, I was rewarded with the most amazing view I have ever seen. After I made it over the very overrated fuller ridge, I came out to a view looking over the dessert and distant mountains that was literally breathtaking. It made the whole day worth it. I tried and tried to get a picture that would show how awesome it was but when your walking on a ridge with a 360 degree view of amazing mountains in the sunset, it is hard to capture.

Today I ended up walking about 25 miles and probably only 15 trail miles. I ended up having to walk the 4.5 miles and 4000 vertical feet from idyllwild to the trail. Then I started along and a pin broke in my backpack costing me quite some time. Finally, once I got to around 9000 feet and saw how nice it was, something in me really wanted to climb San jacinto peak and get to an elevation over 10000 feet. I don't regret it, it was nice. The only problem was I left my camera in my backpack at the bottom. So I didn't get any pictures. At the top I met a guy who lives in Portland and he was just climbing the peak for the day with what looked like his wife and some of her friends. Other than that a pretty basic day with amazing views at every point. I walked until late, but when I got in I made some delicious spaghetti on my esbit stove. There is a girl I met named crystal that I ended up camping near to only because it's getting so dark. That's about it. Remember the picture does not do it justice. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen.