Introduce Yourself: Jose

[JOSE B]

Hello hikers, my name is Jose, originally from San Salvador, El Salvador but living in L.A. for the last 36 years. Last year I did Half Dome and some overnight hikes on the Sequoias but nothing really serious; this year I wanted to do Mount Whitney, but was not sure I could do it due to lack of preparation, and because at age 55 my knees are not in their best condition.
I found your website about 3 months back and reading about the six Pack of Picks got me motivated to give it a try and see if I am really capable of doing Whitney. So far I did Mount Wilson 3 times , and Cucamonga 2 times; next I will try Baldy on 05/21.
I hope to see you all on the trails

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[Jeff Hester]

Welcome to SoCalHiker, Jose! Sounds like you’ve been doing some great hikes and well on your way to preparing for Whitney.

My knees complain to me sometimes after a long hike, too. 😉

[JOSE B]

Thank you Jeff for creating this site to show us all the beautiful great places to hike close to L.A. it has encouraged me to get back in shape

[Sam H]

Mount Baldy from the village is good conditioning for Mount Whitney. If you can do Mount Baldy from the village then you can do Mount Whitney. I never made it to the top of Mount Whitney because I was running out of daylight and I did not have a flashlight.

[JOSE B]

Well Sam let me tell you; July and August 2016 kept me busy hiking a few mountains.
I did Gorgonio first week of July and then I went on a one day hike to Mount Wihtney on July 13th; I did ok on Wihtney and summited but wanted to do it again so I went back for an overnight hike in August; second time got sick and did not summit; I plan on going back to Wihtney on October 11th for another overnight hike; I have also repeated going to Baldy and Gorgonio; Things have changed on September because I got the flu so I stopped hiking; I am hoping on getting better to start training again for my next Wihtney hike on October

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