An ’Intermediate’ Hike (October 2, 2023) | The Adventure Continues …

While initially researching hikes, I had identified a few ‘Intermediate’ 3-4 hour hikes that sounded really nice. Ryan found one that he thought looked good, one of the La Pedriza trails, and we could take a bus to the town where it starts, so we decided on that. Next time I will confirm what exactly Ryan has in mind. 8 hours of a strenuous hike was in no way what I had in mind or was expecting. I definitely didn’t bring enough water or food. I guess technically it was more like 7 hours of hiking, because the first 30 mins were just walking straight up hill through the town to get to the start of the trail. The hike was gorgeous and we were practically the only ones on the trail (when we could find the trail – see photos below of some of our ‘route’). I’m relatively adventurous, but there were parts towards the top where I felt like I should have ropes to go up and down rocks that steep. And we didn’t even make it to the top. There’s a section called ‘The Chimney’ where hikers need to almost climb up a crevasse. You need to leave your backpack at the bottom, cause it’s too narrow to do with a backpack. Ryan got part way up to a big rock in the middle and didn’t see a great way to get around it, so we decided to call it quits at that point and head back down. Ryan laughed when we stopped at the first store we saw and I gulped down a coconut water in about 1 min. Enjoy some of the pics from the day below.