Digging Deep at Poopout
Gotta love LA. We're in the middle of Winter and we still managed a warm, sunny hike.
Introducing Poopout Trail in the Big Dalton Canyon area. This is actually a firebreak cut out by firefighters to quickly reach an old service road that has since been abandoned and now makes up the Mystic Canyon trail. Poopout is, quite possibly, the most difficult 0.6 miles of trail in the San Gabriels. No switchbacks, no shade, loose dirt and gravel, and an incline so steep that it requires a bit of scrambling on all fours at times. Just when you reach the top, there's what we've affectionately called Poopout 2 which effectively doubles the distance and matches the difficulty. It's truly an exercise in digging deep and really finding out what you're made of . . . especially when you're trying to run to the top! After soaking in the amazing view of Los Angeles, we rewarded ourselves with some deep leg stretches before heading back down. Accompanying me were friend and Jeet Kune Do apprentice Charles Fisher and my lovely wife Victoria (http://victoriavives.com).
