Sunday March 26, 2006

Mountain Diablo This was my first hiking trip in California. We had been thinking going out but due to bad weather we had to always postpone our trip. The forest for 26th March weekend was clear skyies most of thime and that's when Phani, Chandan and I decided to visit Mt. Dialbo (Devils Mountain). We took our car and drove towards 880 (north) and 680 (north). These are interstate freeways. It was my first experience on interstate highway and the traffic was just zooming at 80+ miles per hour speed (128 kms per hour). I was driving very carefully in the ghat roads (mountain roads) which were very narrow. The speed limits in mountains were 15 and 20 miles per hours at few places. The view from top was simply amazing. Surprisingly, the weather was clear and we got to see the San Francisco bay and other nearby mountains. We can also see Siera mountains but you need to very lucky for that. We also did some climbing like boldering and climbed few rocks without the help of equipment. Climbing Volcanic Rock was fun. It's very close to the Summit point. You may want to take a look at the photographs taken from Chandan's camera. (2006-03-26 20:30:00.0) Permalink