Tahquitz Peak in Idyllwild, California

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So, this morning Garret, Kim and I hiked Tahquitz Peak. We started at Humber Park trailhead and began our trudge up Devils Slide.  When we reached the Saddle Junction we stopped where we met some pass through pct travelers that were about 180 miles into their trip.
 We continued traveling up to Chinquapin Flats where a gentleman in a kilt was coming down and shared the terrain was too risky without spikes. Kim didn't have spikes, so we had her follow our footsteps.
 We then came up to a man named Central Time who was looking for a frowy haired redhead guy named Sausage because they got separated in the snow. About a hundred feet away we ran into Sausage and Central Time was close enough to hear me yell Sausage and started yelling to him. Once we hit Chinquapin Flats we realized the route to Tahquitz Peak was a little on the sketchy side (extremely). So we decided to go off trail and just hike straight up what honestly looked like a ski slope.
 Garret lead searching for postholes, I was next trying to follow his footsteps. Mind you, he's 6'2 and this was more of a lunge workout for me to try to fit in his foot holes at 5'2. Kim at the end with now a packed trail for her not to slip. We climbed the face and were welcomed with boulders. I am in no shape or form a rock climber and am actually pretty terrified of falling or heights (still trying to figure that one out; not really trying) finally 2,537 ft later we made it to the peak and was greeted by hikers that apparently came up the south ridge side, which they were pleased to comment was 'lovely and easy' to maneuver on. 
You better believe I went back down that way. A little over 10 miles later, I'd say it was a great Sunday.

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