Sunday Sept. 21, 2014 Ed B. and Abby Dog and I made it to the top of Jobs Peak.
The day started out cloudy and a bit gloomy with a reported 40% chance of thundershowers. We met at 9:00 AM, evaluated the morning figuring that it was early enough to at least get a good start on the hike. If it looked threatening we would turn back. As it turned out the cool temperatures made it great for hiking.
The hike starts out pretty steep right from the truck and Ed’s blistering pace had me quickly longing for oxygen. He was good enough to stop occasionally, long enough for me to catch up. That pace did get us to the top pretty quickly which was a good thing due to us racing smoke from the King Fire in Pollock Pines, Ca., more than racing thundershowers. We topped out just as the smoke was drifting our way past Freel Peek and Jobs Sister. We pretty much just took a couple of pictures, wrote our names in the book on top and walked down in light smoke. Pretty good timing overall.
The good timing continued on the way down as it just started to lightly sprinkle rain just a couple of minutes from the truck.
All in all a great hike. Short but steep with incredible views, when the air is clear. Just have to do it again