Dayhiking the HPS (Hundred Peaks Section of the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club) list is not a difficult task and has been done by others
previously. The most difficult peaks on the list are located in Santa Barbara
County but even these pale compared to the difficult peaks of the SPS list. The
HPS list is more about persistence for someone living 400 miles from the Los
Angeles area. Much of it was done on various trips to visit relatives in the
area or on my way to and from other relatives in the San Diego area. Thanks go
initially to Matthew Holliman who I enlisted in the beginning stages. We spent
many weekends in the Southern Sierra tackling the dozens of peaks in the area
when other parts of the Sierra were closed by winter snows. Later, Adam Jantz
was helpful in seeing me to
the tops of many of the long dirt road drives in the eastern and western San
Bernardino Mtns. The biggest thanks go to Tom Becht who joined me for dozens of
these peaks over the past few years, many of dubious quality, a number of them
repeats that he'd rather not have done a second time.
The list finish was a long, hot day along the Yucaipa Ridge, traversing the
last seven HPS summits from Galena to Allen. Laura Molnar and Tom were both
there at the fly-infested summit of Allen to join me for a small celebration.