Happy to join the club of those who have hiked up the Summit Trail of Camelback. After all the warnings about how hard it is, I was pleasantly surprised that it was fun. And the view from the top is pretty spectacular. But there was a guy there taking pictures of people as well as the vista. I hope he wasn't trying to do some side business. Last time I checked, it's a mountain top there, not Sears Portraits.
Anyway, my body definitely is still feeling the effects of hiking up and down. But it's a good pain. The only hard part is when you have to traipse among all the rocks. You just need to be careful where you put your feet as you scale up or down. Definitely bring at least one 16 oz. bottle of water and a snack to have at the top so you have energy for the downward return. People going up have the right of way but really, I just do my best to yield to whoever. Not worth it. And people are generally nice.
My friend and I parked down McDonald on 56th Street. It took us less than 10 minutes to walk over to the trail. I don't understand why people can't do that instead of idling in their cars, wasting fuel just to wait for a space in a fairly small parking lot.
Glad I did this before summer arrives!