Three days along the San Dieguito I knew I’d made a bad mistake. I jumped back, but it was already too late. A yellow, foul-smelling mist rained down on me. It was a direct hit, …
June 17, 2018
Borrego Badlands. “I took off my clothes and laid in the sand. Heat was pouring off me like an oven."
Posted July 23, 1981
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True adventures of San Diego, part 2
From Toro Peak to Fonts Point, barely
As they continued to descend, the temperature rose, and when they reached the Borrego Badlands, some three hours from the top, the temperature had risen to 106 degrees. “We were amazed at the mountain we came down.”
July 23, 1981