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>be me, live a mile or so from a trail that goes strait up a mountain.
>The trail is very narrow single track that is traversy switchbacks
>steep but not technical
>kinda like road biking on a mountain bike because you can get into a cadence and fly up the mountain.
>extreme exposure in some areas.
>have biked up before but only got 3/4 the way because running out of water.
>quality of trail decreases significant about 3/4 up because very seldom traveled
>the mountain is just under 8,000ft tall
>TH starts in high desert then transitions to manzanita then mixed conifer.
>the first section of the trail is 8 miles and 2,700ft up.