Griffith Park (Los Angeles) - Hike to Hollywood sign (9/13/14)

While I was down in LA over the weekend, I decided to go for a short hike at Griffith Park from my dad's house in Burbank.  It initially started out as let me walk over to the park.  Then I decided to hike to the top of hill where I normally go biking to.  As I got closer to the top, I was telling myself that I have never hiked to the Hollywood sign, and what better time to do it.  Nevermind that I started out with 1 small bottle of water with no food in a 95 degree weather.

All in all, I ended up hiking 11.2 miles, and barely survived.  I ran out of water 5 miles into it, even though, I was pacing myself.  No shade and 95 degrees played havok; however, it ended up being a great hike.

Details of the hike:


A view of the Hollywood Sign from the lookout point.  When I got there, I found out that you can hike to the backside of the sign by the radar tower.


A quick #selfie...I was sweating furiously due to the heat and I ran out of water few miles back by this time.  But off I go to the radio tower, in the background.


Reached the back side of the Hollywood Sign.




After the hike, I needed lots of water and some cold food, 동치미국수 from 길목.