Attempted to hike to the top of the Pine Valley Mountains, with Allison, on Friday, October 16th. The hike to the top is three miles. We began at 10:15 at an elevation of 6500' and hiked two miles to an elevation of 8500'. Running out of water and still having a mile and 1500' feet to go, we headed back down. We arrived back at the Explorer at 2:00 . We met one other hiker who was hiking from Oak Grove, over the top, and ending in Pine Valley. This is the hike Marty, Pat and I did in 2003.