The strange, true story of how Mount Disappointment got its name
LOS ANGELES - Poor Mount Disappointment.
Located high in the San Gabriel Mountains, it's the only peak in the 60-mile-long range with such an unflattering name.
Nearby you might summit Josephine Peak, named for the wife of a federal surveyor, or savor the views from Mount Markham, named after a former governor.
But Mount Disappointment honors nobody. It's jarring. Petty. Mean-spirited.
"It's not a popular destination," said Nathan Judy, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service.
And yet.
"When I first read there was a mountain called Mount Disappointment, my immediate reaction was I need to see this place," said Casey Schreiner, founder of the L.A.-based website ModernHiker.com. "And I don't think I was the only person who thought that."
By why Mount Disappointment?
The answer to that question
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