I've been meaning to get around to hiking Mission Peak for half a decade now, so when Tom Mangan proposed a Thanksgiving Day outing (and Dan Mitchell suggested making it a sunrise attempt) I decided to tag along.

I was the first to arrive at the trailhead at about 5am.  It was quite dark and I realized that I had left my headlamp back at home.  Since I had time I headed back down to Mission Blvd and found a Safeway that was open and picked up a flashlight.  (And a bonus- The Safeway had a Starbucks kiosk).  Dan and Tom C were the next to arrive, followed by Tom Mangan a short time later. 

The hike itself was more or less straight uphill through an active cow pasture.  The darkness gradually dissipated and we beat the sun to the peak by about 15 minutes.  Unexpectedly (by me at least) cold and windy at the summit.

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Tom's far more eloquent writeup is here and Dan's much better photos are here.
My pics are here. 

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