On this hike, I was more excited to get started rather than being prepared. After one mile into the hike, I decided to check on my water, only to find that I had just a half bottle. "No problem" I thought, since I don't usually guzzle a lot of water anyway. This seemed fine until I went up the fairly discernible use trail after leaving the Strawberry-Lawlor Saddle. Some of it involved scrambling and climbing over large rocks, but nothing too extreme. Most of the elevation gain occurs on the climb from the saddle as well. Since I am still trying to work myself back into shape, I took seated breaks on the way up. I had to sit sheepishly as a pair of good conditioned female hikers blew past me, while not even pausing in their conversation. By the time I gathered up the energy, I reached the summit with barely any water in my bottle. Meanwhile, the other hikers continued down the trail-less steep face of the mountain (which looked almost straight down to me). I admire that quality in a hiker, I just don't exemplify it!. So when it was my turn to depart from the summit, I simply went back the way I came, while nursing my water resources. Needless to say I was well dehydrated in the end and kicking myself for not being prepared. It kind of ruined my other hiking plans, but at least I completed the hike!