Well it looks like we’re in for another unusually hot weekend here in mid-March, but we’re still hoping these excellent Photo Friday submissions will get you inspired to fight the heat and get out on the trail.

First up is frequent contributor Josh , who lets us in on a standard hiking conversation I think we’ve all experienced at one point or another.

???? TOTALLY NORMAL HIKING CONVERSATION: . ???? Climb that rock and see what's out there. What do you see? ???? More rocks. Exactly like this one I'm standing on but farther, much farther. ???? Ok. Let's go. ???? Ok. .

A photo posted by Josh J Iniego (@joshjiniego) on Mar 8, 2015 at 8:50am PDT

Airryy took a trek to one of our favorite places in Southern California – the Devil’s Punchbowl – and hiked out to the Devil’s Chair for a killer view of some very strange terrain.

One of my fav hiking trail 'Devil's Chair' #hiking #hikela #lahiking #socalhiking #modernhiker #adventure #devilspunchbowlhike #devilschair #devilspunchbowl

A photo posted by ?????® (@airryy) on Mar 11, 2015 at 11:28am PDT

Philip is Lost took a group of friends up to Mugu Peak for an extra patriotic salute on the mountain top.

Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight…. ???????????? [????: @marshalljporter] #mugupeak #summit #lunarlanding #ventureout #liveauthentic #modernhiker #philupadventures

A photo posted by @philipislost on Mar 7, 2015 at 6:04pm PST

And finally, Lisa Cox took her puppy up to Mount Woodson and – despite spraining her ankle on a jump shot before – did another one on Potato Chip Rock. We salute her enthusiasm!

I know I told y'all I would never do a stupid jump shot again after I sprained my ankle…. I lied ???? #neverloseyourenthusiasm

A photo posted by Lisa Cox (@mother_n8tr) on Mar 8, 2015 at 12:37pm PDT

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