Laguna Beach Warnings and Dangers

The cliffs from beach up to Heisler Park are steeper than they look.

I am telling you because I know.

One early evening after a long, relaxing sunset dinner and some drinks at the Beach House

I decided to walk out in the surf to the rocks, sit and watch the last of the sunset.

My timing was bad, as the tide came in fast and trapped me in the cove (d'oh!!) where the only options were: swim out in my clothes; or climb the cliff trail up to the park.

There was a steep path up the cliff that looked walkable, but when you get on it you find it is a slippery & almost vertical climb.

I made it, and I wish you could have seen the looks on the faces of the tourists as "quasimodo" the lightly toasted mudman emerged at the top and climbed up over the Heisler Park railing.

Actually people do get too close and fall sometimes, so be careful, especially outside the railings along the edge of the park cliffs going north.

The rock I got trapped on is in the right background of the picture.