Peace hike up S. California mountain a lofty goal

27 August 2010, 6:02 am

LOS ANGELES — The mountain was supposed to impart energy to its pilgrims, but as he neared the top, Ashraf Carrim wasn’t feeling it. Slumped on a boulder not far from the peak of Mount Baldy, the Muslim imam from Torrance, Calif., laughed when asked how he was faring on his hike. “Badly,” he replied. A few feet away, the Rev. Jeffrey Utter of the United Church of Christ was girding himself for ...... Read More »

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