Running with weights 2:23:43 [2] 11.8 mi (12:11 / mi) +875m 9:54 / mi
Up Black Mtn. to see the Leonids. Had a camping permit but you're not supposed to be outside the immediate campground area after dark (which is at about 5 pm). I went after 11 pm. Went through Ravensbury entrance so as not to disturb Ms. Ranger. Saw one car in LA Hills, but that was just before entering the park, so was afraid of seeing Ms. Ranger's lights behind me as I went to Windmill Pasture. The lights never materialized. There was enough moonlight that I never had to turn my light on (only tripped twice, and did not fall).
There was nobody at the campground but a truck with what sounded like a busy couple at "the" Black Mtn. I went one grassy hill over to the W. The conditions were good; some light from S San Jose and Morgan Hill towards the E, and lots of moonlight from above/slightly NW. FAA lights were off at the cell towers. No clouds, warm but windy after 2 am.
Saw about 150 pieces, first one at 0201 PST, last one at 0603. Most of the 150 were between 0210 and 0250, with the peak 10 min being 0230–0240. Some fireballs, a lot of correlateds (pieces of the same junk), some counterpropagations. One head-on with an about 2 min afterglow in the moonlight (I though about poor Hubble at that instant). Peak instant rate was probably about 8/10 s. Fell asleep at 0330, woke up several times, last time at 0545.