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| Hiking | 5.26 Miles |
3,283 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.26 Miles | 5 Hrs 13 Mns | | 1.12 mph |
| 3,283 ft AEG | 30 Mns Break | 9 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | I headed up Pusch from the Linda Vista side today. I wanted to look into a supposed route between Pusch and The Cleaver. A friend of mine gave me a printed version of the route, which I did my best to replicate into a GPX. He is a climber and has used the route to get from Linda Vista to the Table, so I'm thinking 'Great'.
I left the TH at about 5:45. The temp was 68 and the humidity was high. I was feeling pretty good and was anxious to get to the peak and start my adventure. I passed 2 hikers on their way down, and chatted a bit with them. I got to the top at about 7:30 and took a little break, eyeing The Cleaver, a half mile to the east.
Pretty quick I headed south down the ridge about a tenth of a mile to a small, saddle like drop to the east. I soon saw signs of traffic through the area. The bits and pieces of trail through here seemed to have been forged by humans. The track I had appeared to be pretty consistent with the trails I was following. The brush was rough at times and the going was very slow. I had covered about a third of a mile when I came to a steep chute, dropping 80 to 100 feet  . This was where I pulled the plug for this round. The route definitely looks doable, but in cooler weather and with a partner.
On the return trip, I somehow ended up on the north fork of the Linda Vista Loop. By the time I realized my mistake, I was 10 minutes past the junction, so I decided to finish out the loop. Not as exciting as one would hope, but it's off my list without every having been on the list. |
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