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| Hiking | 7.40 Miles |
1,759 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.40 Miles | 3 Hrs 55 Mns | | 1.97 mph |
| 1,759 ft AEG | 10 Mns Break | 18 LBS Pack | | |
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| partners | | We hadn't hiked this to our usual lunch spot near Boulder Flat since late November 2022 so we were due for a repeat to see if/how much it has recovered since the last fire.
We began with the long climb up Trail #280 to get that out-of-the-way, following #283 around the mountain on the return trip.
My memory seems to be a bit foggy on this (yep, that old age thing) as I simply did not remember this many ups-and-downs... every time I thought we'd completed the last climb another one popped up. But no matter, with no pain to speak of, today was one of the good days. Even though the only breaks were to let Tracey catch up due to taking so many flower photos, I never felt out-of-breath or overly stressing either hips or knees on the steep rocky and many times loose ascents/descents. But then again, we barely hit 3,000' as opposed to the 6-7K elevations we had in the Chiricahuas.
We could not have asked for a better day for a hike, with the temp ranging from 64° to 70° along with gusty winds to keep from feeling too warm in the direct sun.
HR Avg/Max = 101/145
FYI: No, Tracey was not running back and forth constantly taking photos to rack up 10 miles, or the 3K+ AEG, she just used the default stats for the whole Ballantine Trail. |
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