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Hiking | 6.90 Miles |
2,900 AEG |
| Hiking | 6.90 Miles | 4 Hrs 49 Mns | | 1.43 mph |
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| no partners | | This hike should have been an easy fun hike but that couldn't be farther from the truth. I have hike in rain, snow , and hail and have never had my resolve tested this much before. First off if you end up like me and have to park a quarter mile from the trail head don't take the trail that cuts through the willows to the main trail I made it 400 feet before I stepped on what looked like solid ground but was really grass growing over a knee deep soup of water mud and plant growth .I quickly hike back to the road and walk to the trail head . The weather at the trail head was 48 degress with 40mph winds ,should have been an indicator of what was to come. About 200 feet befor you hit the ridge the snow and ice patches started they were easyaly avoided but this is also were the temps dropped into the 30's and the winds were gusting close to 70 mph. After being knocked to the ground 3 times in about 40 feet I decided to hide behind a couple boulders to try and get the feeling back in my arms and legs and didn't help just seamed to make me colder and the wind was unrelenting . after about 10 mins I finally got the whill to go for the final push for the summit . every time the wind picked up I had to lean up against the rocks cause I was scared the wind would blow me off the mountain . I was 50 vertical feet from the summit when I ran into my buddy who gotten ahead of me and he informed me that the summit was close and empty so I hurried up to the top were there were only 2 other people and they were headed down so I had them take a picuter of me and all 3 of us headed down together. I was so glade to bag this one after weather shutting me out last year it felt good to finally get this one done even tho I am now sick as a dog because of it. |
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