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9,453 AEG |
| Hiking | 11.80 Miles | 4 Hrs 48 Mns | | 2.46 mph |
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| no partners | | duuuuude! that was the most beautiful place i've ever seen! I dont even know what to say! It was freakin cold though, didnt know it was going to be so i wore shorts,I got lost at the josephine saddle sign, haha, i didnt observe my surroundings and see the memorial or the sign pointing you towards wrightson so i just kept trucking forward, after almost a mile of going downhill i started feeling like i wasnt on a trail, and i wasnt i followed my footsteps back and made my way back to where i was so i could have a junction do-over. Got back on track thanks to my brother walking me through it via text from NC. It was super snowy once the switchbacks started and after bellows spring.... pff! forget about it! i went all the way up though, at the top, where you reach the sign that says "wrightson 0.9" it was so foggy you couldnt see very far ahead of you. I only saw one person, some older fella all decked out in snow gear, he was so nice, we laughed at my outfit, chatted a bit then carried on. I walked til the GPS said it had been one mile after the sign that said itd be 0.9, ate a clif bar then headed back. Man i was so cold, its funny when you feel so cold that you cant remember what it feels like to not be =) My shoe kept coming untied and do you know how long it takes to tie your shoe when you cant feel your hands! Sheesh! OOOH and i listened to the 'Of monsters and men album the whole time, went sooo well, like that album is the soundtrack of that mountain! Got outta the snow, saw that my phone had 20% battery left and turned that hike into a trail run real quick! I didnt want to lose my gps stats! Phone literally died as i got back to the parking lot, i got to see my stats only for a sec so dont know my end elevation. Long story short... that place was amazing! im doing that one at least once a month!  |
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