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4,480 AEG |
| | Hiking | 17.00 Miles | 9 Hrs 40 Mns | | 1.76 mph |
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| no partners | | I was victorious on the rematch: Carney Springs TH to the Flatiron and then back. Distance is an estimate, and I have no clue what my AEG would be. This was a real  kicker and I'm very pleased with how it turned out.
4 hours 30 minutes--from Carney Springs TH to the Flatiron
0--breaks taken in that stretch (my best pace is always the part before my first break, so if I don't take a break...)
30 minutes--break at Flatiron to eat, drink a liter of nuun-ade, and put on sunblock
4 hours 40 minutes--Flatiron back to Carney Springs TH
1--charley horse about 15 minutes after beginning the return journey
2--breaks taken in that stretch
2--total liters of water consumed (1 liter of water and 1 liter of nuun-ade)
1060--total calories consumed while hiking (2 snickers, 1 larabar, 1 PB pack, 1 e-gel)
There were already 10 cars at Carney Springs TH when I got there at 6:30. Another hiker said he saw a group of 30+ setting up shuttles. I met that group somewhere in the mile 6-7 range, and 30+ was conservative. I don't know if it was a meetup group or what, but it was a pretty big age range of people. I caught the tail end of them as I was headed back to Carney Springs, and they were discussing a missing pair. I hope they located everyone.
The wind was fierce and unrelenting for the first half of the day. The kind of cold, biting wind where my face was numb. Then the wind stopped for the second half of the day and the sun came out and I baked and burned (where I missed with the sunblock). Except for some rain, I think I got all the Arizona hiking weather yesterday.
I'm pleased with my pace overall. Had I taken a shorter lunch break and proceeded to Lost Dutchman, I could've come close to breaking 6 hours. My pace on the way back is the real surprise, though. I felt like I was dragging, but considering my 2 breaks added up to more than 10 minutes, my pace was actually better on the return.
I've always done the Ridgeline from Carney Springs to Lost Dutchman, but for scenery, I think the opposite might be the better direction. Plus, that would get Siphon Draw, the bouldering (my least favorite part), and all the people headed to the Flatiron done with in the first part of the day. I might have to do any future end-to-ends that way. |
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