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Saturday Jun 4, 2016 #
Hiking 10:00:00 [3] 20.0 mi (30:00 / mi)
San Jac Summit Day!
Had the weekend off and originally planned for Xterra Laguna Beach on Sunday, but mentally moved on to ultras a while back due to time comstraints.
Shuttled the grom down to grandma's house and actually had a weekend with the wife ALONE for the first time since G was born. Whoa.
Broached the idea of tagging the peak to Holly a while back and she was totally down. I had this route in mind for a while now, and was itching to knock it out.
Up early, on the trail just before 7 and up Deer Springs Trail. Nice and cool in the early AM. Snack break at Strawberry Junction and onto the PCT toward Marion MTN trail. Some rad fern forests, huge trees, lots of green and plenty of water on the west side. Motored over to Fuller Ridge and then the BIG climb to Little Round Valley camp and up, up, up, the switchbacks to Peak Junction.
Rock scramble to the peak shelter and then the peak! Only there's 40-ish people there and it's a ZOO. FAIL. Snap a photo, lunch, rest up and headed back down the east side, really wanted to show Holly the Wellman's Cienega, and Angels' glide section. Plus I needed to see as much of "my trails" as I could.
Still water at Wellman's Cienega (would have to dam it to fill up) and Strawberry Cienega (flows over a rock and better flow): re-filled here. Another snack/ rest stop at Strawberry Junction and back down.
Epic day, lots of smiles. AWESOME to spend the day with my sweets and a great reminder of why we got married in the first place.
East side of the MTN SUCKS with all the KOOKS (fucking IDIOTS) that ride the tram up. Stick to the wet, west side and dig on the solitude.
Trail signs are fine, navigating is so easy Holly figured it out just by reading the trail signs. People who get lost up here are working very hard to do so.
I wan to RUN this route. No joke.
Had the weekend off and originally planned for Xterra Laguna Beach on Sunday, but mentally moved on to ultras a while back due to time comstraints.
Shuttled the grom down to grandma's house and actually had a weekend with the wife ALONE for the first time since G was born. Whoa.
Broached the idea of tagging the peak to Holly a while back and she was totally down. I had this route in mind for a while now, and was itching to knock it out.
Up early, on the trail just before 7 and up Deer Springs Trail. Nice and cool in the early AM. Snack break at Strawberry Junction and onto the PCT toward Marion MTN trail. Some rad fern forests, huge trees, lots of green and plenty of water on the west side. Motored over to Fuller Ridge and then the BIG climb to Little Round Valley camp and up, up, up, the switchbacks to Peak Junction.
Rock scramble to the peak shelter and then the peak! Only there's 40-ish people there and it's a ZOO. FAIL. Snap a photo, lunch, rest up and headed back down the east side, really wanted to show Holly the Wellman's Cienega, and Angels' glide section. Plus I needed to see as much of "my trails" as I could.
Still water at Wellman's Cienega (would have to dam it to fill up) and Strawberry Cienega (flows over a rock and better flow): re-filled here. Another snack/ rest stop at Strawberry Junction and back down.
Epic day, lots of smiles. AWESOME to spend the day with my sweets and a great reminder of why we got married in the first place.
East side of the MTN SUCKS with all the KOOKS (fucking IDIOTS) that ride the tram up. Stick to the wet, west side and dig on the solitude.
Trail signs are fine, navigating is so easy Holly figured it out just by reading the trail signs. People who get lost up here are working very hard to do so.
I wan to RUN this route. No joke.
C • Rad! 2
Tuesday May 31, 2016 #
Run 2:30:00 [3] 12.1 mi (12:24 / mi) +1907ft 10:47 / mi
4/10 waking up and starting this. Mentally not into it.
Easy from the house, down through the county campground and then out to the Hub trails. Had 15 planned, but really hot compared to what it was last week. Started struggling by 50 mins and then really coming apart around the hour mark. Up Red Hill road after Hard Sun to Webster trail head then back. Lots of walking on the way home.
HR sky high. Probably blown from the big week followed by a litter carry-out.
Easy from the house, down through the county campground and then out to the Hub trails. Had 15 planned, but really hot compared to what it was last week. Started struggling by 50 mins and then really coming apart around the hour mark. Up Red Hill road after Hard Sun to Webster trail head then back. Lots of walking on the way home.
HR sky high. Probably blown from the big week followed by a litter carry-out.
Monday May 30, 2016 #
Note
Feet/ lower legs are sore from the big week last week and then the litter carry-out. Giving it one more day to recover so I don't hurt myself.
Sunday May 29, 2016 #
Hiking 3:00:00 [3] 5.0 mi (36:00 / mi)
Mileage is a total guess....
So. Up to the tram at 1300 for map and compass training with "Ninja Carl". Some awesome info, triangulating positions, intentional offset, bearings, headings, etc. Stoked to learn from someone with his volume of experience.
Right in the middle of training, we get a call for an 8 year-old with altitude sickness at Round Valley who's getting worse. Jessee and Justin haul ass up with Jed and I right behind. Carl and Craig head out to set up the anchors for the belay.
Everyone gets there and the kid is mostly ok. Typical AMS symptoms, but he's better after O2 and some rest. Walk him around a bit and his symptoms come back. Jed makes the call to carry him out; he's maybe 50 pounds and the guys can use the practice. My first time on a litter so awesome practice for me. Carry out goes fine, we debrief and head down the tram car, guys are planning to head for beer and pizza.
Only we get a call on the radio from LVRS for 2 missing hikers that haven't come off the peak - it's 1830 with sunset around 1930. We're getting info at the valley station and 2 more people walk up and say their friends are missing; making it 4 missing. Everyone piles back on the next tram car up and a 911 call drops through RSO that there's a woman on Skyline that's separated from her group and lost off-trail. So 5 total missing. JEEZE.
Long story short (too late!), first missing group (19 and 23) were on the tram car down as we were riding back up and were located at the Valley Station.
Second group (two guys in their 50's, one legally blind), were located about 1 mile out from LVRS doing fine, just a little slow.
We were able to get through to the lost woman on Skyline on her cell, she could see windmills and the hospital so she was out of our park. We coordinated with CHP Air and the lost person by cell and radio and they were able to pick her up. We could see the lights from the helo on the pick up just as we were waiting for the tram car back down.
Kind of crazy watching a helicopter rescue at 4400 feet going on BELOW you.
Looooooooooong day.
So. Up to the tram at 1300 for map and compass training with "Ninja Carl". Some awesome info, triangulating positions, intentional offset, bearings, headings, etc. Stoked to learn from someone with his volume of experience.
Right in the middle of training, we get a call for an 8 year-old with altitude sickness at Round Valley who's getting worse. Jessee and Justin haul ass up with Jed and I right behind. Carl and Craig head out to set up the anchors for the belay.
Everyone gets there and the kid is mostly ok. Typical AMS symptoms, but he's better after O2 and some rest. Walk him around a bit and his symptoms come back. Jed makes the call to carry him out; he's maybe 50 pounds and the guys can use the practice. My first time on a litter so awesome practice for me. Carry out goes fine, we debrief and head down the tram car, guys are planning to head for beer and pizza.
Only we get a call on the radio from LVRS for 2 missing hikers that haven't come off the peak - it's 1830 with sunset around 1930. We're getting info at the valley station and 2 more people walk up and say their friends are missing; making it 4 missing. Everyone piles back on the next tram car up and a 911 call drops through RSO that there's a woman on Skyline that's separated from her group and lost off-trail. So 5 total missing. JEEZE.
Long story short (too late!), first missing group (19 and 23) were on the tram car down as we were riding back up and were located at the Valley Station.
Second group (two guys in their 50's, one legally blind), were located about 1 mile out from LVRS doing fine, just a little slow.
We were able to get through to the lost woman on Skyline on her cell, she could see windmills and the hospital so she was out of our park. We coordinated with CHP Air and the lost person by cell and radio and they were able to pick her up. We could see the lights from the helo on the pick up just as we were waiting for the tram car back down.
Kind of crazy watching a helicopter rescue at 4400 feet going on BELOW you.
Looooooooooong day.