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Monday Aug 5, 2013 #
10 AM
Trekking (Mountain Trail) 6:00:53 [3] 18.15 km (19:53 / km) +1427m 14:16 / km
shoes: Salomon SpeedCross Black&Pink
Wright, Algonquin, Boundary and Iroquois Peaks on a spectacular day. This is a classic day hike in the Adirondack High Peaks area. Although we ran a few kilometers, I'm logging it as trekking because we did a lot of scrambling over jumbled boulders and even a little rock climbing. Of the three days, today felt the most precarious but it was exceptionally beautiful.
Here are some of the reasons why we didn't do a lot of running. 'Bent carried a camera so there are lots of photos of us both today.
Yup, that's the trail.
Approaching the summit of Wright Peak with Algonquin Peak in the background. The trail to Wright Peak is a spur off the main trail to Algonquin, the 2nd highest mountain in New York.
On top of Wright Peak. Wow.
Can you see the 2 Canadians in this photo? (Not us.)
Next stop was Algonquin Peak - but we had to go down before we could go up.
Coming back down from Wright Peak. The sketchy sections were *much* sketchier as we descended.
The trail I needed to get to was at the right of the picture at the base of the cliff.
How on earth was a gimpy-ankled runner supposed to get down from all these cliffs? Too bad Kilian wasn't in the neighbourhood to give a demo!
We returned to the main trail and started climbing Algonquin. Wright Peak is in the background.
We were not the first to discover this mountain summit! There was a park steward to make sure we didn't trample the fragile arctic alpine vegetation.
There were a few kids and dogs along the way, in spite of the steepness of the trail.
We'd thought about heading back down from Algonquin to go kayak paddling before dinner. But the weather was so perfect that we kept going down the other side of Algonquin, along the ridge to Boundary and Iroquois Peaks (both shown here).
On top of Iroquois, looking back toward Algonquin.
On our way back from Iroquois, we had to climb Algonquin from a different side. Gorgeous open rock!
And back down through the cliffs and rock jumble. We met a lady who had sprained her ankle badly near the summit. Her family, which included two certified wilderness first aid responders, was helping her get down. Some sections must have been extremely difficult.
There was a fairy tale waterfall on the lower slopes.
Tough day on the trail but I'm sure this hill training will come in handy some time soon!
Here are some of the reasons why we didn't do a lot of running. 'Bent carried a camera so there are lots of photos of us both today.
Yup, that's the trail.
Approaching the summit of Wright Peak with Algonquin Peak in the background. The trail to Wright Peak is a spur off the main trail to Algonquin, the 2nd highest mountain in New York.
On top of Wright Peak. Wow.
Can you see the 2 Canadians in this photo? (Not us.)
Next stop was Algonquin Peak - but we had to go down before we could go up.
Coming back down from Wright Peak. The sketchy sections were *much* sketchier as we descended.
The trail I needed to get to was at the right of the picture at the base of the cliff.
How on earth was a gimpy-ankled runner supposed to get down from all these cliffs? Too bad Kilian wasn't in the neighbourhood to give a demo!
We returned to the main trail and started climbing Algonquin. Wright Peak is in the background.
We were not the first to discover this mountain summit! There was a park steward to make sure we didn't trample the fragile arctic alpine vegetation.
There were a few kids and dogs along the way, in spite of the steepness of the trail.
We'd thought about heading back down from Algonquin to go kayak paddling before dinner. But the weather was so perfect that we kept going down the other side of Algonquin, along the ridge to Boundary and Iroquois Peaks (both shown here).
On top of Iroquois, looking back toward Algonquin.
On our way back from Iroquois, we had to climb Algonquin from a different side. Gorgeous open rock!
And back down through the cliffs and rock jumble. We met a lady who had sprained her ankle badly near the summit. Her family, which included two certified wilderness first aid responders, was helping her get down. Some sections must have been extremely difficult.
There was a fairy tale waterfall on the lower slopes.
Tough day on the trail but I'm sure this hill training will come in handy some time soon!