Pictures taken September 22-25, 2011.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
test hike #2
Mt. Si, North Bend, WA. Today. Total hike time was 2:15 minutes. The trip up (4 miles) took me 1 hour and 27 minutes. Rainy morning. I left Seattle in the dark, around 6 AM. Returned home shortly after 10 AM.
My body surprised me; I was not expecting to move as quickly as I did. A weakness I identified last summer during climbing is my speed. The type of training I did led me to develop reliable endurance. I would like to be a rope leader next season. If I am to share responsibility for the safety of inexperienced climbers, I want to be able to move faster than I currently do while carrying more weight than I did last season (in the event I need to carry someone else's weight, participate in a rescue, etc.).
My body surprised me; I was not expecting to move as quickly as I did. A weakness I identified last summer during climbing is my speed. The type of training I did led me to develop reliable endurance. I would like to be a rope leader next season. If I am to share responsibility for the safety of inexperienced climbers, I want to be able to move faster than I currently do while carrying more weight than I did last season (in the event I need to carry someone else's weight, participate in a rescue, etc.).
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Test hike
I hiked/ran the Mailbox Peak trail on Sunday to time how long it would take me, in preparation for a 'Three Peak Challenge.' My cousin Kaylee told me that she and some friends did a climb of each Mailbox Peak, Mt. Si, and Rattlesnake Ledge in one day last year.
I left the trailhead at 6:36 AM, and returned at 9:56 AM.
Fall colors near the summit.
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