Brookings to San Francisco (September 21 – 30)
Manchester to Bodega Dunes State Park This day really beat me up. It was 80 miles on rollers. The ocean […]
Sunset Beach to Brookings (September 19 – 20)
Sunset Beach State Park to Cape Blanco Drier today. I was staff (responsible for breakfast and dinner), so I sagged,
Astoria to Sunset Beach State Park (September 14 – 18)
Fort Stevens State Park, Astoria Getting to the start of the ride worked great. We all met at Fort Stevens,
Hiking Mt. Whitney – Going Home
We packed up the next day, drove to the store at the trailhead and bought an “I Hiked Whitney” t-shirt,
Hiking Mt. Whitney – Going Down
We left the summit at 1:50. We got dark clouds, thunder, and hail at the top. It did encourage us
Hiking Mt. Whitney – Up, Up, Up
96 (or 97, or 107, or whatever) Switchbacks This really was the start of the tough part of the hike.
Hiking Mt. Whitney – start
I had been concerned about the heat (Lone Pine was predicted to be 98 degrees today). Turns out I shouldn’t
To the hike
Saturday (July 7) Read this on the Inyo web site (http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/conditions/). US 395 is where I will be driving. I
Final Training Hike
Hike #7 – Lower Enchantment Lake (Lake Viviane) For the final training hike, I decided to hike to the Lower
Mt. Whitney Training Hikes
Hike #0: April 22 – Tiger Mountain Mom and I spent the afternoon on Tiger Mountain. We hiked up to