Macomb (19), Carson (20), Grace (21), and Hough (22) Peaks
Yesterday, 1ADAM12, NUMNUM, Son of NUMNUM, and a gentleman whom we shall fondly refer to as "Other Craig" set off from Elk Lake an early o'clock with the Dixes in our sights. As with any proper hike, one person started off the day with the sentence, "Oh shit, I forgot (insert a critical piece of equipment here)." This time, it was my turn. I forgot my nice shiny orthodics. After about 4 seconds of contemplation, I said, "Whatever, my feet will just hurt." We set off and made pretty good time to herd path, and were at the base of the slide shortly after sunrise. While the others flew up the slide, Adam and I took our time (and about 400 pictures). Since this was my first slide climb, I didn't want it to end. I was zig-zagging back and...
Whiteface (17) and Esther (18) Mtn's
We started out at the Science Center at 6 am. It was still dark so we used our headlamps, it was a cool morning, about 47 degrees. We got to the first lookout (Marble mt?) just before the junction from the trail coming from the Wilmington reservoir in time for the sunrise. I opted for this route and mountains because I was just getting back into hiking after having been operated on in April. I had two vertebrae in my neck fused due to a disc impingement on my spinal cord. The Doctor cleared me for daypack hiking and this seemed like the best group of mountains to return on. We took a 15-minute break before heading up to Lookout Mt. We arrived at the junction with the trail to Esther Mt. at 9 a.m. where we took another break before...
Nippletop (15)  Dial (16) Mtn's
We arrived at the Ausable club trailhead at 7 am. It was just Derek and me on this excursion. It was December 16, 2006, and we began our trudge up the Lake road. There are often complaints about this road, as it seems to go on and on and just seems like a monotonous trudge. I will say it is nice at the end of a hike to travel back down it as it really requires no thinking of where to plant your feet, unlike the trails where you have to step over rocks and roots. So basically you just put it in overdrive and motor down to the gate. If you are lucky you will see deer. The deer in here know they are safe and very relaxed. We arrived at the trail to Elk Pass at 8:16 am. Shortly after this junction, we met up with an injured hiker that had...
Giant Mt - (14)
We arrived at the parking lot of route 73 at the Chapel pond at 830am and signed into the trailhead registry at 834am. It was just Derek and me on this warm November day. It was the day before Thanksgiving and there was no snow on the ground, today's high temperature was expected to be in the forties. This used to be unusual but seems to be the norm now, weather-wise. We meander our way up to the first lookout just below the washbowl and arrived at 09:19 am. We were passed by one hiker and her dog there, and soon passed her and the dog as they turned around before the second lookout. Funny how that happens. We arrived at the fake summit at 1130 am, it's not much further from here to the summit, but you can get discouraged with false...
Donaldson (23) and Emmons (24) Mtn's
What a beautiful day we had, life is good! I had the privilege of hiking with High On Life, and what an awesome person indeed. Our plans were to hike this via the Calkins Brook trail, go over to Seward, then backtrack to Donaldson, Emmons, and back to the Calkins Brook. We met at the trailhead at 530 Friday morning, signed in, and were soon on our way. The trail to Calkins Brook is a very nice walk-in and especially nice on the way back out. We arrived at the cairn for Calkins Brook at around 630 am, took a quick break, and we're off. At around 2300-2800 feet I started to get fatigued, I definitely wasn't in my mojo like I typically get into after getting warmed up. We discussed our options to either continue or turn around, we opted...
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