Ok, so I've been hiking more again these past couple of months-- more than I have in the past few years. I used to hike every weekend, but kinda fizzled out after a while. Since I'm not a strong uphill runner (yet), I draw on my hiking experience to help me get up the hill, stump, mountain, stairs, or whatever that makes that gravitational pull even stronger.
I think I originally got into trail running when I saw people actually flying up and down the same trails I was slogging through with my heavy boots and 15 lb. pack. I thought...hmm...I can actually cover the same amount of miles on the same trails and see the same views and vistas and be back to my car way sooner than if I were hiking.So anyway, I was supposed to go on the Mt. Baldy run organized by Jessica for OCTR on Saturday. Unfortunately due to a family issue, I couldn't join them, but I needed some high altitude training
in preparation for my Mt. Whitney trip in less than a month. So on Sunday, I invited my brother, his wife, Karen, and their house guests from Germany, Ute (K's cousin) and John for a day up in the mountains. Here are several pictures of our hike up Mt. Baldy.
4 comments:
oooo, Mt. Whitney, I'm jealous!
Wow, beautiful pics! :) Lucky you, you get to cross train that way :)
Nice OCTR logo by the way. Did you design that?
angie... yeah, i'm pretty excited but the altitude kinda worries me. never been up at 14,000 ft before
jaymie... thanks. hiking is a nice break from running, and still be putting in "feet" time. glad you liked the logo, and yes i did.
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