Water dilemma

[kentrek]

Me ?

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

Me ?

No sorry JM.  He was talking about 2200 vert in 1 mile.  Just curious where he's finding that at.

[kentrek]

He could be talking "air miles"

[jdb]

Not many people can probably stay up to speed with JM on them hills.

And 2200 feet in elevation gain is not an exaggeration.  I know of a few places here that you can go to to fit that criteria.  Heck, if you start at the sheep feeding station and go to the right of meystre and head up, that is over a 2,000 vertical hike.  The sheep station is 1700 feet and the tallest part of clemans above the sheep feeding station (the point on top) is over 4000 feet.

Bottom line, a person under the age of 45 should be able to hike a 2000+vertical mile in less than 40 min with at least 50 lbs on.  If you cant, get off the couch and lose a few pounds.

your age is showing

[Jingles]

to the original poster. Finding water during your scouting trips early in the summer might not mean there will be water at those places in the fall.  I have spent  probably more time than anyone one here except the packers in the wilderness and a water source has a tendency to dry up as the summer progresses unless you can find one coming out of the ground. if your hunting partners decide to rely solely on natural water sources cache some water on your scouting trips even if only in 1 gallon jugs or bear the expense of having it packed in.

[Stein]

I have a new idea.  Pack up an empty 6 gallon bucket with lid next scouting trip.  Fill it up with snow and pack it in as tight as possible, it should melt down to a gallon or two by the time summer comes around.  2-3 buckets in different locations should give you all you need with a margin of error.

[Mr Mykiss]

Thanks for the H2O ideas but I've since found water, kinda. Locals thought I was an idiot for wanting to stash water but now I'll begrudgingly drop 800' in elevation to get water. I really just liked the idea of having a bunch of water in camp.
Also I've cut my 2 mile, 3000 ' climb time down to just under 14 minutes by using a pair of rollerblades...

[jackelope]

Also I've cut my 2 mile, 3000 ' climb time down to just under 14 minutes by using a pair of rollerblades...

Never thought of that.

[boneaddict]

Bottom line, a person under the age of 45 should be able to hike a 2000+vertical mile in less than 40 min with at least 50 lbs on.  If you cant, get off the couch and lose a few pounds.

That's funny

[Timberstalker]

This is too good to miss out on.... Tag

[Curly]

Rollerblades would really cut down the time packing an animal back down the trail.

I'd love to see a video of that.

[Bill W]

If the water's down low and none up high.... the deer have to drink sometime.    Hunt down around the water area or find a trail down the mountain they're using.

Older hunters have the advantage of hunting smarter than the young ones.

I had a youngster in on the High Hunt with me.  He was a "graduate" of the Seattle Mountaineers.   I was a graduate of the la-z boy couch.   I gave him a hunting spot to check out and told him to let me know when he was done.   He was back in camp by lunch and said he didn't see any thing.  I was told by others that he was spotted running across the open areas and jumping from rock to rock.  It took me three more years to teach him "The Way of the Snail".   I had intended for him to take the whole day to hunt that area and move slowly.

He initially wondered why I was so lazy and sat with my back against a rock, holding my binoculars.  He learned.