Post by: JackOfAllTrades on August 19, 2013, 09:22:18 AM
-Steve
Post by: ICEMAN on August 19, 2013, 09:25:58 AM
Post by: CAMPMEAT on August 19, 2013, 09:28:49 AM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on August 19, 2013, 09:38:45 AM
-Steve
Post by: netcoyote on August 19, 2013, 09:40:18 AM
Looks like some great country Jack'.
Post by: 6.8mmARHunter on August 19, 2013, 10:18:41 AM
Post by: hoyt5199 on August 19, 2013, 10:32:00 AM
Post by: dmv9 on August 19, 2013, 10:37:19 AM
Ibuprophen on board! I'm a bit sore this mornin. Solo trip. It always takes longer to get where I wanna be.. I got back to the truck at just dusk. I would have stayed back in there longer, but that last 3,500' decent out is a rough one to be doing via head lamp with only one good/functioning eye.
-Steve
Post by: Ripper on August 19, 2013, 10:50:22 AM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on August 19, 2013, 12:00:43 PM
REI has some stuff called Sports Legs that helps with the soreness to prevent it in the first place. So far I've used it a couple of times and seems to help tremendously.
Thanks.. I'll look into that.. 14 miles isn't so bad, I can do that in my sleep most any day, it was just the incline & elevation change involved that has made me feel it. I hike down hill much faster than most people. Straight up kicks my tail. Cool thing was that there were several water sources for much of the trip. =Katadyn.
-Steve
Post by: Skyvalhunter on August 19, 2013, 12:08:32 PM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on August 19, 2013, 12:45:55 PM
NIce, atleast you were on a trail
I like to advocate to others to stay trail bound if hiking solo. I don't always live by that rule, and had the fog not rolled in, I would have been off trail in a heartbeat since I wasn't seeing what I was hoping for. Just last week a guy died from going off trail up here when he split up from his partner. He might still be alive if his buddy at least knew where he fell to. http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2013/08/13/3145369/twin-lakes-hiker-died-from-falls.html (http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2013/08/13/3145369/twin-lakes-hiker-died-from-falls.html)
-Steve
Post by: Austrian Hunter on August 19, 2013, 12:51:23 PM
Post by: skagitsteel on August 19, 2013, 01:51:48 PM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on August 19, 2013, 03:22:25 PM
was near that area ' little further down the ridge' on friday. Similar story no bears, few ripe berries, not nearly as much bear activity as last yr at this time (had seen 5 or 6 by this point last yr) atleast for me
You went up that 'other' trail with all the switchbacks?
This was more of a scouting trip than anything else. I had sidearm but did not take rifle. I was looking to find berry and other forage condition. I was surprised at the water source availability. This same area was pretty dry last year at this time. But then I find Blueberrie tops that were scorched, yet grasses and other plants were green and wet.
-Steve
Post by: skagitsteel on August 19, 2013, 03:50:41 PM
was near that area ' little further down the ridge' on friday. Similar story no bears, few ripe berries, not nearly as much bear activity as last yr at this time (had seen 5 or 6 by this point last yr) atleast for me
You went up that 'other' trail with all the switchbacks?
This was more of a scouting trip than anything else. I had sidearm but did not take rifle. I was looking to find berry and other forage condition. I was surprised at the water source availability. This same area was pretty dry last year at this time. But then I find Blueberrie tops that were scorched, yet grasses and other plants were green and wet.
-Steve
that would be the one! my take: the berries that melted out real early got scorched in the July heat, the ones that melted out later are looking a little better and look like they should ripen in sept. I did find some ripe patches though... Good water availability in most spots this yr it seems like with the recent rains
Post by: Wea300mag on August 19, 2013, 07:19:22 PM