go get a beer at the Old Dungeon Ghyll for me please
― holosystolic murmur and the thrill (gbx), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I think we are planning on avoiding any and all signs of civilisation. Unless we cry off after 12 solid hours of torrential downpour.
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link
i am signed to go on a relatively easy hike sunday (hooray for finally having weekends back!) but there are like, massive #s of ppl signed up to go and i'm a little wary.
also the weather is turning so it's v iffy.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
ledge, take an umbrella in addition to your other rain gear. No kidding. It works a treat for hiking in rain, unless there are high winds with the rain. In which case, you won't want to stay out for long anyway.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Umbrella = lightning rod?
― nickn, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
only if yr the tallest thing around
― holosystolic murmur and the thrill (gbx), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
awesome weather today for going up Ben Lomond. October in Scotland is rarely so clement.
http://i674.photobucket.com/albums/vv105/NAPOLEONROFL/DSC00446.jpg?t=1255834188
― Pedro Paramore (jim), Sunday, 18 October 2009 02:51 (fourteen years ago) link
<3
reminds me of view from the san juans but awesomer
― tehresa, Sunday, 18 October 2009 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I love Loch Lomond. Less than an hour of a drive from centre of Glasgow and only a couple of hours hike and I was up there at really beautiful scenery. Bonnie, bonnie banks indeed.
― Pedro Paramore (jim), Sunday, 18 October 2009 03:13 (fourteen years ago) link
up there looking at really beautiful scenery, i don't think i make a post on ILX without omitting a word.
― Pedro Paramore (jim), Sunday, 18 October 2009 03:14 (fourteen years ago) link
kinda makes me reconsider scotland!
― tehresa, Sunday, 18 October 2009 03:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Scotland is really beautiful. The weather is generally terrible.
― Pedro Paramore (jim), Sunday, 18 October 2009 03:40 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah scotland rules
didn't know there were so many islands in loch lomond!
― a perfect urkel (gbx), Monday, 19 October 2009 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah there are quite a few, though that is a particularly island dense part of the loch afaik. When I was a kid use to go out fishing with my granddad on the loch and often stopped for lunch on an island that had the ruins of some sort of dwelling place that you couldn't see until you got right up to it because it was surrounded by trees. Whoever stayed there was some sort of rad bandit i bet.
― Pedro Paramore (jim), Monday, 19 October 2009 13:45 (fourteen years ago) link
weird sights- headlamps of big wall guys 1500 ft off the valley floor at zion at night.
hiked the subway on saturday- best hike/swim ive ever done by far. geological freak show, rappel 3 100 ft drops, swim with trout and canyon tree frogs. highly recommended for the non claustrophobic.
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Monday, 19 October 2009 13:57 (fourteen years ago) link
!!!
― rad bandit (gbx), Monday, 19 October 2009 13:59 (fourteen years ago) link
scotland is so so so beautiful
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/350665814_50f1bd98fa.jpg
i've been wanting to go back and see the highlands a lot lately
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Monday, 19 October 2009 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
where the wellies things are
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Monday, 19 October 2009 14:45 (fourteen years ago) link
that's meto my right are some wicker man feet
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Monday, 19 October 2009 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link
this link below has some photos that do a good job of capturing the feel of the middle part of subway hike--although like 2% of it. the scope though- the canyon walls above the subway formation go straight up over your head at least 200 feet of pure vert, with spires and slopes far higher.
also, there are so many little weird things. 50 yard long cracks/channels 3 inches wide running in perfectly straight machined looking lines with water rushing through at 20 knots. an almost spherical chockstone wedged 3 feet over your head as you swim through a 24 inch wide pool. a pothole of water with a hidden underwater passage into the pool a few feet away- you can dunk and swim through the tunnel under solid sandstone into the pool.
http://www.citrusmilo.com/zion2005/ilovezion8.cfm
the first pool swim was 49 degree water on saturday. really really cold in a farmer john with no jacket! i wouldn't do the hike without a wetsuit, at least this time of year. we did see a party without them, and two of the hikers were 10 or 11 years old. i will say TOUGH ASS KIDS. the water warms up only a short distance down the canyon, fortunately.
i didnt have my camera, so im waiting on the 3 in party that had them to send then to me.
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Monday, 19 October 2009 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
that looks really awesome!
― tehresa, Monday, 19 October 2009 17:07 (fourteen years ago) link
the chockstone i referred to- i guess its more like 5 feet overhead:
http://www.pbase.com/bjrhodes01/image/85974253
this is looking up the corridor, the direction from which you are swimming. i could just fit in between that narrows, it is shoulder width. just up out of view behind that bowling ball is a short waterfall downclimb. you can't touch bottom in there for most of the way, but its only 60 feet long or so.
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Monday, 19 October 2009 17:35 (fourteen years ago) link
wow, dude's antelope canyon shots are impressive. maybe i'll see that someday!
http://www.pbase.com/bjrhodes01/lowerantelope
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Monday, 19 October 2009 17:39 (fourteen years ago) link
that is AWESOME.
― shaane, Monday, 19 October 2009 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link
omg
― rad bandit (gbx), Monday, 19 October 2009 22:40 (fourteen years ago) link
so im all tryna figure out what other slots might be do-able for a semi-able guy like me and find this tragic and frightening story 8^0 :
http://climb-utah.com/Zion/kolob1.htm
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 04:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i want to go hiking :(i need more friends. with cars.
― tehresa, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 05:42 (fourteen years ago) link
while waiting for our shuttle vehicle at the end of the trail saturday we saw a tandem ultralight plane buzz down the valley and then turn up the adjoining drainage. we all were surprised that was legal in the park, and also that you could tandem an ultralight, and also that it would have enough juice to climb out of the valley-- it was very low and the canyon walls very high. today i read that it crashed, one guy broke his leg. they had to overnight in the park while waiting for rescue team.
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
exiting the subway formation, back into the light
http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/IMG_1810pshop4x6.jpg
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
last one (for now):
the shower room. there is a waterfall that drops into a fairly large cave/room. this is adjacent to the final short rap into the big subway space
http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/PA170133pshop4x6a.jpg
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 16:16 (fourteen years ago) link
wanna go to there
― how rad bandit (gbx), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
closest major to zion- vegas.
if youre into that. we skipped.
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
dunnit, twice in college on spring break trips to red rocks. camp for 1.5 weeks out in the desert w/dirtbags, descend on vegas for one afternoon of light mayhem
there are things that one should not, uh, ingest before hitting the casinos, looking like a mental patient, and dragging a retinue of under-21 yo college kids
― how rad bandit (gbx), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
makes me wanna go back to zion. it was my favorite of the grand canyon-bryce-zion trip, but that was also like 14 years ago.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 18:11 (fourteen years ago) link
ok hooray i think i am going on this easy hike saturday! it looks v v pretty!
― tehresa, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/59/208746564_cdb591650b.jpg
― tehresa, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 19:21 (fourteen years ago) link
looks cool.
― Pedro Paramore (jim), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
gorgeous and very saturated
when do they get snow at 4000+ feet there?
snowing here in town today :(
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 20:32 (fourteen years ago) link
;here's a forecast from the hike organizer (guessing that's the top of the crest). based on that i'd say... now! but probably not too much.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
ugh i suck at links today.
god i love the west coast!!!http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs070.snc3/13735_158841666588_506836588_2906123_7314721_n.jpg
― tehresa, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
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― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Sunday, 25 October 2009 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
what the fuck am I doing with my life
― how rad bandit (gbx), Sunday, 25 October 2009 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't live in mega-awesome hiking country, but I did have a very nice fall hike today in Sky Meadow State Park (VA). Am vowing to do more of this throughout the fall/winter.
― quincie, Sunday, 25 October 2009 22:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh and who here has Colorado hiking recommendations? In late July. Near, uh, Littleton?
― quincie, Sunday, 25 October 2009 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
damn it missing a rainier skyline loop hike tomorrow because last min decision to go meant it was too late for me to reschedule my stuff for tomorrow. grrrrrrrrrr!
― tehresa, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 04:43 (fourteen years ago) link
quincie, depends what your hiking parameters are, and your available transportation. im not a big hiker, i do more bike stuff, but:
deer creek canyon park- 15 minutes away by car, a couple of good loops, but vertical involved. the lower loop is about an hour with 500 feet of ascending. i used to do this with my little kid in a backpack carrier, so obv it's not too difficult. if you opt to go to the loops on the top of the mtn, you'll get probly 1000 feet additional of elevation. good venue, rather lots of ppl. in late july, you'll want to start early to avoid the heat.
elk meadow/bergen peak park- 30 minutes by car in evergreen. plenty of long open gentle nature-walky stuff in the meadow below the mtn, with a couple of different routes to the top of the mtn. this will take you from about 7500 ft up to 9500 ft or so with good views. some mtn bike traffic. whats nice is once done evergreen is nearby for food etc.http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=HGR254-047
golden gate canyon state park- 45 minutes, this is a nice, more remote feeling area to hike around.
kenosha pass- 1 hour. i really like this area, its pretty remote, but offers good views of south park (yes, that south park) and the mosquito range, and has a several route options. on foot, it might be better to hike from jefferson lakes area, which is farther away, but the hikes from the highway are pretty good too. best thing about this in july is that you start at 10000 feet, so it is typically much cooler than down in town.
grays and torreys- 1 hour. wanna do a 14er, or two at once? this is the best nearby 14er imo, easy walkups as 14ers go, but you'll need to get a very early start because you want to summit before noon to avoid thunderstorms. total hike time will vary widely with fitness/ability.http://www.14ers.com/routemain.php?route=gray1&peak=Grays%20Peakhttp://www.14ers.com/photos/peakmain.php?peak=Grays%20Peak
― bitter about emo (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 12:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh thanks so much! v. v. helpful info. Neither Mr. Que nor I are super duper hard core hikers but I've done several Adirondacks high peaks so am not a total wuss (tho as swamp inhabitants we will not be used to the altitude). Cooler weather and fewer crowds are definitely a preference.
― quincie, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 14:45 (fourteen years ago) link
getting ready to do so much stupid hiking to complete my goals for the year
― e\m/ily (roxymuzak), Saturday, 31 October 2009 01:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Hunt3r do you have Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park recommendations? Am thinking we should go big before we go home. Of course the altitude may kill us--we were feeling it even at Bryce.
― quincie, Monday, 2 November 2009 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link