Anyone into hiking??
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Anyone did Mt Dana??
I did 13,000+ on Saturday~ Mt Dana @ the east entrance to Yosemite... Kinda grueling towards the top & the trail was covered in a few large snow fields so we had to scramble over some large rocks & boulders around it... Beautiful @ the top, great views of Yosemite valley, Mono lake etc...... 44 photo (upper right corner link)
Valley floor was about 70 something but up top wind blowing 10-15 for a while @ mid to lower 50's......
I did 13,000+ on Saturday~ Mt Dana @ the east entrance to Yosemite... Kinda grueling towards the top & the trail was covered in a few large snow fields so we had to scramble over some large rocks & boulders around it... Beautiful @ the top, great views of Yosemite valley, Mono lake etc...... 44 photo (upper right corner link)
Valley floor was about 70 something but up top wind blowing 10-15 for a while @ mid to lower 50's......
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So Bill lied, I never said I hiked Mt. Whitney.
Idiot, I asked you if you did.... As you claimed to have climbed El Cap in two hours..........
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Tell me again how you climbed El Cap in two hours...........
Apparently I need to tell you again I'm immortal. Funny how you're not questioning that assertion.
I just saw this thread. If hiking includes long walks in the woods and mountains then I do a lot of that. I usuallyy hike with a purpose. I took about a 6 mile walk in the mountains (according to my etrex) the other day looking for muscadines. They should be ready to harvest about the first couple weeks of September. We made a day of it, looked for deer sign and likely places to set up a stand or two this fall.
We spend a great deal of time in the summer boating with john boats on creeks as well. Some trips are as many as 12 miles of water. No rapids. Just fishing along the way with camping sometimes at the end. Sometimes we park a truck at both ends of the trip and go home for the night. Sometimes we have a shore supper and camp or then go home.
I absolutely feel blessed to live in a place where I can enjoy the out of doors. We traveled west last year and I just hiked to see the scenery and wildlife. We spent 3 days in Sequoia National Park, 2 days in Yosemite and 5 days in Yellowstone. I lost so much weight during that three week trip. Loved it.
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I hiked Mount Everest in 2 hours. Did it in my flip flops, shorts and an aloha shirt.
Hey Bill, guess what
Hey Bill, guess what
& a liar........Apparently I need to tell you again I'm immortal. Funny how you're not questioning that assertion.
Awesome, you are truly blessed & wise enough to take it all in & enjoy it......
I was in Yosemite (a couple hours away, as are the giant Sequoia as well as the redwoods) & hike up to 13,000ft for the first time, was awesome.
I do a lot of kayaking but just getting back into hiking again.. Next week we are going to do Mt. Whitney if we can land a mid-week permit..
I hiked Mount Everest in 2 hours. Did it in my flip flops, shorts and an aloha shirt.
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still trolling..
Wow, I must-A really hit a nerve, my bad, now why don't you run along & go troll your favorites, I'm sure they miss your nose up there ass in every thread.
Sumitted Mt Whitney 12:30PM on Wed.......
walked all night from the Whitney portal...... 14,505ft
There were some Mountain lion reports/sightings before but we saw nothing all night..
ANyone besides yaya been to the top??
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A nerve-rattling encounter with a mountain lion started with a fleeting glimpse of the big cat's tail on a High Sierra trail in California's wilderness.
Brian McKinney didn't believe it was a puma that his hiking partner Sam Vonderheide had seen, so he got out his phone and hit record as they followed the lithe creature.
The hikers slowly rounded a turn to see it peering down on them from a rocky perch just feet away.
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A mountain lion perched on a rock.
Its ears were perked up, head cocked and eyes locked on them.
"What are you supposed to do?" one hiker whispered. The other answered: "I don't know. I don't think you're supposed to run."
McKinney said his heart races now seeing the video.
"(I was) not only shocked, but alarmed that she had the advantage above me, which is what they do when they hunt," he said.
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Rangers at Sequoia National Park on Monday posted link to the two-minute video captured July 23.
The clip ends with the hikers slowly backing away. But they said the encounter didn't end there.
They waited for the cat to leave and tried rousing it from the trail, so they could continue on to the place they wanted to set up camp. The lion didn't budge.
"She just looked at us like she was entertained," he said. "So we gave up."
The two hikers then turned back and set up camp for a restless night's sleep in another area, their first of a nearly two-week-long hike up Mount Whitney, armed with only an ice ax and a bear whistle.
The next day, they had to cross the path where they had the encounter.
The men were so shaken they had made goodbye videos for their loved ones. Vonderheide was armed with the ice ax, but the only traces they found of the mountain lion were the paw marks it left behind.
Wildlife biologist Daniel Gammons said the men did the right thing by staying calm. Biologists say you should make yourself appear big by waving your arms overhead and scare off the animal, as the men did.
"The big thing these visitors did right was that they didn't panic and run," Gammons said. "Probably the most important message to get out to visitors is not to act like prey if they encounter a mountain lion."
While the encounter was terrifying, McKinney said he and Vonderheide had discussed spotting a puma.
"When we started the trip, we sort of jokingly said, 'Wouldn't it be great if we saw the trifecta of a rattlesnake, a bear and a mountain lion?' " he said. "And sure enough, we got our wish."
Approaching the cabin on the summit, clouds coming in temps dropping..
Looking out from 14,505ft
Marmot begging for treats @ trail crest (where the Mt Whitney trail meets the John Muir trail coming in from the east)
97 switchbacks-trail camp
Top of summit
97 switchbacks about half way up before dawn mid August freezing our butts off~below freezing(almost had frost bite on fingers)
walked all night from the Whitney portal...... 14,505ftThere were some Mountain lion reports/sightings before but we saw nothing all night..
ANyone besides yaya been to the top??
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A nerve-rattling encounter with a mountain lion started with a fleeting glimpse of the big cat's tail on a High Sierra trail in California's wilderness.
Brian McKinney didn't believe it was a puma that his hiking partner Sam Vonderheide had seen, so he got out his phone and hit record as they followed the lithe creature.
The hikers slowly rounded a turn to see it peering down on them from a rocky perch just feet away.
IMAGE 1 OF 27
A mountain lion perched on a rock.
Its ears were perked up, head cocked and eyes locked on them.
"What are you supposed to do?" one hiker whispered. The other answered: "I don't know. I don't think you're supposed to run."
McKinney said his heart races now seeing the video.
"(I was) not only shocked, but alarmed that she had the advantage above me, which is what they do when they hunt," he said.
Related Stories
Rangers at Sequoia National Park on Monday posted link to the two-minute video captured July 23.
The clip ends with the hikers slowly backing away. But they said the encounter didn't end there.
They waited for the cat to leave and tried rousing it from the trail, so they could continue on to the place they wanted to set up camp. The lion didn't budge.
"She just looked at us like she was entertained," he said. "So we gave up."
The two hikers then turned back and set up camp for a restless night's sleep in another area, their first of a nearly two-week-long hike up Mount Whitney, armed with only an ice ax and a bear whistle.
The next day, they had to cross the path where they had the encounter.
The men were so shaken they had made goodbye videos for their loved ones. Vonderheide was armed with the ice ax, but the only traces they found of the mountain lion were the paw marks it left behind.
Wildlife biologist Daniel Gammons said the men did the right thing by staying calm. Biologists say you should make yourself appear big by waving your arms overhead and scare off the animal, as the men did.
"The big thing these visitors did right was that they didn't panic and run," Gammons said. "Probably the most important message to get out to visitors is not to act like prey if they encounter a mountain lion."
While the encounter was terrifying, McKinney said he and Vonderheide had discussed spotting a puma.
"When we started the trip, we sort of jokingly said, 'Wouldn't it be great if we saw the trifecta of a rattlesnake, a bear and a mountain lion?' " he said. "And sure enough, we got our wish."
Approaching the cabin on the summit, clouds coming in temps dropping..
Looking out from 14,505ft
Marmot begging for treats @ trail crest (where the Mt Whitney trail meets the John Muir trail coming in from the east)
97 switchbacks-trail camp
Top of summit
97 switchbacks about half way up before dawn mid August freezing our butts off~below freezing(almost had frost bite on fingers)
Once again Bukkky proves he's an asshole, nothing more.
Here in the Blue Ridge bears are very common. I always hike with a pistol.
Lots of extra weight but better than going down a hill in the belly of a beast....lol
You in Virginia??
Sumitted Mt Whitney 12:30PM on Wed.......
There were some Mountain lion reports/sightings before but we saw nothing all night..
ANyone besides yaya been to the top??
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A nerve-rattling encounter with a mountain lion started with a fleeting glimpse of the big cat's tail on a High Sierra trail in California's wilderness.
Brian McKinney didn't believe it was a puma that his hiking partner Sam Vonderheide had seen, so he got out his phone and hit record as they followed the lithe creature.
The hikers slowly rounded a turn to see it peering down on them from a rocky perch just feet away.
IMAGE 1 OF 27
A mountain lion perched on a rock.
Its ears were perked up, head cocked and eyes locked on them.
"What are you supposed to do?" one hiker whispered. The other answered: "I don't know. I don't think you're supposed to run."
McKinney said his heart races now seeing the video.
"(I was) not only shocked, but alarmed that she had the advantage above me, which is what they do when they hunt," he said.
Related Stories
Rangers at Sequoia National Park on Monday posted link to the two-minute video captured July 23.
The clip ends with the hikers slowly backing away. But they said the encounter didn't end there.
They waited for the cat to leave and tried rousing it from the trail, so they could continue on to the place they wanted to set up camp. The lion didn't budge.
"She just looked at us like she was entertained," he said. "So we gave up."
The two hikers then turned back and set up camp for a restless night's sleep in another area, their first of a nearly two-week-long hike up Mount Whitney, armed with only an ice ax and a bear whistle.
The next day, they had to cross the path where they had the encounter.
The men were so shaken they had made goodbye videos for their loved ones. Vonderheide was armed with the ice ax, but the only traces they found of the mountain lion were the paw marks it left behind.
Wildlife biologist Daniel Gammons said the men did the right thing by staying calm. Biologists say you should make yourself appear big by waving your arms overhead and scare off the animal, as the men did.
"The big thing these visitors did right was that they didn't panic and run," Gammons said. "Probably the most important message to get out to visitors is not to act like prey if they encounter a mountain lion."
While the encounter was terrifying, McKinney said he and Vonderheide had discussed spotting a puma.
"When we started the trip, we sort of jokingly said, 'Wouldn't it be great if we saw the trifecta of a rattlesnake, a bear and a mountain lion?' " he said. "And sure enough, we got our wish."
Approaching the cabin on the summit, clouds coming in temps dropping..
Looking out from 14,505ft
Marmot begging for treats @ trail crest (where the Mt Whitney trail meets the John Muir trail coming in from the east)
97 switchbacks-trail camp
Top of summit
97 switchbacks about half way up before dawn mid August freezing our butts off~below freezing(almost had frost bite on fingers)
I do not know how I missed this one Wild Bill. Awesome!!
Just think Bill, you are doing what many say they would. And never do. Even a bad hike is a good hike!
LOL, the odd thing is I never said I was gonna do it.. A couple months ago I never even thought/cared about it.....
That was my 6th hike in 30 years..
I asked my dr thinking he would say I'm nuts & he said if not now, when.wtf? SO I went for it.....
Anyway I'm joining some hiking groups & hopefully get more hikes in before winter...... You ever do any hiking?