Granite mt was by far the most strenuous hike I've every done. As someone put it, it was "Mailbox ka baap". Eight of us were supposed to start but only four actually did.
Round trip: 8.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 3800 ft
Highest point: 5629 ft
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Granite Mt. - Mailbox Ka Baap
Granite mt was by far the most strenuous hike I've every done. As someone put it, it was "Mailbox ka baap". Eight of us were supposed to start but only four actually did.
Round trip: 8.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 3800 ft
Highest point: 5629 ft
Monday, April 30, 2012
Stop and Go
After a long 3 week break, I had to start hiking again. It wasn't difficult gathering a group - thanks to the ever enthusiastic Seattle Folks. Seven Six (also read: Vignesh dropped out) of us started out aiming for the very strenuous, not for the weak Cable Line trail on the West Tiger 3 peak. We were very well prepared - with enough water bottles, junk food and an elaborate lunch plan (Veggie Fajita Bowl - you know from where) - albeit without spoons. We were set for an adventurous hike.
One hour into the hike, we were still at the parking lot looking for the elusive cable line trail head. I expected a slight delay. Eventually, we decided to skip the Cable Line trail and move ahead with the regular West Tiger 3 trail. Very quickly, it became obvious that if I was taking a 3 week break to catch my breadth, it was a bad idea. :) Someone told us we could take a detour and join the cable line somewhere along the trail. It took us 90 odd minutes to find the diversion - except this was when we were 300 feet from the top. :) We reached the top shortly expecting amazing views, especially considering the view we had just a few steps ago.
At the top, we took a nice long 40 minute break - some of us had lunch while others fed birds. We had quite some company up there - ten men, ten women, twenty kids and shadows of the para-gliders hovering up above. We started climbing down around 4, bumped into a few familiar faces on the way and were back to the car in one and half hours.
Overall, it was a fun hike - a little far from what cable line was supposed to be but nevertheless, it was a fun start.
One hour into the hike, we were still at the parking lot looking for the elusive cable line trail head. I expected a slight delay. Eventually, we decided to skip the Cable Line trail and move ahead with the regular West Tiger 3 trail. Very quickly, it became obvious that if I was taking a 3 week break to catch my breadth, it was a bad idea. :) Someone told us we could take a detour and join the cable line somewhere along the trail. It took us 90 odd minutes to find the diversion - except this was when we were 300 feet from the top. :) We reached the top shortly expecting amazing views, especially considering the view we had just a few steps ago.
At the top, we took a nice long 40 minute break - some of us had lunch while others fed birds. We had quite some company up there - ten men, ten women, twenty kids and shadows of the para-gliders hovering up above. We started climbing down around 4, bumped into a few familiar faces on the way and were back to the car in one and half hours.
Overall, it was a fun hike - a little far from what cable line was supposed to be but nevertheless, it was a fun start.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Status update: Committed!
Yes! Nisarg and I have made the decision! We are both committed! To climbing :P
Finally made the big leap, made the commitment to climb with Asha and signed the forms!
Yaaayyyyy! We are climbing Mt.Rainier at last! Totally enthued about it!!!! Here is a cell-phone-pic of the "2 Rainier" cake we baked for the Climb meeting...
Finally made the big leap, made the commitment to climb with Asha and signed the forms!
Yaaayyyyy! We are climbing Mt.Rainier at last! Totally enthued about it!!!! Here is a cell-phone-pic of the "2 Rainier" cake we baked for the Climb meeting...
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