Today turned out to be quite the picture day. I got up early and took a little hike up to a waterfall. I had to laugh at people and their hiking gear. I probably can't talk since I look a little silly with all my biking gear. Hiking boots, fancy wool socks, some had shorts, hiking poles, one guy even had a mosquito net that completely covered his entire head. What is with these hiking poles? Everybody had them. I can understand if you going up Everest or Kilimanjaro, but a 1o mile hike? Hopefully they kept everybody steady while, um, walking.
The hike was definitely worth it and I got some cool pictures. Then I continued on and stopped at a cafe with another incredible view. I only went a little over 30 miles and then I set up camp. The campground turned out to be pretty interesting. It turned out to be heavy grizzly country and a trailhead for a lot of horseback riding. The campground host told me to put all my stuff in the bear box, but she also informed me that there was a dead horse about 300 yards from the campground. I didn't run into any grizzly's that night, but it was quite noisy with all those horses. There was a really annoying guitar player that I sortof wished a grizzly would have come and got though. So a good start to the day, but the campground was a bit of a letdown. The only good thing about that place was they had nice, big and sturdy bear boxes.
I like how you say 10 mile hike, like it's ludicrously short. You're obviously going crazy ;)
ReplyDeleteAndrea and I had the same question about the poles, so we asked some serious hikers on the trail above Lake Louise. They said that it helps take the pressure off your knees on the way down the mountain, which makes sense if you have bad knees. Then she added the crazy line. "It also gives you a great upper body workout while you're working your lower body." So you're right. They're mostly just extra weight.
ReplyDeletethanks for that, sonja. i've never understood them myself.
ReplyDeletealso, staying steady while walking is the funniest thing i've read or heard all day!
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