Re: Your first cross country hike?
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 6:30 pm
Second time this thread has come around so i'll bite again.
There are different types of going cross country such as when I randomly tried to climb Mt. Morgan in 2008 and just picked a ridge to climb up but the real first cross country trek for me was probably the start of my 2009 hike. I think I decided to climb Alta Peak and drop down from it because I wanted to go to Moose Lake and I thought it would be a good way to go. Of course I over planned and completely miss judged the terrain since all I had back then was a larger scale map to go on. Regardless I was able to make my way down the East ridge and over to Moose Lake, across the Tablelands and down into Deadman Canyon without much trouble. My dad on the other hand that was along did not have much fun doing this and neither did I because I was so out of shape while I did this. I also decided not to bring any bug juice that year so I would hike with my rain shell on to keep the mosquitoes from biting me which caused me to over heat and sap my energy further.
It took allot more cross country to learn how to do it right in terms of miles. It took even more to get passed the draining mental fatigue of going cross country. Now it's all the same to me. I just go where I want to go in the Sierra whether there is a trail or not.
There are different types of going cross country such as when I randomly tried to climb Mt. Morgan in 2008 and just picked a ridge to climb up but the real first cross country trek for me was probably the start of my 2009 hike. I think I decided to climb Alta Peak and drop down from it because I wanted to go to Moose Lake and I thought it would be a good way to go. Of course I over planned and completely miss judged the terrain since all I had back then was a larger scale map to go on. Regardless I was able to make my way down the East ridge and over to Moose Lake, across the Tablelands and down into Deadman Canyon without much trouble. My dad on the other hand that was along did not have much fun doing this and neither did I because I was so out of shape while I did this. I also decided not to bring any bug juice that year so I would hike with my rain shell on to keep the mosquitoes from biting me which caused me to over heat and sap my energy further.
It took allot more cross country to learn how to do it right in terms of miles. It took even more to get passed the draining mental fatigue of going cross country. Now it's all the same to me. I just go where I want to go in the Sierra whether there is a trail or not.