Its not that I'm sore... well, I am a little bit. It's more the fact that it takes 11 hours to do. At about hour 8 (an hour after you begin the descent) your feet begin to throb. And it just gets worse and worse and worse until you are about to break down and cry like a little girl. Luckily none of that happened... but I began to have my doubts at about 10.5 hours into the hike. When we finally saw the parking lot a wave of relief came over me, but it didn't stop my feet from hurting.
Anyway, as far as the trip goes: Molly and I, Josh and Lindsey drove down to Bend on Friday evening and stayed in a Yurt... which is a very fancy tent. It has electricity and beds. We went to bed early and got up the next morning at 6AM. We started the hike at 8AM.
The mountain is 10,358 ft tall and the trail gains 4900 ft elevation in 5.5 miles.
Lindsey is around 6 months pregnant, but was determined to get Globby (their pre-birth name for the glob of cells growing in her uterus) up his first summit. She is a freaking trooper! We went nice and slow to keep her heart rate at or below 140 beats per minute. We stopped a bunch, drank a lot of water, and all-in-all took it nice and easy. Having said that, however, I wouldn't have wanted to go much faster, because it is a very tough hike.
We summitted at about 2:30-3pm (forgot to look at the watch). We stayed up there for about 30 minutes then started back down. We got back to the car at just before 7pm.
I am SOOOO sun burnt. I used plenty of sunscreen, but missed the spots on the back of my knees. If you've ever been burned there, you understand my pain. If not, trust me, it HURTS every step you take.
For dinner after the hike we went to Red Robin where I ate a burger, fries and had my obligatory Birthday Beer. I was so tired I felt that I would pass out at the table before I finished the beer, though.
We got back to the yurt at around 9 PM.. took a shower at the campground (very, very HOT) then I climbed into bed. I feel almost instantly asleep.
The next morning we got up at 7AM ate breakfast in Bend, and headed back to Portland. For my Birthday, Lindsey and Josh had bought Molly and I (and themselves) tickets to see Patton Oswalt in Portland. The show was fantastic, but we had seen about half the material before. Some of the funniest stuff we saw was the stuff he made up on the spot. Look out for KFC's "Double Down" sandwhich. I'm going to get one ASAP.
Anyway, all in all a FANTASTIC trip. I just won't ever do a tough hike for my B-day ever again.
Enjoy the pictures!
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| South Sister - 2009 |
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