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Re: [OM] Reaching the Top

Subject: Re: [OM] Reaching the Top
From: Wayne Shumaker <om3ti@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 09:41:50 -0700
At 8/30/2020 07:15 PM, Ken wrote:
>> I like it!  Nicely composed.
>
>Thank you.
>
>I've been spamming facebook with all sorts of pictures from yesterday's hike.
>
>I'm definitely feeling it today. It was the hardest hike I've done
>here so far. I was almost to the very top when I look across over a
>nasty spine with big drop offs on either side, and a final ascent that
>looked a bit, uh, exposed. I go, "Oh, hell, no!". But I didn't come
>all this way to turn around with only a few feet to go, so I don't
>look down and literally crawl up with both hands. The top is so tiny,
>and the first bounce is about a hundred feet down, it was windy and I
>hadn't snacked yet. So, sitting down and not worrying about pictures
>seemed to be a good idea.
>
>I nursed an injury to my ankle. On the way up, I dislodged a rock and
>it hit my medial malleolus. That stung quite a bit. But when I left
>the summit, I didn't go ten steps when I slipped and wrenched my knee.
>That had me a bit concerned, as it was 3.5 miles of difficult trail to
>get back to the car. I made it and took some Ibuprofen when I got
>home. It's fine today, but I'm not really doing much.
>...

Nice. One question? Do you have some hiking poles?

WayneS


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