Heybrook Lookout & Ridge
Distance: 15.36 kmTime: 8 hours.
Weight: 25-pound backpack
Weather: Roughly 50 degrees with overcast, clearing by late afternoon; light sprinkling of rain.
Elevation gain: Roughly 1,800 feet,
Accumulation elevation gain for 2016: 29,844 feet.
Accumulated distance hiked: 232.39 km
Food: Consumed during hike: Honey Crisp apple,mini candy bars, chicken tender, hard-boiled egg
Notes: This was the field trip for the Navigation Course, which I passed. It involved climbing 900 feet on a steep trail; walking to a field where we shot bearings on stumps marked with paddles bearing letters; leap-frogging with a team mate across country; and solo navigation with a companion across country, following a specific bearing and ending up at a destination. For some reason I was within 2 percent of accuracy, despite a compass which was not operating well and which was discovered, afterward, to be faulty. The third compass so far that has failed me. Necessary to return to feathered friends.
Social factor: Rode there in Tesla; driver didn't ask for gas money; offered salt sticks to the man who buddied with me for the cross country.
Performance: My feet hurt in my hiking shoes. I probably need softer inserts. Also I found myself breathing heavy on the hike. I still need to improve my stamina.
Class information: Didn't do assigned homework, but passed anyway. Talked to Nina about a snow scramble that I wouldn't be holding everyone back on.
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