Distance: 11.36 km in two mini hikes.
Weight: 20# backpack
Weather: Overcast, light rain, torrent
Elevation gain:100 feet
Accumulation elevation gain for 2016: 21,794 feet.
Accumulated distance hiked: 185.13 km
Food consumed during hike:1 mini candy bar
Food consumed during hike:1 mini candy bar
Notes:
Prepping for Adirondack hike, which will have higher elevation, colder weather; near wilderness conditions and a chance to practice map and compass skills. Today's hike commenced along levy of Mohawk river with views of vestiges of Erie Canal (see photo). This portion of hike (3.8 km) was accompanied by brother-in-law and paced at 2.38 mph. Then he headed home and I hiked back to his home, a distance of 7.55 km, following a course along the river and then through Schenectady to Scotia. Most of the path was fairly flat and I maintained a rate of 3.14 mph. Toward the end, the rain picked up and became almost torrential. My jeans were soaked; sunken sidewalk slabs defined basins holding 1-2 inches of water, and deeper streams poured around corners and puddled streets through which I practiced leaving no trace behind, thoroughly testing the gortex on my Asolo's. The cemetery I passed just before reaching my destination had a sandwich board at its entrance advertising spring discounts on plots. If I had been wearing jeans and this were the Adirondacks, I might have considered one.But the Adirondacks are in a few days and I won't be wearing jeans.
See PostScript, below*
*PostScript, April 7: Today I learned that that while I was being drenched by the deluge, the same storm had winds reaching 90 mph barely two miles away. My experience could have been far more challenging.
Prepping for Adirondack hike, which will have higher elevation, colder weather; near wilderness conditions and a chance to practice map and compass skills. Today's hike commenced along levy of Mohawk river with views of vestiges of Erie Canal (see photo). This portion of hike (3.8 km) was accompanied by brother-in-law and paced at 2.38 mph. Then he headed home and I hiked back to his home, a distance of 7.55 km, following a course along the river and then through Schenectady to Scotia. Most of the path was fairly flat and I maintained a rate of 3.14 mph. Toward the end, the rain picked up and became almost torrential. My jeans were soaked; sunken sidewalk slabs defined basins holding 1-2 inches of water, and deeper streams poured around corners and puddled streets through which I practiced leaving no trace behind, thoroughly testing the gortex on my Asolo's. The cemetery I passed just before reaching my destination had a sandwich board at its entrance advertising spring discounts on plots. If I had been wearing jeans and this were the Adirondacks, I might have considered one.But the Adirondacks are in a few days and I won't be wearing jeans.
See PostScript, below*
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Along the Mohawk |
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Mohawk River Levy Road. The river is to the right and can flood the lowland beside the levy. |
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A remnant of the Erie Canal along side the Mohawk River's levy road. |
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The solo portion of the hike, from the Mohawk into Scotia. The blue line on the graph indicates speed, the red indicates elevation. The drop in elevation toward the end is not supported in memory. Map My Hike is notoriously fickle for elevation. |
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