I'm finally claiming my second "Rainier" for 2017. Today I walked to Ivar's Acres of Clams and back, representing an elevation gain of 300 feet and a distance of 2.8 miles. Map My Hike would dispute those numbers, claiming a distance of 2.97 miles and a top elevation of between 210 and 253 feet, but it also showed me as going as low as 90 feet below sea level. My inclination for future hikes is to subtract 20 percent from any distance recordings with that software and to rely only on topo maps or other sources for elevation gains. At any rate, I've well surpassed the 92 feet I had to ascend to represent two Mount Rainier elevations, so for the rest of this year I will close each posting with this symbol, from my 2014-2015 run at Mount Adams:
The hike took me down Madison, through Seattle Library's downtown branch, and on to the waterfront before the return to the condo.
Later in the day I walked to Regal Cinemas at 7th and Pike to see the sequel to
Blade Runner. The round trip was 2 miles and the elevation gain (Google maps) was 145 feet.
Here are the statistics for the day:
Distance: 4.8 miles, 7.68 km
Elevation gain: 445 feet
Official statistics for year to date:
Distance: 346,58 km
Elevation Gain: 29,175 feet
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