The Challenge Returns . . . 

Three times has it defeated me -- or did I simply fail? Mount Adams. Roger Matthews, my hiking consort, dreams again of summiting the mountain that defeated him on his last two tries. Now, we two, like Tenneyson's Ulysses, once again contemplate pushing off and striking the sounding furrows. Or the equivalent, anyway.

And so my objective is to average an ascent of 4,000 feet per week over the next 20 weeks to steel myself for the adventure once more. Not optimistic, but determined. I will limit my objectives, and I will obtain them: To take off 15 pounds and to make a mere 2,000 foot ascent almost effortless with 40 pounds of weights. And maybe, just maybe, I will actually make it to the top. That will be an extra.

The journey begins today.

Mt. Adams Training Hikes 2021-2022
Date	Location	Gain	Distance	Comment
11/1/2021	Capitol Hill	300'	RT: 3.7miles	No Weight
11/3/2021	Rattlesnake	1,200'	4.4 miles	Weight: 18#
11/7/2-21	TMT/cable/T3	1,400'	5+miles	Wet/cold/Helped/18#
11/8/2021	Bank, Metzker, Ivars	300'	5.5 miles	$4 energy coke
11/11/2021 Vet's Day	Rattlesnake	1,200	4.5 m in light rain	Good gloves; 100min+ to top
11/16/2021	Mt Constittion, Orcas	1,050	4 miles+	Mt. Lake -Little Summit
11/17/2021	Cascade Lake, Orcas	Negligible	2.7 miles	Finished in dark
11-21-2021	Tiger 3	1,600 feet min	5.7 mi	No pack. 1.65-2.9 mph !
11-24-2021`	Whole Foods / Tiger 31	2,000 feet      Σ = 7,700	1m + 6m Σ= 38.8	21#; salt tablets; cramps
11-28-2021	TMT,K-3, Tiger 3; crossed high point creek.    WET!	1,600	6m	Rain > lt snow; 4-5 hours; torch last 2 mi. Not cold.
12/8/2021	Des Moines beach park		3 miles with Larisa	Walked healing toe
12/9/2021	Des Moines beach park		3 miles with Larisa	Walked fast, healing toe
12-14-2021	Tiger 3	750 feet	2.5 miles in about 1 hour	Snow/rain; tested old boots.
12/17	Downtown & Alma's	400	8 miles	Helped find Real Change
01-01-2022	To, through Arboretum	200	4.4 miles	With Shira's Family. Snow
				alt 228 = Σ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

11/7/2021: Cold rain, Cable Line exhausted me; gloves failed; legs tired. Runner, Kyle, passed, I asked for help, with pack and gloves. Water and gorp revived me. We walked back together.