Ok so I think I took this whole hiking trip too lightly. This shit was very intense: 14 miles round trip with 5000ft of elevation change. PLUS, the final few hundred feet are on a 70 degree incline with you basically dragging yourself up on steel cables: Scary. AND we had to do all this in a day because we didn't have the foresight to book a campground or cabin.
It ended up taking about 11 hours. I had quite a few episodes of leg cramping which were slightly solved by my furiously digging my knuckles into my leg in order to break up some fascia. Next time I do something like this, I'm definitely going to bring more water + electrolytes.
I'm really happy that this coming week is deload week on 5/3/1 because I can't imagine squatting heavy right now.
Damn, that's intense. Glad you made it back ok.
ReplyDeletegood work man. i want to do this hike sometime soon.
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