so does this thread work for talking about how are day was at pinns?
if not, apologies in advance...
... the heat is on! been to the park 5 times in the last 8 days. its getting hotter
took my mother to the east side for some hiking yesterday. she doesnt do well with heat but insisted she wanted to "have a real hike." looking at the forecast, i suggested that we could head up condor gulch to the high peaks before noon, and come down the HP trail back to bear gulch. i warned her full well to expect temps in the upper eighties/low nineties by the time we summitted.
planned worked great. with all the uphill behind us we casualy leap frogged from shade to shade. she saw condors. and a western whiptail lizard!
after some beer and a picnic, she abandoned me at bear gulch like a good mother.. but i had a trick up my sleeve.
my girlfriend megan was scheduled to meet me "somewhere around tiburcios x" where i would be top rope soloing until her arival with the full rack
i didnt get fifty feet from the parking lot before turning around and seeing her show up!
despite the clock reading 4pm, it was still in the upper 80's... 6 hours of high peaks hiking and 24oz of lagunitas invoked a feeling of lethargy.
"screw it i need to lead rat race anyway."
we also toproped rat face and set a directional on the 5.9 hand crack to the right. that one is atrocious! 0/10 would not lead.
after so much fun, i was determined to finally lead coyote ugly... so we hiked up there with each step growing heavier and heavier.... upon finaly arriving to the reservior i elected to lie down for a quick nap in the gravel.
i snored.
15 minutes later, a boost of energy got me up, but a stumbling step indicated i might be too tired.
"you dont have to lead this right now..."
"but im ready!"
but tired is tired. the mind was willing but the body was weak.
maybe this afternoon...
