Washburn trail
May. 4th, 2008 09:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nycmermaidI just figured out how to use Bluetooth to transfer files from my phone to my computer! So now I can post photos from yesterday's hike. It was supposed to be a hike to Breakneck Ridge, but the hike leader never showed, and so everyone who was waiting decided to hike the Washburn trail on Mt. Taurus instead. Even though the weather forecast in NYC wasn't for rain, when I got up to Cold Spring it was alternately misting/drizzling. I'm a bit glad we decided against climbing the face of Breakneck because the rocks might have been slippery and, well..! It was a great day for hiking though. All morning it was like hiking in a cloud forest.
In the afternoon it cleared up. All the other girls on the hike decided to call it a day, but the guys wanted to keep going. In the spirit of training for Machu Picchu I had to join them. And I'm so glad I did because we saw some of the best views I've ever seen in the area. We ended up doing about 12 miles (according to the guys and their map).
It's a wee castle!
This one was taken by our "leader," Hao.
It was a good hike, but it was hard, especially the uphill parts. I am worried that I have not trained enough. I really should have gone hiking more this past month. Three times a week on the stairmaster at the gym is nothing like the full-body exertion that is hiking.
In the afternoon it cleared up. All the other girls on the hike decided to call it a day, but the guys wanted to keep going. In the spirit of training for Machu Picchu I had to join them. And I'm so glad I did because we saw some of the best views I've ever seen in the area. We ended up doing about 12 miles (according to the guys and their map).
It's a wee castle!
This one was taken by our "leader," Hao.
It was a good hike, but it was hard, especially the uphill parts. I am worried that I have not trained enough. I really should have gone hiking more this past month. Three times a week on the stairmaster at the gym is nothing like the full-body exertion that is hiking.
