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That looked like a great outing. I went up Baldy today. It was quite a workout with all that snow. When I got back, I thought about appealing to the Governor to declare the trail below the Hut a Disaster Area. Way too damned many post holes to dodge. Then I remembered that he has some budget problem...

HikeUp wrote: ↑Good to know you have not gone to the dark side, Alan!

You mean by not bringing up past controversies involving an obsessive individual accusing the good folks here of being guilty of a wide variety of what he took to be crimes?

The trail is closed, so no one on this law abiding-board has been on it recently.

I do miss it.

CA may be more tolerant, but the price of vigilantism in AZ can be high indeed. Well, in that AZ case, it doesn't pay to fund your vigilante squad's operations by robbing someone and then killing them. The actual murders were not an act of vigilantism. Correct. A true vigilante leaves out the robbe...

Hikin_Jim wrote: ↑

Taco wrote: ↑168gr Sierra Matchkings ain't cheap, Jim.

168gr Sierra Matchkings -- expensive
Taking out a scumbag -- priceless

CA may be more tolerant, but the price of vigilantism in AZ can be high indeed.

Bill, Look, I'm really sorry. Some people. :roll: HJ Fortunately, it melts quickly this time of year. Really, you all have me to thank for this phenomenal snow year. Since I sold the snow blower at the yard sale a couple years ago seems like we are getting some pretty decent snow. We've been doing ...

PackerGreg wrote: ↑The Supermoon is gonna knock it loose tonight.

The super boulder is going to knock the moon down.

What will cost more: Blasting the old boulder or the geological and environmental impact analysis? Doing nothing would cost nothing. If it ain't broke...etc. I would definitely vote for leaving it alone and not doing the studies, but my answer to the question is that the analysis will cost a hell o...

Zé wrote: ↑as for the mile record, glycogen is mostly stored well in advanced, so fasting 8 hrs before isn't really bad (most people fast during sleep and exercise in the morning)

Exactly. Let's face it -- most of us could use a bit of fasting.

This thread reminded me of the fact that Hicham El Guerrouj set the indoor world record for 1500m on February 2, 1997. Ramadan ran from January 10 - February 7 that year. El Guerrouj is Muslim and was observing the Ramadan sunrise to sundown fast when he ran that evening. He did admit to being total...

its actually not that simple... True -- it's never "that simple." But rules of thumb are nice. Hiking is mostly aerobic. I used to do a lot of anerobic (and mixed anerobbic/aerobic) training (middle distance running) -- it's a hell of a lot different from most hiking! Really? I'm surprise...

if one goes at a pace of 70% their max HR for 5 hours... and another person goes at a pace of 85% of their max HR for 3 hours... is it reasonable to think that the the second person may need to eat more, citing their likely depleted glycogen stores? In my own experience, I've found this to be the p...

Is being glycogen depleted what makes the big muscles in my legs/thighs feel week on long uphills? i dont feel hungry, but my legs do! lol -so if i eat, even just a lil, then my muscles feel happier That sounds reasonable. One has glycogen stores sufficient to fuel around 20 miles on level ground. ...

Since no one else has mentioned it so far, I'll bring up the subject of not supplementing. If I am hiking 20 miles or more, going up and down mountains, I find supplements useful. For 15 miles or less, I don't bother. I carry water, of course, especially on hot days, but I generally don't eat anythi...

everyday wrote: ↑wow, you guys are like almost half a century old

Well, you are getting one day closer to 50 every day. I'm not.

everyday wrote: ↑wtf's GU? it even sounds icky

It's the stuff dreams are made of.

HikeUp wrote: ↑Ahem. Dang lot of 48 year olds around here. 8)

That explains all the rocking chairs and canes.

Hikin_Jim wrote: ↑Hey, 48 is a great age.

I accept that, whether it is on the good side of 40 or the bad side.

I like being in my late (very late?) 40s and have been for many years already.

The System can be beaten but it takes a BMF rock.

titanhangman wrote: ↑On the bad side of 40

Just out of curiosity, which side is that?

Zé wrote: ↑caffeine, at the very least, reduces the rate of perceived exertion (less pain at certain pace, or go faster)

long hikes, you could intake a few hundred calories of fast acting carbohydrates into blood (like GU, gatorade).

You're lucky that someone is gone.

It was early enough that all the snow was hard and icy (as soon as the sun hit it I bet it turned to slush though). On the way up I put on microspikes a little before the upper Chapman Trail junction. On the way down I took them off after the first snow patch on the Chapman Tr. - but that turned ou...

So, who is that man behind the Foster Grants? 8) Is this local message board "fellow" someone we might know or is he on the lam from the law and not wanting to be identified? You can see from Dave's picture that they weren't Foster Grants. 8) It was indeed James. I failed to get his pictu...

It was a quiet day on Baldy. I did not encounter any other hikers until, on the way down, I met a fellow camping near the Ski Hut. It turned out that we knew each other from the local hiking message boards. Register Ridge does not have much snow at all and I easily got to the summit of Baldy with ju...

Not dissing the snow per se. Heckuva lot better than 2 weeks ago with everyone running around in flip flops and shorts. I just wanted it to snow at my house. It didn't. Hence, storm non-succeed. Sounds like it did better further east. SGW is reporting good snow. It has been snowing off and on all a...

Why not serve both masters? Take the essentials, be prepared for what you are facing out on the trails - and just lose 5 pounds of body weight? That way you will carry what you need & be more efficient as well. :) Jay makes a great point. I love the conversations I have with people who pay many...

The register-signing picture shows a truly satisfied fellow. 8)

Happy belated B.D. Alan... Richard P. asked about you while we were hiking if I have seen you lately, I belive the last time was I was coming down the road from ski hut trail and you were just starting out and your son was doing a meet in Ohio. Yes, I remember running into you as you were finishing...

I assume that the final 5 switchbacks are the ski lift parking area with the finish at the very base of the ski lifts. Does this sound correct? It does. The profile says the finish is at around 6400', which is close to the base of the lifts. Good workout. Anyone who gets too tired can quit at Heato...

Hikin_Jim wrote: ↑

AlanK wrote: ↑ I was about 34 on top but ... I must have been 65 by the time I got back to the Village.

Yeah, I've had hikes where I felt that way too. Happy Birthday old man.

That's the mark of a good hike. Usually, one ages going up the mountain, not going down the mountain.