Last Saturday I hiked Mt. Si, an hour outside Seattle and the beginning of the Cascade Range. It is a good training hike, basically 4 miles of switchbacks up through Douglas firs and return 4 miles back down. Took me about 2 1/2 hours up and 2 hours down, with just a 15 pound pack. Time was less important to me than avoiding any re-injuries and paying attention to my stride and foot placements. No injuries, but sore quads and calves.
What I appreciate about our parks departments is how they must have brought in a lot of earth-moving equipment, etc., to make this hike steeper and more difficult than the last time I hiked it.
My weight has plateaued at about 190 ( down from 210) and I intend to lose at least another 5 pounds in the spirit of ultralight camping. Duke
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Today ( 6/26) hiked 8.5 miles, from downtown balard, up Magnolia Hill, around Discovery park, down to the beach, and return. This time it's my shins that hurt. Beginning to invent in my mind a backpacker's version of an ice machine, for all the en-of-day aches and pains. Duke
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