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swbkrun Member
Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 444 | TRs | Pics
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Sun Apr 29, 2007 3:31 pm
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The clouds were there.. They were gone.. It was cold.. It was hot.. A strange day weather wise in the morning. Clouds keep rolling down I-90. The trail itself is very muddy, and wet. The crowds were a plenty. We left our car @ 8am, and were up to the summit right before 10am (with 5-6 other people up there, and seeing 2 people on the way down from the summit!). We stuck around on the summit for 30 minutes or so, becasue this was the only spot the sun was shining. On the way down we must have past 40 different people or more heading up the trail! CROWDED DAY! The bum deal was the afternoon was beautiful, and I bet the views were spectacular! I did manage to have 2 new combers to Mailbox.. My wife, and a friend of mine! Both said they would do it again!
Final push for a friend of mine Put your head down and get up! KEEP PUSHING! Spotty view Well deserved REST She still loves me, even after dragging her up the hill!
Side Note: Mailbox is a good workout, and a great hike. So, when I am getting down 500 yards from the car, I am thinking to myself that I had a good workout today, and I am happy.... HOWEVER, 2 guys came RUNNING BACK DOWN FROM THE SUMMIT! I SAW THEM RUNNING UP AS WELL! THEY RAN THE FRICKIN TRAIL! I now feel like I am a CHUMP compared to those cats who ran up and down the mountain!!!
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Yet Member
Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 2634 | TRs | Pics Location: Happily Ever After |
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Sun Apr 29, 2007 3:51 pm
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Awwww.....
The "she still loves me" photo is too cute!
How do you pronounce swbkrun, anyway?
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Magellan Brutally Handsome
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 13116 | TRs | Pics Location: Inexorable descent |
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Sun Apr 29, 2007 3:57 pm
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I always 'hear' it as snow-bake-run.
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swbkrun Member
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Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:39 pm
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Magellan wrote: | I always 'hear' it as snow-bake-run. |
???
SWIM BIKE RUN
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Yet Member
Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 2634 | TRs | Pics Location: Happily Ever After |
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Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:44 pm
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Ah! Thanks.
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Elvis Shuffl'n
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Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:12 pm
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Admin Note: The contents of this post were lost in a database crash.
"Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas." ~John Dryden
My Trip List
"Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas." ~John Dryden
My Trip List
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dacker little black dots
Joined: 27 Sep 2006 Posts: 738 | TRs | Pics Location: the end of my rope |
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Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:03 pm
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swbkrun wrote: | I now feel like I am a CHUMP compared to those cats who ran up and down the mountain!!! |
If you cruised up that puppy on a muddy trail in under two hours, I wouldn't feel too bad!
We don't stop hiking because we grow old; we grow old because we stop hiking. --Finis Mitchell
We don't stop hiking because we grow old; we grow old because we stop hiking. --Finis Mitchell
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M-Dart32 Member
Joined: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 67 | TRs | Pics Location: Kent, Wa |
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Tue May 01, 2007 9:48 pm
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swbkrun wrote: | Side Note: Mailbox is a good workout, and a great hike. So, when I am getting down 500 yards from the car, I am thinking to myself that I had a good workout today, and I am happy.... HOWEVER, 2 guys came RUNNING BACK DOWN FROM THE SUMMIT! I SAW THEM RUNNING UP AS WELL! THEY RAN THE FRICKIN TRAIL! I now feel like I am a CHUMP compared to those cats who ran up and down the mountain!!! |
Eek, I'm still working on being able to run up Si. I wonder if it's the same 2 guys I saw running around the Middle Fork area a few months ago. Their calves were massive.
"Fortune favors the brave."
Aeneid Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC)
"Fortune favors the brave."
Aeneid Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC)
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summithound Climbing Connoisseur
Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 1766 | TRs | Pics Location: Everett, WA |
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Fri May 04, 2007 9:06 pm
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Thanks for the trip report swbkrun It's good to know that the snow is practically gone up there.
Pain is just weakness leaving the body.
Pain is just weakness leaving the body.
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Tazz Member
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Fri May 04, 2007 9:18 pm
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Ahhh I love the photo of you two.....sweet!!!
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LittleHikerMom Mom to a little girl
Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 1855 | TRs | Pics Location: Everett, WA |
Sounds like the type of guys i'd avoid hiking with. lol. I like to go at a not slow but more easy pace. My lungs can take only so much! lol. I could never run up a mountain... ever.
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