Sunday, June 24, 2007

endurance--longish hike

Hiked the Cave Basin area with Kim, including lots of bushwhacking around looking at rocks. Saw a big herd of elk at about 12,000 ft with young babies. Went up to a great overlook above the north end of Emerald Lake, at about 12,700. No snow, but we got pretty muddy from thrashing through boggy areas.

The Suunto said 3300 feet climb, but that's got to be way high--I'm guessing around 2500.

Distance unknown, but I'm guessing somewhere around 11-12 miles. Time was about 5:30-5:45, but we weren't in a hurry. Perfect weather.

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