Extreme Hiking anyone?

Cool! Nice job, love hiking.

 

I have hiked the first 275 miles of the Appalachian Trail, Angels Landing in Zion and also Yosemite in Winter, you might like this thread from last year:

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/hiking-hadrians-wall-2017.552143/

In 75 days (April 2018) myself and 14 friends are hiking the Great Glen Way in Scotland, we also have our sites set on Everest Base Camp and Mt. Kilimanjaro someday.

 

Damn Rob, do you ever, you know, like chill?

 

Great Family Pic, to boot!

"The pheasants are beneath me." - SoCal to az
"I have very few pet peeves in life . . . " - PeterS
"Change is inedible" - fc2

 

But do you ever, like, tiptoe through the tulips? Or just groovin?

 

Can't believe I missed this thread. I love hiking. My 2 favorite of all time were the Cables of Half Dome (Yosemite) and Kanarraville Falls just outside of Zion. The latter is probably the easiest hike ever, but the most beautiful with the slot canyons and waterfall.

 

wow, that is awesome. I cannot even fathom being in that good of shape (sadly).

Speaking of sad, gotta say I went thru the thread from start to finish and your relationship change is noteworthy (we all thought you and the wife and daughter had it all going on). New lady looks and sounds great from what you've said, so cool that she is now doing some of these with you...think she will join you on the crazy rock scramble to 14,000 hike/climbs?

 

Another challenge for the extreme hiker--Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim. No overnight camping, moving non-stop except for food, water, sock changes. Two good friends did it in 25:00 hrs with the slower hiker taking way too many breaks. I and a long-time endurance friend did it in 16:48. And a buddy bested us with a time of 14:41. Hardest thing I've ever done. 43 miles, major elevation change, gorgeous sunrise views. Just thought I'd post this here for the few crazies on this site!

BTW in Zion National Park, Observation Point hike is a much better view than Angel's Landing (unless you climb the north face of it...)

 

For fun, I did rim to rim in July - saw 116 on the way out

 

Rim to Rim would be great as well. I've thought about it and would still need to take months to train for it as well. Lots of water stations on the north rim part of the canyon make starting on the South a great idea. Beautiful hike either way!

 

That sounds like fun...I've only been to the north rim (trip involved Zion and Bryce Canyon) and it was beautiful.

I'm pretty sure I can't do that hike though...I would dehydrate and cramp up too easily. The most hiking I've done in the last few years was up half dome. 17 miles roundtrip and it took nearly 12 hours. My legs were cramping up on mile 16 which was almost flat and near the parking lot...that would be bad to happen going back up something like the grand canyon...

 

Hiking Azores soon. It’s no R2R2R Grand Canyon but should be fun.
Have thought of R2R. Have done GC 5-6 times just down and back after an overnight camping. 3-4hrs down and 5-7 up. So a R2R2R would be 20hrs for me. Tough at 50 and 220 blood pressure w/o meds. Sadly, hereditary despite being in fighting shape.

 

We all have reasons to do or not do something. What matters is what YOU chose to do. Doesn't matter what others do, just keep getting outside. Life is short!

And some of my best memories are drinking beers with friends around the campfire...

 

Spectacular hiking....

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Hiked the Via Ferrata in Gimmelwald Switzerland in September 2019, amazing hike with some 2,000 ft vertical drops.
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Great pics, just went through the thread. Big fan of trekking, I'm fairly athletic, but not so great at high altitudes. Andy, your pic made my hands sweat, lol!