Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Arggh

Well this morning I woke up with every intention of doing the 3 mountain loop. The weather was kind of chilly and overcast. The rain was holding when I landed in the Brom parking lot. My first 2 minutes into it right before I hit the I beam bridge I tripped, slammed my knee and jammed my finger. I soldiered on and hit the summit. On the way down my knee started to act up a little. The trail was wet and sketch. I took my time in both directions. The down is what kills me.
I headed over to $tratton. Stratton is a little higher up and the temp at the base was way cooler. The summit was in the clouds, so I headed up. I followed the work road up which was in good shape, I started to get a little cold and my feet were already soaked. I finally summited in the cold clouds and the descent sucked! My quads were burning, it was cold, and my feet were soaked.
Back at the truck I called my wife and asked her to pick up a tupper ware tub so I could soak my legs in ice water. Next stop Magic.
I was 3 miles from Magic and turned around. Then I got pissed at myself and headed back to Magic. I was pretty cold and wet getting ready for the last run I pulled a base layer out and a pair of dry socks popped out!! I put on dry socks, dry Salomons, and headed out(it was cold,cloudy, and looked like rain). I got about .2 miles into the workroad to the summit and called it off. My little voice was saying don't do it. I was solo, feeling lightheaded and just not feeling it. Next time will be it.

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