Also brought a pair of trekking poles to try out to reduce the stress on my knees. I found them hurting a bit about 2/3 the way down from the Mt Diablo hike on 4/6. Since I plan to do this for a while still, better to do something to reduce the stress as much as possible. I have used them a couple of times now and find them quite helpful even for this short hikes up and down Mission Peak. I will really put them to the test for the hike at the end of the month.
There isn't really any thing new about these hikes except I am trying to get better ime up and down the mountain...
8/23/2008 1 hr 10 min (1 hr 57 min total) morning
7/19/2008 1 hr 9 min (1 hr 54 min total) morning
7/13/2008 Back to morning hike
1 hr 11 min to the top
6/11/2008 - 1 hr 10 min (2 hr 3 min total) no poles
5/23/2008 - 1.5 hour... Ran into Danny and his friend on my way up and their way down and we talked for a bit...
5/13/2008 - 1 hour 10 minutes to the top; 2 hour 8 minutes round trip
The moon was waxing to about 1/4 and was liting my way down quite well. I was watch the sun set from the peak and it was very enjoyable. Not using the trekking poles, trying out to carry them on the daypack...
5/9/2008 - 1 hour 12 minutes to the top; 2 hour 12 minutes round trip
It was a new moon and I was pushing to get the last bit of light from dusk. Get back just in time to the car... Also using the trekking poles.
5/6/2008 - 1 hour 17 minutes to the top; 2 hour 20 minutes round trip
First time trying out my new trekking poles. On Sale from REI. :-)
4/25/2008 - Not all the way to the top...
Spent 1 hour going up only to get to the shouder of the peak. It was getting dark and so I turn around.
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