looking for a solution to a camping/ hiking partner problim
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:56 am
My sister is hell bent on hiking the high peaks, doing a 2-3 day trip, the regulation of no camp fire has turned her eyes from colden, tabletop, and Phelps to the sewards
with that said the sewards would be a better choice because of the flattish trail in and a hike to duck hole instead of the mountains, except shes hell bent on climbing the mountians
i have no problem climbing them, and shouldn't have an issue at all but hears the problem..................
Hurricane mountain did to her what mt. Everest would do to a fit climber, and while she summited it took about 12-13 hours to do the 6 mile round trip, (granted she had a broken toe at the time)
in the Catskills she had no problem on red hill or balsam lake mountain, and climbed giant ledge with few problems, but could not make panther mountain, on a later trip i went with my friends to hunter mountain we climbed hunter and southwest hunter from spruceton rd- devils path and looped down the sruceton trail in about 4-5 hours for roughly 11 miles distance, and she thought i was crazy for this speed
i was told by the guide she had on hurricane that she could handle cascade, porter and a few other high peaks, but would be taxed and probably fail on noonmark
so i want to know is their a alternate trip in the dacks (preferably), but possably in Vermont or Massachusetts to take her on keeping in mind that the trip could be up to 4 days of camping, and that i would like their to be 2-5 peaks in the area to hit, and relitivly easy trails in, (steepness can be up a little, but boulders hurt her) her height is about 5'3" and she is not all that fit
i have no idea what would be appropriate to take her on as most the mountains i concentrate on are to much for her
with that said the sewards would be a better choice because of the flattish trail in and a hike to duck hole instead of the mountains, except shes hell bent on climbing the mountians
i have no problem climbing them, and shouldn't have an issue at all but hears the problem..................
Hurricane mountain did to her what mt. Everest would do to a fit climber, and while she summited it took about 12-13 hours to do the 6 mile round trip, (granted she had a broken toe at the time)
in the Catskills she had no problem on red hill or balsam lake mountain, and climbed giant ledge with few problems, but could not make panther mountain, on a later trip i went with my friends to hunter mountain we climbed hunter and southwest hunter from spruceton rd- devils path and looped down the sruceton trail in about 4-5 hours for roughly 11 miles distance, and she thought i was crazy for this speed
i was told by the guide she had on hurricane that she could handle cascade, porter and a few other high peaks, but would be taxed and probably fail on noonmark
so i want to know is their a alternate trip in the dacks (preferably), but possably in Vermont or Massachusetts to take her on keeping in mind that the trip could be up to 4 days of camping, and that i would like their to be 2-5 peaks in the area to hit, and relitivly easy trails in, (steepness can be up a little, but boulders hurt her) her height is about 5'3" and she is not all that fit
i have no idea what would be appropriate to take her on as most the mountains i concentrate on are to much for her