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| The 360 degree views of fall colours were stunning |
What an incredible day! Hiking w Janie and Braulio today. Fun game of under / over / through with the stiles - lol I'd never really realized there was a pass through for critters (or people who don't want to climb lol) on some of them before. Stunning weather, amazing fall leaves, and good friends - what more can you ask? Well - the pub afterwards would've been nice but alas did not have food. Fail!
Also tried poles for the first time on this hike - was truly amazed by the difference they made once I got the hang of them. There's the lazy pole swing (like 3 steps to every pole movement) which honestly doesn't do much but does help prevent fat hands, but the one for one pole-to-stride match going up or down hills? That adds a ton of speed and power on the down and helps conserve energy and strength on the ups. Today had a LOT of downs and ups so definitely got to practice that a fair bit. Someday I am 100% going to get overconfident with these and either stab myself horribly in the foot or wipe out in a big way, but fortunately today was not that day ;)
Stats:
Distance: 27.5 km
Elevation Gain: 843 m
Weather: 20 deg and sunny :)
Duration: 7h 2 min
Avg Pace: 14:10
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| The traditional approach... |
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| ...and an alternate solution ;) |
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