c2c June 23

[magikwalt]

Hi Ellen,

Okay since you mentioned the yogurt first I'll admit to liking a cup of hot chocolate and yogurt from Starbucks about an hour ahead of the hike.

Walt

[KathyW]

It was 112 degrees out in Thermal and Oasis today - I got exhausted just getting in and out of my truck. I can't imagine going up the Skyline Trail in this weather.

[kevintrieu]

Hi guys - new to the board here. Just wondering if anybody heading up this Saturday or Sunday.

Thanks,
Kevin

[Cy Kaicener]

Welcome to this board Kevin - I think the temperature change here is a bit different than Denali At what time were you thinking of starting? I think the current heat wave should discourage most people from going, but you never know. I went at 2 am three weeks ago and suffered from the heat.
This Saturday I will be taking the tram up and hiking down towards Flat Rock.

[Yichus]

Yo Kevin...what's up?

Congrats again on the Denali ascent! Awesome accomplishment!

Are you seriously thinking about hiking c2c this weekend?

By the way, I'm still looking for a sweet deal on the Alpha SV jacket.

Rob

[kevintrieu]

Thanks Rob. It sure is Cy. Sitting in my little cubical at work bored out of my mind, I thought it'd be interesting to experience temperature difference of over 100 degrees within a month period. Rob, remember two years ago in May when we did the Grand Canyon crossing? I believe it was triple digit heat in the canyon floor. Well, I went up north to do Mt. Shasta the weekend after that. It wasn't quite 100 degree change but was close.

To answer your question, no, I wasn't not intending to do the c2c but thought if there some crazy people out there on the trail, I might tag along.

[KathyW]

Kevin: Yes, Congrats to you and the rest of your team on a successful Denali climb!

Kathy

[kevin trieu]

Thanks Kathy. I see that you want to do Russell this summer. When are you planning to do the climb?

[lee]

Hello everyone, Now that my memory of the pain and the struggle during the hike seems to have faded away somewhat, I would like to thank everyone for the information posted here that helped me prepare for the hike. Again, thank you, Hikin_Jim, for the timely info that led to the cancellation of the posted trip on the OCHBC meetup group. Cy, I don't know where you sent it, but I never got it. My thanks for your concern is just the same. There could have been worse than the two rescues on June 23. I went the next day, June 24. My foremost reason for the hike was to take pictures so I could not go at night. In any case, it took me 14 hours (I believe I am now the Skyline record holder for person with the longest finish time )
I have posted a few pictures here:
http://urbanexplor.meetup.com/62/calend ... pastdetail
And I plan to post all of them here this weekend:
http://leeland.shutterfly.com/
Some numbers from the hike:
- 8 quarts of water, 4 quarts of Gatorade, Powerade, etc.
(drank 4 quart of water and all of Gatorade, etc.)
- I ate little: 2 peanut butter and jam sandwiches, 1 apple, and 5 pieces of dried apricot.
- the tram ticket agent let me through without buying the 1-way ticket (told me the record for Skyline was 2h45m by someone who ran).
- $ 21.75 for the taxi ride from the tram's desert station back to the palm springs art museum.
- I did not bring a sleeping bag but was prepared to spend the night in the mountain.

I told myself during and immediately after the hike that I would never do that again, but now ...
Thanks again, everyone.

[Hikin_Jim]

Welcome to the forum, Lee.