点评:Arrived at hydro street parking around 4 am. It was half full with vehicles trickling in. Trick to parking is don’t scan the tag, but simply text the number on the actual machine.
The trail is very well marked and in great shape. Please don’t confuse that with easy.
Based on a handful of YouTube videos, my expectation was the trail to start off challenging to the top of the incline then ease up to Barr Camp and continue with a slight grade to tree line before becoming very challenging. That wasn’t exactly what was encountered.
What ha happened…trail head to top of incline using the switchbacks was moderate plus in difficulty. Once at the top, the grade decreased greatly until about a mile from Barr Camp. At that point the grade increased and became rockier (go figure). We reached Barr in 3h 18m and took a 15 minute break.
The trail after camp continued to be rocky with a significant grade. My hips started resisting movement around 7.2. I pushed on a tenth at a time, but it became apparent the gradient increases ahead would not be manageable so I turned around. I never had any altitude issues or felt physical pain and am a low lander. We reached an elevation of 11500.
The trek back down was wearing simply due to my failure. That said, fatigue set in and was glad I had hiking sticks.
While there are some great views, it is really an endurance challenge.
I’m thirty days from being 56 and, despite being 40 lbs overweight, exercise moderately 3 days a week. Hope that gives you some guidance.
翻译:凌晨4点左右到达Hydro Street停车场。停车场已满了一半,车辆缓缓驶入。停车的窍门是不要扫描标签,只需在实际机器上输入短信号码即可。
这条小路标记清楚,形状也很好。请不要将其与简单混淆。
根据一些 YouTube 视频,我的期望是这条路线从挑战斜坡顶部开始,然后慢慢到达巴尔营地,并继续稍微坡度到达林线,然后变得非常具有挑战性。这并不完全是所遇到的情况。
发生了什么……使用之字形路线从头到斜坡顶部的难度适中。一旦到达山顶,坡度就大大下降,直到距离巴尔营地约一英里。那时,成绩提高了,变得更加不稳定(想想看)。我们用 3 小时 18 分钟到达巴尔,休息了 15 分钟。
营地后的小路仍然崎岖不平,坡度很大。我的臀部在 7.2 左右开始抵抗运动。我一次推了十分之一,但很明显,前面的坡度增加是无法控制的,所以我转身。我从来没有遇到任何海拔问题或感到身体疼痛,并且是一个低着陆者。我们到达了海拔11500。
由于我的失败,返回的路程很疲惫。也就是说,疲劳开始出现,很高兴我有登山杖。
虽然有一些美景,但这确实是对耐力的挑战。
我距离 56 岁还有 30 天,尽管体重超重 40 磅,但每周 3 天进行适度锻炼。希望能给您一些指导。