EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

Small 31 for a Forty-Four Pic Friday.

Unfortunately, it’s technically Saturday at this point…..so I’ll have to wait another week. I know, I’m disappointed too.

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My wife and I did make it to the beach for sunset tonight. The water was unusually choppy.

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Knives&Lint said:
Yesterday I decided to go hike a viewpoint, as I knew there were no lake hikes that could live up to my experience earlier in the week. The destination was an old fire lookout, and with elevation gain of 1000ft per mile, this hike is well known as a burner. It didn't help matters that as soon as I got out to the trailhead I realized that I had forgotten my snack pack with my almonds and a fresh batch of Bison Jerky that I had made the night before. Oh well though, I did have the ingredients for my protein shake (whey, hemp seeds, coconut/coconut water) that I was planning on having when I reached the top and broke my fast, and there are wild berries galore out here, so I decided to go ahead as planned.

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They have been rebuilding this lookout as of late, and it seems that the llamas that were tasked with the job of hauling the supplies decided to go on a strike and refused, so they have 20lb packs of wood at the trailhead and are asking for any young strapping able-bodied hikers to volunteer to carry a pack up on their way. There just so happened to be a bundle there when I got there. I'm 46, sinewy, got a bum hip, two-bad knees, a rib injury, and I think maybe my liver hurts; but what the hell, where there's a will there's a way. I decided to go ahead and give it a go. Apparently the only real prerequisite is having less sense than a llama ;)

On the bright side, while I shifted my method of carry many times on the way up, guess what one of them was??? I actually used the parcel hook on the SAK!

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At this point I typically share some photos of breathtaking views as they start to open up, but today those views were shrouded in clouds, and furthermore my breath was already taken. This pic of the rocky trail was all I could muster at this point.

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Eventually I could start to see some of the climb ahead, but not yet the destination.

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Thar she blows! I can see the lookout. Deceptive however, there's still a good while to go.

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Finally after over 3 hours of incline carrying a bundle of wood, I made it to the top. A couple of fellow hikers who had seen me on the way up seemed to express concern for me, but I played it off well. It felt something like this though 🤣 .



It wasn't that bad really, rewarding actually. I spent some time at the top even though the clouds were blocking most of the views. It was stunning nonetheless.

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My stained hands will give you an idea of how many berries I consumed.

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Then, on the way down, the view did open up a bit. Plus the colors on the mountainside were amazing.

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For reference, here's a pic of a previous visit on a clear day to show you what the view would otherwise look like.

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Great photos, great knives, great narrative!
 
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