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It is indeed a small world. A WSS forum member who goes by dnm recognized the canyon behind my house from one of my posts. He contacted me and it turns out he lives probably less than a mile away. So we got together for a hike last Friday and I was introduced to a new trail.
I've lived here in Los Alamos for 30 years, so it seems improbable that I would not already know all the trails, especially the one in the canyon directly below my house. But there are so many options in Los Alamos that such occurances are not that unusual.
The canyon below my house is called Pueblo, and, if you hike to the lower end of Pueblo, you can hang a hairpin to the left and climb back up through Bayo Canyon. I was ready to do what I call a breakthrough hike, one, that is, that dramatically extends my current capability. So the 14 mile trek down Pueblo and back up Bayo held a lot of appeal.
I met dnm near the Pueblo trailhead and proceeded down the canyon through a wonderland of hoodoos, balanced rocks and tent rock formations. Unfortunately, my camera failed on me, but dnm was kind enough to provide the pics used in this thread. (I later learned that my camera was fine, but that the rechargable batteries were no longer capable of holding a charge.)
Here's a couple pics of Dingus and I near two balanced rock formations:
Climbing back up through Bayo I began to fade a bit toward the end. Dingus is also dragging a little, though he had five sierra cups of water during the trek.
The trek took six hours, much slower than dnm usually hiked it, but I did get the breakthrough workout I was looking for. When the scales show you dropping 5 lbs on a hike despite generous water consumption you have had a workout. I need to get my weight down about 20 lbs before I'll really be ready for the Grand Canyon in November.
Unfortunately, I got a bruised heel during the trek, probably because my weight was too high. Initially I couldn't put any weight on it at all, but it's much better now and I will resume light workouts today.
Thanks for introducing me to the Pueblo Canyon trail dnm.
You folks wish me luck on the GC preparations. I've got a long way to go in two months.
I've lived here in Los Alamos for 30 years, so it seems improbable that I would not already know all the trails, especially the one in the canyon directly below my house. But there are so many options in Los Alamos that such occurances are not that unusual.
The canyon below my house is called Pueblo, and, if you hike to the lower end of Pueblo, you can hang a hairpin to the left and climb back up through Bayo Canyon. I was ready to do what I call a breakthrough hike, one, that is, that dramatically extends my current capability. So the 14 mile trek down Pueblo and back up Bayo held a lot of appeal.
I met dnm near the Pueblo trailhead and proceeded down the canyon through a wonderland of hoodoos, balanced rocks and tent rock formations. Unfortunately, my camera failed on me, but dnm was kind enough to provide the pics used in this thread. (I later learned that my camera was fine, but that the rechargable batteries were no longer capable of holding a charge.)
Here's a couple pics of Dingus and I near two balanced rock formations:
Climbing back up through Bayo I began to fade a bit toward the end. Dingus is also dragging a little, though he had five sierra cups of water during the trek.
The trek took six hours, much slower than dnm usually hiked it, but I did get the breakthrough workout I was looking for. When the scales show you dropping 5 lbs on a hike despite generous water consumption you have had a workout. I need to get my weight down about 20 lbs before I'll really be ready for the Grand Canyon in November.
Unfortunately, I got a bruised heel during the trek, probably because my weight was too high. Initially I couldn't put any weight on it at all, but it's much better now and I will resume light workouts today.
Thanks for introducing me to the Pueblo Canyon trail dnm.
You folks wish me luck on the GC preparations. I've got a long way to go in two months.
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