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Misadventures in Hiking: Mount Gorgonio (06/30/13)
Note:I know Iâm super behind on posting all my âmisadventuresâ. This is a problem when they all getâŚ
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Misadventures in Hiking: Mount Gorgonio (06/30/13)
Note: I know Iâm super behind on posting all my âmisadventuresâ. This is a problem when they all get squeezed into one summer. With NaNoWriMo coming up, I need to get my head back into making up adventures and writing words down onto paper⌠hopefully.
View from the summit.
For our final training hike, we hit Mount Gorgonio, the tallest mountain in Southern California at 11,503 feet, via the Vivian Creek Trail. After the first few misadventures from our previous hikes, we were hoping to not have anymore misadventures since this was going to be another long and tough hike. We were gaining 5,840 feet in about 9 miles with an 18 mile round-trip total hike, but with our track record, we ended up adding miles anyway.
Aside from the length, steepness, and altitude making this a strenuous hike, we had an added factor of it being a hot summer day. However, I was hoping that it would be slightly cooler since we were at a higher altitude.
We reached Gorgonio around 7:00 AM, which was later than planned, but it was still early and cool. We grabbed our gear, applied sunscreen and bug repellent, then we were on our way.
Our first adventure started at the at the dry creek bed of Mill Creek. Instead of walking along the dried creek bed, we were walking in the creek, where it was mostly sand and rock filled terrain. We started to worry when we walked for about half a mile and still didnât see the trailhead sign. Fortunately, we hadnât miss or passed the sign, and we were on our way up the steepest mile of the trail.
This is the steepest and probably the hardest part of the trail since you gain 1,000 vertical feet of elevation in a mile. This mile was a challenge, but it was over pretty quickly, but there were some switchbacks that would give an acrophobe some pause. Once you get out of this âtoughâ section, the trail levels out and you have a beautiful steady hike for next two miles. Along the wooded trail, there was plenty of shade and the creek could be heard running in the background. However, there was one thing that marred the beauty of this trail. There were a lot of insects. There was part of the trail that had a lot of foliage and bugs, so we basically had to run through it with our heads down so rogue insects wouldnât try to invade our face holes. In addition, these insects were fierce since they were biting us through our shirts. I havenât had to use insect repellent in most of these hikes, but for Gorgonio during the summer. I highly recommend insect repellent with Deet because the âhippieâ citronella insect repellent did nothing to keep the bugs away.
Junction to the Camp
After racing through a cloud of insects, we decided to take a break at the junction to Halfway Camp. During our short respite, a group of trail runners came up from behind us. As they ran passed us, one of my friends recognized one of the runners as Billy, the âLA Runnerâ. We chatted with him and mentioned we were training for Mount Whitney. He told us he was up at Mount Whitney the week before and mentioned that it was beautiful. The runners then continued on their merry way, while we gathered our gear and continued our adventure to the top.
High Creek
We stopped for a food break at High Creek. Water was flowing at a decent rate and some of us filled up on the nice cold water since this was the last source of water, and the weather was starting to warm up.
Trail along the ridge.
 The moment we reached the ridgeline the clouds in the sky turned sparser, and it got hot since we broke the treeline at high noon and shade was very sparse. This part of the trail that hugged the ridgeline to the top wasnât hard, per se. But we had finally broke 10,000 feet, and we were all starting to feel the effects of the altitude. In addition to being at an 10,000 feet, it was hot and we were pretty exposed on the ridge.
Once and awhile a cloud would cover the sun and we would get a nice break from the heat, but those moments were few and far between as we got closer to the summit, which still felt very far away. Hikers coming down the summit tried to be encouraging and pointed out where the top of the mountain was and said the summit was close⌠but in my head it was still not close enough. I think at this point we saw the runners we encountered earlier heading back down the mountain. Although we only saw two of the four, which we thought was odd, but we just assumed they were planning on going down another trail.
Almost there!
When I finally reached the sign that pointed to the summit, I felt energized to reached the summit, but that energy dissipated when we encountered the âfalse peakâ. Fortunately, the true peak wasnât much further, but it sure felt like forever. I think our main motivation of getting to the summit at this point was so we could break for lunch.
 We finally reached the peak at around 2:00 PM. I didnât think I was going to make it to the top since my knees werenât feeling that great after the Mount Wilson hike the week before. But icing my knees daily for a week and wearing a knee brace for the hike definitely helped.
At the top there were a few hikers just chilling at the peak eating, talking, or napping. We pretty much did the same after we got pictures of the sign and our traditional âshoe picâ. While we were enjoying our sandwiches, there were quite a few chubby chipmunks eying our sandwiches and backpacks. When we didnât give them food, Iâm pretty sure they gave us a stink eye for not sharing.
 We stayed at the summit for about 45 minutes before we reluctantly reminded ourselves we were only halfway done. I found the register and signed our names as the others groaned and prepared for the long descent. I was not looking forward to the trek down since we had to descend at a slow pace because one of us had bad knees and could not travel as fast as the couple âSpeedy Gonzalesâ of the group.
Due to the slow pace we were traveling, we quickly realized that our goal to get off the mountain by 7:00 PM for a nice lobster dinner reward was only a dream. Our next realization was that we were not going to make it down the mountain before sunset. Our final realization was that not everyone in our party of four had a headlamp.
Gorgonio Register
As dusk approached we decided to assess our lighting situation. I had my headlamp. One person had a dinky mag-light that could use some fresh batteries, another person had a headlamp⌠but no batteries, and the last person had nothing at all. So between four people, we had two lights. When the sun set completely, it was DARK. Not to mention the last mile to the bottom was the steepest and narrowest part of the trail.
We knew that our hike up Mount Whitney would begin at 3:00 AM, but we had not planned for this hike to have us train for hiking in the dark. So this misadventure might have been a blessing in disguise⌠maybe.
With just two lamps between our group, we positioned ourselves by having me in the back with my headlamp, the slowest in front with her little mag-light, and the two Speedy Gonzales in between us. When we reached the final mile, I remembered how tough it was coming up, and going down the steep mile in the dark was just plain terrifying.
We were tired and sleepy from the long day, but once we hit the final steep mile in the dark, we were wide awake and probably sweating more than we had when we were hiking under the sun. Going down that trail while surrounded by blackness was an interesting experience. I had looked off to the side of the trail for a second; all I saw was BLACK. I looked down the edge of the trail and saw more BLACK. This last mile felt like an eternity since we had no way of telling how far from the bottom we were. It just felt like an endless amount of steep rocky switchbacks after switchback. Eventually, we reached the creek bed and cheered.
But it wasnât over yet. We still had another half mile to the car. This should have been an easy hike back to the car, but since I had the brightest headlamp, the moths decided to greet me by invading my face and attempting to go up my nose, mouth, and ears. I was not happy and very relieved when we finally reached the car at around 9:30PM.
The moment we got out of the mountains and into cell phone range, I called my mother to let her know I was still alive. Then she teased me by saying, she almost thought she had to call the rangers to look for us.
So instead of a lobster dinner, we ended up with no dinner since we were exhausted and just wanted to wash the filth off ourselves and sleep for two weeks until the next hike.
Overall, the Vivian Creek trail is a lovely trail, but in the summer time be sure to bring insect repellant because in the daytime, you have biting flies and mosquitoes; at night, you have nose invading giant moths.
My Workout For Tuesday October 01
I earned 1037 points for my workout on Fitocracy!
Overhead Dumbbell Squat +107 pts
10 lb x 10 reps (+35 pts)
15 lb x 10 reps (+36 pts)
15 lb x 10 reps (+36 pts)
Barbell Bench Press +168 pts
45 lb x 10 reps (+56 pts)
45 lb x 10 reps (+56 pts)
45 lb x 10 reps (+56 pts)
Dumbbell Flyes +69 pts
10 lb x 15 reps (+23 pts)
10 lb x 15 reps (+23 pts)
10 lb x 15 reps (+23 pts)
Dumbbell Deadlift +156 pts
15 lb x 15 reps (+52 pts)
15 lb x 15 reps (+52 pts)
15 lb x 15 reps (+52 pts)
Bent Over Two-Dumbbell Row With Palms In +105 pts
15 lb x 15 reps (+35 pts)
15 lb x 15 reps (+35 pts)
15 lb x 15 reps (+35 pts)
Dumbbell Rear Lunge +252 pts
15 lb x 15 reps (+84 pts)
15 lb x 15 reps (+84 pts)
15 lb x 15 reps (+84 pts)
Dumbbell Bicep Curl +96 pts
10 lb x 10 reps (+32 pts)
10 lb x 10 reps (+32 pts)
10 lb x 10 reps (+32 pts)
Cable Pull Through +51 pts
10 lb x 15 reps (+17 pts)
10 lb x 15 reps (+17 pts)
10 lb x 15 reps (+17 pts)
Kneeling Cable Triceps Extension +33 pts
10 lb x 15 reps (+11 pts)
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My Workout For Monday September 30
I earned 539 points for my workout on Fitocracy!
Walking +76 pts
0:17:00 || 1.0 mi || 17:00 min/mi || 120 BPM || flat (+38 pts)
0:17:00 || 1.0 mi || 17:00 min/mi || 120 BPM || flat (+38 pts)
Swimming +463 pts
0:30:00 || 800 m || 2:40 min/100m || 130 BPM || pool || various/other (+463 pts)
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My Workout For Friday August 16
I earned 1016 points for my workout on Fitocracy!
Elliptical Trainer +351 pts
0:35:00 || Intense! (+351 pts)
Walking +76 pts
0:17:00 || 1.0 mi || 17:00 min/mi || 120 BPM || flat (+38 pts)
0:17:00 || 1.0 mi || 17:00 min/mi || 120 BPM || flat (+38 pts)
Dumbbell Bench Press +150 pts
10 lb x 15 reps (+50 pts)
10 lb x 15 reps (+50 pts)
10 lb x 15 reps (+50 pts)
Dumbbell Flyes +69 pts
10 lb x 15 reps (+23 pts)
10 lb x 15 reps (+23 pts)
10 lb x 15 reps (+23 pts)
Standing Dumbbell Shoulder Press +165 pts
10 lb x 15 reps (+55 pts)
10 lb x 15 reps (+55 pts)
10 lb x 15 reps (+55 pts)
Dumbbell Rear Delt Row +58 pts
10 lb x 15 reps (+18 pts)
10 lb x 20 reps (+19 pts)
10 lb x 30 reps (+21 pts)
Crunch +78 pts
20 reps (+13 pts)
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Standing Dumbbell Triceps Extension +69 pts
10 lb x 15 reps (+23 pts)
10 lb x 15 reps (+23 pts)
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My Workout For Thursday August 15
I earned 351 points for my workout on Fitocracy!
Elliptical Trainer +351 pts
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PC: Dead Island
Being a huge zombie fan, I was curious to play Dead Island. I had heard some things about theâŚ
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PC: Dead Island
Being a huge zombie fan, I was curious to play Dead Island. I had heard some things about the game. I think they were positive, but I didnât really pay attention to it until I saw that the âGame of the Yearâ edition was on sale for $5.
I played this game only in co-op. Iâm pretty sure if I didnât play this in co-op; I would have been bored out of my mind. The game started out interestingly enough, but turned repetitive very quickly. After picking your character, youâre immediately thrown into the survival-horror scenario of being on an paradise island resort turned zombieland overnight.
Iâm not exactly sure what âGame of the Yearâ means anymore since after playing Dead Island, I didnât feel like it was worthy of such a misleading title. The storyline was your basic get off the island plot, but before you could leave, you needed to gather a bunch stuff and do one too many booze runs before you can acquire vital components to get off the island. I think after the third âbooze runâ side quest was received, I was ready just to leave everyone on the island and swim back to civilization. Since that option wasnât available, we played on.
As for the characters, I couldnât even remember the name of my character. I just know her as the Asian âscreamingâ lady. I only remember Sam B and his bling because Derptholomue was playing him. Basically, all other characters in the game were just plain annoying, and I wanted to kill all of them zombie or not.
The graphics were decent enough, but not enough to distract me enough from the issues. The main combat in the game was melee combat, and you use various items that range from boat paddles to a katanas that needed constant repair. I guess having easily breakable weapons will force the player to try out different weapons, but repair benches appeared often enough around the game levels, so much so, it kind of made you think, âWhatâs the point?â Eventually, I would mod a weapon and stick to that with one additional backup bashing weapon. So needing to repair your weapon after every five minutes or so becomes more of an annoyance than anything else.
Another issue was the charactersâ stamina. So not only do you have to worry about your weapon deteriorating, but you have to worry about your character not having enough stamina to continue bashing zombie brains or run away. The stamina deteriorates even faster when you have a slower character or use a heavier weapon. It drove me crazy when I was trying to kill a zombie and I found my hits were not effective because my character was out of stamina.
Between my cursing and Derptholomueâs Top Gear driving skills, the game was bearable. If you even want to play this game, I definitely recommend playing this game with friends. At least with friends, you can entertain each other by making fun of the voice acting, renaming characters with absurd names, make fun of each otherâs lack of in-game driving skills. But there are better co-op games out there for that.
Frustrated Comments by Me: Â âAnother booze run?!â; âWHO THE FUCK JUST KILLED ME?!â âWe have to go back there again?!â; âThis game should be renamed Dumb Islandâ
Comments by Derptholomue: âI found a FACT!â; âDAMN STAMINA!â
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Misadventures in Hiking: Mount Wilson (6/22/13)
While waiting to get a permit for Mount Gorgonio, we decided to tackle an âeasierâ (5,710 ft) andâŚ
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Misadventures in Hiking: Mount Wilson (6/22/13)
While waiting to get a permit for Mount Gorgonio, we decided to tackle an âeasierâ (5,710 ft) and âshorterâ (14 miles) hike. One of these days those will be my famous last words: âItâs easier and shorter, what could go wrong?!â Also on a clear day, I usually could see all the local radio and television station antennas from the front porch of my house. I figured it would be cool to look towards the mountain every morning and think: I hiked up there.
We were planning to hike the loop up to the top of Mount Wilson via Chantry Flats and make a loop back down. The hike was supposed to be 14 miles, which included a short detour to the Sturtevant Falls.
We reached Chantry Road at 6:00 AM (The gate to the road opens at 6:00 AM.) and reached the Chantry Flats parking lot at 6:15 AM. At this time the small parking lot was already almost full. If you park in the Chantry Flats parking lot you will need an Adventure Pass ($5 daily pass; $30 Annual pass). If you come too late, you can park at the Chantry Flats Pack Station for $10 on the weekends ($5 weekday). This is a very popular location to hike, so coming early is a definite must.
Warning! Wildlife!
We started the trail towards the waterfall hoping we would not have any more misadventures. Little did we knowâŚÂ First fork on the road had a sign with all the warnings which included fires, bears, and mountain lions. Fortunately, no animals were encountered this time around. We reached the waterfall on schedule and the trail was beautiful and nicely shaded. It was also nice to hear the sound of running water while hiking through the wooded areas. Sturtevant Fall was a nice little detour since the water flow at the falls was decent.
Sturtevant Falls
It was only supposed to be a quarter of a mile of doubling back to find the Gabrielino Trail up towards Mount Wilson, but somehow we had managed to missed the signs again. This time we didnât have the excuse of a small sign. Though I blame the signs blending too well into the background. Also we missed the signs because we thought they were signs that led to cabins that were along the trail.
Although we managed to catch our mistake a bit early on, it still added about a mile to our 14 miles, which isnât too bad when compared to our 3-mile addition for Mount Baldy. When we were finally on the right trail, we hiked the steep narrow trail that went right over the waterfall and towards the top of the mountain for supposedly 5.5 miles. (Note: There was a lot of poison oak along the trail. I highly recommend long sleeves and long pants when hiking this trail.)
   Around noon, we reached the Observatory and shuffled past several huge telescopes, including a 150-foot telescope. We also shuffled by the tiny Astronomical Museum, which consisted mostly of beautiful pictures taken by the telescopes. We continued trudging across area looking for the Cosmic Cafe, that was open only during the weekends from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM for Observatory visitors, bikers, and hikers. Check the site for more information since it doesnât open year round.
Reaching Cosmic Cafe was probably the best part of the hike. I sat down and ordered myself a nice jumbo chili cheese dog, since a hot dog or a bowl of chili were the only hot foods they had. They had a small selection of cold sandwiches, if you prefer, and plenty of liquids, including Gatorade, to drink, and no, there were no alcohol, hamburgers, or fries.
After resting for awhile, we decided to hunt for the USGS benchmark at the southwest corner and have our âshoe picâ. By this time it was starting to get pretty hot and we decided to continue down what felt like the longest trail back to the car.
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There was something about this trail that made it feel a lot longer. It might have been the steep descent in addition to the hot weather. It might also have been the fact that I was carrying 20 pounds of water on my back to âtrainâ myself for Whitney with a heavier pack. Though after this little hike, I realized that if I want to survive Whitney, I am going to have to carry as light of a pack as possible and get a water filter.
Every time we reached a sign junction, it would so and so miles to Chantry flats, but it felt like we had walked at least 2 miles, but nope, we only walked half a mile. We would then walk down a lot more switchbacks only to find we still had 4 miles to go. By the last 2 miles, I was ready to cry, at least my knees were. After 10 hours of hiking, we finally made it back to the car.
The Mount Wilson trail was beautiful going up, but going down just felt like we were in the woods from a Grimm Fairytale and the trail would never ever end. So much for a âshortâ and âeasyâ hike.
Hazy view from the top of Mount Wilson.
Up next another misadventure at Mount Gorgonio. Seriously, I donât want to have misadventures while hiking⌠they just happen.
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Misadventures in Hiking: Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy) 06/08/13
To continue training for Mount Whitney, on 6/8/13, we decided to hike Mount San Antonio (MountâŚ
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Misadventures in Hiking: Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy) 06/08/13
To continue training for Mount Whitney, on 6/8/13, we decided to hike Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy) since itâs one of the closest 10,000+ ft peaks to Los Angeles. Also the loop we were planning to do was supposed to be shorter (<20 miles). Going up Mount Baldy Trail and down Devilâs Backbone would be about 11.3 miles. We figured the higher altitude and the 90 degree Fahrenheit weather would be challenging enough. Â Little did we know weâd make it slightly more challenging for ourselves.
San Antonio Waterfall
We had planned to start the hike at 6:00AM, but we parked our car at the wrong lot. Instead of Manker Flats we ended up at Icehouse Canyon Flats. So after 15 minutes of wandering around and putting on sunscreen, we realized we were at the wrong lot. I blame only getting 3 hours of sleep. When we reached the correct lot, we talked to a group of people who were rescuers and asked them a bit about the trail since we were planning to do the loop. They mentioned there wasnât a sign before to the Mount Baldy Trail but there was one now. However, it was small and it was very easy to miss, and it was about 10 minutes after you pass the San Antonio Waterfall. The rescuer also mentioned that people tend to miss the sign because they are chatting or something. So we made note to ourselves to watch for the sign.
When we finally got our group together, we started to head up the trail. The first landmark was the San Antonio Waterfall. The waterfall was not very impressive since there was hardly any rainfall this year. We continued walking and chatting as we tend to do when hiking. It was probably about over an hour later were reaching the location of the ski lift and I could see the Top of the Notch restaurant and realized we had missed the Mount Baldy Trail sign. *facepalm* I looked at my GPS and at the map; it confirmed we had missed the trail. We even asked a passing hiker to see how far weâd have to go back. We had to go back about 1.5 miles⌠So our planned 11.5 miles added over 3 miles since we decided to doubled back and find the correct trail this time.
Can the sign be any smaller?!
While we were heading back down the mountain, we started to see more people starting their hike up since there are several trails that lead up to the top. I also spotted a snake.
Trail sign we missed.
I hadnât realized it was a snake since my brain only registered the colors red, black, and white. When it moved then my brain registered âitâs a snakeâ. I gave it a wide berth even though my friend started reciting âred and black, nice to jack; red and yellow, kill a fellowâ and said we were safe. I wish I had my camera out since my co-worker said the California Mountain Kingsnake is not one you see often, but I didnât have my camera handy until later into the hike and reptiles generally make me uneasy
When we found the trail we saw the sign that we missed and it was very clear how it
could be missed. Itâs quite small and I think I could be a bit bigger or at least a color that didnât blend in so well with the mountain.
Ski Hut Outhouse
The Mount Baldy Trail does not play around. It is a steep uphill climb the whole way up the mountain for the next 3.5 miles. About halfway up we took a food and bathroom break at the Ski Hut before continuing the ascent. I have to admit this hike was hard. At this point our group started to split up; the faster people were way ahead and the slower people (me) trailed behind. Since this was a pretty busy trail, I wasnât too worried about being alone on the trail since youâre never really alone for a long period. Maybe in about 15 to 20 minute intervals someone would either be coming up or down the mountain.
It was pretty hot, and I started to play âreach the next shady areaâ to speed up my progress. When I finally reach the top it was âcrowdedâ. I was ready to sit down, but I was also afraid that if I sat down, I wouldnât want to stand up again. So I decided to wander around at the top taking pictures. Eventually, I did just sit down and ate some food, drank more water, and when we were ready we took the Devilâs Backbone down the mountain. Compared to the Mount Baldy Trail, Devilâs Backbone is âeasierâ on the knees, and Iâm glad we decided to take the steeper route up and take the backbone down. The Backbone is a longer trail, but it is still steep especially at the last leg of the hike to the very top.
Devilâs Backbone Trail
Going down the mountain was much easier for me and having hiking poles throughout the hike made going up and down the mountain a lot easier on my body. Although when we reach the Notch at the Top Restaurant for a much needed restroom and water break we were ready to call it quits. We were also tempted to shell out the $20 and take the ski lift down, but stubbornness prevailed and we prepared ourselves for the last 3 miles down the mountain. It was about another mile before we reached the part of the trail we were had turned back from earlier.
We made it down in one limping piece. Even my mother teased us and asked if we needed to call the rangers since we got down the mountain so much later than our âhalf dayâ plan.
Up next Mount Wilson.
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