In my last post, I mentioned that I would probably never do the Hike to The Flag again. Well, never say never! Since I first did it, I have gone up 2 more times. Last Wed, I did it again, not sure why, just because I could, I guess. It was hot and we had to leave 2.5 hrs later than we did the week before. I stopped a lot more because of the heat, but I kept up. Yahooooo!!!
What made it so much harder this time, is that I had gone up just 2 days earlier by myself. There were 5 caches in the area that I had wanted to do for several years. I started with the closest and just kept going up. When I say up, I mean STRAIGHT UP the mountain, no trails. I should have done them in a different order, but, by the time I realized that, it was too late. I was committed. Instead of the trail, I hiked up and over a small mountain, hiked into the valley, then straight up the side of a tall mountain. The terrain I was on made the Hike to the Flag, child's play. Several times I stopped and told myself this was a stupid thing to do all by myself. After I got to the top, I started down and about 15 feet from the top, hiked horizontally to the next mountain. It was pretty steep.
This is the last time I do it, been there, done that 3 times. Enough for me!!! The things I do for geocaching!!
Not sure these pictures will show how steep it was but I did take a few. At least you can see the terrain
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| Saw this little guy |
This is actually part of the Hike to the Flag, notice the trail.
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After I climbed up and over a mountain, I walked across this valley, then straight up this one. After finding the cache, I dropped down about 15 ft and hiked horizontally across the mountain to the next one. |
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