tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493199320767949711.post2594591742419834066..comments2023-09-10T10:42:38.203-07:00Comments on Agile Trekker: Halcott, Catskills 3500 footer final peak!Trekker Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04603967375761688918noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493199320767949711.post-4069257288661731142015-10-18T06:06:13.058-07:002015-10-18T06:06:13.058-07:00Thanks! A few years ago I had a friend suggest we ...Thanks! A few years ago I had a friend suggest we try to do all of the 3500 footers. It seemed like a crazy idea! First off, one of us doesn't like to wake up early - and since its a 2 to 2 1/2 hour drive to get there, that had to change. He still doesn't like waking up early, but he did have enough motivation to finish the list that he did. <br /><br />In addition, we had no bushwhacking skills when we started. Since we hike with our dogs, it is easier for us to not hike with groups (where someone else might be doing the navigation for us). We worked on doing the easier bushwhacks first, and graduating to more difficult ones. I am still not a fan of bushwhacking. I hope to take a class on off trail navigation someday. My partner does better than me at navigation. For example, when we decide to just follow a ridge up a mountain, for me it isn't obvious how to stay on the ridge. I'm thinking of trying some of the Catskill 67 hikes, so there will be more bushwhacking in our feature.<br /><br />The Catskill hikes were also harder than we were used to. I remember hiking Slide very early on and thinking - if this is one of the easiest Catskill hikes, I'm in trouble. Each year we became a little bit stronger though and the hikes no longer seem so hard. We are now looking at how to re-do some of the peaks, trying a different route or trying to string multiple mountains together to provide ourselves a slightly more difficult challenge.<br /><br />The same friend who suggested the Catskill 3500 footers has now suggested we do the New Hampshire 4000 footers. It seems like an impossible task (much longer drive), but who knows!Trekker Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603967375761688918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493199320767949711.post-67637285986147013362015-10-18T05:28:29.549-07:002015-10-18T05:28:29.549-07:00Mazel Tov! That's quite an accomplishment.Mazel Tov! That's quite an accomplishment.Jeff Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15506185207312726175noreply@blogger.com