Backpacking

[Northwestcoug]

Awesome pics, BP.

Sign me up for the next hiking trip that is half the length, half the elevation, and none of the broken bones!

[Bo Diddley]

Wow, what an adventure. Im still envious.

[Now who’s the dean?]

I don't know. I imagine it will be a part of me. I think they are titanium. I may be getting screwed perpetually. Nice!

As for staying in there, I am too damn cheap to pay for an evacuation. My leg would have to be useless to do that.

Neglected to mention that as part of the bushwhacking that we did, through manzanita and snowbrush, I started to get attacked by yellow jackets. I had been stung once that morning and it hurt bad. Well at the end of the day, we must have disturbed a nest, because almost simultaneously tow of them bit my non broken leg. So painful. They also attacked another member of the group. We took off running to get away and I may have set some sort of land speed record for guy with a broken foot. Those little bastards hurt.

Also earlier in the day we came upon 1/2 a deer that was pretty fresh in a very think part of the forest. We backed away slowly and found an alternative route. Crazy but so much fun. Not sure if it was a lion or a bear doing the munching at that time, but we didn't want to find out.

I see the amazing pics and think “I should do that”, but then I read the details and I know I won’t [emoji17]

[BigPiney]

BP, I'm still agog that you hobbled your way out of there (I suppose the alternative of starvation was highly motivating). Will they remove the hardware eventually or are you screwed forever? The plates and screws from my first crash were "optional" and I had them removed after a year. But the plate and 10+ screws that were installed after my 2016 folly will be a part of me forever. Because they're non-ferrous they don't set off any airport security alarms.

I don't know. I imagine it will be a part of me. I think they are titanium. I may be getting screwed perpetually. Nice!

As for staying in there, I am too damn cheap to pay for an evacuation. My leg would have to be useless to do that.

Neglected to mention that as part of the bushwhacking that we did, through manzanita and snowbrush, I started to get attacked by yellow jackets. I had been stung once that morning and it hurt bad. Well at the end of the day, we must have disturbed a nest, because almost simultaneously tow of them bit my non broken leg. So painful. They also attacked another member of the group. We took off running to get away and I may have set some sort of land speed record for guy with a broken foot. Those little bastards hurt.

Also earlier in the day we came upon 1/2 a deer that was pretty fresh in a very think part of the forest. We backed away slowly and found an alternative route. Crazy but so much fun. Not sure if it was a lion or a bear doing the munching at that time, but we didn't want to find out.

[PaloAltoCougar]

BP, I'm still agog that you hobbled your way out of there (I suppose the alternative of starvation was highly motivating). Will they remove the hardware eventually or are you screwed forever? The plates and screws from my first crash were "optional" and I had them removed after a year. But the plate and 10+ screws that were installed after my 2016 folly will be a part of me forever. Because they're non-ferrous they don't set off any airport security alarms.

[BigPiney]

Yikes, hope you have a quick recovery.

Thanks. I was almost signed up for a marathon in November, but opted out right before my trip.

One of the guys on the trip had a satellite phone, so it was nice to be able to call my wife and have her make the appointment with the orthopedic surgeon for the first day I was available. I was in surgery 24 hours after he saw the x-ray.

[Sullyute]

Yikes, hope you have a quick recovery.

[BigPiney]

One step closer to being the 6 million dollar man.

[BigPiney]

This was with a broken ankle?
Respect [emoji123]

Of course. Broken foot, at least I had ankle stability.

[Now who’s the dean?]

in the middle of our 5000 ft of descent

This was with a broken ankle?
Respect [emoji123]

[smokymountainrain]

wow. that is very cool.

[Bo Diddley]

That's some gorgeous country, BP!

[BigPiney]

Fixed the pictures

[BigPiney]

in the middle of our 5000 ft of descent

[BigPiney]

Picture from Day 1 - Lower Lamarck Lake


Day 3 in Evolution Basin



Day 3 at the base of Goddard Peak( the big one on the left. We climbed it the next day)



Day 4 on top of Goddard


Day 5 looking at Finger Peak (we climbed it that day)


Same day looking at our campsite