C Trail Done

Check it off the list, it's done.  I don't know that I will ever do that again.  Well, maybe I will.  We'll have to see when next July comes around if I have gotten crazy enough to go and tackle the C Trail again. 

Before I left work this evening I decided I would go and hike the C trail tonight.  My lower back has been bothering me just a bit but I figured I could handle the 8+ mile hike.  It wasn't too bad and I only came up short of my time goal by 12 minutes.  That was not starting at the trail head but rather the parking lot which was roughly 6 minutes away, I timed it on the way back.  That means that up and down from the trail head puts me at the goal time.  Yep, I'll accept that.  Actually all went fairly well until I had a mile or so left to go on the way down and could feel a blister had formed and popped on the toe.  That made things  not so comfortable on the right foot but I pressed on. 

Last year when I hiked it I came up short.  The sun was going down and I decided to turn around instead of going all the way up..  I knew I would go again and complete the entire hike so I didn't sweat it.  Tonight I started a little earlier and brought a head lamp so I wouldn't have to worry about sunset.  The sun did go down and I was hiking in the dark.  The head lamp really wasn't all that bright and didn't do a whole lot but it did serve as a great sweat band on the way down.  The band on it was soaked through. I should have used it on the way up...

Well, here's a few pics - looking over Cedar from the C, me standing on the C and my mug with Cedar in the background.  I'll have to take a picture looking up at the  C on the mountain  and add it to this page for perspective.