{"id":5259,"date":"2017-08-13T20:49:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T03:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/?p=5259"},"modified":"2017-08-14T07:16:23","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T14:16:23","slug":"august-13-2017-big-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/life-stories\/august-13-2017-big-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"August 13, 2017 &#8211; My big hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/life-stories\/august-13-2017-big-hike\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><div id=\"attachment_5263\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0311-600w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5263\" class=\"wp-image-5263 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0311-600w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0311-600w.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0311-600w-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0311-600w-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view looking back as daylight was breaking on the morning we hiked to the top.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This morning I was looking out the kitchen window in my dear friend Steff\u2019s house \u2013 gazing upon the mountains of the Eastern Sierra that are visible just west of where she lives in Big Pine, CA.\u00a0 I spent the morning cooking: \u00a0eggplant, peppers and basil from her garden with tomatoes, garlic, onions and olive oil in a baked veggie thing. And I made a chicken Bolognese for dinner tonight.\u00a0 Long simmered Bolognese on egg pasta is one of my favorite comfort foods.\u00a0 I\u2019m cooking because this is how I connect with myself and it helps sort things out, which I need to do today because I\u2019ve just had a big week. A <em>really<\/em> big week.<\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday Steff, her friend Valerie and I rode up to Horseshoe Meadows to camp out at 10,000 feet \u2013 so I could begin to acclimate for my trip to hike to the top of Mount Whitney \u2013 which at 14,508 feet above sea level is the highest point in the lower 48 states.\u00a0 The inspiration to do this came at Easter when I realized that I\u2019ve been living most of this life, in this body, uncertain of just how strong and safe I really was. \u00a0It may be because of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/life-stories\/june-16-2015-dancing-with-dying\/%20\u200e\">how sick I was as an infant<\/a>, but I\u2019ve always functioned so as to maximize my safety because I feared that I\u2019d not be strong enough \u2013 or that I\u2019d even not survive. \u00a0I told myself that since I never experienced childbirth I didn\u2019t have the opportunity for that quintessential test of my female body and mind, so I wanted to do something else that would stretch me and have me, as I said <em>know my strength instead of fear my weakness.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I shared all this at the Easter breakfast table and said I was thinking about training to run a marathon.\u00a0 My sister-in-law Vernona\u2019s mom, Linda said, \u201coh, running is so hard on your joints, why don\u2019t you hike Mount Whitney?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 My response was:\u00a0 \u201cI <em>love<\/em> to hike to the top of things \u2013 that\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> idea.\u201d\u00a0 That afternoon I found the Sierra Mountain Center on the internet and the following Wednesday I signed up for their women-only trip to hike to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierramountaincenter.com\/tours\/mount-whitney-via-cottonwood\/#all\">Mount Whitney via Cottonwood<\/a> in August.<\/p>\n<p>I started hiking as much as I could at home, but had no clue if I was doing enough to be in shape for this trip. It involves a total of 60 miles and a total gain (and loss) in elevation of 11,700 feet &#8211; over six days.\u00a0 Joe, Bo and I spent the week before last with his family in Tahoe where I hiked as much as I could. One day I went on my own up to the Squaw Valley resort and hiked from the valley floor up to the top of Squaw Peak \u2013 2,663 feet \u2013 in only three hours.\u00a0 This gave me enough confidence that I likely was in good enough shape to calm myself a little \u2013 but I still had no idea how I\u2019d do at such high elevation &#8211;\u00a0 we\u2019d be above 10,000 feet nearly the whole time \u2013 nor how I\u2019d hold up with sustained exertion over the six days.<\/p>\n<p>I considered cancelling the trip several times in the last month, including on Monday morning just before heading out.\u00a0 (Thank you Steff for not letting me!) \u00a0I was so anxious \u2013 as all the fears that had been inside me all these years were activated by just the <em>idea<\/em> of attempting something like this.\u00a0 And these fears were at a fever pitch that morning.\u00a0 \u00a0Regardless, I went to meet the other six hikers and the two amazing women who were our guides and set out.\u00a0 The first two days were relatively easy \u2013 five miles with a 1,500 foot ascent and then ten miles, almost all downhill.\u00a0 We camped the five nights each in a different location: next to three different lakes, near a stream and by one of the lush mountain meadows we passed through.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5261\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/starting-out-at-the-top.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5261\" class=\"wp-image-5261 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/starting-out-at-the-top.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/starting-out-at-the-top.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/starting-out-at-the-top-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/starting-out-at-the-top-200x151.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here I am, the morning we started, pretty freaked out &#8211; and 3 days later at the top of Mt. Whitney.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The days were full, requiring taking down tents, packing our gear and then setting tents back up and unpacking again, all on either end of long days hiking.\u00a0 On day four\u00a0we woke at 4am so we could begin the 3,000 foot climb.\u00a0 We started not long after 5:00 &#8211; from Guitar Lake to the summit of Whitney \u2013 along the backside trail.\u00a0 We made it to the top at 11:00, blown by a chilly wind and under a cloudless blue sky.\u00a0 I was elated.\u00a0 I was there \u2013 <em>no place higher in 48 states<\/em> \u2013 not only that but I felt <em>fine<\/em>.\u00a0 No headaches, no nausea, no dizziness.\u00a0 I was clear-headed and able to take it all in.\u00a0 I signed the register and took photos and celebrated with my fellow hikers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5262\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0348-600w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5262\" class=\"wp-image-5262 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0348-600w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0348-600w.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0348-600w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0348-600w-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Standing next to one of the &#8220;windows&#8221; on the upper trail. Stunning views &#8211; I just couldn&#8217;t look straight down!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hiking to the top was a challenge for sure &#8211; sourcing the energy to keep putting one foot in front of the other, as well as the freaky-steep drop offs in places were scary!\u00a0 But the hardest part came the next day.\u00a0 Despite all the exertion I didn\u2019t sleep well all week.\u00a0 It may have been the high elevation or that I wasn\u2019t quite warm enough for the chilly nights, but for whatever reason it felt like I spent more hours awake than asleep inside my sleeping bag.\u00a0 Though I focused on resting my body and mind as much as I could so I could keep going, there\u2019s nothing that replaces actual sleep.<\/p>\n<p>The lack sleep caught up with me on Friday.\u00a0 On a break in the middle of the afternoon I had to go find a rock to sit on, turn away from the group and have a good cry.\u00a0 There weren\u2019t really words for what was behind my tears; they felt more like a release than a plea.\u00a0 I was just so&#8230; incredibly\u2026 <em>done.<\/em>\u00a0 I was running on fumes to get to the camp for our last night.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m so grateful for my tent-mate, Heidi &#8211; just after we arrived she encouraged me to join her, along with our guides Barb and Lauren for a plunge into Rock Creek Lake.\u00a0 I told myself I was going to have the <em>whole experience<\/em> of this hike \u2013 so I stripped down to my jog-bra and undies and sloshed through the marsh in bare feet.\u00a0 All it took was a suggestion from Lauren to <em>just do it<\/em> \u2013 without deliberating I dove in.\u00a0\u00a0 Holy cow! !t was freaking <em>cold<\/em>!\u00a0 And I found it\u2019s impossible to be tired in icy water! Everything tingled and I completely forgot my exhaustion.\u00a0 All perked up, I helped cook our last dinner.<\/p>\n<p>The journey that started at Eastertime and ended yesterday afternoon when we arrived back at the pack station has so challenged me.\u00a0 It has been really, really hard.\u00a0 But this is exactly what I signed up for.\u00a0 I wanted to know my strength, which meant that my strength <em>had<\/em> to be tested.\u00a0 There\u2019s more I want to share about this, so my next post will include just what I found so hard about it, what made it worth it and what I\u2019m taking with me as I\u2019ve come down from the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Til then \u2013 with my love,<\/p>\n<p>Cara<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I was looking out the kitchen window in my dear friend Steff\u2019s house \u2013 gazing upon the mountains of the Eastern Sierra that are visible just west of where she lives in Big Pine, CA.\u00a0 I spent the morning cooking: \u00a0eggplant, peppers and basil from her garden with tomatoes, garlic, onions and olive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-stories"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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