11 miles of hiking • 5000' elevation gain •
Almost made it in time to join Mayhem, CascadeHiker and Justin for at least a single Defiance attempt for me while they were going for the DDD, triple D. I wanted to do double Defiance at least but my knee just wasn't up for it. Those 3 guys were already gone walking along the freeway part of the 'trail' that gets you to Defiance as I was pulling in, flashed my brights but I took another 15 minutes or so before my boots were on and all set, so they were too far ahead. Good thing really, as I was really slowing down by the time I got up to Defiance to eat something. Did get to meet them and say hello around the 4k' level past Warren Lake. Turns out I went Starvation Ridge first as I think it might be the harder of the 2 so I wanted to knock it off first and they and they went Defiance way. This was the earliest hike for me, woke up around 2:30, left the house about 3:15 and was on the trail around 4:30...
Edit, they also went Starvation Ridge way, but were too far ahead of me.
Knee - had ACE wrap with knee sleeve but I was done for at any rate, bit tingy towards the end and the wrap was cutting into my tendons something fierce as well...
Comments
Eric Peterson
July 3, 2011
Ahh, just read your report and see that you guys did go up Starvation Ridge. Thought I asked Mayhem when I saw you 3 and thought he said you guys went up Defiance, mind plays tricks when working a up hill battle! No wonder I didn't see you guys again too, didn't know you'd be going up and down the same way 2x, I just made the loop and bailed since I was working on 5 hours of sleep and my knee was starting to wig out... :)
Chris
July 3, 2011
4:30 in the morning??? What the...
Justin Wright
July 3, 2011
Nice seeing you out on the trail. We actually took the Starvation trail up and down on that first lap.
I think I've decided the Defiance Trail is harder, only because it's a continuous incline where as the Starvation trail does give you some nice flat/downhill areas to catch your breath.