Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Just be careful. At the age of 69 I would not climb to 12,000 feet. And I'm in pretty good shape. When I was in the service in the early 60's I was stationed in San Bernardino. One early July day two of my friends and I decided to climb San Gorgonio Mt. It's the tallest mountain in Southern California at 11,500 feet. We were able to park the car at about the 7,000 foot point and hike the rest of the way. The temperature was about 80 degrees when we started. We were all in our early to mid 20's and probably in the best shape in our life. A piece of cake to go the remaining 4,500 feet. Wrong. We sped up the mt to about 11,000 feet with no problem. Then we practically hit a brick wall. We were walking in about a foot of corn snow and every step was painful and slow. We eventually turned around about 250 feet from the top. We had it. And no pack on our backs. The temperature was not too bad, maybe around 45 to 50 degrees. But the lack of oxygen was a killer. I would doubt you will spend a lot of time at the 12,000 foot peak, but if you do good luck. Len On Jun 5, 2007, at 9:27 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > LUG: > > I need some travel advice, too. I'm going to the Golden Trout > Wilderness for a photography workshop July 1-7. We have to carry > everything in on our backs and the elevation is about 12,000 feet. > I'm planning to carry my M8 with three or four lenses, and my 5D as > a backup with two Leica R lenses. With sleeping bags, mats, water, > towel, etc. I won't be able to carry much more. I'm wondering about > how many clothes I need to take. How cold does it get at 12,000 > feet in July? Would long underwear, layering and a light jacket be > enough? The nearest road is at Lone Pine, CA. Has anybody been > there? I'm not sure what to expect. > > TIA > > Tina > > Tina Manley > ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI > http://www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information