UPDATE: Activity from August 27-31 , 2017
FOR THE BOOK I DID RESEARCH & EXPLORATIONS ALL AROUND THE FRINGES OF THE HIGH UINTA MOUNTAINS & mostly out of cell phone signal contact areas–for example Hacking Lake, you see below…..
…. the Leidy Peak Highline Trail seen below
Then below– looking 26 miles to the east towards the very beginning of the Highline Trail near U.S. Highway 191
Which 26 miles section has been cleared of deadfall as indicated in their sign at the Leidy Peak point, and at the far eastern beginning of the trail–
THANKS TO THESE GREAT GUYS FOR THEIR WORK!
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UPDATE: Saturday, September 16, 2017
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HIGHLINE TRAIL BACKPACK?
If you have followed my two 2017 backpacks to the GRANDADDY BASIN & discovery of Range & Jeff Lakes, you will have noticed that they were difficult and not as enjoyable as in previous years–that had me conclude that a long, at least two week backpack doing the entire HIGHLINE TRAIL from Mirror Lake to Flaming Gorge would be a difficult challenge in my 82nd year….so–while continuing my recovery from back surgery– for this year I sort of …..…..threw in the towel! But, as I have admitted
“I’m stubborn,” so the more I think about it, the more I have in the back of my mind that I will likely yet figure out a way to:
Do it during the 2018 season, in my 83rd year.
But, as crazy as it might seem to some of you, one critical factor will be TO DO IT ALONE & BE ABLE TO DO IT MY WAY, AT MY PACE, RATHER THAN BE PRESSURED TO KEEP UP WITH OTHERS, WEAR MYSELF OUT & BE SORT OF MISERABLE! At my pace I can cover a lot of ground--even slowly-- by getting a good start and keep at it all day. *****************
That GOAL will have me persist working out, wandering around town with a pack on my back–all Winter–recovering completely from my recent back surgery, watching my weight, eating good and carefully take my miracle supplements & actually working towards being in better shape for 2018 than I was for 2017!
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