Week 1: ~6 mile round-trip hike at Castle Rock.
Week 2: Series of short hikes over three days at Utah.
Week 3: ~8 mile round-trip hike at Rancho San Antonio park.
Week 4: ~11 mile round-trip hike at Purisima Creek Reserve.
Week 5: White-water rafting at Kings Canyon.
All this training sort of helped me do this:
Week 6: ~17 mile round-trip hike to the top of Half Dome at the Yosemite National Park.
YES - I climbed up Half Dome yesterday. I made it all the way to the top and back. And I am still alive and kicking. YES :-D!
aha, >25km way to go :) you must be very trim now ;-)
ReplyDeletevery impressed !!
ReplyDeleteHey Great job Arch!
ReplyDeleteDid you get the 'I made it to the top' Tshirt? :--))
congratulations!
ReplyDeleteWow....how inspiring.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should start thinking of marathons now.
Wow! Impressive. Congratulations!!!
ReplyDeletewow. i am totally impressed. good work!
ReplyDeleteKeep going girl! :-) I woudnt be surprised if I heard in a year somewhere that you climbed Kilimanjaro or even the Everest ;-). No really, not kidding. I appreciate your immense enthu!
ReplyDeleteOMG, Awesome!!! enaku intha hiking pathi elaam ippa thaan theriyum. went for a ~6 mile hike (first time) at bearfort mountain in NJ. adhukae bendu nimundhu pochu :-) wrong shoes - reason. but I had a lovely time. inum poganumnu thonuchu. vera ethavathu tips venumna unghala kaekaren :-)
ReplyDeleteSpark - ah, so you are alive :-)!
ReplyDeleteT - thank you :-))!
SK - thank you :-))! Just took a lot of patel snaps of a dead-looking me at the top - hehehe!
Pratap - thank you :-))!
Saumya - thanks :-))! Ahhh, that would be a whole new story!
K2K - thank you :-))!
Sindu - thanks :-))!
Archana - I discovered I am terrified of heights. No more mountain climbing for me :-(!
J - A fellow hiking-enthusiast :-D! Get hiking shoes - the difference they make has to be experienced to be believed :-))! Sure - enna tips venumnaalum please kelunga - will try to answer with my ara-kura knowledge (btw, do we have to use the vaanga-ponga titles :-)?)