pete_hickey
02-27-2006, 09:26 AM
So, I've done a number of hikes with Julie. It seems that every timeI hike in the Adirondacks with Julie... No! Every time I hike with Julie, it is cloudy, foggy, misty... anything so that there are no views. Let's see... Giant... Rocky Peak..., Phelps..., McIntyre range... That beautiful view on Sawteeth? No, Not with Julie.
So, being a scientist, I wanted to figure out if it was a problem with the person, or the name. So, Saturday, I found another Julie to join us for a climb of Cliff & Redfield. OK, so Cliff isn't noted for great views, but there are some interesting ones.. especially since Floyd. Redfield that that beautiful view of Allen. Yep, that was the plan, to go with two Julies to test out the views.
Now, I am a rather dedicated scientist, as hiking up Cliff and Redfield from Upper Works, works your body rather hard, and at the end, mine felt as if it had been worked over with a rubber hose.
So we walk in to the Flowed Lands, and as we are getting there, it is snowing more and more. A shortcut across the Flowedlands. I wasn't sure about the safety of the ice, so I made sure that Julie went first, Julie went second, and I went last. We made it across OK, and before we knew it, we were walking along the Opalescent, and were soon at the start of the herd path. By this time it was snowing fairly well. Up Cliff we went. Now, here's where the weirdness starts. I had taken off my glasses because they had fogged up, yet I was leading the way. I'm blinder than a starfish without my glasses. We got to the summit, where there were no views, and didn't stay because it was cold, windy, snowy, and no views.
Back down we went, and stopped for a little rest at the lean-to. Julie and I were getting cold, so we started off on Redfield, while Julie stayed behind a bit.
In spite of the fact that Redfield had been hiked just a couple days earlier, there wasn't a hint of a path. It was route finding and deep powder breaking all the way. If I were a gentleman, I would have been right there, breaking trail, but I'm an unsociable Bxxxxxd, so I let Julie break trail.
Cold on the summit, no views, just enough time for a picture, then to head down. Julie was cold, so she started moving fast. Julie & I were a littlebehind for a bit.
A long trip back, in the dark. I don't work too well without glasses, and tired in the dark, so I was slow.
So, the result of this experiment is:
Julie+Julie = no views.
And I already had
Julie = no views.
So the next morning was a sunny morning, and I was planning on a ski into the Great Santanoni Camp, on Lake Newcomb. I took another Julie with me (not the original). It was a beautiful sunny morning, and I expected to have nice views across Newcomb Lake.
What happened? A bit of clouding over, and lots of blowing snow meant no views.
So, now I am convinced. Whether I hike with Julie, or I hike with Julie, or I hike with Julie & Julie, I never have any views. Of course there is more research to be done in this area. For example, I have to find someone to hike with that ALWAYS gets good views, and then bring this person on a Julie hike, but that will take another government grant. Maybe Next year.
Oh yeah. A few pictures:
http://newmud.comm.uottawa.ca/~pete/tmpadk/cr/index.html.
So, being a scientist, I wanted to figure out if it was a problem with the person, or the name. So, Saturday, I found another Julie to join us for a climb of Cliff & Redfield. OK, so Cliff isn't noted for great views, but there are some interesting ones.. especially since Floyd. Redfield that that beautiful view of Allen. Yep, that was the plan, to go with two Julies to test out the views.
Now, I am a rather dedicated scientist, as hiking up Cliff and Redfield from Upper Works, works your body rather hard, and at the end, mine felt as if it had been worked over with a rubber hose.
So we walk in to the Flowed Lands, and as we are getting there, it is snowing more and more. A shortcut across the Flowedlands. I wasn't sure about the safety of the ice, so I made sure that Julie went first, Julie went second, and I went last. We made it across OK, and before we knew it, we were walking along the Opalescent, and were soon at the start of the herd path. By this time it was snowing fairly well. Up Cliff we went. Now, here's where the weirdness starts. I had taken off my glasses because they had fogged up, yet I was leading the way. I'm blinder than a starfish without my glasses. We got to the summit, where there were no views, and didn't stay because it was cold, windy, snowy, and no views.
Back down we went, and stopped for a little rest at the lean-to. Julie and I were getting cold, so we started off on Redfield, while Julie stayed behind a bit.
In spite of the fact that Redfield had been hiked just a couple days earlier, there wasn't a hint of a path. It was route finding and deep powder breaking all the way. If I were a gentleman, I would have been right there, breaking trail, but I'm an unsociable Bxxxxxd, so I let Julie break trail.
Cold on the summit, no views, just enough time for a picture, then to head down. Julie was cold, so she started moving fast. Julie & I were a littlebehind for a bit.
A long trip back, in the dark. I don't work too well without glasses, and tired in the dark, so I was slow.
So, the result of this experiment is:
Julie+Julie = no views.
And I already had
Julie = no views.
So the next morning was a sunny morning, and I was planning on a ski into the Great Santanoni Camp, on Lake Newcomb. I took another Julie with me (not the original). It was a beautiful sunny morning, and I expected to have nice views across Newcomb Lake.
What happened? A bit of clouding over, and lots of blowing snow meant no views.
So, now I am convinced. Whether I hike with Julie, or I hike with Julie, or I hike with Julie & Julie, I never have any views. Of course there is more research to be done in this area. For example, I have to find someone to hike with that ALWAYS gets good views, and then bring this person on a Julie hike, but that will take another government grant. Maybe Next year.
Oh yeah. A few pictures:
http://newmud.comm.uottawa.ca/~pete/tmpadk/cr/index.html.