TWAE3 -- Rooster Rock Hike
After departing from CS, Matt and I went on a hike east of Sweet Home. The goal of this hike was one of the numerous Rooster Rocks in Oregon (I know of at least three, and have hike two), and my bro would not admit to me the elevation gain prior to attaining the top. It seems he had grave misgivings about my ability to complete the assault and did not want to discourage me.
My performance was sluggish and far from desirable. My excuses are 1) sick with respiratory illness, 2) far from favorite skirt worn, and 3) lunch eaten recently.
Like many other things in life, if you take it "one step at a time" (any of you know the Salty the Singing Songbook song that uses those words?) you will eventually make it. This hike was no exception. My hermano thought I was ready to give out a long time prior to the peak, but as long as there is life there is hope and the summit was eventually obtained. Actually, we didn't climb the rock itself because it was a technical climb and we didn't have the stuff or the expertise to accomplish it safely. The non-monolithic summit near-by was about the same elevation, and we attained it.
After returning to our car, we made a mad dash for the Goertzen residence, arriving considerably later than the planned meeting time. My brother showed his pictures of a recent trip to Poland to the G's and Turners. The rest of the weekend was valuable -- visiting at the King's house, taking communion, etc.
My performance was sluggish and far from desirable. My excuses are 1) sick with respiratory illness, 2) far from favorite skirt worn, and 3) lunch eaten recently.
Like many other things in life, if you take it "one step at a time" (any of you know the Salty the Singing Songbook song that uses those words?) you will eventually make it. This hike was no exception. My hermano thought I was ready to give out a long time prior to the peak, but as long as there is life there is hope and the summit was eventually obtained. Actually, we didn't climb the rock itself because it was a technical climb and we didn't have the stuff or the expertise to accomplish it safely. The non-monolithic summit near-by was about the same elevation, and we attained it.
After returning to our car, we made a mad dash for the Goertzen residence, arriving considerably later than the planned meeting time. My brother showed his pictures of a recent trip to Poland to the G's and Turners. The rest of the weekend was valuable -- visiting at the King's house, taking communion, etc.
posted by Claire at 21:44
2 Comments:
Great account, but you never did publish the elevation gain of the hike. I think it is 2300 feet in 2.1 miles.
I wasn't particularly perky that day either (read: I got really tired really soon). And I don’t have any good excuse except that I hadn’t gotten much exercise in quite a while.
Isn’t it Psalty the Singing Songbook?
- tú hermano
Yes, of course it is Psalty.
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