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This is my hair briefly out of my ponyscrub, so I can obsessively take a hair pic on the summit. Mt. Conness is the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada north of Tioga Pass. Done as a long dayhike from Tuolumne Meadows (18.5 miles, 5300' elevation gain, 5 miles of cross country).
Your hair looks fantastic. It is good you are protecting it, there is a lot of UV at high altitude.
12,598 feet high, that is a long way up. You must have a good pair of lungs. At that altitude you have 62.1% of sea level pressure and only 59.6% of sea level breathable oxygen. (I know what you are thinking, the numbers do not match. At 98.6 degrees F your lungs exert vapor pressure.)
Absalom
Yes, I think most of the accumulated "highlights" in my hair are from that. So the ponyscrub does double duty...UV protection and prevents mechanical damage. And it keeps the sweat from going in my eyes. "It slices, it dices...!!!"
Good lungs, and a habit of spending significant time at high elevation during the summer...and knowing how my body reacts to elevation. I was "feeling" the elevation as much on Saturday (doing maintenance on a hot spring at 7000') as I was on Sunday.
I figured it was something like that.
Hi Trolleypup,
your hair post arguably is the best we've had in quite a while - length past butt, and an incredible mountain environment! The picture combines two things I greatly appreciate - long hair and mountain hiking...
I'll definitely say hello if I get to ride one of your buses the next time I go to SF ;-)
Happy growth forever!
Hans-Uwe
MAGNIFICENT LONG HAIR............and the scenery? Gorgeous!
...ANd you hair.
Congratulations!
As always, Trolleypup, a big "WOW!!" is in order here!
I love outdoor shots with longhairs in them, --- they just seem to go together so naturally. And what a fantastic view from the peak (of both the Sierras, AND your mane - lol!)!!
Take care.
- Ken
Indoor pics tend to be very focused on the hair, and the background is exactly that...outdoors, there is a synergy between the background and the hair...so they are more interesting.
The view was better towards the sun. *sigh* Actually there were far more dramatic backgrounds below the summit, but I wasn't stopping, and also wasn't going to have hair down that could potentially get in the way on the exposed parts of the summit ridge. Sometime, it would be nice to go hiking/scrambling with another photo happy longhair.
Sometime, it would be nice to go hiking/scrambling with another photo happy longhair.
Hi Trolleypup, I would be interested, but would prefer hiking on regular trails. I don't like scrambling through brush. If it is clear of brush, I don't mind climbing a 30 degree angle straight up a ridge.
I miss my hiking buddy. We used to hike up Mt. Tam almost every Sunday. He has gotten married and moved away. Mt Tam is my absolute favourite place.
I prefer to hike late in the day to avoid sunburn. 3 hours before sundown to sundown would be a typical hike time for me. Heat is a problem for me too, but there are lots of cool days on Mt Tam or maybe Pt Reyes or elsewhere. I do have a car to get to these places.
I ride a bike at a fast and furious pace so I am already quite fit. My resting pulse is around 40. I do need to condition my legs for hiking, which I have done very little of this year. Long steep downhill stretches tend to strain my legs. I found a way around this by climbing up a steep ascent and taking a different route back with a gradual descent.
I am interested, but would like to do hikes of maybe 5 miles to start out. I don't want to overdo it.
Absalom
I'm not keen on bushwhacking myself (never mind the amount of trailwork I do down by Big Sur). One reason I so enjoy the Sierra high country is the lack of brush, and the ease of navigation when going cross country. 30 degrees is a tough grade.
I don't mind the sun, but I dislike the heat.
My knees aren't too keen on steep downhills on hard ground (Sunday's hike, the major downhills were on sandy surfaces). And if at all possible, I do loops.
Overdoing it is for the youngsters, I prefer to have a pleasant time.
I fit the description of a "photo happy longhair"; but I'm afraid that anyone other than a snail would be happy at the pace I hike or "scramble". When my b/f moves up here to the Bay Area in Sept., we've talked about doing more hiking. But again, I would need to start off slowly & modestly...
I know (a longhaired light bulb just turned on in my head)! You do the hiking, and then I'll drive up to the next rest stop to take the pics!!
- Ken
That is a very cool picture of both your fantastic hair and the lanscapes you survey.
wow,,,,amazing picture,,,amazing hair and scenery..love it,
Wow! Such a magnificently stunning picture Trolleypup! I am glad you stopped and got this shot for the benefit of us who do not get to see such things. Everything comes together perfectly, you have such wonderful hair.
I take lots of pictures, and if I spent less time out taking them, and more time sorting and generating webpages, more people could see the places I went. *sigh*
That just rocks in so many ways. That's about 6 miles more than the longest hike I've ever done, and probably about 2000 ft. more alt change than I've ever done (the curse of the East Coast), not to mention the absolute altitude, and you work in SF, which is close to sea level so you must be in great shape to have pulled this off. And then you get up there and you take that picture that makes you look like a Sherpa or something; just totally cool.
Part of living in San Francisco is having access to good hiking pretty much right out the front door (and never mind just walking around the City). I try hard to stay in decent shape, so the major issue I have to adjust to is acclimating, when I am typically hiking high during the summer.
Taking pictures is a habit...no matter the conditions, or how many times I've done a particular hike, I take pictures.
Master indian chief, ruler of the mountains. Great pic!