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Posted by Luke
on August 27, 2009, 18:22:37, in reply to "Re: First Summit from Vivian Creek - I cant move my knees!"
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I'm 25, my brother is 26, and my friend is 28. All three of us have the same knee pain, although I seem to be the one who has the worst. I pushed myself the hardest going down hill stopping often to wait for them.
--Previous Message--
: How old are you?
: I agree about the poles. If you jam
: them into the trail on the way down
: and step softly at the same time you
: will have no problem. (with your
: knees, but your arms and shoulders
: might hurt! )
: It may take a week or so before your
: knees get back to normal. Just wait
: it out. get some poles.
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: --Previous Message--
: We didn't use a trekking pole, I
: figured it would've helped. I think
: in hindsight the trip up was
: challenging but you HAVE to keep in
: mind on the trip down and
: controlling your pace. We were
: rushing to get as far down as we
: could before night and in our haste
: I think there was too many harsh
: steps for my knees to handle. We
: plan on making another summit this
: summer, this time overnight, to
: enjoy the area, and check some of
: the other mountains out as well...
:
: Luke
:
: --Previous Message--
: Ha!...Not laughing at you Luke, just
: relating is all. Vivian is a tough
: one for a day hike. I've done it
: about a dozen times as a one -
: dayer, but now in my late
: 50's...nope!
: One thing that might help big time
: are trekking poles. You didn't
: mention if you used them or not.
: Going up hill, I find them most
: beneficial. Going down, just the
: same. There's a certain technique to
: getting the most benefit out of
: them, but well worth the cost.
: How about, next time, doing this as
: an overnighter? High Creek is a
: wonderful spot to spend the night,
: with a light day pack for the summit
: the next day.
: Ed.
:
: --Previous Message--
: My brother and I along with a friend
: summited San G on Tuesday. My
: brother had done it before but had
: camped at High Creek. We decided to
: go for it in one day. Hit the trail
: at 7:00 (an hour later than we
: wanted too) and Summited by 3:00. I
: have a sore hipflexor that was
: making it hard to move quick.
: The weird part is all three of us
: started to have horrible knee pain
: between High Creek and Halfway, by
: the time we got to Vivian, we were
: at a crawling pace maybe .5MPH if we
: were lucky. I know its a hard hike,
: I'm not in the best of shape but I
: play Ice Hockey every week and skate
: practice as well, I ride my bike
: often and my friend plays soccer.
: Non of us are overweight. We were
: miserable coming down, I've never
: seen anything like it. We saw
: people jogging up and down, but we
: felt like we were gonna die! Anyone
: else ever had that horrible knee
: pain? Its been 3 days and I still
: can't walk down my stairs.
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