Guest guest Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 Well done Bill and I am very impressed!!! I can't imagine going out a hike just yet. You deserve to crow as much as you like:-) Sara > > For the record: I had a LeForte I with the bilateral sagittal osteotomy > and jaw rotation on March 31. I'm still on a soft food diet. > > I went camping/hiking last weekend with a couple of friends of mine. We > were planning a big hike on Saturday -- a shuttle hike in the Ansel > Wilderness area (California) that would also take us into the back > side of Yosemite National Monument. Around 25 miles, all between 7000 > feet and 11000 feet. > > I turned out to be the " caboose " (no surprise here). The hike was quite > pretty, quite green, very few people (We ran into one group on their > eighth day of a backpacking trip, and a few more toward the end of the > hike, but that's it). > > After a few miles, it was clear there was really no turning back. I > stood a good chance of getting lost and not finding my way back to the > start car. So on I went... > > Toward the higher elevations I started to get tired and faint. You all > know why, but I think I was also getting a tiny bit of altitute > sickness. Nothing horrible, but I had to watch it carefully. Like I > noted, there was no turning back. > > Near the top of one of the peaks there was an underground stream > protected by (but not fed by) a snow pack. No need to filter the water > -- no possible source of impurities -- and it was the best water I've > ever tasted, bar none. > > Once I started descending I began to feel more lucid. It was a looong > descent and I just about got carried away by mosquitos. California had a > wet winter which means lush greens, standing pools of water and snow and > plenty of mosquitos. In spite of plenty of bug repellent I have several > hundred mosquito bites -- everywhere. If I take a shower I look like > I've got a bad case of chicken pox. But as time progresses I'll remember > the lush scenery more and less the mosquitos. > > But I made it...otherwise I wouldn't be typing this. The other two > hikers helped me, of course, with words of encouragement and whatnot. > > So anyway....I wanted to crow for a bit. > > Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 Bill, thank you for sharing this experience, it gives me hope. I am planning to run my 3rd NY Marathon the first week of November with my hubby (his 1st). My surgery was 7/21. Wish me luck! > > > > For the record: I had a LeForte I with the bilateral sagittal > osteotomy > > and jaw rotation on March 31. I'm still on a soft food diet. > > > > I went camping/hiking last weekend with a couple of friends of > mine. We > > were planning a big hike on Saturday -- a shuttle hike in the Ansel > > Wilderness area (California) that would also take us into the > back > > side of Yosemite National Monument. Around 25 miles, all between > 7000 > > feet and 11000 feet. > > > > I turned out to be the " caboose " (no surprise here). The hike was > quite > > pretty, quite green, very few people (We ran into one group on > their > > eighth day of a backpacking trip, and a few more toward the end of > the > > hike, but that's it). > > > > After a few miles, it was clear there was really no turning back. I > > stood a good chance of getting lost and not finding my way back to > the > > start car. So on I went... > > > > Toward the higher elevations I started to get tired and faint. You > all > > know why, but I think I was also getting a tiny bit of altitute > > sickness. Nothing horrible, but I had to watch it carefully. Like I > > noted, there was no turning back. > > > > Near the top of one of the peaks there was an underground stream > > protected by (but not fed by) a snow pack. No need to filter the > water > > -- no possible source of impurities -- and it was the best water > I've > > ever tasted, bar none. > > > > Once I started descending I began to feel more lucid. It was a > looong > > descent and I just about got carried away by mosquitos. California > had a > > wet winter which means lush greens, standing pools of water and > snow and > > plenty of mosquitos. In spite of plenty of bug repellent I have > several > > hundred mosquito bites -- everywhere. If I take a shower I look > like > > I've got a bad case of chicken pox. But as time progresses I'll > remember > > the lush scenery more and less the mosquitos. > > > > But I made it...otherwise I wouldn't be typing this. The other two > > hikers helped me, of course, with words of encouragement and > whatnot. > > > > So anyway....I wanted to crow for a bit. > > > > Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 WOW!!! Congrats...yes, you are allowed to crow as much as you want. It also give hope to all of us Pre-Opers that there IS indeed light at the end of the tunnel... Austria --- Bill wrote: > > For the record: I had a LeForte I with the bilateral > sagittal osteotomy > and jaw rotation on March 31. I'm still on a soft > food diet. > > I went camping/hiking last weekend with a couple of > friends of mine. We > were planning a big hike on Saturday -- a shuttle > hike in the Ansel > Wilderness area (California) that would also > take us into the back > side of Yosemite National Monument. Around 25 miles, > all between 7000 > feet and 11000 feet. > > I turned out to be the " caboose " (no surprise here). > The hike was quite > pretty, quite green, very few people (We ran into > one group on their > eighth day of a backpacking trip, and a few more > toward the end of the > hike, but that's it). > > After a few miles, it was clear there was really no > turning back. I > stood a good chance of getting lost and not finding > my way back to the > start car. So on I went... > > Toward the higher elevations I started to get tired > and faint. You all > know why, but I think I was also getting a tiny bit > of altitute > sickness. Nothing horrible, but I had to watch it > carefully. Like I > noted, there was no turning back. > > Near the top of one of the peaks there was an > underground stream > protected by (but not fed by) a snow pack. No need > to filter the water > -- no possible source of impurities -- and it was > the best water I've > ever tasted, bar none. > > Once I started descending I began to feel more > lucid. It was a looong > descent and I just about got carried away by > mosquitos. California had a > wet winter which means lush greens, standing pools > of water and snow and > plenty of mosquitos. In spite of plenty of bug > repellent I have several > hundred mosquito bites -- everywhere. If I take a > shower I look like > I've got a bad case of chicken pox. But as time > progresses I'll remember > the lush scenery more and less the mosquitos. > > But I made it...otherwise I wouldn't be typing this. > The other two > hikers helped me, of course, with words of > encouragement and whatnot. > > So anyway....I wanted to crow for a bit. > > Bill > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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