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The Mt. Whitney hike is looming near, so I'm feeling some anxiety about my training. There is nothing like training at altitude, not only for conditioning but to get used to what it feels like to make an ascent when the air starts to thin and then push through the discomfort. The ice house route to the top of Baldy is a leg crushing grind and one of the best training hikes in proximity to L.A., but it's only 10k at the top. Whitney is 4500 feet higher at the summit, and in my experience, the real altitude fun doesn't start until you hit 12k or even 13k. Mt. Langley, which is in the Sierra Nevada range and not far from Mt. Whitney, offers the opportunity to start the hike at 10k and get as far up as 14k if you get to the Langley summit (22 miles round trip). It is also an opportunity to bag a 14er. I'm thinking about doing a commando trip up there this Friday (leave after work / hike Saturday and return), so let me know if interested.
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Ben Koplan
8/7/2015 04:05:14 am
Would like to go but just got back in town and can't dedicate the time for this weekend. Would be interested in a good long hike that's more local. Perhaps Bulldog Loop?
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who is Ed?I'm a long-time hiker. That's not to be confused with a climber, which I'm not. I don't know every trail here in SoCal, but I've certainly been on a lot of them. Rain or shine, to me, it's always time to get outside. Archives
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