Comments on: First hike at Hanging Rock http://www.tommangan.net/twoheeldrive/index.php/2009/09/06/hiking-at-hanging-rock/ Tom Mangan's site for hikers, campers and nature cravers Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:47:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: gambolin man http://www.tommangan.net/twoheeldrive/index.php/2009/09/06/hiking-at-hanging-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-10362 gambolin man Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:35:17 +0000 http://www.tommangan.net/twoheeldrive/?p=3464#comment-10362 Tom, Beauty is found wherever the eye of the beholder beholds! Looks lovely! And even if you have to drive 100 miles occasionally for some "bigger and better" stuff, so be it! Go for it! It's all around you! Tom,

Beauty is found wherever the eye of the beholder beholds! Looks lovely! And even if you have to drive 100 miles occasionally for some “bigger and better” stuff, so be it! Go for it! It’s all around you!

]]> By: John Soares http://www.tommangan.net/twoheeldrive/index.php/2009/09/06/hiking-at-hanging-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-10359 John Soares Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:41:20 +0000 http://www.tommangan.net/twoheeldrive/?p=3464#comment-10359 Tom, that's some very beautiful country you're exploring, and you've got the pics to prove it. My partner Stephanie wants to take me back east someday. It's good to know you're scouting out the prime hiking spots. Tom, that’s some very beautiful country you’re exploring, and you’ve got the pics to prove it.

My partner Stephanie wants to take me back east someday. It’s good to know you’re scouting out the prime hiking spots.

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.tommangan.net/twoheeldrive/index.php/2009/09/06/hiking-at-hanging-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-10355 Cynthia Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:57:30 +0000 http://www.tommangan.net/twoheeldrive/?p=3464#comment-10355 Tom, you're right. Fortunately my knee held up for it. I was most worried coming down that Middle Steer Ridge trail. That thing is plenty steep and with lots of ball bearing gravel to send you flying but I I made it. I banged up my knee back in June jumping down maybe 4-5 feet on rock around a lighthouse trying to get from one place to the next. I didn't break anything, and X-rays of it were negative, but I did strain the soft ligaments or tissues. At various times early on, when dong simple things like climbing stairs the knee felt like it was going to explode, buckle and come completely apart at the seams. It was an icky wired feeling and I had considerable pain when walking. But after laying off it for three months, it feels back to normal and my doctor gave me the OK to hike. I did the hike with a friend so I wasn't alone out there but I have to admit that I still wouldn't want the knee to go bad back in the deep dark recesses of Henry Coe. And needless to say, I'm tired this morning but the knee is fine, YAY! Tom, you’re right. Fortunately my knee held up for it. I was most worried coming down that Middle Steer Ridge trail. That thing is plenty steep and with lots of ball bearing gravel to send you flying but I I made it. I banged up my knee back in June jumping down maybe 4-5 feet on rock around a lighthouse trying to get from one place to the next. I didn’t break anything, and X-rays of it were negative, but I did strain the soft ligaments or tissues. At various times early on, when dong simple things like climbing stairs the knee felt like it was going to explode, buckle and come completely apart at the seams. It was an icky wired feeling and I had considerable pain when walking. But after laying off it for three months, it feels back to normal and my doctor gave me the OK to hike. I did the hike with a friend so I wasn’t alone out there but I have to admit that I still wouldn’t want the knee to go bad back in the deep dark recesses of Henry Coe. And needless to say, I’m tired this morning but the knee is fine, YAY!

]]> By: Tom http://www.tommangan.net/twoheeldrive/index.php/2009/09/06/hiking-at-hanging-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-10354 Tom Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:36:09 +0000 http://www.tommangan.net/twoheeldrive/?p=3464#comment-10354 Cynthia: That's a lotta Coe for somebody with a bum knee ... I think if I was going to shame you it'd be in the direction of taking it a little easier on yourself on the trail. Cynthia: That’s a lotta Coe for somebody with a bum knee … I think if I was going to shame you it’d be in the direction of taking it a little easier on yourself on the trail.

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.tommangan.net/twoheeldrive/index.php/2009/09/06/hiking-at-hanging-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-10352 Cynthia Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:01:36 +0000 http://www.tommangan.net/twoheeldrive/?p=3464#comment-10352 Pretty nice looking hike Tom, again with some great views in it too. And nice to see the new tree motif of growing out of a rock but at the same time, nobody's got anything on you when it comes to dead snag pictures. I know its green and all there but I hope you find some of those to take too. And you have suitable shamed me, given that I have been a couch potato all summer nursing my knee. It's feeling good now and I went out hiking today out of Hunting Hollow. Hiked up the Phegley Ridge Trail to Wagon Road and down and around to Willson camp for lunch, then up to Willson peak for the views and then down the Middle Steer Ridge Trail. I was a great day out and I had a great time. So keep shaming me so I keep getting out there too! Pretty nice looking hike Tom, again with some great views in it too. And nice to see the new tree motif of growing out of a rock but at the same time, nobody’s got anything on you when it comes to dead snag pictures. I know its green and all there but I hope you find some of those to take too. And you have suitable shamed me, given that I have been a couch potato all summer nursing my knee. It’s feeling good now and I went out hiking today out of Hunting Hollow. Hiked up the Phegley Ridge Trail to Wagon Road and down and around to Willson camp for lunch, then up to Willson peak for the views and then down the Middle Steer Ridge Trail. I was a great day out and I had a great time. So keep shaming me so I keep getting out there too!

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