I am alive and well. Tuesday morning, my friends and I started an overnighter in the Adirondacks. After a long day of rain and muddy terrain, we reached the top of Saddleback mountain, expecting to reach a camping right after Basin. Unfortunately, it was misty and we had trouble seeing farther than 20 feet in front of us, so it meant no view and landscape. That also meant that we couldnt see where the trail was continuing. The sun was setting down and we were all exhausted, so we decided to break the rules for our safety and camp near the top of Saddleback. Wednesday morning, as soon as the sun started to shine on the south side of the mountain, I went to see where the trail was heading us. Considering the meteo condition of tuesday, all the cliffs were extremely wet and there were some massive winds. We did what we had to do. After 4 hours of climbing and going down massive rocks, we achieved our desired camping for tuesday night. Less than 3 miles away, yet it felt so far distant. The difficult and technical part were scary and slippery. As the leader and veteran backpacker, I am lucky that my lack of responsibility didnt injured anyone. I will look up and plan more ahead the next time for everyone's safety.
Thank you for posting this. I did this back in Aug 6th and I was pretty nervous. It is hard to convey just how tough this climb was and this video does a great job showing it! It was more mental than anything but I had a good partner to help me through it. In the end I was happy to with the climb.
Thanks for posting. I'm planning to hike Saddleback and other Great Range peaks in August. I've got 15 High Peaks under my belt so far. Your footage of taking it steadily up is the best I've seen so far. It gives one a very real feeling of what it's like for a hiker in decent shape. As you say, "If thousands can do it, you can do it". Would you avoid it on a wet day?
Thanks. I was referring to this toughest portion of Saddleback but I didn't say it. It's hard to avoid mud in ADK and I don't mind it when the terrain is not so bad. But wet rock and I have not gotten along in the past, especially with my previous boots so I'm a little leery of attempting this part of Saddleback if it's wet. You seem to be like-minded.
Standing on the shoulders of giants. Thank you for this video!
You're welcome. It's been a while. I should go again, maybe in winter.
Nice work Eric
I am alive and well.
Tuesday morning, my friends and I started an overnighter in the Adirondacks. After a long day of rain and muddy terrain, we reached the top of Saddleback mountain, expecting to reach a camping right after Basin.
Unfortunately, it was misty and we had trouble seeing farther than 20 feet in front of us, so it meant no view and landscape. That also meant that we couldnt see where the trail was continuing. The sun was setting down and we were all exhausted, so we decided to break the rules for our safety and camp near the top of Saddleback.
Wednesday morning, as soon as the sun started to shine on the south side of the mountain, I went to see where the trail was heading us. Considering the meteo condition of tuesday, all the cliffs were extremely wet and there were some massive winds.
We did what we had to do.
After 4 hours of climbing and going down massive rocks, we achieved our desired camping for tuesday night. Less than 3 miles away, yet it felt so far distant.
The difficult and technical part were scary and slippery. As the leader and veteran backpacker, I am lucky that my lack of responsibility didnt injured anyone. I will look up and plan more ahead the next time for everyone's safety.
Thank you for posting this. I did this back in Aug 6th and I was pretty nervous. It is hard to convey just how tough this climb was and this video does a great job showing it! It was more mental than anything but I had a good partner to help me through it. In the end I was happy to with the climb.
You're welcome, I'm glad it was helpful.
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Thanks for posting. I'm planning to hike Saddleback and other Great Range peaks in August. I've got 15 High Peaks under my belt so far. Your footage of taking it steadily up is the best I've seen so far. It gives one a very real feeling of what it's like for a hiker in decent shape. As you say, "If thousands can do it, you can do it". Would you avoid it on a wet day?
I would, because I don't like the extra risk (and hours of muddy hiking).
Thanks. I was referring to this toughest portion of Saddleback but I didn't say it. It's hard to avoid mud in ADK and I don't mind it when the terrain is not so bad. But wet rock and I have not gotten along in the past, especially with my previous boots so I'm a little leery of attempting this part of Saddleback if it's wet. You seem to be like-minded.
You can tell that you are very close to timber
Line
That's right. Saddleback is 4528 ft and timberline around there is at 4600-4800 ft.
This video isn’t posted on your page
How was this compared to Little Haystack?
I remember it as being steeper for longer, so overall more difficult.
Good job!
But that's a nope for me.
That's OK, there are a lot of other ways to enjoy the ADKs.
@@Eric_the_Hiking I did the entire range, I just went to saddleback on a different trip from the other direction. Lol.
is this the Sadleback Cliffs or the other side of the MTN heading back down towards Sawteeth/Gothics?
This is the Saddleback cliff, on the Basin side.
How long is this climbing part? Any tips?
This is all of it, so just a few minutes long. I recommend that you go on a dry day.
Did you do this Saturday or Friday?
That was at around 15:30 on Friday.