Day off run: Table Mountain and a crazy 5 mile loop
making our way up Table Mountain I have hiked Table Mountain quite a few times and never understood why anyone would want to run it. Mostly because of the unrelenting climb up heartbreak ridge and the scramble up the rocks at the end. New to us section of the PCT Susan and I had a day off adventure / training run planned for Friday, May 21st. I was hoping to do a 29 mile loop in the Herman Creek area but the snowline was still pretty low which didn't leave us with a lot of options. I gave Susan a few alternative options and the one she picked was Table Mountain, despite me warning her about the scramble at the end. To be honest I wasn't excited about the choice but she'd never been there before and I had never started the route on the PCT, so it was a new adventure to us both. Table Mountain We got to the Bonneville Trailhead early and were the only car there. It was a nice and sunny day, we were pretty optimistic after our last adventures runs having horrible weather,...