Oh, hello sailor!
I climbed Larch Mountain again today. I’m sure if I keep doing this I’ll get used to the whole idea of a pretty much uninterrupted 3500 foot climb, but today was not that day. 6h39 (opposed to 6h31 on Saturday) and I was basically flattened when I staggered in the door this afternoon.
I guess I’ll do it again, though; the climb is wonderful for distilling my thoughts down to the immediate moment, and when I get home I’m too tired to even think. And I’ve got to get my loop time on this thing down under 6 hours (under 5 hours would be delightful, but I think I’d have to generate ¼th hp continuously for two hours to do that, and right now I can generate ¼th hp for about three minutes before completely running out of steam) so I can take advantage of that added horsepower on flatter loops.