TR for the Bighorn Micro Clave and a Trip to Chas's

Bruiser wrote:

Oh yeah, my legs are sooooo sore that I can't step off a curb. My "downhill
muscles" were completely unprepared and I'm not sure if they'll ever be the
same.

Great trip report, Bruce.
I feel for ya concerning the legs. A couple of years ago, I hiked (slid) to
the bottom of the middle fork of the Powder river south of Buffalo (hole-in-the
wall country). My fishing buddy had found a "new" way to the bottom. Yeah,
right. There was no trail. We ended up surfing sliding shale most of the way
down. If you fell, you would have rolled all the way to the bottom. The middle
fork is a mini Grand Canyon. When I got to the bottom, my legs didn't work.
They didn't hurt, they just felt like rubber. The first thing we did was cross
the runoff stage creek. We caught some nice fish on stone fly nymphs. The hike
back up was on a trail and, after 5 or 6 stops for a breather, we made it to the
top. No problem, no pain. The next day, I couldn't walk. A few days later, we
headed to Nebraska to the ranch for branding. I helped my brother-in-law move
about 40 cattle panels. As long as I walked on level ground or uphill, I was
fine. Walking down hill (like down into a road ditch on the way to pick up
panels) was terribly painful. It took me over two weeks to heal up. I need to
come up with some kind of exercise to build up those particular muscles.

Snoop






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"Snoop" wrote in message

(snip)

Bob, you've got my conditions pegged. I would have been fine if I hadn't
ran down the trail. Kind of the equivalent of your bushwhacking butt
slide - dusting off some forgotten muscles, especially the downhill muscles,
can make one pretty sore.

bruce h