{"id":12616,"date":"2021-10-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/?p=12616"},"modified":"2021-10-25T13:08:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T17:08:46","slug":"7166-eleventh-mt-cliff-big-shanty-mt-october-16-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/2021\/10\/16\/7166-eleventh-mt-cliff-big-shanty-mt-october-16-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"7166 Eleventh Mt. Cliff\/Big Shanty Mt. <br>October 16, 2021<\/br>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Write-up: Paul Sirtoli<\/strong><br \/><strong>Leader: Greg Sipp<\/strong><br \/><strong>Co-Leader: Paul Sirtoli<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0875.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0875.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0875-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0875-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><br \/><br \/><strong>I&#8217;m thinking that Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, was aligned against Big Shanty Mt, since the trip was thoroughly rained out both in the spring and in mid-October. \u00a0Helios, the Greek sun god must have had a word or two with Poseidon, for the Mohawk Valley was grey and gloomy when Bakers Mills was sunny and pleasant, for this, our third attempt.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0876.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0876.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0876-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0876-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><br \/><br \/><strong>The bulk of the 8.5-mile trip was on the Siamese Pond Trail; the only impediment being the high water in Diamond Brook. \u00a0Our sensitive tootsies would not welcome the cold water. \u00a0Thus, with a short detour upstream, Greg tossed a log over the brook to facilitate a successful crossing. <\/strong><br \/><br \/><strong>As evidenced by Greg&#8217;s photos, we had decent views of the Eleventh Mt. massive while slowly climbing the Big Shanty shoulder to the 2,350 ft. summit.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0879.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0879.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0879-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0879-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Although there were no summit views, a nearby rock formation provided seating for a relaxing lunch break.<\/strong><br \/><br \/><strong>Looking for a change of scenery, we exited the summit to the trail via a different route. \u00a0Given the time of day, we chose to forgo climbing to the Eleventh Mt. scenic ledges, saving that bushwhack trip<\/strong> for another day.<\/h4>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Write-up: Paul SirtoliLeader: Greg SippCo-Leader: Paul Sirtoli I&#8217;m thinking that Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, was aligned against Big Shanty Mt, since the trip was thoroughly rained out both in the spring and in mid-October. \u00a0Helios, the Greek sun god must have had a word or two with Poseidon, for the Mohawk Valley was grey and gloomy when Bakers Mills was sunny and pleasant, for this, our third attempt. The bulk of the 8.5-mile trip was on the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/2021\/10\/16\/7166-eleventh-mt-cliff-big-shanty-mt-october-16-2021\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1219],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12621,"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12616\/revisions\/12621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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