{"id":1617,"date":"2014-11-21T04:32:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T20:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trampntrail.wordpress.com\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2014-11-21T04:32:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T20:32:59","slug":"hike-6340-chimney-mountain-november-15-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/2014\/11\/21\/hike-6340-chimney-mountain-november-15-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Hike # 6340 &#8211; Chimney Mountain &#8211; November 15, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Write-up: Nancy Coleman<br \/>\nLeader: Nancy Coleman<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/img_6385.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1620\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/img_6385.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"IMG_6385\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On one of the coldest days so far this season, 17 brave and hearty Tramps met to climb and explore Chimney Mountain near Indian Lake.\u00a0\u00a0The sky was clear, but the air was crisp.\u00a0\u00a0We had promised 2 groups in case some hikers wanted to take a slow ascent, but that wasn\u2019t needed.\u00a0\u00a0All the hikers kept a pretty brisk pace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/img_6381.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1618\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/img_6381.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"IMG_6381\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We decided to go to the top and explore the cave region on the descent.\u00a0\u00a0Everyone had fun climbing on the rocks and scaring their friends by going too close to the edges.\u00a0\u00a0We ate lunch at the top in the sun but not out of the wind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1619\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/img_1424.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"IMG_1424\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1621\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/img_1428.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"IMG_1428\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the way down we veered to the right and followed herd paths around, looking for the biggest caves.\u00a0\u00a0Frequently you\u2019d hear, \u201c I found a big one over here!\u201d and everyone would go there to explore.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0The caves had been closed since October 15 for the safety of hibernating bats.\u00a0\u00a0That was a relief to me as leader, since I had heard stories of Frank Guilfoil needing a rope rescue years before.\u00a0\u00a0It was less windy, thus much warmer in this area, which would have been a better choice for the lunch spot.<\/p>\n<p>We stopped at Logan\u2019s in Speculator on the way home for an adult beverage and many laughs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Write-up: Nancy Coleman Leader: Nancy Coleman On one of the coldest days so far this season, 17 brave and hearty Tramps met to climb and explore Chimney Mountain near Indian Lake.\u00a0\u00a0The sky was clear, but the air was crisp.\u00a0\u00a0We had promised 2 groups in case some hikers wanted to take a slow ascent, but that wasn\u2019t needed.\u00a0\u00a0All the hikers kept a pretty brisk pace. We decided to go to the top and explore the cave region on the descent.\u00a0\u00a0Everyone had&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/2014\/11\/21\/hike-6340-chimney-mountain-november-15-2014\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1222],"tags":[1278],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617"}],"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=1617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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