Down we plunged the first bit as it is almost straight down me holding onto the cables and Molly making a mad dash of it to where the trail leveled off to a more reasonable grade. The top half of the trail was in a good state with only a couple of blow downs that were easy to traverse. But it was not long before we where once again faced with the Mess.
The one difference I noticed right off was that some one had left ribbons marking the way through. Over under and around we went always spotting the next ribbon to head for. Some of the trees were just to big for my little girl so I would lift her up on top and have her wait as I climbed over then help her down on the other side.
We came to on spot were I had to drop though the branches of a tree. The hole that I dropped through was not much larger then me and it was about 3 feet down before you reached the ground. I went first and looked back up at Molly looking at me not wanting to budge. So I coxed her to the edge and took her front paws and helped her come on though. Ok yes I had to pull her a bit as she didn't want to do it but I caught her and brought her down safely.
The next barrier was logs and a big root ball so we had to traverse through were the roots had been ripped out of the ground. All that was left was a big hole that went all the way down to the rock of the mountain. Molly hopped down no problem. I was not as lucky. It was just a little bit down like 2 feet that I had to jump with what appeared to be solid rock to land on. But the rock my right foot landed on decided that it didn't like all my weight on it and rolled to the right forcing all my weight onto the side of my right ankle.
So there I sat in the middle of this depression left from this huge tree that had been blown over in the middle of the mess. First thought get Molly back on the leash so she doesn't wonder off. Done! Next ok well did I break it or what. Ok how much food and water do I have. Yep I have the whistle to call for help. Nope didn't even look at the cell to see if it could be of use. That all went through my head in about a second flat.
Well I was not in all that much pain after sitting for a minute and checking things out so I frigged that I didn't break anything but it was tender. Time to stand up and see if I could put any weight on it. To my surprise I was able to with out much difficulty at all. Molly and I started off once again always keeping an eye out for the next ribbon.
At the next ribbon there were two of them tied to the branch of one of these great big trees and I recognized that this is the first one that I had spotted on my way up and looking south there was the trail once again. We had no problems getting back to Windy Pass and the car. Despite the turning of my ankle I really enjoyed this hike. Yes it was extremely difficult but I got to put all my skills to work and had a wonderful time doing it.
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| This is how it looked two days later. |
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