Ok. This getting old ain't no fun.

[Chris142]

I decided that I needed some exercize. I should have walked around WalMart but instead I climbed a hill.

This hill is near my house in Apple valley,Ca and is called Bell mountain because it's shaped like a bell.

Looking up. It don't look too bad.

1/2 way up. PANT,PANT'PANT it's steeper than it looks!

On top trying to catch my breath. Took 20 minutes to catch it.

Wheres my Jeep! I can barely see it!

 

[XS650]

At least all you had to worry about was rattle snakes and heart attacks instead of getting trampled.

Looks like a a pretty good climb.

 

[Chris142]

Too cold for snakes today

 

[tom slick]

you need a trials bike!

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: tom slick
you need a trials bike!


And a helicopter ride.

 

[moribundman]

How many feet from base to top? 800 feet or so?

 

[Chris142]

Originally Posted By: moribundman
How many feet from base to top? 800 feet or so?
No idea. I don't think it's that far. I cant find much info on the hill.

 

[moribundman]

Have you checked the hill out on Google Earth? They should let you check the altitude of any spot on the map.

 

[hillclimber]

If this is Bell Mountain, the top looks to be about 3,860'. The base is hard to define but 3,200 would do, I think. You can google it; just north of Apple Valley, east of I-15, south of the community of Bell Mountain.

 

[Chris142]

Ok I found a map. Top is 3897 ft. The beginning of the base is 3200 and the flat desert is 2929 ft.

 

[moribundman]

Are your legs sore yet?

 

[Pablo]

Try that sucker in August!!

 

[Chris142]

Originally Posted By: moribundman
Are your legs sore yet?

Suprizingly no.

 

[moribundman]

Well, the older you get the later the soreness shows up. Maybe you won't get sore at all.

 

[Oldmoparguy1]

I wish I were able to climb a little hill like that.

Nice pics chris. Beautiful country, stark, but beautiful.

 

[RTexasF]

Gettin' old AIN'T for sissies!

 

[Oldmoparguy1]

Originally Posted By: RTexasF
Gettin' old AIN'T for sissies!


Got that right.. Takes many years of practice and experience.

 

[eljefino]

Did a hill walk like that on my honeymoon in the middle of the nevada desert. Had a rental convertible and left the top down. Joked to my bride that we could see people breaking in but not really yell at them to stop with much authority.

 

[oilboy123]

697 feet is a pretty good hike. It is amazing how far it is when you look down at where you came from.
I have hiked Mt Pilchuck north of Seattle, it is 5300 ft high with 2100 elavation gain. I hiked it with my uncle and Daughter years ago and it took the better part of the day. I was real proud of making it to the top. Then I see an older couple in their seventies coming down. That deflated my ego real quick.

I could just make out the floating bridges on lake Washington in Seattle with binocs about 30 miles away.

I like to equate height to football fields to put it in perspective. So if you hiked 697 ft it would be 2 1/3 football fields.