Re: An accomplishment...

[Guest guest]

Well done Bill and I am very impressed!!! I can't imagine going out a

hike just yet. You deserve to crow as much as you like:-)

Sara

>

> For the record: I had a LeForte I with the bilateral sagittal

osteotomy

> and jaw rotation on March 31. I'm still on a soft food diet.

>

> I went camping/hiking last weekend with a couple of friends of

mine. We

> were planning a big hike on Saturday -- a shuttle hike in the Ansel

> Wilderness area (California) that would also take us into the

back

> side of Yosemite National Monument. Around 25 miles, all between

7000

> feet and 11000 feet.

>

> I turned out to be the " caboose " (no surprise here). The hike was

quite

> pretty, quite green, very few people (We ran into one group on

their

> eighth day of a backpacking trip, and a few more toward the end of

the

> hike, but that's it).

>

> After a few miles, it was clear there was really no turning back. I

> stood a good chance of getting lost and not finding my way back to

the

> start car. So on I went...

>

> Toward the higher elevations I started to get tired and faint. You

all

> know why, but I think I was also getting a tiny bit of altitute

> sickness. Nothing horrible, but I had to watch it carefully. Like I

> noted, there was no turning back.

>

> Near the top of one of the peaks there was an underground stream

> protected by (but not fed by) a snow pack. No need to filter the

water

> -- no possible source of impurities -- and it was the best water

I've

> ever tasted, bar none.

>

> Once I started descending I began to feel more lucid. It was a

looong

> descent and I just about got carried away by mosquitos. California

had a

> wet winter which means lush greens, standing pools of water and

snow and

> plenty of mosquitos. In spite of plenty of bug repellent I have

several

> hundred mosquito bites -- everywhere. If I take a shower I look

like

> I've got a bad case of chicken pox. But as time progresses I'll

remember

> the lush scenery more and less the mosquitos.

>

> But I made it...otherwise I wouldn't be typing this. The other two

> hikers helped me, of course, with words of encouragement and

whatnot.

>

> So anyway....I wanted to crow for a bit.

>

> Bill

[Guest guest]

Bill, thank you for sharing this experience, it gives me hope.

I am planning to run my 3rd NY Marathon the first week of November

with my hubby (his 1st). My surgery was 7/21. Wish me luck!

> >

> > For the record: I had a LeForte I with the bilateral sagittal

> osteotomy

> > and jaw rotation on March 31. I'm still on a soft food diet.

> >

> > I went camping/hiking last weekend with a couple of friends of

> mine. We

> > were planning a big hike on Saturday -- a shuttle hike in the

Ansel

> > Wilderness area (California) that would also take us into

the

> back

> > side of Yosemite National Monument. Around 25 miles, all between

> 7000

> > feet and 11000 feet.

> >

> > I turned out to be the " caboose " (no surprise here). The hike

was

> quite

> > pretty, quite green, very few people (We ran into one group on

> their

> > eighth day of a backpacking trip, and a few more toward the end

of

> the

> > hike, but that's it).

> >

> > After a few miles, it was clear there was really no turning

back. I

> > stood a good chance of getting lost and not finding my way back

to

> the

> > start car. So on I went...

> >

> > Toward the higher elevations I started to get tired and faint.

You

> all

> > know why, but I think I was also getting a tiny bit of altitute

> > sickness. Nothing horrible, but I had to watch it carefully.

Like I

> > noted, there was no turning back.

> >

> > Near the top of one of the peaks there was an underground stream

> > protected by (but not fed by) a snow pack. No need to filter the

> water

> > -- no possible source of impurities -- and it was the best water

> I've

> > ever tasted, bar none.

> >

> > Once I started descending I began to feel more lucid. It was a

> looong

> > descent and I just about got carried away by mosquitos.

California

> had a

> > wet winter which means lush greens, standing pools of water and

> snow and

> > plenty of mosquitos. In spite of plenty of bug repellent I have

> several

> > hundred mosquito bites -- everywhere. If I take a shower I look

> like

> > I've got a bad case of chicken pox. But as time progresses I'll

> remember

> > the lush scenery more and less the mosquitos.

> >

> > But I made it...otherwise I wouldn't be typing this. The other

two

> > hikers helped me, of course, with words of encouragement and

> whatnot.

> >

> > So anyway....I wanted to crow for a bit.

> >

> > Bill

[Guest guest]

WOW!!! Congrats...yes, you are allowed to crow as

much as you want. It also give hope to all of us

Pre-Opers that there IS indeed light at the end of the

tunnel...

Austria

--- Bill wrote:

>

> For the record: I had a LeForte I with the bilateral

> sagittal osteotomy

> and jaw rotation on March 31. I'm still on a soft

> food diet.

>

> I went camping/hiking last weekend with a couple of

> friends of mine. We

> were planning a big hike on Saturday -- a shuttle

> hike in the Ansel

> Wilderness area (California) that would also

> take us into the back

> side of Yosemite National Monument. Around 25 miles,

> all between 7000

> feet and 11000 feet.

>

> I turned out to be the " caboose " (no surprise here).

> The hike was quite

> pretty, quite green, very few people (We ran into

> one group on their

> eighth day of a backpacking trip, and a few more

> toward the end of the

> hike, but that's it).

>

> After a few miles, it was clear there was really no

> turning back. I

> stood a good chance of getting lost and not finding

> my way back to the

> start car. So on I went...

>

> Toward the higher elevations I started to get tired

> and faint. You all

> know why, but I think I was also getting a tiny bit

> of altitute

> sickness. Nothing horrible, but I had to watch it

> carefully. Like I

> noted, there was no turning back.

>

> Near the top of one of the peaks there was an

> underground stream

> protected by (but not fed by) a snow pack. No need

> to filter the water

> -- no possible source of impurities -- and it was

> the best water I've

> ever tasted, bar none.

>

> Once I started descending I began to feel more

> lucid. It was a looong

> descent and I just about got carried away by

> mosquitos. California had a

> wet winter which means lush greens, standing pools

> of water and snow and

> plenty of mosquitos. In spite of plenty of bug

> repellent I have several

> hundred mosquito bites -- everywhere. If I take a

> shower I look like

> I've got a bad case of chicken pox. But as time

> progresses I'll remember

> the lush scenery more and less the mosquitos.

>

> But I made it...otherwise I wouldn't be typing this.

> The other two

> hikers helped me, of course, with words of

> encouragement and whatnot.

>

> So anyway....I wanted to crow for a bit.

>

> Bill

>

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