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On our rugged Eastern foothills.....
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- Nov 28, 2012
Oh really!! Seriously, have you ever hiked there?? DH & I always wanted to (but now we've waited too late). We still do lots of hikes, but not scheduled ones that are that far one way!
What kept us back from making ressies is the weather is so 'changable', and you have to schedule so far in advance that we never did it. From experience we know that 'most' days Mt. LeConte is in the clouds and lots of days the hike is miserable, and the view while there is 'very' iffy!! Have hiked to top of Chimneys though!
Only heard of it. Sounds like what I would do. However, I've done some pretty heavy duty hiking in my day, including backpacking at high altitude. I'm a bit out of shape now, but I'd get in shape for something like this.
I know the LeConte name, although there's some controversy over which LeConte the mountain is named. The LeConte brothers were well known scientists and conservationists who came to the new University of California. LeConte Hall is the UC Berkeley physics building, and there's a LeConte Ave. in Berkeley. Joseph LeConte was a co-founder of the Sierra Club, and there's a Sierra Club building in Yosemite named after him. I guess the biggest controversy was that they owned slaves. Although they stated they didn't particularly like slavery, their positions on race were unapologetically racist.
We would like to be able to walk or take the trolley during the day. It sounds like CI&S is a good location for that.
He's an only child, which makes it even more special to us. Apparently, it's been renovated recently, but the location is still a consideration. We've tossed around the idea of a split stay, but that may be more effort than it's worth. I'll mention Margaritaville to DH to see what he thinks about staying in PF instead of Gburg. It does sound like that & a couple more hotels in PF are a better fit for us.
