Got up at 1:30AM after 3 hrs sleep, drove from Chelmsford to BSP, hiked up Baxter, over to Hamlin, back to Baxter, across the Knife Edge, and down Helon Taylor Trail . Stayed up late drinking and watched the Northern Lites . Up the next AM to go up the Coe Slide, over Coe, South Brother, North Brother and Fort. Drove home the next day.
Up at 3:30AM, leave Chelmsford, picked up RB in Bedford, met GK at Starr King trailhead, spot car, drove to South Pond in Stark, hiked the length of the Kilkenny Ridge Trail (25 miles), drove back to South Pond to pick up car, drove home, got home at 11:30PM.
After being stranded by the World Series Earthquake in ’89, we were delayed trying to get a flight out of either San Jose or San Francisco . Two nights later we ended up on a Redeye flight out of San Somewhere (I honestly don’t remember which one we flew out of, we were so tired) to Reno . Changed planes and then flew Reno to Dallas . Changed planes again and then flew Dallas to Boston . 14 hrs of sleep deprived planes and airports. It was a long recovery. Is business travel a sport?
When I went on my Himalayan trip we flew Boston to NY, stayed overnight, went to the airport the next afternoon, checked in and were delayed 10 hours, flew NY to Paris, Paris to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to Cairo, Cairo to Dubai, Dubai to Karachi in the same plane. We were then Jeeped across town for lunch then Jeeped back to the airport. Flew Karachi to Islamabad that afternoon. Three days later spent 4 hrs in a van traveling to the Khyber Pass and the Afghan border. 4 more hrs riding back. Two days later flew from Islamabad to Skardu, the most spectacular mountain flight in the world. Two days later stood in the back of a jeep for 4 hrs riding to the trailhead. Spent the next 36 days hiking to and from K2 Base Camp.
I’ve also done a Century Bike Ride (100 miles) in a day and also rode from Nashua to Alton Bay (63 miles) one day. A very long time ago in my youth.
Death marches? No, but they're longer and more toward the edge than your average trip.
JohnL
