Comments on: Take a Hike… to Saddle Mountain http://www.portlandoctopus.com/take-a-hike-to-saddle-mountain/ Everything Portland Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:14:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Audrey Ives http://www.portlandoctopus.com/take-a-hike-to-saddle-mountain/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Audrey Ives Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:53:41 +0000 http://www.portlandoctopus.com/take-a-hike-to-saddle-mountain/#comment-37 I thought the hike was easy as I did it 2 summers ago, 2007. I am in my late 40s and I suppose I was physcially fit. I do light exercizes almost daily, not much for 15 min. But I did a hike of a few hours each week for a spring summer period-so it may have got me in shape. Nevertheless, I am an energetic person for my age. I haven't hiked The Three Sisters or the top of Mt. Hood or even Defiance Point. The toughest hike I've done is McNeil Point, near Mt. Hood in Oregon-for 7 hours. I'm not one of those robust joggers, either. So in rating it diffiult, challenging , strenous-I was surprized they said it so? I did hike Dog Mountain-and that I think is a strenuous/difficult hike-and Eagle Creek -when you go for 3 hours or more.... I thought it was "fun " although some of it was a little-climb as you scaled over the slopping sides of the top a little-just a little slanted-but only for a little while. I think children just skim those areas and move over them quickly-although, I wouldn't take children at all up the side of the top. I wish to take my children to enjoy the bottom of the hike only-for an hour-so they can enjoy the coastal vegetation and eat the goose berries-what they enjoy the most. It was a beaitufl hike whether at the top or climbing near the bottom. I think if you are a beginner and don't exercize it would be strenous and stretch a few muscles, maybe. Best to stretch all your muscles ahead of time and get those legs in shape so you feel you can tackle all this hiking as a teenager would do it. All of us can do 15 min. of leg exercizes daily-then these hikes are a breeze. Have fun!!!! By the way, I'm not an experienced hiker. I am really an artist and concert flutist enjoying many cultural pursuits. I read a little hiking info. for fun and have done a few simple hikes, I think. I am wondering what other hikers think of this hike? It is one of the best!! Love the scenery and vegetation. I thought the hike was easy as I did it 2 summers ago, 2007. I am in my late 40s and I suppose I was physcially fit. I do light exercizes almost daily, not much for 15 min. But I did a hike of a few hours each week for a spring summer period-so it may have got me in shape. Nevertheless, I am an energetic person for my age. I haven’t hiked The Three Sisters or the top of Mt. Hood or even Defiance Point. The toughest hike I’ve done is McNeil Point, near Mt. Hood in Oregon-for 7 hours. I’m not one of those robust joggers, either. So in rating it diffiult, challenging , strenous-I was surprized they said it so? I did hike Dog Mountain-and that I think is a strenuous/difficult hike-and Eagle Creek -when you go for 3 hours or more…. I thought it was “fun ” although some of it was a little-climb as you scaled over the slopping sides of the top a little-just a little slanted-but only for a little while. I think children just skim those areas and move over them quickly-although, I wouldn’t take children at all up the side of the top. I wish to take my children to enjoy the bottom of the hike only-for an hour-so they can enjoy the coastal vegetation and eat the goose berries-what they enjoy the most. It was a beaitufl hike whether at the top or climbing near the bottom. I think if you are a beginner and don’t exercize it would be strenous and stretch a few muscles, maybe. Best to stretch all your muscles ahead of time and get those legs in shape so you feel you can tackle all this hiking as a teenager would do it. All of us can do 15 min. of leg exercizes daily-then these hikes are a breeze. Have fun!!!!

By the way, I’m not an experienced hiker. I am really an artist and concert flutist enjoying many cultural pursuits. I read a little hiking info. for fun and have done a few simple hikes, I think. I am wondering what other hikers think of this hike? It is one of the best!! Love the scenery and vegetation.

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