White Mountain
There is another
14,000er named White Mountain near Bishop, CA.
I also analyzed the GPS tracking data for this Hiking.
This hiking was on
July 12, 2014. It took about 7 hours
round trip. According to the GPS
tracking data, the round trip distance was about 15.5 miles (25km) with 3412
feet (1,040m) elevation gain. The trail
head is already about 11,811 feet (3,600m) and the summit is 14,252 feet
(4,344m). This is one of easiest
14,000er mountain in the United States.
Since I started
hiking right after I was arrived at the trail head without any sleeping. I had been driving overnight to get there in
the previous night. So my condition was
not very well. I started slowly
intentionally in the beginning. However
after a small descending, my walking pace was getting faster. After that was slowing down significantly. As usual, I just focus on ascending part, the
moving speed is something around 0.8 ~ 1.0 [m/sec] except the last part near
the summit. The last part is relatively
steeper and the walking pace needed to be slowing down. The overall pace 0.8 ~ 1.0 [m/sec] is a bit
faster than the managed pace by heart rate for Mt. Whitney Hiking. Even if I did not have much weight on my
backpack, it seems to be over pace in such elevation. The average heart rate is getting higher. I probably adjust the moving pace without intention after it reaches 150 bpm.
I had a clear symptom
of high altitude sickness during this hiking, it was probably the worst one
within 5 years and the working pace was slowing down significantly near the
summit. I originally thought that was
due to my condition with much less sleeping in the previous night. However, after looking into the data, I
would think it might be due to over pace.
Moving speed for White Mountain Hiking
Average Heart Rate for White Mountain Hiking
Elevation for White Mountain Hiking
After this hiking,
I started managing the pace based on the heart rate. This trail is overall gentle slope and it
might be easy to walk faster in the beginning, therefore, people might tend to
be faster. Also, there are some sections
where have small descending on the way to the summit. That is another reason people tend to be
over pace. If I have another chance to
hike over there, I would like to try to slow down based on the heart rate to
see how it goes. Since camping on the
trail is prohibited, almost all people hike to the summit is a day trip. It might be hard to adjust the over pacing during
a day trip. Thus, this is another good
example, we could optimize the walking pace with the heart rate number.
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