{"id":5604,"date":"2019-06-06T16:58:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T23:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/?page_id=5604"},"modified":"2024-09-14T10:12:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T17:12:57","slug":"tamanawas-1-2-3-hundred","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/tamanawas-1-2-3-hundred\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamanawas 1-2-3-Hundred"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The Romans knew that everything that comes in threes is perfect: omne trium perfectum.<\/em> Yet, if that is true, why do cars have four wheels and marriages happen between couples? Regardless, here I present you a challenge in the form of three sweet lolliloops.<\/p>\r\n

Circumnavigating cascade volcanoes seems to be an obsession practiced by many runners, hikers, and even drivers. Hordes have completed the epic trails around Mt. Rainier, Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams, and other volcanoes. Yet, how many folks do you know who have done one of these circumnavigations starting from and ending at sea level? That was supposed to be a rhetorical question.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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If you don’t have any summer plans for this\u2014and possible the following two years yet\u2014keep reading.<\/p>\r\n

The lore says that running a 100 miles isn’t all that hard. Hordes have done it and live on without major damage to body and mind. After all, it’s less than four marathons. From there, it’s only another 100 miles to get to 200 miles. That’s analogous to drinking two instead of one beer. After all, that’s only twice as much, so that makes sense, and anybody can handle that. Now that you are at 200 miles, 300 isn’t even twice as much, so why should that even be an issue?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Excellent! You are then ready to unleash your inner volcano(es). If not in one shot, then in a gradual progression. Let me introduce Tamanawas 1-2-3-Hundred!<\/p>\r\n

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Overview map of the Tamanawas 1-2-3-Hundred route. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\r\n

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“I let my tired body rest awhile.
Moving again, I tried the lonely slope-
my firm foot always was the one below.”<\/p>\r\nDante<\/cite><\/blockquote>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n

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The Legend of Lawilayt-l\u00e1, P\u00e1tu, and N\u00edfti Y\u00e1\u014bint<\/h3>\r\n

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Yet another lore tells us that a few centuries back or so, when rocks where still more prevalent than iPhones and Christopher Columbus still shit his pants, it so happened that a shitload of those said rocks conspired to roar into the Columbia River near Cascade Locks. Very unexpectedly they ended up forming a simple yet beautiful stone bridge that spanned the river. Not three, not two, but only one bridge. The one and only bridge came to be called Tamanawas bridge, or “Bridge of the Gods.”<\/p>\r\n

In the center of the bridge burnt the only fire in the world. Sadly, the lore fails to tell us how it got there initially. However, we are certain that a\u00a0wrinkled old woman called Loowitlatkla, or “Lady of Fire,” protected both the fire and the bridge. The story<\/a> goes on and on for quite a while. There was lots of coming and going, no doubt. One day, no one quite remembers the exact date and reason, things suddenly got heated, deteriorated rapidly, and ended up in some serious drama that involved love, jealousy, tremendous fights, flames, but also more rocks. Definitely more rocks. After little to no discussion, the ruling spirits decided that the resulting dead bodies would be buried under some mighty new mountains yet to be erected. So they did exactly that and called them lawilayt-l\u00e1, p\u00e1tu, and n\u00edfti y\u00e1\u014bint. A few more centuries later we now call them Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Hood. Notice the number 3 again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Panorama view of Portland, OR, showing Mount St. Helens, Mount Adams and Mount Hood in the distance. Louis Scheiner, 1913. Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection<\/a>. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\r\n

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What Goes Around Comes Around<\/h3>\r\n

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The challenge comes in the form of three lollipop loops in Portland’s backyard. Conveniently, the lolliloops are roughly 100, 200, and 300 miles long respectively. Since most people probably won’t want to do this entire challenge in a single push, it was designed to be completed in parts. Here’s a list of possibilities:<\/p>\r\n

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  1. You complete each lolliloop individually, e.g., one per year, or one in Jul, Aug, and Sep. The order in which you complete them does not matter. For each completed lolliloop the time will be ranked separately (see records section below). Once you completed all lolliloops, the times would be added up for the TripleLolli<\/em> ranking.<\/li>\r\n
  2. You complete LolliHood<\/em> individually and then combine LolliHelens<\/em> and LolliAdams<\/em> to a double lolliloop. That will save you the PCT leg from the Bridge of the Gods to the LolliHelens<\/em>\/Adams<\/em> split, i.e., 2 x 76mi = 152mi. The two times would still be added up for the TripleLolli<\/em> ranking. Less respect.<\/li>\r\n
  3. You complete all 3 circumnavigations as a big TripleLolli<\/em> in a single push. That would be 102mi + 196mi + 290mi – 2 x 76mi = 436mi. Respect!<\/li>\r\n
  4. You complete all 3 circumnavigations as a big TripleLolli<\/em> in a single push AND also climb all 3 peaks. More respect!<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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    Note that the start\/finish is always at the Bridge of the Gods<\/a>. You can park for free on the Washington side. The Oregon side needs a valid Forest Pass.<\/p>\r\n

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    Volcano<\/strong><\/td>\r\nLolliloop distance [mi]<\/strong><\/td>\r\nLolliloop elevation gain [ft]<\/strong><\/td>\r\nGPS files<\/strong><\/td>\r\nMaps<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
    Mt. Hood (n\u00edfti y\u00e1\u014bint)<\/td>\r\n102<\/td>\r\n22,277<\/td>\r\nkml<\/a> | gpx<\/a><\/td>\r\nGaia<\/a> | Google<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
    Mt. Adams (p\u00e1tu)<\/td>\r\n196<\/td>\r\n34,944<\/td>\r\nkml<\/a> | gpx<\/a><\/td>\r\nGaia<\/a> | Google<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
    Mt. St. Helens (lawilayt-l\u00e1)<\/td>\r\n290<\/td>\r\n54,888<\/td>\r\nkml<\/a> | gpx<\/a><\/td>\r\nGaia<\/a> | Google<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
    Total<\/strong><\/td>\r\n588<\/strong><\/td>\r\n112,109<\/strong><\/td>\r\n\u00a0<\/td>\r\n\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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