Went Hiking Today

So I went on a trail to get to some waterfalls called St. Mary's trail. The trip up there about killed me. I'm not in very good shape especially for a trail that is categorized as "difficult". It's about 2.5 miles up and 2.5 miles back down. Maybe a little more. It took me about 6 hours from start to finish to do this trek. I took alot of breaks. What I like it do is walk as far as I can until the chest pains set in. Then I sit down and relax until the pains subside and I have time to catch my breath. Then I continue on up the way. All in all it was a pretty great trail. I don't think I personally had as much fun as I do on the 7 bridges trail. I think it's just the thought of getting to cross on all the bridges over the creek. On the St Mary's trail there are no bridges. You do walk most of the way along side of the creek though. Well it's a different creek. I'm not sure what the name of it is. Probably St. Mary's creek or somethin'. I took quite a few pictures and even some video while I was up there. It was the most difficult hike I've ever been on. Several times I really wanted to quit and go back. I'm really happy that I made it to the falls. They were quite beautiful. I think they are even more spectacular than Seven Falls. It should be noted that at the end of the 7 Bridges trail there are waterfalls. However, these are not the same falls. The St. Mary's falls are really in the middle of nowhere land. There are signs up there that have been there a very long time. A hundred years or more. There is an entire network of trails up in the area that go from St. Mary's to the summit of Mt. Rose and to Rosemont and Frosty Park. It about killed me just getting to St. Mary's falls. I don't know if I could do the entire trek all the way around. They say that if you continue around through past Frosty Park, there is a trail to Jones Downhill and then back to the 7 Bridges trail. So it all comes full circle. It's about an 11 mile hike one way if you're going to do that though. Quite spectacular. I would like ti do that hike some day. The hike up to the 7 bridges trail is that not difficult. I would rate it a medium for me, a really out of shape fat guy. The St. Mary's trail I definitely rate difficult. If I would to attempt this 11 mile loop, I would take the 7 Bridges trail up and then come around and down the St. Mary's trail. I'll post links to the pictures once I have everything up.