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| Hiking | 9.67 Miles |
4,484 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.67 Miles | 5 Hrs 21 Mns | | 2.23 mph |
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| no partners | | This hike has been on my bucket list for a long time; can't tell you how good it feels to have done it!
Started at 5:45, after camping out about a half mile from the trailhead in the woods. A thunderstorm woke me up and started to flood into my tent at 2am, so I was determined to get started and back under the treeline as early in the day as possible. Passed the treeline around 11,600 feet, and I have to say, that first glimpse when I came out of the trees made me gasp. The beauty literally took my breath away!
Shortly after that, I noticed when my altimeter said I had passed 12,600, which was my highest climb in the past. Wasn't sure how I would do with elevation, having never been higher than my Humphreys hikes before, but I did great. I actually felt like I had a better and stronger lung capacity afterward! Never felt the least problem.
Made it to the top in just under 3 hours. Based on those coming down, I was probably the 10th or 11th up, but there were lots behind me (I counted about 100 on my descent). While there was snow on the trail, this really was a perfect time to hike it, it was only slight. None was actually on the trail itself until a little spot near the summit. Spent nearly a half hour on the summit, soaking it in, before heading down just after 9am. Down in less than 2 hours, at 11am.
Weather was so perfect, my body really didn't need water. I hauled up 4 liters but only drank a half liter the whole trip. |
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| "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." — Henry David Thoreau |
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