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| Hiking | 5.85 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 5.85 Miles | 4 Hrs | | 1.46 mph |
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| no partners | | Day two of back to back Flatiron's. Woke up later than usual today. On the trail at 6:15am. The mountain was covered by a blanket of clouds from just above the bowl on up. Could not see the Flatiron.
The route was wet and shoes got slippery quick. No speedy ascent/descent today. That wasn't my goal anyway. I wanted to climb up above the clouds. I climbed the rock wall at 93 minutes in and kept going up to 5024. All along I never broke free of the cloud layer. I set up the camera for a couple selfies and that is when the clouds opened up, revealing the blue sky. I just stood there admiring the heavens and firing off pics of the views. After about 30 minutes I started down towards Flatiron.
I arrived at the tip of Flatiron a few minutes later. The views there were just as spectacular. Another group of four arrived shortly thereafter. They asked me to take a few pics of them, and then I was on my way back down the mountain.
Things were drying out a bit, but it was still a slippery descent. I took my time and reached Mining Camp in 60 minutes time. |
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| This is my gym. I have to travel down a bumpy road to get there. There are no treadmillls, no machines, and no personal trainers. I walk..I run..I breathe the fresh air. I can go any time I want, as much as I want and there is no membership fee. |
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