One of my goals for the year was to hike five more 14ers. I've already done four this summer, and plan on doing the Lincoln-Democrat-Bross combo next weekend, so I'll definitely get there. There's something about mountain climbing that is so addictive.
We did Grays and Torreys on the Fourth of July with our friends Laura, John, and Stacy. This was the first multiple-14er hike that I had done, and it was definitely challenging in a different way than some of the others we've done. It's tough enough to mentally get yourself to the top of one 14er, let alone two. I actually thought that getting to Grays was fairly easy (all things considered), but having to climb down the saddle and then back up another pitch left me mentally pooped. Plus, we had to haul it up and then back down Torreys, because there was some questionable weather moving in.
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| Grays (left) and Torreys (right) |
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| Giving his wife a heart attack |
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| Laura & me |
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| Summit of Grays |
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| The group |
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| Stacy's 5th 14er! |
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| Summit of Torreys |
Yesterday, we did Missouri Mountain with our friends Gretchen and Dave, who are 14er crazies. This was Gretchen's 30th summit and Dave's 20-something. I'm just glad I'm almost to double digits! Missouri was probably the prettiest summit we've done, although it had some killer switchbacks through the trees and a long windy walk along a ridge to get to the summit. We had the summit to ourselves for awhile, and the wind died down just as we were eating lunch. Beautiful, beautiful day.
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| Incredibly beautiful. We walked along that ridge to get to the summit. |
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| Windy and a little chilly! |
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| At the summit |
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| On top of Missouri, with our Cardinals hats! |
Summers in Colorado are seriously the best.
Peace, love & Missouri.
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