Since this blog has turned into my diary of hiking adventures mostly, I thought I'd better go back and fill in the big one, LONGS PEAK in Colorado.
This one is special to me for two reasons; One, My dad climbed it like three or four times, secondly, I tried climbing it in 2012, but never made it to the top. So my 2013 trip was pretty awesome.... I summited.
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| Breakfast, and some minor first aid on some blisters. |
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| The sun finally peeking over Mount Lady Washington. |
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| One of the most famous landmarks of the climb. |
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| Upon first glance of the ledges, you think it will be the scariest part, until you see the narrows later. |
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| I really hated this section. Both going up, AND going down. It never ended, and you had to be on all fours most of the way. I was dreaming of standing up straight and walking normal halfway through this section. |
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| My least favorite part, the Trough. |
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| Narrows. It was windy here. Apparently wind is the biggest danger on this mountain... after exposure. |
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| Just at the end of the Narrows and the beginning of the homestretch. |
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| I had to jump ahead of cody and steve.... It's just in my competitive nature to try to be first. :) |
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| The final stretch of the homestretch |
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| Steve and Cody taking their first steps onto the summit |
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| I think you can tell from the look on my face, just how happy I am at this moment. |
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| looking DOWN the homestretch |
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| looking back across the Narrows, this perspective give the viewer a better idea of how steep it was. |
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| Looking down the Trough |
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| This is what I call the BOWL. its the tundra area of the boulderfield before the boulders really start getting big. |
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| Longs in the background |
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| about to enter the goblin forest |
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