08-15-2013
, 02:15 AM
08-21-2013
, 10:44 PM
Here I am somewhere around 8,000 feet, preparing for the loooong climb to the top
could really start feeling it once we got up above the treeline!!
saw a TON of wildlife, here is a pack of bighorn sheep!
a R.O.U.S.!!!!
after a billion switchbacks and 6K feet of elevation gain we reached the top. However, we did so just as a lightning storm started to break out. You could feel the hairs on your head standing on end, pretty scary!! So just had time to snap a crappy pic of the summit
and wait for a break in the rain to bag proof of my first 14er!
the top crazily enough was ABOVE where it was apparently snowing
had to wait for a herd of mountain goats to cross the road.
sat and watched them for a while. I have never seen any animal chew and eat so fast. They really attacked the grass.
Tried to capture an elusive double rainbow, didnt come out, so sadly, just a photo of the single
Picture of me and my faithful companion at Summit Lake, somewhere around 12K feet. It was also her first 14er as well!
We stopped in for some pizza on the way home to celebrate, and I since I cant even imagine how many calories one burns summiting a 14er, we splurged and got the extra large!
could really start feeling it once we got up above the treeline!!
saw a TON of wildlife, here is a pack of bighorn sheep!
a R.O.U.S.!!!!
after a billion switchbacks and 6K feet of elevation gain we reached the top. However, we did so just as a lightning storm started to break out. You could feel the hairs on your head standing on end, pretty scary!! So just had time to snap a crappy pic of the summit
and wait for a break in the rain to bag proof of my first 14er!
the top crazily enough was ABOVE where it was apparently snowing
had to wait for a herd of mountain goats to cross the road.
sat and watched them for a while. I have never seen any animal chew and eat so fast. They really attacked the grass.
Tried to capture an elusive double rainbow, didnt come out, so sadly, just a photo of the single
Picture of me and my faithful companion at Summit Lake, somewhere around 12K feet. It was also her first 14er as well!
We stopped in for some pizza on the way home to celebrate, and I since I cant even imagine how many calories one burns summiting a 14er, we splurged and got the extra large!
