after a decent night's sleep and a fabulous pancake breakfast, we started out toward the top of pike's peak
as you can see, the weather was perfect
as you can see, the weather was perfect
there is an A-frame structure right before the timberline.
the view down from the A-frame
the view up from the A-frame
here, we joined up with 2 other hikers, dawn and her father steve. this was dawn's 13th ascent!
2 more miles!
if inestine could do it 13 times, surely i could make it once!
the cog railway train chugging its way to the top. it looks MUCH closer than it was!
the cirque. breathtaking.
steve sees the sign at the summit!
1 more mile!
the last push
the trail from whence we came!
hydrate, talk about it, go UP UP UP
these pictures dawn took really show how steep the "stairs" are
we made it!! it took us 4 hours from barr camp. unlike the marathoners, we took the train down!
bottom right - the sheep we saw on the way down.
bottom right - the sheep we saw on the way down.
what an amazing experience. we've got the bug now. ready to find another 14er to conquer!
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