I must admit that hiking out here is pretty amazing. The scenery is just a lot more impressive than we are used to back east. So far we have done two hiking trips. The first was to the top of Crags Mountain which has an elevation of 10,855 feet. This sounds impressive, but you have to take into account that we started at like 10,300 feet. Just getting to the trailhead was quite an adventure. We had to take my tiny Corolla up the most windy, bumpy road it had ever seen. It made it, but I don't think it was very happy. At that point in our Colorado experience I don't think we had completely adjusted to the altitude...walking on flat land while breathing heavily is a strange feeling. We made it to the top after a few hours, and as you can see there were some truly amazing views:
Last weekend (I'm slowly making my way back to the present) we went hiking in the Boulder area at Eldorado Canyon Trail. Also very beautiful and although it was a little more strenuous and hot with a 1000 ft climb at the beginning and 90 degree temperatures...we made it!
Now you'd think with all this hiking that we'd be considered relatively active and outdoorsy, but people out here are freakin' insane. Let's do an informal survey from a conversation I had at work:
Me: I've done a couple of 5 mile hikes with my wife
Co-worker #1: My wife and I just started to hike all the 14ers -we're doing two more this weekend
Co-worker #2: I've hiked all the 14ers (all the 14,000 foot mountains in Colorado). One with a torn ACL and a massive knee brace
Co-worker #3: Yeah, I liked hiking all the 14ers, but my favorite was Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa (only 19,340 feet)
Me: I'm going to stand over here now...
1 comment:
You have to do a 14er... I did one in California and they are something else. You can't get over 14 in the continental US, so you may as well hit the peak!
mike.
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