Almost done!

We're half way up half moon pass... 600 more "up" feet to go, then it's down to the car... Yay!

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That, my friends is 14,005 feet above sea level!

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Welcome from the summit!

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The last 1000 feet of elevation.

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Choose your path wisely... (Note: boulders are larger than they appear)

Trying to regain energy while being eaten alive by mosquitoes at 11,589ft.

This is why i hike Colorado

Yeah... God's artistry at work

1.5 miles up and sitting at the top of half moon pass at 11,600feet above sec level... Time to keep moving!

Time to get going! Yep, you're seeing that right: 2:30am... Whee!

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Here we go!

14er Time!

Tomorrow is the 2008 summer 14ering kickoff hike for me... We've decided to take on the Mount of the Holy Cross. Tomorrow. 12 (approx) mile, 12 hour estimated round trip (though I'd estimate closer to 14 hours). I'm going to be out with a new backpack and I'm taking along the Olympus E420 for this hike - we'll see what I can come up with. I'll mobile blog in as cell coverage permits, and I will get a picture gallery online when I'm home. I will be out from tonight at 11pm (MDT) to tomorrow around 6pm MDT for this hike... 14 hours plus a drive is a looong time, especially seeing as we need to summit by 9am.

Stay tuned here for more updates!

Ugh...

As of tonight, my hands are stiff as boards, I have a wonderful red phillips-screw shaped scar on my right hand, and not much of a back deck... unless you count the pile of boards in the yard.

Pictures... tomorrow... I sleep now.

And So...

Last summer followed the traditional trend of boring summers that made me feel useless...

Looks like this one is going the same way...