Yesterday, I climbed my first fourteener, Torrey's Peak. It is about an hour and a half from camp, so my friends Matt, Marayah, and I went on our day off. I have been here for over two months and haven't climbed a mountain yet, so it was time to get it done.
We left about 6:30 in the morning, and got to the trailhead a little after 8:15. The road up there was pretty intense to pull off in Matt's little Honda. It made me really miss my Jeep, we would have just walked up it no problem. As it was, it took us 20 minutes to go the two miles to the trailhead on that road. It was fun though. The hike up ended up taking a touch over 3 hours, which is pretty good to go four miles up a daggum mountain. We had lunch on top, talked with some of the folks we met up there for a while, and just generally hung out for about half an hour. There was a couple that had come all the way from Japan to climb a mountain, which is awesome. We took our time down, taking lots of pictures and whatnot. That is the danger of going places with two photographers, it takes forever to go anywhere!
It was Matt's 25th birthday, so we went and got ice cream afterwards. We were all pretty beat, so back to the house and showers were the way to go for the hour. A few of us went out to Winter Park to get sushi for Matt's birthday dinner and hang out for a bit. Got back, ate some angel food cake, watched Monty Python. All in all, I consider it an excellent day. Good times, good food, great friends, and above that, good fellowship and the chance to enjoy God's amazing world he made just for us.
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Just another day in the life...and how I feel about it
1 comment:
As I look at your great photos I am drawn to the mountains. There is something about them that reflects God's beauty in a special way. Like you said He created it for us to enjoy and to be pulled closer to Him. I only wish I could have been there to enjoy one of days with you.
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