After much discussion and planning out our summer "to do" list, Ken and I decided we only had time to do one major hike this summer, so we decided to go up . . . up to the top of Humphreys Peak . . . elevation 12, 637 ft. This is where we want to be in August . . . at the top of this peak.
On Saturday, we took our first practice run. It's only 4.5 miles to the top, so we figured we'd hike for about 1 1/2 hours on Saturday to get used to the elevation gain and start getting our bodies use to the climb. And then progressively go longer and higher throughout the summer until we reach the top.Still smiling even after all the climbing. If you look closely, you can see the valley floor over my shoulder. It didn't seem like we'd gone that high, but then we'd only been hiking about an hour.
Pretty soon, however, we hit snow, and lots of hikers coming down, complaining about the snow. Since we weren't equipped for snow travel, we didn't hike too much farther.
It was a beautiful day for a hike. The weather was perfect and the trail isn't that bad. The only thing lacking was an outhouse at the bottom. Perhaps that is why I have the forced grin on my face? :)
3 comments:
Good luck on up (and making it down.) It will be fun preparing for it.
Will there be backpacking and camping along the way, or is this a hike only adventure? And, how many hours do you think the entire hike will take?
Brenda: This is a hike only adventure. We passed 3 old men who did the hike in about 10 hours, but Ken and I figure it will take us about 5-6 hours. The Elders in our area did it in about 3-4, but we're not that young anymore :)
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