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Colorado 14ers

Saturday, August 20th, 2005

We are in Colorado now and on the way down to see Hank at Fort Carson we stopped to climb a few mountains, of course. Colorado has over 50 separate peaks over 14,000 feet high. We climbed three of them last week, and even Molly got to climb the easiest one. She was sore afterwards, but she did good. Here are the photos.
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King’s Peak, Utah

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

We had come to the Northeast corner of Utah to climb King’s 5 years ago and made it about 200 vertical feet from the summit when a summer snow storm hit and we had to retreat to our campsite in a near white-out. We actually had to use our compass to find the right pass out of the mountains!
I’ve heard good weather in the Uintas is the exception rather than the rule but it was fairly mild for our climb. It rained a bit on the hike in and a little after we came down from the summit. This is another high point that we did in 3 days, it is about a 25 mile round trip so it would make for a hard one day hike.
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Grand Tetons

Sunday, August 14th, 2005
The Tetons are beautiful, they look a lot more like the Canadian Rockies than the Colorado Rockies. But I've heard Teton is French for breast. Those French explorers must have really been desparate because I don't think they look much ... [Continue reading this entry]

Yellowstone

Friday, August 12th, 2005
We got a little 'geyser crazy' at Yellowstone. Many of them are on fairly predictable schedules so you can plan your day around eruptions. Dave kept hanging around the ranger station trying to get the inside scoop and see if ... [Continue reading this entry]

Idaho-Disappointed on Borah

Friday, August 12th, 2005
Well, we went to complete another high point, Idaho's highest mountain Borah Peak. It was a beautiful day and a great hike but I'm sad to say I didn't make it to the top. I was in the midst of ... [Continue reading this entry]

Crater Lake, OR

Friday, August 12th, 2005
Crater Lake is the site of what is estimated to be one of the largest volcanic eruptions ever. Of course, it was a really long time ago but it's pretty interesting. The lake is beautiful, you can actually scuba dive ... [Continue reading this entry]

Redwoods – Lassen Volcano National Park

Wednesday, August 10th, 2005
Well, I'm only about 4 weeks behind on posts. We are in Wyoming but I'm posting pictures from California! I'm putting in pictures from the Redwoods and Lassen Volcano National Park. tree hugger.jpg Yes, I ... [Continue reading this entry]