this past weekend marty, myself, and our friends jarrid and liz headed over to minturn, colorado to backpack and summit mount of the holy cross. after a couple hours in the truck we pulled onto the dirt road to see a huge gate blocking our drive and prohibiting us to continue. road closed due to logging is what the sign read. we sat there for a while in confusion and then decided where we should detour. we drove about 30 minutes more to leadville to conquer mt. massive. we found a great campsite right by the creek, had a good hike in and fun first night, and a good night's sleep in order to rise early and hike to the summit. we left camp at about 7:15 and reached the summit at 11:45. the hike was absolutely beautiful and we could not have asked for more perfect weather. accomplishing our first fourteener felt pretty sweet and we can't wait to do another one!
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| the crew |
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| mount massive 14,421 feet |
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| pretty moss and flowers as we hiked up |
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| family of mountain goats just relaxing near the top |
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| views from the summit... and what was even cooler about the views is that they were of our valley where we live! |
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| we made it! |
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| we made it and so did the puppies poco and clancy! |
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| fourteen thousand some feet can make one a bit silly:) |
