Time for a new blog / Grays Peak

With so many changes over the last year I think it's time for a brand new blog. Time for me to clean slate it and this is where I'll start the ride.

A few weeks ago Angie and I made it out to Grays Peak to make our first 14er attempt of 2010. I went in thinking Handies had taught me a lot about myself and what to expect out there. It tuns out I was right and experience did help me a lot and I was glad for it.

Lets Go!





Fist thing you do on Grays is a lot of this.....



Pictures have a funny way of making elevation gains/slope look more gentle than they are in real life...just trust me, it's a bit of a climb to gt to the good stuff. ;)

After you put some trail behind you there is a nice clearing and you get to admire the elevation you just took out of the mountain. I like these types of spots and can look out over the green for a good long while. But this is nowhere near the summit so on we climb!



This one IS from the summit, check out that lake over there.



Yep, you can see pretty far from up here....



Look at those tiny people. Something tells me they are going to be drinking a cold beer way before I am. :(




So, we bagged Grays this year and if all goes well we should hit one more 14er before our season is over. I solidified some of the lessons learned on Handies, picked up a few new lessons, and have a few improvements to make to our climb plan from mistakes we made. Nutrition is still a problem...neither one of us can eat enough when in altitude. We just tested some gels and liquid on Carpenter peak (post to follow) and have more work to do.

But Grays was a blast and I thought it was the right thing to kick off this new blog that is going to be more about fun and less about anything else. ;)