Zero (zero miles hiked in a day).
Zero blogging day as well.
Day 24, 7/11/2014, Friday
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Month: July 2014
Leadville
The morning brings more views of Holy Cross Wilderness, as the trail crosses over and down a ridge, and we are rewarded with small snow crossings and vistas of steep rocky mountainside.
Leaving the wilderness, a town day beckons. For some unknown reason, a swing appears at a trail junction. Continue reading “Leadville”
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My campsite, just beyond Lake View Campground, offers a morning view peering through the trees.
The trail climbs and winds to the approach trail for Mount Elbert, a 14k peak. The CDT does not climb the summit.
Some CT hikers who arrive at the approach trail just as I do try to convince my to try for the summit, and “bag a 14k”. Well, that would be a problem. Bag a 14k, and my obsessive personality will want to do more 14ks. And where would that lead? To entirely too much climbing up steep steep trails, that’s where.
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