I'm stoked we did this hike in November, rather than the middle of the summer...there were less bugs and the weather was absolutely perfect! Oh and I was able to find some leaves changing colors. Not as many as you'd find in Utah but still impressed I found some!
Trying to distract myself from the heavy breathing and pain I'm in by taking a picture...
8 miles, 4,000 vertical feet, and 3hrs and 13 minutes later Rachelle and I finally reached the peak!
I'm such a geek but check out these cool/ghetto looking scopes they had on the peak! They had whatever you were looking at engraved on top so you knew that island in the distance was really Catalina. I was impressed and obviously entertained!
Even though I had already hiked 16 miles, I encouraged the rest of the gang to check out the waterfall...not exactly what I had in my mind but the cold water felt lovely on my blisters :)
I'm offically the only Armstrong female (my dad takes the male spot) to have summited this peak and I feel pretty proud of myself. Everyone keeps asking if I like to hike and inviting me on other hikes....I've decided I just like a good challenge. My body isn't stoked on this but even with blisters and very sore calves, thighs and everything else I made it through TKB 2 days later so I figure I'll recover just fine. Any ideas for my next challenge???
