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As soon as the bus pulls into Salida, I’m out the front door, heading down to the old school motel – the one at the outskirts of town with the larger than life flamingo statues, classic cars decorating the front, and rock-bottom room prices. I check in, throw my pack on the bed, then I’m out the door for dinner and to find a few forgotten necessities I’ll need for the next week. Lights out after finishing up my French fries; a 1:30 am alarm set.
By 2:30am, I’m starting out from the Loaf ‘n Jug at the end of the corner, briskly walking up CR 107 towards the summit of Methodist Mountain, the first of a few dozen peaks that I’ll be topping out while traversing the entire Sangre de Cristo range, until the end of my traverse on Little Bear Peak, 120 miles away.
Way to get after it, Justin. Talk about a series of unfortunate events hah! From the early downfall near the burn to the hallucinating snow, down to the "trail" and so forth it's quite entertaining to read. Would you put that trip at Type 3 or Type 4 fun ;) I couldn't imagine attempting this without support, mad props. Are you going to attempt again this year?
What a great read! I thought it was more interesting to read of a trip gone wrong, your thought processes, plan to abort, etc. Way more interesting than a hugely ambitious trip that went like clockwork! Thanks for posting this.
No plans to try again this year - I would like a little snow on the ridge for water. Not much to do differently either! I think everything I had was pretty dialed in and I was moving well. The big blind spot this year was actually that weather was a thing! And weather is something I think we can all be grateful for.
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