Revisiting an old favorite, I decided on Saturday morning in Boulder to go climb Bear Peak. We were staying with Jacqueline's friends Melissa and EJ. I woke up early and was on the trail at the NOAA Research Center up on the hill above Table Mesa. It was a big parking lot, but was already starting to fill up. I saw a lot of people on the trail, but for the whole trip I ended up hiking behind the same guy. He set a good pace and I did not want to go too fast. I was sweating like crazy, though and forgot just how straight up this trail was. It went from about 5700 feet to over 8000 in a little over 3 miles. I passed quite a few people and enjoyed the view. It made me appreciate my time in Boulder a bit more because of all the fun opportunities located in one small city. I got to the ridge by 9am and was on the summit by 9:30am feeling good about my push up that whole way in only an hour and a half. I talked to the guy I was following u
p there on the summit. He was a good guy and he said he was doing that hike every week training for a race up Pikes' Peak. I got him to take my picture and even was able
to get a panoramic picture of the mountains from Bear Peak that were always hard to see in all my other pictures because they were just far enough away to not get a good picture. I remembered how much I liked that hike and how gnarly the summit truly was. I flew down in record time and going down I did not have a companion to hike with me. I recalled my other efforts where I would take short breaks every 45 minutes to change the CD on my discman. Now with the Ipod, I could just keep moving. I was back to our friends house by lunch time and ready to sit on the couch for the rest of the day watching soccer. So great to have such a wonderful peak so close to a fun city.
Revisiting an old favorite, I decided on Saturday morning in Boulder to go climb Bear Peak. We were staying with Jacqueline's friends Melissa and EJ. I woke up early and was on the trail at the NOAA Research Center up on the hill above Table Mesa. It was a big parking lot, but was already starting to fill up. I saw a lot of people on the trail, but for the whole trip I ended up hiking behind the same guy. He set a good pace and I did not want to go too fast. I was sweating like crazy, though and forgot just how straight up this trail was. It went from about 5700 feet to over 8000 in a little over 3 miles. I passed quite a few people and enjoyed the view. It made me appreciate my time in Boulder a bit more because of all the fun opportunities located in one small city. I got to the ridge by 9am and was on the summit by 9:30am feeling good about my push up that whole way in only an hour and a half. I talked to the guy I was following u
p there on the summit. He was a good guy and he said he was doing that hike every week training for a race up Pikes' Peak. I got him to take my picture and even was able 
to get a panoramic picture of the mountains from Bear Peak that were always hard to see in all my other pictures because they were just far enough away to not get a good picture. I remembered how much I liked that hike and how gnarly the summit truly was. I flew down in record time and going down I did not have a companion to hike with me. I recalled my other efforts where I would take short breaks every 45 minutes to change the CD on my discman. Now with the Ipod, I could just keep moving. I was back to our friends house by lunch time and ready to sit on the couch for the rest of the day watching soccer. So great to have such a wonderful peak so close to a fun city.
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Did I climb that peak with you once years ago??
Amber
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