MY LIFE -- FOR MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN for Tuesday, February 8, 2005

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Tuesday, February 8, 2005

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CLIMBIN' PART IV

NOTE: (obviously) you should start at Part I and read from there. THE LONG, STRAIGHT TRAIL - Very easy to climb right? Not with my already somewhat tired out self. I learned right then and there and for the next several hours that in these high altitudes it was best to start slow and keep slow. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN CLIMBIN' PART III

We were at the base of the first leg of climbing Mt. Bierstadt. The switchbacks of the rocks were above us. About 2 to 3 thousand feet farther was the summit, beckoning in the warm summer sun like a siren beckoning Odysseus. We started up. I pushed myself, with the expectation that I would get out... Sign in to see full entry.

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN CLIMBIN' PART II

THE MARSHES loomed there ahead of us, sitting like a huge obstacle in the lowest part of the valley before we began ascending. The information on these said this was probably the worst part, with having to slog through them and find the way through the low shrubs that grew like a blanket throughout... Sign in to see full entry.

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