This Saturday, I completed the triple crown of Colorado 14er's, scaling Mt. Democrat (14,148 ft) traversing over Cameron Point (with an elevation over 14,000 ft., some argue Cameron should be a 14'er) to Mount Lincoln (14,286), and revisiting Mount Bross (14,172). The weather held steady, though it was VERY windy! There was not many people out as the snow was getting deep. I did meet a fellow on my way down from Democrat who I swear was Gilbert Gotfried. On top of Lincoln, a very pro-John Kerry bloke named Ryan summited around the same time I did and we walked over to Bross together. He was a smart dude, knew his Kerry info and regaled me with a thousand reasons why Bush sucks. Of course, he was preaching to the choir but it made for some good conversation.
The bad side? I knocked the exhaust system off my car fighting up the road to Kite Lake Trailhead, where the hikes start (itself at 12,200 ft.) It ended up costing $179 bucks to fix. Bleh. I also broke one of the chains for my tires in the snow, ice, mud mixture. Ok, ok car gods, I get the point, the Honda Accord is not an off-road vehicle!
Sunday I played in two ultimate frisbee games, both of which my team won! Monday I rode up Linden Hill in record time, 37:04 door to summit. It's only about 6 miles but it goes from 5,200 ft elevation up to about 8,000 ft. in three miles. That's steep, yo.
Today is my last day in Boulder for a while; headed down to Albuquerque, NM for the International Balloon Festival! Maybe I should get a hair cut before peple start mistaking me for Johnny Damon.
