The Saga of Kings Peak
Posted on July 7th, 2010 by sarah_hassell
Night river crossing
Notice how each mountain is getting its own story? We grow mountains big and complex here in the west.
Just means more hiking
Kings Peak was a bear of a mountain. The hike started as a a 28 mile round trip which ended up being 30 miles due to high rushing rivers. The team considered taking it in two days, but really needed a day to recover post Ranier and Hood. So the climb started at the crack of 11:00 pm at night. Summit was 10:30 am and finished at 6:00 pm. That’s over a marathaon of hiking in the time span of an ultra-marathon.
A few quick winks here and there
The team is resting in Pinedale, WY today with plans to tackle Gannett Peak at the crack of dawn on Thursday.
