Colorado – Mt. Elbert – 14,433′ – 6/29/08 HP#3

Colorado was another of the original blog entries that disappeared and I am unable to cut and paste over to the new site. Unable/unwilling to reconstruct our narrative from 12 years ago, we will just provide photos with the understanding that this was a great trip! A whirlwind tour of the Rockies included a week of summits (Mt. Elbert – 14,433′, Mt. Massive – 14,421′, Mt. Sherman – 14,036′ and Mt. Sopris – 12,965′) culminating with sleeping on the summit of Mt. Massive on the 4th of July, watching fireworks down below, 360 degrees around us. Then Joel threw up, barely making it out of the vestibule. Yay! Fun times! HAHA

Mt. Massive summit
Mt. Elbert summit – Colorado Highpoint
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The days of big packs and small tents. Now we travel with big tents and small packs! Nice dye job, Alison!
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OOPS – at least the trusty Tadpole was fairly watertight. Didn’t realize when we pitched it in nice weather that we were going to wake up in a lagoon!
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Maroon Bells
Mt. Sopris summit
Pizza in Leadville, CO. Thanks for taking the photo with my mouth full of food!
Mt. Sherman summit

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