It was a Hike of a Trip
I am a visual learner – I need to experience things before I really feel comfortable doing it again. If someone shows me how to do something, I am pretty capable of repeating it. Of course, sometimes I have to be thrown into the deep end. And a lot of those times, I feel pretty rotten because of how badly I do. The only real comfort is that when I do it again, I know what to expect. I have a feeling that mountain hiking is going to be a lot like that. I’m not saying that I had a terrible time hiking up Mt. Bierstadt in the middle of March in the snow. But now, I know what to expect, what to pack, and how I’m going to feel after 11 hours of hiking. There was a lot of “experience” going on for me that day. I’m here to tell you all about it! Pre-hike drive playlist: The King is Dead by the Decemberists, Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes. I have a group of friends around the area who are quite the adventurers. Not extreme, but they hike, climb, ski, showshoe, and d