We knew that Quandary had a number of false summits, but still got fooled. In fact, we were considering turning around since we'd passed our planned turn around time still unsure of how far the summit was. We only really realized that we would make it a few hundred feet from the top, when yet more mountain failed to appear. The way down was much more fun, and we did slide down some.
Afterwards, we went back to Laura's for burgers and whatnot with everyone, only a few hours later than planned. Despite thinking I wasn't really that hungry at first, I managed to eat two burgers (probably a third of my average yearly intake) in addition to salad, dessert, alcohol, etc. All in all a good day.
Unfortunately, coming home to a stuffy, no-AC house after a long day was apparently too much for Higgs. He started overheating and had to be showered with cold water and fed ice chips until he cooled down. I think it's time for another haircut.
2.6.08
I hike some more
For her birthday this weekend the other Laura wanted to go tackle another fourteener, Quandary Peak, which is a popular first fourteener in the summer because of the nice trail ascent all the way to the top (map). Right now, however, it's still snow covered enough that two of our group lugged their skis up and made it all the way back to the trailhead on them. I wasn't nearly so badass — just happy to have lugged myself to the top.
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Poor toasty puppy. =(
Looks like he was having fun in the snow, though... "Stop taking my picture and let me play already, dammit."
Cats say hi. The monkey and the banana are still their favorite.
Yeah, you should've seen him chasing Galen when he busted out his rain coat as a sled on the way down.
Buying other people's cats toys is a tricky business, but I was told by people in the know that the banana is always popular. Arthur's favorite toys (aside from his catnip mice) are always plastic bags.
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