GO
2 steps. Rest.
5 steps. Rest.
Only 100 yards to go.
A few more steps.
A few more rests.
My head is spinning.
My stomach is forming a revolution.
My senses are swaying to an unheard waltz.
Just get to that rock. Then you can rest.
Now get to THAT rock.
Don’t worry about who’s passing you.
Almost.
The tree line is so far below. Up here, where the air is so very thin, there is nothing. No life.
Why am I doing this?
I breath a song to keep my feet moving upward. Always upward.
How many switchbacks?
5?
10?
I just want to reach the top. I’ve been climbing for 7 hours. The turning back point happened long, long ago.
I can almost touch the clouds.
6 more steps.
Now rest.
For a long, long time.
STOP
Pike’s Peak is one of Colorado’s 54 “fourteeners”, mountains that rise more than 14,000 feet (4,300 m) above mean sea level.
The peak is 14,115 feet (4,302 m) and rises 8,400 feet (2,600 m) above the city of Colorado Springs.
Oh, and did I mention – it’s a BEAST to climb. (**TMI ALERT) I hurl every time.
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