We woke up on the morning of our peak ascent day when the sky was still dark, before the birds were chirping. It was a relief that the mosquitoes weren't out yet, they always seemed to make hours of slapping them drag out longer. We ate a quick Pop-Tart breakfast and were on our way. We were all half-asleep, not realizing that we were climbing the monstrous mountain towering above our campsite. We were soon to realize that of all the difficult challenges at this high adventure camp in Colorado's backcountry, this would test our limits.
We began hiking through a wooded area, which was steep but not tiring. That didn't last long! We were soon on sand and small rock mixed terrain, which seemed to be twice as steep. We were above tree line, and the air was getting much thinner because of the altitude. I was tired, but hiked on. A little farther up this first part, some of the group began to fall behind. They were too tired to keep up with the fast pace that had been set to enable us to get to the peak before an afternoon storm. After an hour of this, I began to fall behind too. Tripping and falling, practically crawling at times, I dragged myself onward.
We were not stopping to rest until we reached the top of this first part. I kept "seeing" the top, climbing higher to reach it, only to realize it wasn't really the top, I still had a long way to go. It reminded me of when I first learned how to swim. The swim teacher would have me swim to her, then say, "Just a little farther," while moving farther away. After almost two hours, we finally reached a grassy field. We had a short water and rest break. It's hard to imagine how rested you are after just a 3-minute break until you've done something like this.
The next part of the climb was easier. We were able to walk along a .
Jeep trail for some of the time, so there weren't really any boulders to climb over. Also, it was flatter, which gave us time to somewhat rest our aching muscles.
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