This weekend we went camping outside of Leadville, Colorado. We camped with our friends Ty, Tam, and Amanda. The first night we camped at Turquoise Lake, a beautiful mountain lake where we did some fishing and caught quite a few nice fish. The next day we went on a hike and camped at the base of Mount Massive, a 14er (it is more than 14,000 feet above sea-level). We got up early Sunday and hiked to the top of Mt. Massive. It was the first (and probably last) time Gwen and I had hiked a fourteener. Gwen got a bad case of altitude sickness and threw up at least seven times on the way up and down. As horrible as she felt she didn't quit, she was a real trooper and we pressed on for the four hour hike to the top and two and a half hour hike down. She even left a piece of herself (mostly a peach she had just eaten) at the top.
The view from the top of Mt. Massive
Gwen sick at the top
All of us at the top
2 comments:
poor little puker! At least you have some pics of you at the top so you don't have to do it again ;)
that story make me want to vomit but the pics are BEAUTIFUL!
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