Well I did it. I climbed to my first peak. Mt. Humpreys in Arizona. It's the highest peak in Arizona at 12,633 feet which is a pretty good altitude. It was really cool to get on top and be the highest point around for miles and miles, as far as I could see. It was a hard hike though, there were lots of roots and rocks on the trail and at parts there was some pretty steep incline. It's labeled on the internet as "strenuous" and in ways it was. The last thousand feet from the saddle to the summit was killer and we took it very slowly. Hiking + Altitude change is no joke! It was a lot of fun. I have been on lots of hikes before but this was my first summit. It tired me out like nobody's business BUT it did make me feel really accomplished, climbing that mountain showed me that I can do difficult things. If I can climb that mountain I can climb any mountain in front of me (tangible or imaginary).
So these pictures are of me when I started climbing up and at the end when I was on top. My calves have been sore for the last 4 days though haha. It feels good to climb a mountain, to be out in fresh air and do something that you don't necessarily feel like doing or that is hard. This is a really random blog about nothing very important except that you can climb every mountain. :) Such a fun experience, hard but very fun. Kevin and I are already planning the next summit we want to climb.
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