Sometimes you get unlucky in life- like having the peak of your life stunted by a pandemic. Other times you find blissful luck- like having a friend of a friend who owns a ski house in Breck and is happy to let you crash there. You guessed it! Both of these examples describe my current situation. The former doesn't need more explanation, the latter goes like this: My friend that I hiked the Colorado Trail section with, Dru, was living with a friend from college in Breck for the summer at their friends' unoccupied house, and I was able to join for 2 weeks. This gave me the perfect transition time for planning and resetting at just about half way through my 4 months on the road. It also provided an awesome basecamp from which I was able to do lots of fitness and adventuring. Here is what I've been up to the last 2 weeks... HIking 14,000 footersThe final 14er adventure I undertook was a solo one. The Decalibron Loop consists of 4 peaks, pictured above. With this loop hike I doubled my 14er count in one day from 4 to 8. Most people hike the loop clockwise, starting with Democrat. With beta from Jack, I decided to hike starting with Bross because descending Bross sounded sketchy. It's a scree field for a large section, with lots of loose rock. It was much easier to hike up that, finish the bulk of my elevation gain early, then ride out the rest of the hike on some rad ridges. I guess for my ego it's worth mentioning that I got King of the Hill for this loop on Strava, finishing all 4 peaks in 3hr 35min. Road bikingmountain bikingTaken on my ride of Boreas Pass Road. This gravel road section was more my level, but the ride down the mountain into town rocked me. I have a lot of concern with mtb, mainly I am very afraid of getting hurt. I know that I'm a beginner which is why I'm so terrible. But I've enjoyed dabbling in this new sport because I would usually avoid activities where I can't feel competency. Mtb is the most fun way I can feel genuine terror, and grow from it. Rock climbingthe journey continues... I'm pretty sure that Colorado is the best place to be in the US in August. I had an amazing month, complete with all my favorite outdoor activities and outdoor inclined people. Next month I will be in Utah, mostly near Salt Lake City. The journey out there will take me 10 days, and I'm super excited to continue out west. Heading to the desert is new territory for me, adventure awaits!
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