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Colorado Trail Segment 10 – Gear in Review

A little synchronicity happened in our schedules allowing Marybeth and I to embark on a short backpacking trip to tackle segment 10 of the Colorado Trail.  It was a good chance to test out our gear and have a little adventure.  We started our trek in the great little town of Leadville, where we met up and had dinner at the Tennessee Pass Cafe.  I popped into the Leadville Outdoors & Mountain… Read More

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On Being Prepared

I have heard that you don’t need to invest a lot of money into gear to start hiking.  At least I think I have heard that, but then again REI is a thing that exists, so I am not sure that is the truth.  In any event, it is a fact that you don’t need much to head out to your local open space park for a short hike.  However, if you are… Read More

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The high country wildflowers are putting on a show right now! #colorado #wildflowers #coloradohiking #mountains My "Almost to the top" selfie on Handies Peak. Started out as a gorgeous day, and made it to about 13,000 feet when thunder started rumbling. The clouds in the second picture were headed my way and way angrier than they look in the picture. The third photo was just after I got down from the mountain. I think I made a good decision bailing so close to the top! #14er #handies #wildernessstudyarea #colorado #coloradoweather #stormyweather #coloradohiking Always take the road less traveled. * *Don't worry, no wildflowers were harmed taking this picture. I'm on a dirt two- track trail, not smooshing flowers. :-) #utahgram #wowutah #lasalmountains #wildflowers #lupine #indianpaintbrush #jeepadventure #jeepwrangler #jeeplife #offroad #4×4 #rimrockertrail Jeeps take you cool places! #jku #jeepwrangler #jeepadventure #4wd #colorado #explorecolorado The same waterfall but with video you can get a better sense of its graceful fury. I had to pan down to get the whole thing because Instagram doesn't allow a vertical aspect ratio that would allow you to see the whole thing on video at once. At the bottom of the pan you can hear the howl of the wind coming off of the falls. #waterfall #coloradohiking #colorado #showdonttell I saw a few pictures of this waterfall before I decided to hike to it myself. Photos (including mine) utterly fail to capture the raw majesty and sheer size of these 200 foot falls. This is Mother Nature at her finest. The sound of the crashing water was deafening. Algae and overspray on the rocks made the footing treacherous. I planned to set up my tripod so I could get in the photo to show the size of the falls, but the furious wind powered by the churning water made that impossible. Directions to the falls are hard to come by and the directions I found were lacking important details, but after losing my way several times down a convoluted network of dirt roads, I made it to the trail head with a few new desert pinstripes on the jeep. The hiking trail is easy until you reach the top of the falls. To get to the base of the falls requires scrambling and bushwacking down a steep embankment, then making a controlled slide down a 60 degree, 80 foot scree slope. Fluffy dog was not amused. The climb back up was a bigger challenge. I managed it by crawling up it with my hands and feet. Fluffy had an easier time of it being a quadruped, but even he needed a little boost now and then. Next time I'll take a rope and set a handline. This treasure is hidden somewhere in the back country of Colorado. If you explore enough (and have a good 4wd vehicle) you might find it but if you do, please keep its location secret. There are some places that should be kept wild and this is one of them. #waterfall #showdonttell #coloradohiking #colorado
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