Then on Saturday we hiked Mount Timpanogos with our friends Brent and Christa. We left at 5 am and got home at 3 pm. We stopped a few times for different things, like losing the camera and Drew running back a mile and a half to find it, and for my blisters I got on my heels after 2 hours of hiking. Never again will I wear hiking boots. Anyway, it was still soooo fun! The last few hours of the hike up to the summit we had to hike up a glacier, which was pretty tough, but on the way down we got to go sledding without the sled! It was amazingly beautiful, and with the glacier and waterfalls everywhere it was awesome. On the way down we slid down a few more snow patches. We got more and more daring, which made for more and more cuts and bruises. Overall it was great! Drew and I were talking about how hiking is one of those things that makes you really appreciate everything.... the fact that it is so beautiful, that we have bodies that allows us to do things like this, and that we can go home and have air conditioning and take a shower. Which felt so good.
Also, yes I am wearing the same thing on both hikes, and yes I did wash them before both hikes.
This is hiking Timp Cave. Look at the kids, I love it! 
This is when we reached the top.
This is inside the cave. They call it the heart of the cave behind me. (Don't you love the bandaid on my neck?)
She actually was happy inside the cave, although she doesn't look it.
This is right when we started on the path up the mountain.
Awesome waterfalls! One of many.
They are staring out into the distance.
We had to cross these all the time, actually a bit scary. Drew stepped once and broke through the snow, with a river below.
This is the path to the summit, a bit narrow.
We made it!
This is the shelter up at the top. Very windy. And very cool.
We had to hike this going up.
As you can see we didn't hike down. It was soooo fast, and hard to stop.
Here is Drew with some goats.
Gorgeous Lake
2 comments:
Yes we have defeted Mt Timp. The cave was fun, and the Allred's(our neighbors) were so fun be with for the day. We love their three kids. And climbing Mt Timp with Brent and Krista was a good old time, even though we left our house at 5:00 AM. I had such a good time on both trips and now if anyone asks us if we have climbed MT Timp we can say "yes we have, have you?" That's right we are hard core.
It looks beautiful for sure. I think I would probably be able to make it up to the top before breakfast!! The glacier looks a bit steep. I wonder if you had had something to sit on like a piece of cardboard or something like if you would have been killed!! No way to stop once you get going.
You two are having quite the summer. Keep it up. You will either be in great shape or will seriously hurt yourself by the time it is all over.
Dad
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