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| Summit of Mt. Democrat, CO |
Two days ago, Charlie, Johnny, my dad, and
I hiked my first fourteen thousand foot peak!
We started to climb at eight thirty in the morning. The trail was double track but really steep
and loose until we got to the saddle.
After the saddle the trail became really narrow and loose and it started to look like a big pile of rocks. The trail would have been hard
to find if there hadn’t been so many people.
Right after the false summit the trail went through a snowfield and we
went a lot faster once we could see the true summit.
The view from the top was amazing; we could see for one hundred miles!
On the way up Johnny found a rock that
looked just like a slice of pizza. When
we got down to the bottom and went home we put pizza sauce on Johnny’s pizza
rock and tried to trick our moms into eating it.
Climbing a fourteener was a lot of
work. We were exhausted at the end. But it was also really fun. I think I’d like to climb some more fourteeners
in the future.
They’re worth the effort!
- Brook
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