Lone Peak #7

Finally went out last Saturday and pushed myself to the limit up this crazy mountain. Have been thinking about how fast I could do this climb for a couple of years and I woke up Saturday morning real early and could not sleep because my thoughts were on Lone Peak. I finally decided to get out of bed about 6 and get on the trail. I took off from Jacobs ladder about 6:45 and just pushed all the way up. Thought my lungs might explode halfway up Jacobs but I kept pushing. I would stop for a few seconds here and there but pretty much kept pushing to the top. I did do something really stupid and forgot my food, but I was able to bum a snickers bar off some hikers and that gave me the energy I needed to get up and down. I summited 2:20. I spent a few minutes on top and spoke to some other hikers that were there on top. They said they had started at 3:00 am. I knew I had to hurry down fast. It is very hard trying to go down in such rugged terrain. Until just before Jacobs ladder I couldn't really open it up and go fast. I called Amy and told her i was going to be later than I thought and then I noticed the ipod I was using had fallen out of my pack. I left a zipper open. This was a neighbors Ipod that Amy had borrowed. I was bummed because I knew I had to go back up and look for it. This about killed me as I was so determined to get down fast. I booked it back up and searched the trail about a mile back. No luck. What a way to ruin my awesome morning on Lone peak. Nothing I could do so I headed down. Jacobs is a beast trying to run down. So steep...but luckily my legs and knees felt pretty good so I just went for it. The last two miles about killed me and all I could think of was getting to the car and collapsing...and eating. I made it...clocked a time of 4:06 which does not include the hour I wasted looking for the ipod. Overall an awesome and painful way to spend a morning.

Lone Peak 9-5-2011

Did Lone Peak today with Amy, Josh, Nate Stubbs and two of his firends. Good day!