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- Statistics:
- Date Hiked: May 10, 2008
- Miles Hiked: 8.0
- Elevation Gain: 6,000'
- Hiking Partner(s): Jeff Shafer
- Description:
- The forecast in the high country for Saturday was snow with strong
winds. As a result, Jeff and I opted to simply go to Colorado
Springs (CO) and hit the Manitou Incline. Unfortunately, Jeff
didn't let me off the hook very easily and we ended up doing it three
times. The first time we went down the Barr Trail because some of
the cog ties still had frost on them and we were slightly concerned
about footing on the descent. The second time up I added 4 minutes
while Jeff actually hiked it faster than his first time up. We
went down the incline and then decided to go up a third time. I
lost another 6 minutes, but Jeff remained strong. Some of the US
Olympic wrestlers were training on it and an individual from the Denver
Post was taking pictures for an article that ran the next day.
Although this isn't a real alpine outing, you do get to hike with about
150 of your closest friends and we got 6K in by 10:30 in the morning.
- Maps:
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