12 Glory Laps in 12 Hours

12 Glory Laps in 12 Hours
Last February 20th, I hiked and skied 12 laps on Mt. Glory. 19,638 feet climbed with skis on my back and 19,638 feet skied to raise money for Camp To Belong. It's snowing again and I'm ready for the 2nd edition! Click the logo for more info and ways to support camp!

Camp To Belong - Elk Mountain Grand Traverse

Camp To Belong - Elk Mountain Grand Traverse
We're racing the Elk Mtn Grand Traverse this March, a 40 mile ski race across the roof of Colorado in the middle of the night! Click for updates on our training and fundraising progress!

Peaked Sports

Peaked Sports
Driggs, ID

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Table Mtn / Alaska Basin Loop


Here are a few photos from the run today

This has quickly become one of my favorite routes (in case you haven't noticed) as it gives me just about everything I look for in a big mountain run that I can knock off in an afternoon (less than 5 hrs). It's a ten minute drive from Driggs (to the winter TH where I start), I can get above 10,000ft relatively quickly, and the scenery is breathtakingly spectacular. Now maybe I ought to go spend more time in some other mountains for a while because I know there are countless other beautiful places out there, but I gotta admit, right now, this lizard is having as much fun as he's ever had leaping through the Tetons. And I feel better than ever too... As evidenced by how I felt today and a new personal best up Table: 1:14:30. (Why do I get so much satisfaction out of this?! I love it!) And even after the climb, I wasn't completely wiped. I still finished the run well after five hours. 1:10:00 to the summit seems achieveable, but it's gonna have to be a huge effort and there's probably not too much room to improve after that. ( My main concern at that point is cracking an ankle over on all the blocky scree or just plain tripping.) Nonetheless, I simply love being up there.


See it? About 10 minutes out from the TH, I encountered a mama moose and her calf. Couldn't get a good shot cause, you know, didn't feel like getting trampled today, but it's always (well, usually) a treat to see these magnificent animals out there and especially cases like this where I got to watch as the calf fed off it's mama. Who needs a zoo?!

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