Gayle posted a good question under the comments of my last post asking: What is a fourteener? A fourteener is a mountain with an elevation of at least 14,000 feet.
Yesterday, Brett and I made a 5.5 mile hike up Pike's Peak near Colorado Springs. This was by far the most strenuous fourteener we've done yet, since it was 11 miles round trip and 4,500 feet of elevation gain on the trip up. Nothing too eventful happened, except for one thing. When we got to the top, there's a large parking area, since there's also a road to the top of Pike's Peak. Some jerk had a bumper sticker on his SUV that said OHOWIHATE Ohio State, which really made me mad. I cut his brake lines, so I hope he had a good time making the descent from the top of Pike's Peak:)
After making it back to my apartment, we were in the mood for a pretty good meal, so we headed to Black Angus. I ordered a 16oz cut of prime rib, and ate the whole thing along with a salad, roasted veggies, and garlic mashed potatoes. Following that, we watched Beerfest. After Brett went home, I slipped into a beef coma, and slept for 10 hours.
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Sleeping for ten hours.....wow that sounds great.....
The term "fourteener" must be a mountain thing. I met a lady from Colorado who was telling me about the fourteeners there! :)
Gayle has good questions... :)
All that climbing is making me tired! Nice thought on the cutting of the brake lines though. Spoken like a true Buckeye!
Once a Buckeye, always a Buckeye! Ann Arbor and Gainesville can kiss it all the way from right here in Boulder! I wish we actually had cut that guy's brakes... not really.
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