I Did It

My readers may remember that four summers ago Dad and I tried to climb Colorado’s Mt. Yale (14,196 ft.) but were turned back by an approaching storm. At the time, Dad said that I should claim it as my first Fourteener with an asterisk because I’m a faster hiker than him and he figures I would have beat the storm on my own.

This year we tried again and we made it to the top! The only thing I would trade for the previous time is the air quality. There are so many wildfires in Colorado this summer that we couldn’t see very much from the top. It did rain that night, though. That helped a little bit.

In the photo you can see the mountain behind me.