To help my sister, Jill, with her bucket list before she turned 40 in February we hiked Mount Timpanogos.
It was 6:45 when we reached the Timpanogos trail. We had to hike an extra mile because the parking lot was closed for construction.
The first part of the hike was beautiful!
This was a little waterfall with green moss in background on rocks. Picture doesn't quite capture it.
We thought we were half way there here. WRONG!
Not even half way up my hips started to kill. I had to use Jill's walking sticks the rest of the way. I had a pack around my waist with water and snacks and I think the added weight strained my muscles sooner than I would of liked.
Terri and Jill took turns carrying my stuff. So kind
That's not the top right?
So we get to this point and we see a little white spot at the point of the mountain and Terri and I say, "We are not going up there!" Terri struggled with the altitude.
This is where Terri and I thought the top was. It was only the saddle.
From the saddle to the top, it took us another 2 hrs. It was by far the hardest part of the hike.
Have no idea how I made it. Maybe it was the fact that Devo bet 50 bucks that I would not make it to the top. Now he owes us dinner.
We started to go down this trail, along the ridge, to the glacier but turned around 1/4 mile later. Way to steep for us.
The cliff on the one side was just a little too scary for my tired legs.
After we reached the top and started down we felt triumphant, Then we realized we had 7 miles to go down hill. With the pretty scenery on the way up it didn't seem quite so far.
It rained on us for the last 2 1/2 hrs. Not to much talking on the way down our feet and knees were killing us. We started in the dark and we ended the hike in the dark too. Took us 12 hours. Thanks to Terri and Jill for going at my speed. I'd have to say that this was the hardest physical thing I have ever done.
