The first mountain was Elinor on Lula's 6th birthday! See Lula up there? It was her first summit!
The next adventure was just for experienced mountaineers (plus a friend of Ian's)
They got a leetle lost, but not too lost. Copper Mountain. Not for the faint of heart.
Four days later, Mark ran just Fiona and Genna up Mount Townsend.
Five days after Mount Townsend, Mark took Genna, Fiona, and Daniel up Elk Mountain.
As you can see, Daniel gets very grumpy when he hikes. A nice stranger took this picture for them.
Gosh, I hope you kids aren't tired because Dad is ready to go back up again, this time to Mount Rose.
And Mount Rose was special because this trip was Heidi's first trip up the mountain! Lucky girl! And why wasn't Genna on this trip? She was in California! But that is another post...
Mark got brave after his success on Mount Rose. If Lula and Heidi can hike, then maybe...
...maybe Jason can too! He chose a short mountain for Jason's first hike: Mount Zion. And where was Jason's mother? I was in California with Genna!
After Genna and I got home, Mark took Shane on a trip for just the two of them. I'm sure Ian was invited, but he didn't want to go without his friend and his friend doesn't own hiking boots and you can't climb Mt Washington in Vans because it is a Class 3 so...
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| Mark and Shane at the summit |
The next trip was to traversing Grey Wolf Ridge, summitting Mount Baldy and Grey Wolf Peak. The older three kids went on this trip...
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| Get off your dang phone, Ian! |
Mark had one more trip planned to Mount Angeles that got postponed due to smoke. He is just going to have to be satisfied with running until he can get back up in the mountains (he's run 200 miles this summer).
