Sunday, December 9, 2018

Trip Report - Wasootch Peak

On a beautiful Sunday, that looked promisingly warm and sunny, we headed out to the mountains for our 15th (and likely final) summit in the Rockies this year. Anita and I thought, "We'll just take it easy today, and hike up Wasootch Peak" for a quick jaunt to get our legs moving again, believing we could gain the 900m of elevation in lightly snow dusted conditions sans problems. How wrong we were. Considering all the mountains we've conquered this year, we did not think that the fact we have basically sat on our asses for 2 months since coming back from Peru would have completely eroded all of our fitness gains. I now have empirical scientific proof that eating chips every night and not doing any exercise for 2 months destroys every ounce of fitness you've built up over the past year.

We huffed and puffed on the final push towards the summit, and I have video of Anita moaning and groaning endlessly about how she would like to quit, with less than 150m of gain left to reach the top. But with a bit of coaxing and coddling, she did eventually tromp her way to the summit to bag this peak. Teamwork!!

The photos may make the day look pleasant, but they do not show the relentless and vicious wind that cut short our stay up top.

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That beautiful winter light.

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View of Mt. Kidd, as seen through the trees on the initial ascent.

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Summit shadow selfie!

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Summit brew: Quidi Vidi Day Boil Session IPA.

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