Thursday, September 17, 2009

First Hike

I went on my first hike in Colorado on a moderately steep trail on Mt. Sanitas located on the outskirts of Boulder. I've been here for almost 2 weeks,I'm a little ashamed it took me this long to get started. Still, I was rudely reminded of how out of shape i was and how much the altitude affects you during exercise as I bent over trying to catch my breath every 10 minutes of so. Thankfully Mt. Sanitas has breathtaking views of the Rockies and of Boulder and Longmont below, which didn't really mean much as most of my breath was already gone, nevertheless the views were beautiful and the water breaks passed enjoyably. The top disappointingly primarily faced the east which as high school has taught us is the flat part of the country. Slightly less spectacular than the 14,000 ft peaks behind me. Still it was a nice reward for my efforts. I'm trying to get in shape for Americorps so I'm going to try to do the same hike today, but faster.

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