this afternoon we got brave. decided that hey we'd been here for 5 days now, we should be acclimated to the altitude....we can so do a moderate trail. 3 miles...so shorter than the first telluride trail, same elevation gain...so a little steeper...but totally doable right?
WRONG.
nick: happy as a clam. me: DYING. legs ok, but can't breath. damn you 9000 ft altitude.
oh and there were flies. tons of flies. flies that chased after you when you hiked. flies that swarmed when you stopped. and I had to do a lot of stopping. so...about a mile in, while the flies were swarming. we decided to turn back.
we'd hike the quarter mile to the waterfall. found the waterfall...hiked the trail, before a quarter mile trail turned to sheer cliff. umm...I can see the waterfall from here. done and done.
and then I fell. (nothing major, just a slip down the hill) so glad we didnt hike that sheer cliff.
it is green, EASY, hikes for us from here on out. why? because I am weak sauce.
more pictures here!
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