“Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.”

Maroon Bells with Traverse
8/15/2011

My energy is still high but I need to take a break from sitting on a bike seat for a little while. This weekend I had myself a mountain adventure and scrambled up the Maroon Bells over by Aspen. The weather was perfect and the views were some of the best I've ever experienced on top of a 14er. Still a bit of snow around but the upper slopes have never been greener from all the rain we've had this summer.

The route was intimidating from a far but once I got into the traverse was on solid rock and good holds were never far away. The exposure was way less than the Little Bear Blanca Traverse that I did on Wednesday but a class 5 moves kept it plenty fun.

And yes, I did see a guy hiking it with no shoes!