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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania
I continue to be impressed with youth... the hike started around 6k feet elevation and topped out just north of 9k. There were several 11/12 year old dudes that you would not expect to do much that finished the hike. The first 1.5/2 miles are a brutal with cutbacks and steep steps.
Those kids still had a ton of energy after it was over. Crazy.
I think most of the dads are thankful we don't do this more than twice a year.
https://www.nps.gov/gumo/planyourvis...eak%20Hike.pdf |
That sounds like a hike that my girlfriend and I would love to do. But I don't think that our girls would survive. Neither of us have any boys. Our girls are 10, 12, and 14. We have taken them on hikes that aren't nearly as grueling as that hike and they usually are whining before we get done.