Timpanogos Trek

Today I was called by Hollingshead, and old friend, who hadn't heard from me in months. He told me that the Eloquist wasn't exactly helping me to stay in touch with others. Time to start posting again.

Yesterday I got to work super early. By the late afternoon I was pretty brain dead, and I stepped outside for a few minutes to think. Mount Timpanogos soared overhead.



I thought to myself, "I want to be there... Whoa. I could actually do it." I didn't walk back into the office. I walked straight to my car, got in, stopped at a gas station for Gatorade and snacks, and drove to the trail head. I began hiking at 5:00pm, and I didn't have a lot of sunlight left. I ran for most of the first hour and then hiked like a madman to reach the summit a while before sundown.

If you're keen on a moment of majestic solitude, might I recommend watching the sun go down from the summit of Mount Timpanogos?

There is still a lot of snow on the far side of the mountain this early in the year. Fortunately you can go down steep snow covered mountains much faster than you can go up them. I hiked back to my car by the light of a full moon.