Kristin and Jeff came in town to get some training for Kilimanjaro in January. 24 hours after they flew in from Chicago at an elevation of about 600 ft, they had made it to the summit of their first 14er, Grays. Both were quite tired but decided to meet us out for camping at Guanella pass, in hopes to climb Bierstadt on Saturday. We got the tents set up and the fire going, but Jeff's headache that he had since the Grays climb got a lot worse, and he ended up sleeping in the car for a few hours. After determining that he wasn't going to get better, the other 3 made the decision to head back to Denver. This meant that we were breaking down camp in the dark. But not before we cooked over the campfire, made smores and looked at the stars and Milky Way under the new moon. After our speed camping activities, it was back to Denver for a good night's sleep in real beds.
Saturday morning we decided to hike to Chicago lakes, about a 9.5 mile round trip hike that only had 1,500 feet of elevation change, which was a nice low key hike after a 14er. This was a gorgeous hike that started at Echo Lake, the trail head to hike Mt Evans. The fall leaves changing and first signs of snow on the peaks made it a really nice hike.
We made it back to denver to watch Baylor and have a nice evening in the hot tub. Brunch at Snooze Sunday morning and we then saw our fellow Kilo adventurers off. Now its a lazy football Sunday afternoon. The end of another great weekend!
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