Pikes

With an excellent weather forecast, I had to take the day off and get out on my 40th birthday.

Started at 7:09 am. Carried a pretty decent pack (down jacket, bivy sack, wind pants, other winter gear, etc, in my 30L BD Speed pack). Would've been nice to go lighter but didn't want to do that solo on a weekday. Don't think I jogged any of the W's. Jogged on and off up to Barr Camp. Managed to jog some beyond Barr up to A Frame. Conditions were excellent. Very little snow. Didn't use Microspikes on the ascent. Above tree line, headed straight up toward the summit, managing to avoid any postholing. Pretty windy above treeline and on the summit.

Came down to A Frame alright, but was pretty much fried after that. Put Microspikes on at A Frame. Did manage to run probably a decent amount, but I was also walking a fair bit. Stopped at Barr Camp to chat with Neal T, who I'd finished right behind at Hardrock last year. Wore Microspikes a ways below Barr but eventually removed them (around Bob's Road?). Again, was just wasted coming down, but still managed to run a good portion, I think, but walked on and off as well.

0:00:00 - Barr Trail TH
1:48:31 - Barr Camp
2:46:46 - A Frame
3:56:06 - Pikes summit (highest rocks in the middle)
4:07:59 - leaving the summit
5:20:29 - stopped at Barr Camp
5:32:02 - leaving Barr Camp
6:49:56 - Barr Trail TH

StreakNavyA - first run in these since Hardrock!