First Fourteener

Last weekend Brian and I camped out and hiked Mt Bierstadt- one of Colorado's fourteeners.  It was my first fourteener... Brian's twelfth or thirteenth.  We found a cool little campsite along Guanella Pass on Friday night and then hiked all day Saturday.  Round trip it was 7 miles with 2850 ft of elevation gain, and it took us about 4.5 hrs total.  Not gonna lie- I thought it was pretty hard (even though it's considered one of the "easiest" fourteeners to climb).  There was one point about 3/4 of the way up where I was pretty done with it- and could have cared less about summiting... but we finished and it was pretty cool! 

{Don't be jealous of our cool head lamps!}

At the car before we started... we hiked the tallest peak you see here.

our view from the trail

halfway up....

At the summit!

I look like a total retard but hey, it's my first one!

Ever heard of the sandwhich place "Which Wich?"?  Well, if you take a picture at the summit of a fourteener with their sandwhich bag you get a free sandwhich!  Brian just happened to "summit" 3 mountains that day.
  {Hey, who are we to turn down free food?!}