Just took the Maryland Bar Exam last Tuesday and Wednesday (tips on how I studied for the bar, without paying a zillion dollars for a course, are at http://rachelianlogic.blogspot.com/). I landed in Salt Lake City on Friday afternoon and went hiking with one of my really good friends from college, Katie, all weekend.
Friday evening we did some short hike up to a waterfall, then Saturday we hiked up Mt. Timpanogos, which is about 11,749 feet and the meadows were covered with wildflowers. It was also full of people who had biked up to the trailhead and then ran up the peak. And large mormon families. So really, what I did was totally do-able by 9 year olds. And I felt winded. I thought I was pretty hardcore, but apparently that is only by DC standards. I definitely felt the altitude near the top. It felt like my head was being compressed. I had to stop occasionaly and rest so I wouldn't get dizzy and slip down the scree.
Today we hiked up to Lake Blanche above Big Cottonwood canyon, which was very pretty and was only 6 miles roundtrip. Steep, but much easier. Then we went to Antelope Island, which is a large island in the middle of the Great Salt Lake, and saw bison from a distance and floated in the lake. It's so salty that you float. It also smells really really bad, but it was worth it.
Tomorrow morning I am off to Seattle to see the family before going down to Bolivia. This is going to be the best bar trip ever.
A note about the title: I stole the title for this blog from Jack Keroauc. It was the original working title for On The Road. An awesome book, and you should read it.
That's how I felt when I went hiking in the Canadian Rockies at age 16. Was in pretty good shape then but the change from sea level to sky level was very humbling.
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