randy hikes timp

mt. timpanogos from our backyard

 ever since hiking half dome, randy says that he's felt compelled to climb mountains. since we have several around us, he picked mt. timpanogos as his next climb. a couple weeks ago, he hiked it with his friend, drew. i would have loved to have gone with him, but nursing babies kind of prevent that. they left early in the morning and made it back around 3:30. randy said it was a great hike and took lots of pictures. i'm sure that drew was annoyed, but i had asked randy to take some for me to see and he complied.

randy at the trailhead

drew at the trailhead

randy at first falls

the scramble right before the top

drew and mountain goat

at the summit

mountain goats

at one point, they had to wait for the mountain goats to get off the trail

apparently they hiked down this

sliding down the glacier

madeleine kept asking where daddy was and it was pretty fun to point out the window and tell her that he was hiking that mountain. now, she occasionally points at the mountain and says, "daddy hiked that mountain with his friend." his next goal is to climb the other mountain we can see from our backyard. we're also hoping to do squaw peak sometime soon on a saturday. not as strenuous, but a fun hike.