Francis Peak with MattVH:
I had a late night last night and ended up getting 3 hours of sleep (up at 3:00 am). I met Matt just after 4:00 in Farmington and we had a really fun run up Farmington Canyon to the summit of Francis Peak. We parked at the end of the paved road and ran the rest of the way up. We were both feeling like total poo at the start and it took me about an hour of slogging to finally start feeling better. We had some great laughs and ran it up to the top. It wasn't fast, but that was a lot of vert.
On the way down my legs were hammered. We stopped to fill our water bottles in a flowing spring that was cascading over some rocks and both of us felt a little sluggish the final few miles. It was a really fun morning and I loved the route.
A few pics:
Matt with the summit balls in view:
Me on the way up:
Summit jump:
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