I had a really fun morning climbing/running Mt. Wire with Matt V. The weather forecast was calling for wind, so we both started out with more clothes than we needed. I wore a wind stopper hat, vest and gloves, and probably didn't need them. There was a guy that started about 5 minutes before us, and that is the first person I have seen this year climbing the peak not in our group.
Matt said he wasn't feeling great, so we took it slow. We had a fast hike, but no running on the lower portion. We stopped at .8 for Matt's 'one mile break' and I watched the guy ahead of us as he climbed up the ridge. I had wanted to see if we could catch him, but with the break it wouldn't be possible, as he had a pretty good lead on us.
The rest of the hike was really fun. The wind never really picked up until we were higher on the mountain. It was quite warm and I felt great the whole way. The trail was dry for all but the final push, where there was actually quite a bit of ice on the trail. We passed the guy coming down just below the towers and then we hit the summit in 56:00. It was much colder on top and the wind picked up, so we didn't stay too long.
We ran the whole way down, but had to take care going down the icy section. I slipped once and almost fell on my butt (thought about you Kelli), but I was able to catch myself. We took the long way down and had a really fun run, although it was slower than normal. Total time 1:30.
2200 ft vert.
A few pics:
Matt on the summit looking cool with Salt Lake City below
Me trying to make Matt laugh. Nerdball.
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