AM - 7.5 miles easy, horsepark loops. Then... Pfeifferhorn! What an awesome day. Andrea, Amiee, Kevin, Jillian, and Tanya went on a great hike up in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Up to Red Pine Lake, then the upper lakes, then a few of us went up to the ridge and I sealed the deal for the team by tagging the summit of Pfeiff - I think it was the only peak on the alpine ridge than I've never been on previously. Its a good push - 3700 feet over 4.5 miles to the top. When we got the ridge, since I was going solo the rest of the way, I ran a good part of it... some skyrunning... just soooo cool - although pacing was key at ~11,000 feet :-) There is a fun knife edge area that requires some scrambling before you go up the final stretch to the summit. Somehow, in the last 1-2 miles on the way down, I dropped my camera. I'm pretty upset only because I know I had taken about 100+ awesome pictures today. I don't care about the camera itself, but I am essentially obsessed with documenting fun days with friends like this, so I just hate to lose the photos. I ran back up ~1.5 miles, walked around for a while searching, then finally ran back down to the car. No luck :-( At least I got some extra trail running practice. Ran the stretch from the White Pine trailhead to the trail junction in a little under 7 minutes, which is pretty good... it usually takes about 20 minutes to hike it. And I didn't fall once! Despite the loss of the camera - I just can't get over what a great day it was to be up high in the mountains with a great group of people. Lots of fun - I love these kinds of days! Amiee was nice enough to send me some of her pictures to make me feel better... 
That's me on the top if you look close!
Andrea insists that I add a few miles of running to my daily total, since she knows I ran at least 3 while looking for the camera. So, we'll say PM - 2 miles.
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