I had a really fun morning climbing a couple of peaks above Brighton with MatthewVH. I set my two alarms for 4:25 and when the first one went off I promptly shut them both off and then in a fuzzy fog fell back to sleep. Luckily I woke up 15 minutes later and rushed to get out the door so I wouldn't have to make Matt wait. We were going to climb Kessler Peak, but Matt didn't quite have time for that one, so we decided to climb Mt. Majestic (Clayton Peak) and tag Peak 10,420 while we were in the area.
It was actually really windy when we started at Guardsman's Pass, which was nice because it kept the bugs away, but it was cooler than I expected. We arrived at the pass to an impressive sunrise over the Wasatch. This is a really steep hike and you can't run much of it. We did run the saddles and any place we could, but for the most part it is just straight up. It felt good to get my calves burning and we had a lot of fun.
We met a guy and his dog on the trail and we chatted with him for a while about climbing and peaks, and then Matt and I took a detour to Peak 10,420. It was windy on top and we took some really good peak jumping pics. When we got back to the saddle we ran to Majestic and then had a blast boulder hopping on the ridge up to the top. The views were fantastic!
We stayed up there for about 15 minutes chatting more with our dog friend and taking in the views and then it was a quick descent so we could get into work. We had some great laughs and some excellent views. Wasatch mornings are always the best. | 