Mt. Timpanogos with Craig, MattW, Bdase, Dan Varga, Bill Hiatt, JimmySG, Travis, Nate, Mike Place, Jeremy H., Jsh, Ashley, Zac M, Kelli and Scott and a few others I am forgetting. 18 total showed up.
We had a really good group for this night run of Timp. Craig posted our intentions on the Wasatch Wranglers facebook page and we had 18 people show, which is pretty crazy. It was already dark when we started and Bdase, Bill and DanV lead out and pushed a pretty good pace. MattW and I followed Craig for a little over a mile and then he took off. For the next 2-3 miles I was leading the rest of the pack up. A couple miles in we passed Crockett coming down (he was doing a double) and Dan stopped to turn back around. Just before the upper basin Zac and MikeP passed me. By time we reached the switchbacks in the upper basin there were 4 of us hanging together and we would stay together the rest of the way to the summit. Hit the top in 2:12. Not fast, but decent. Craig and Bdase made it up there first and were waiting for the rest of us to show up.
We waited in the shack for what seemed like 30 minutes. It was getting cold and I saw some lighting flashes way in the distance, so I decided to head down and just about everyone followed. Craig stayed on top to wait for the rest of the group to get up there. The run down was fun, but slower than normal because it was dark. I ran most of the way down with MattW and we had fun chatting away and we pushed the pace a bit the last few miles and had some separation with the rest of the group.
Bdase and Craig finished first and then Travis with me and Matt coming in 4th and 5th. Then we waited for about an hour for the rest of the group to get back down. We just missed a pretty big storm as there were more lightning strikes and the wind picked up. It started raining hard about 30 minutes after we left. It was fun getting to know some of the new guys and we had a great time. It was a great way to start the 4th of July. | 