Sun Jul 29, 2018 @ 00:40

Well, to nobody's surprise, we loved the Wind River Range. Naturally, we did the Cirque of the Towers alternate, and loved it. The going was tough at times, since we had all got out of the habit of mountain climbing as we trudged across southern Wyoming. Texas pass was a particular butt kicker, we climbed 1500feet in 1.5miles, which is pretty steep! Then the descent was a pretty vertical down-climb on loose scree and slippery gravel... Not my favourite, especially since the tread on my shoes was all but gone by the time we got to the winds. Oh well, I survived and only fell over three or four times that day (I swear I'm meant to be getting better at this hiking business, but it doesn't seem to be happening.