Dentist by trade but adventure is what I love. American ninja warrior season 8, Ultra running, Spartan ultrabeast, Mountaineering 14ers, rock climbing, snowboarding, adrenaline junkie....
This was my first real hike and my brother took me up this route. I was terrified but also laughing through the fear with how amazing the experience was. Got to the top and my love for hiking was born.
Such an amazing mountain, I've summited 2 times, once the normal route up, a gnarly hike in itself.....the first time we just looked up and got to the top, a lot of low 5.2 5.3 climbing with insane exposure, I'll never forget that hike, saw two bears on the way out also.
Last summer some friends and I were on the Snowmass summit with a good deal of food, water and clothing. A guy runs - runs - up to the summit in shorts, a tank top and carrying nothing. We asked him where he came from. “I started with Capital, we’ll see how many I bag today.” Runs off
@troyjones5522 I do a lot of trail running 30-40 miles per week for the past few years. I also joined a rock climbing gym and spent a pot of time there, not necessary, but wanted to learn proper rock climbing technique
My husband and I hiked to Capitol lake. We had no intention of summiting the mountain. We were sitting at the lake resting and were getting ready for the hike back to our car . It was very drizzly and rained on and off throughout the day. At times the peak was cloud covered. We thought the people who were attempting to summit the mountain were crazy to attempt it in that weather. As I was watching the climbers, one tried to walk across the knife edge upright, not cat walk it as other climbers did. I watched the climber slip. He managed to catch himself and pull himself back on the ridge. He was hanging off the side with a 1300 foot drop if he let go. I just gasped watching it and was relieved he survived. I looked at my husband and said let's go. I don't want to watch someone kill themselves. That climber was the luckiest man on earth. He and his friend caught up to us on the way back. They both said they submitted it. We congratulated them. Then I told him he was lucky he didn't kill himself. I have submitted fourteeners, but not one as dangerous as that mountain. I always tell people, don't mistake luck for skill. That kid was lucky. Very lucky
@ChrisNazty dude that place is amazing. I did with marcos different route in the fall trail was golden. you were actually in that area last time we met that I had the trailer by the lake, you can see that lake from the summit if you go back on the video.
Done it twice, and once in a single day (4AM hike in and 9PM hike out). It was the 80s though, so we didn't have helmets. It is definitely better to hike in, camp, summit and hike out.
@poldford probably less people to kick rocks at you though back then. I never get a good night sleep while camping myself. For this one I slept in the car the night before. If I do it again I might camp just to enjoy the lake and area around there a bit more
@SeeChadRun thanks man, we got lost and had to take shoes off twice to cross the creek, third time we just gave up and got our shoes wet terrible decision, ruined our plans to tag Mt Massive as well as we had planned
@@Theninjaonthemountains I saw one of the river crossings in your video and contemplated myself if I would have taken my shoes off or not. Probably would have depended on what shoes I was wearing.
If yall notice David Doesn’t have any sticks, he said in his book that it was more of a pride thing, but when he used them he felt like he was hauling ass up those hills. You gotta love him man
@TheGammacron absolutely, most of this guys are all superskinny ultrarunners, that running is all they do. I would say david was probably top 3 for the heavier more muscular guys
@@TheGammacron the thing is that David Goggins likes to do a bunch of other stuff (like calisthenics and weight training), meanwhile the people that get better times tham him are completely focused on ultrarunning.
Did it with a friend in '78 when we had the entire mountain to ourselves. Underestimated how rough the road in was, didn't get started until 11:30 AM. Got to the summit, narrowly avoiding a rockslide, with the sun low on the horizon. We were on a sketchy, grassy traverse above timberline, skirting underneath K2 right at dusk when it started to snow, hard - in August. My friend said he couldn't go on, and I got rather cross with him. We got back way after dark, hiking back to the car by flashlight.
I am a Dad of 3, and this was a tough decision to make, I remember watching videos of it and thinking the same, but I kept chipping away at the easier ones. Once I started doing the class 3 ones, I signed up to rock climbing gym and trained for months. I got pretty good at it and developed more confidence and safety techniques. Is really not that bad if you know what you are doing
Aloha Braddah!! Yaaa hahaha you is one Hammah. I am looking to do this trail before I ship out for military basic training as I’m in good tip top shape but I have nobody that wants to do it with me. I just prefer to go with somebody but I see you went all alone haha. You are awesome and blessed. Thank you for the awesome video and info. Aloha and god bless 🤙🏾 🙏
