Hill Walking 4:30:00 [3] 6.9 mi (39:08 / mi)
Walking up Mount Lafayette for the Granola Challenge. About half at Rob and Becky pace (good), about half at rest of family pace (bad). Also bad was we had a slight misunderstanding about which rucksacs to pack in the car, and ended up with a tiny day pack and lightweight running pack. Tiny day pack had to carry all our water, food (and wine!) and was too heavy. Even worse, the arm straps were too small for Rob, so that was my job. He did the first mile anyway, but was clearly in pain so then I took it for the next two up to the hut. I can't say that was fun, especially with about an hour of rock steps just before the hut. Luckily, we could then dump all the extras on our beds, and went up to the ridge with a thermal and a bit of water. Glorious views for miles in every direction, a perfect day for the hills. We left the family and walked along the ridge which had some cool knobbly bits to Mount Lincoln, and then back to the hut for a lovely evening of surprisingly tasty food and wine.
