Life Lessons from Hike up to Handies Peak
I hadn't climbed any of the fourteen thousand (14er) peaks in the San Juan mountain ranges of southwest Colorado before. So it was very exciting when a few of us agreed to go down to Lake City to hike one up. Initially we had settled on climbing two fourteen thousand peaks together, Red Cloud Mountain and Sunshine Peak. As word spread around that we were going down to the San Juan's, a few other friend of friends decided to join as well. Note to Self: Set audacious goals. Join like minded people in achieving those goals! Since the drive was long, we started at noon from Denver. We ate a sandwich lunch on the way at one of our favorite sandwich shop, Which Wich. The drive from Denver to Lake City is through some very scenic parts of Colorado. You pass through different mountain ranges. We took US 285 West through Fairplay and Buena Vista; then onwards to Poncha Springs and on US 50 West to Gunnison. We took a tea break in Gunnison at a gas station. We then continued driving on ...