SLC adventures!
Icey descents after some splitter crack climbing.
I love me some splitter cracks and I am learning to love granite splitters even more! We met up with a AZ friend that had just moved to SLC to get some quick climbing in. I mean... the drive was so long... 20 minutes tops. Must be a tough life for these SLC folk.
The temps were good and the cracks were smooth.
After some long hiking and driving we decided we should go to the local hot spring. 5 mile hike for some breathtaking views... So we thought. Until we got to the location to find out that the gate was closed and this would cause us to have to walk an extra 7 miles or so. So we decided to be smart and bring a liter of water, a beer each, and no snacks.... Smart... ya, that's the word. The road was covered with snow and ice and the entire trip was welcomed with rain. We were cold with wet shoes, wet hair and had no food.
We had convinced our friend Whitney to join us on the hike. Whitney crushed the massive hike, in the dark on, despite being legally blind.
But we were determined to make it and we had Roxy dog to keep us moving forward. She was our motivation. And though she finished the hike like a trooper, she ended up having swimmers tail for 3 days afterward due to being such an over stoker and constantly playing and running the entire time!
We finally got to the spring and Joey dipped off to catch a quick photo, while Whitney and I soaked our sore muscles.
Before we headed home we needed to catch a sunset photo! This one required no hike... We had no energy for that.
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