Alyia,Diana,Josiah and i got together for a reunion hike which we had been talking about since our hike(s) we did together in hawaii [1] [2]. We hiked granite mountain which is apart of the alpine lakes wilderness area and is a REALLY tough hike. It was 8 miles round trip and the 4 up was a total mental battle telling my friends as well as myself that i had to summit as i had failed the last 2 times i tried when i was with my family.

Eventually after a lot of work we lost the trail once we could see the peak which has a fire lookout with a ranger in it with binoculars a radio and enough water and propane to cook for himself and his friend and his son. Anyways since we had lost the trail we had to do some boulder hopping to get to the top which while a lot of fun was also pretty never racking as one slip and we’d be bashing something against the rocks that would most likely hurt for days. After going to the ranger station and saying hi to the ranger we headed back down the mountain which like most hikes since were not panting and concentrating on just getting to the top we played hiking games like smoosh, telling stories, making jokes, whining about how much we hurt, etc.

Josiah probably came out the worst with his whole lower body in pain with alyia in second with her legs in pain and diana in third with her twisting her ankle 2 times. Personally i just got sick after the hike as i got home at 12:30 fell asleep at 1:00 am and got up at 4:30 to goto work the next day . Missing that much sleep is not good for ones immune system and by sick i mean miserable not necessairly sick although it’s probably a good idea to cancel my blood appointment.