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More 14ers

The other day I took out my Colorado’s Fourteeners book and was going to decide if we should bring the book on the trip or send it home first. As I started to read I got an urge to go hiking. Last August we did 10 14ers in 10 days. It was hard but fun and well worth it. Then we did not have much time since we wanted to go to Utah as well during our 4 week vacation. This time around we can spend more time in Colorado and either do more of them or maybe not so many in just a few days.

We started to discuss which peaks to do this year and the more we looked in the book and talked about it the more we wanted to do. Probably we will do at least another 10 this year. I am hoping to do La Blanca, Mt Sneffels and Longs Peak (in Rocky Mountain National Park). The rest we will see as we go along. All depending on weather I guess. Since we are bringing climbing gear this time we might attempt to climb a peak or two. We both like multi pitch climbing and it would add some variation to the hiking. Maybe we will also do a favourite or two from last year. I wouldn’t mind doing Wetterhorn or Handies Peak.

Hiking the valley up to Handies is beautiful with all the pretty flowers.

Conclusion: we are bringing the book.

Travel magazines

Every time I travel I buy travelmagazines. Often I fall for the glossy ones with luxurious sparesorts on the front page. It looks so wonderful I can not help but buying one or two and dream away for a little while. But because they only write about resortswhere it would cost a small fortune to spend only a weekend I end uprather depressed instead of anxious to go on my next holiday. Every time. I knowthat the length of my holidays does not go together with these hotelsand when I think about it normally not what I like to do on myholidays either.

Recently, during a long lay over atLAX, it was time for a new purchase. This time I think I foundsomething better. A not so glossy front page with a rick shaw bikedriver from Cuba caught my eye. This magazine, Afar, focused more on activitieslike surfing and rock climbing rather than spa and picture perfectbeach resorts. I felt much better. All of a sudden I had an urge to find that little island in the Caribbean that was so hard to getto or go climbing in Cuba. It was refreshing that they focused more on what to do and experience than where to sleep, shop or drink exclusive drinks. These things usually fall into place anyway once you know where you want to go and what to do. I am more looking for inspiration and not a list of hotels and shops when I read about travel and this suited me just perfectly.