{"id":66,"date":"2013-08-11T18:20:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T23:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/?p=66"},"modified":"2013-08-15T04:42:09","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T09:42:09","slug":"flagstaff-with-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/?p=66","title":{"rendered":"Flagstaff with Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jason, Nick, Preston, and I met in Flagstaff on Friday night with the intention to climb Mt. Humphreys on Saturday.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0To help with the acclimatization, late in the afternoon we met at 9,300 ft at the SnowBowl ski resort and played a bit of Frisbee.\u00a0 This accomplished the task of climb high and sleep low.\u00a0 We stayed at the Springhill Suites which turned out to be brand new, modern, and really nice.\u00a0 After a trip to the grocery store for some climbing snacks plus a little vodka and lemonade, we walked across the street for a 5 star dinning experience at Red Lobster.\u00a0 The meal turned out to be fantastic.<\/p>\n

We set the alarms for 7am so we could get a meal in before starting the climb.\u00a0 There is a new Mike and Rhonda\u2019s near campus that still has the \u201chungry man special\u201d which Jason had to try.\u00a0 After the short drive, we were on the trail by 9am.\u00a0 The climb was uneventful and we summited in just over 3 hours.\u00a0\u00a0 I can\u2019t figure out how to make the Strava widget work (if anyone knows how to make it work in Word Press \u2013 shoot me an email at jim@skelmo.com<\/a>) but I pasted the screen shot below.\u00a0 Lots of pictures at this link https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/100459942408114210497\/albums\/5910660409688791505<\/a>\u00a0 We tried to summit the other mountain, but the trail was closed so we just played on the saddle for a while.\u00a0 We stopped off for a pitcher of beer and a couple of sandwiches at Crystal Creek.\u00a0 Jason remarked that the Grand Rapids is the best sub he\u2019s ever had.<\/p>\n

After cleaning up and chilling, dinner was at a restaurant called Caf\u00e9 Ole.\u00a0 We met my college advisor and her husband there, Kathy and John Eastwood.\u00a0 The meal, conversation, and company were wonderful.\u00a0 Jason wanted a night cap so we had another pitcher at Granny\u2019s Closet.\u00a0 This morning we drove back to Phoenix via Oak Creek and Sedona.\u00a0 Oak Creek is still as nice as always, but Sedona is a metropolis with what seemed like 10 roundabouts.<\/p>\n

Note, some of the pics are from Friday morning when Preston and I were exploring the trails around Pine.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, Tracy and I head off to Oakland where we will meet Eddie O’Rourke (Tracy’s long-time trail-running bud and my JMT co-adventurer) for the start of the John Muir trail.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if I will be able to update this while on the road, but you can find Eddie and me via Eddie’s SPOT (satellite transmitter) at:\u00a0 http:\/\/share.findmespot.com\/shared\/faces\/viewspots.jsp?glId=0R7Kj7qCKvbOECEdmcOx8HVfxYiT6no3v<\/a><\/p>\n

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