Over the extended holiday weekend, I went up to Colorado for some mountain climbing. On Saturday I climbed Castle Peak, my 14th 14er.

Resting on the ridge leading to the summit.

While doing so, I met some aerospace nerds from Denver who invited me to go whitewater rafting with them on the following day. The beauty of travelling alone is the complete and total malluability of one's schedule. I decided that rafting (which I had never done) would be more interesting than climbing another mountain, so I took them up on it. The water in Glenwood Canyon was really high (4500cfs) so the usually class III rapids were now class IV. Quite the introduction to whitewater rafting.

That's me in the back, next to the very-easy-on-the-eyes guide.

After the rafting, I said my farewells to the Denver folks and drove back towards Los Alamos, stopping to camp and climb another 14er (Mt. Princeton) along the way.

He'll eat your head.

I had way more fun than I anticipated, and I really enjoy the rafting. May have to make some trips to the Taos box one of these days...