Tower climbing

After we rafted we rested for a little bit. Then Jared, Tory, Tyler, Jack, Joseph, Isaac, and Dylan started a preplanned hike. We wanted to walk up to a radio tower about 1000 feet above base camp. We started by grabbing day packs and radios. Then everyone rendezvous on the end of camp and we began climbing. Jack was leading us followed closely by Jared. Our order changed every now and then. But getting up the first hill was our objective. Once we were there we took a rest to wait for the others to catch up. Joseph even found a deer antler. Then, we decided the easiest way to go was over the ridgeline then down. The biggest problem was the cacti. There was over 100 on the whole trip! So we hiked and started climbing up a steep hill about 2 meters steep. Then, we took another break to go pee and wait for the others behind us. Climbing up the next hill was the toughest. We started at the same time and started using our hands to climb up the steep incline. Jared and Tyler reached the top of the hill. We spotted wildlife! The, right in front of us was a grown deer, a buck. Jared tried to get a picture but it ran away before the others could see him. We took over 200 pictures with all of our cameras put together and got some very good scenic pictures. The view from the top of the mountains was beautiful. But we decided we can’t stay here too long, it was getting dark. The leaders were telling all the hikers to return be we had a mission, and we didn’t come this far to turn around and go home, Jack had the idea to turn back when the sun reached the mountains. We climbed up the next mountain and that was not too steep and we could easily walk up it. We made it to the radio tower! It took us and hour and thirty minutes to get there. It was beautiful from the top; we could see four mountain ranges behind us and the Royal Gorge. We took 40 of our pictures just up there. Walking back was pretty straight forward, until jack started running and Jared and Tyler and the rest tried to keep up. It took 30 minutes to return to camp. The whole trip took two and a half hours. But it was worth it.