WURL, And I think to myself...
9 years ago I moved to Alta. Ever since, Ive stared up at these ridgelines in awe of mother earth. Isnt she lovely? I tried to run and scramble on as much of these rocks as I could. By the end of the summer 2012, I realized I had done much of the route I had just recently heard of (The WURL). In 2013, it was my goal to do the route in its entirety. One weekend, I set off from Fergy and crested over sugarloaf and descended home. Next morning, hiked up Baldy and finished the route. Total time something like 36 hours with sleeping 8 hours in the middle. I repeated a similar outing in 2015, “getting more comfortable with the route” I told myself. But all out efforts on the AT, PCT, and a big ole bike tour, hindered feeling 100% in other years. So last summer 2018, with no hinderances, I tried. Lots of ridges, Lots of Lonely time First time. Moving well, but fading a bit over baldy/hidden. I got up Red Stack to see a big ol nasty dark cloud over