Sasquatch
New member
I've been wanting to do andother pemi and today was the perfectday!8:15 start,ran out to Bondcliff trail in 45 minutes.Hiked up Bondcliff trail,greeted by amazing views all over.You could see forever today and it was warm in the alpine zone.Brief stop,then ran over to Bond until it got steep.Ran down Bond and mostly all the way to S Twin.Another stop here,too many views to worry about making time.Down to the hut quickly,watered up,ate and chatted with the lone crew member.Tried to make good time from the hut to Garfield,filled up at the spring and enjoyed more views on Garfield.Going quickly down Garfield and across towards Lafayette was a very hot and sweaty time.Finally got back to the alpine zone ad more views,what a day.Stopped on Lafayette and ate and when I started running down I realized I was getting tired.I could have really used some Stingers.Made my way across the ridge as fast as possible and felt a little more energy by the time I reached the Osseo.RT 10:05 I was hoping to be closer to 9 hours than 10 but the views got me first then the pemi loop got me next as I was a little slower from Lafayette to the car.Nontheless an awesome day and a great workout.Tremendous respect for the folks doing sub 8 hour loops.
