The Tetakawi Climbs

Saturday, April  4th, in the middle of the Semana Santa (spring break) halabaloo, I climbed up Tetakawi with Kuma for the 11th time. This time there was a Red Cross “filter” at the trailhead, preventing people with hangovers from climbing. 

The Red Cross guy asked me if I was hungover (no), if I had water (three big Nalgene bottles), if I had eaten breakfast (spinach and almond milk shake), and if I had gone to the bathroom (#1 and #2 all set). He had me fill out a form and told me to expect a climb of three to four hours, in which I responded: no, dos horas. 

And yes, it took me two hours to get from the trailhead to the summit, and back. 

Then… 

Saturday, April 11th, I climbed Tetakawi for the 12th time. This time I made it up and down the mountain in 1:45minutes. A record for Kuma and me. I didn’t really talk to people and I was the 2nd one down. 

One thing that does irk me is the trash people dump on the trail. Plastic bottles, tissue paper, wrappers, etc. Why?

There are plenty of garbage cans and people seem to miss their aim. Or maybe the feral horses get to the trash at night dumping it out. Who knows.

Stay safe!