Cruzed the Skyline traverse with William again. Such a good line, with several climbs and descents. I always find it hard to re-start my heart rate coming off of one of the descents and into the next climb. This traverse works that weakness really well. We made good time up to SoBo and then over to Bear, as the peaks were quiet and empty. Put in a solid effort up to Green, where we ran into Scott Jurek. Really great guy - chatted, exchanged trail beta, etc. After the uninspiring summit of Flag, we ran into Kendrick on the backside. Obviously our motivation was waning as we again stopped and talked. By the time we got over to Sanitas, it was hot and every person in Boulder and their dog were out. We tried to cruz up, but there were so many people we just sorta had to go with the flow. I can see Kendrick's argument for doing the traverse the other direction, as you end away from the crowds. However, putting in Sanitas and its stair-step climbing at the end adds a little kick. Stopped taking photos after Bear for some reason...
William cruzing through the burn zone...
Bear from SoBo...
The Divide...
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