Black Mountain, Idaho

I went with Dean Molen from Lehi, Utah to hike in the Black Pine Moutains on the Utah/ Idaho border. I have noticed this mountain range for the longest time. It is right off of I-84 to the west. Being that this is my first outdoor post and my blogging skills are ghetto, dont expect too much today. It was hard for me to figure out how to line my pictures up with the comments. Any how, enjoy!!

Coming down the mountain, we ran into this big storm. It really didnt start dumping on us until we were 1/4 mile to the truck.































This is Dean Molen on the summit. He is 69 years old and is a retired dentist. I connected with him over a year ago. We exchanged emails over the year.....mostly me picking his brain on mountains, nutrition, gear, etc.

































Here is my self-summit shot. Dean is talking to his wife in the background.

Dean making a push for the summit.

This is Bull Mountain, UT to the west.

It was a fun mountain to climb. I felt like I had my nutrition under control. Iwent with a mixture of 2/3 water and 1/3 Gatorade. I snacked on Clif Bars, Swedish Fish and almonds. usually on these climbs, I experience bouts of nausea. I am not very good at taking breaks. On this day, we took a few 5 minute breaks. I got some food down the chute and guess what?.......nausea went away.