Walked up to watch the Pikes Peak hill climb last Sunday... It was pretty cool to watch a 1000 horsepower rally car roar by with a helicopter above it in a tundra at 13,000 feet..
It also involved hiking up to the "Devils Playground" near the summit of Pikes Peak which was quite an ordeal in itself. Bacala enjoyed hiking quite a bit, and easily kept up with my hypoxic stagger up the last 400 feet of the climb..
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It also involved hiking up to the "Devils Playground" near the summit of Pikes Peak which was quite an ordeal in itself. Bacala enjoyed hiking quite a bit, and easily kept up with my hypoxic stagger up the last 400 feet of the climb..
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SIPZ4An-9FI/AAAAAAAAHgM/yit463_NP48/s400/PPHC%20239.jpg)
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SIPZJlrS-GI/AAAAAAAAHbQ/JyMYum5L65g/s400/PPHC%20135.jpg)
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SIPYxxelZOI/AAAAAAAAHYU/0C1fzzTWVQM/s400/PPHC%20047.jpg)
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SIPY8BD2CNI/AAAAAAAAHZc/VSLWi5Wt10E/s400/PPHC%20071.jpg)
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SIPZWek7tZI/AAAAAAAAHck/_DqwMd4gAHw/s400/PPHC%20168.jpg)
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SIPZbEhw3NI/AAAAAAAAHdI/gerKHBAG1r8/s400/PPHC%20172.jpg)
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