Hike from Sypes Canyon to the M

Well I finally made the people do part of the huge trail everybody talks about - it's 20 miles long - we didn't do all of it. We could only handle 6.41 miles. The ridge has a Run across the top of it (see old video here, note especially at 1:22 and 2:57). I think it's funny that the web page with the run on it has a "view in couch mode" button at the top.

It was a really nice hike, here are the stats (click to enlarge):

So that means we walked from the left side to the right side of this photo:

Along what they jokingly call a "path":

We started in a valley, walked this ridge, went down in a valley again and across another ridge to the road:

So there was a change in the elevation from start to finish; we gained and lost  over 2000 feet:

The part about in the middle drops very sharply and then very steeply goes back up the other side:

 But there is a forest in the middle:

We could finally see our destination (more or less):

so we arrived, five hours later, after 6.41 miles. We don't break a speed record, but we sure broke our endurance one. Can't wait to do it again.