Grays Peak Reprise
The drive from Denver to Telluride is about six hours, on a weekday, in good weather. Tack on a fourteener and it’s an all day affair. We’re on our way to the Telluride Film Festival to see the premiere of Werner Herzog’s Antarctic documentary “Encounters at the End of the World”–but the chardonnay swilling and crashing the VIP tent doesn’t start till tomorrow.
After six months living at sea level, I inaugurated my return to Colorado with a trip above 14,000 feet–227 feet over 14,000–the day after the plane touched down at DIA. It was the fast track to acclimatization, and a fine way to return to Colorado for this visit.
September 1st, 2007 at 1:10 pm
welcome back to the rockies! have fun in Telluride rubbing elbows with the big wigs… can’t wait to catch up in Boulder!