Mount Elbert

Note: I had a little problem uploading these pictures inorder.

Lena was a trailblazer she had a 15ft leash and had all of it pulled out up and down the mountain. Except for when we came to this crossing. I know she doesn't like water but she would not even cross the bridge and when I held her you could tell that she was scared.
This is a picture of the next nearest mountain, Mt. Massive; it is about six miles away. At this point we could really feel the effects of the altitude. We were a little over half way up and and a couple hundred feet above the treeline. Our breaths became much more labored and we both got slight headaches.
We made it 14,443 ft the tallest mountain in Colorado, (second tallest in the continental United States). Belive it or not Lena walked up the mountain all on her own. The view was one of the best I have ever seen. The sky was the so much more blue (due to lack of water vapor in the air), we were surrounded by 7 other mountains over 14,000ft, and there were several lakes that dotted the lowlands.
This was a "false summit that was about 300-500 vertical feet from the summit. Going up we thought it was the summit and as we slowed donw I just kept telling Melissa and myself that we were almost there. When we got there we realized that the summit was about an hour away. Melissa thought that we could just stand here and claim it was the summit. We both agreed later it was worth while when we made it to the top.