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VTHokieTom VTHokieTom OP
Jun 09, 2026 at 06:07 PM ET
Day 2 of Elevation Vacation……..🦃❤️🥾🏔️
My goal today was to summit South Hayden Mountain at 13,215 via the Richmond Trail to Richmond Pass. Very nice trail with nice views, but very steep. The pass was loaded with snow, so I was not able to summit SHM. 5 miles round trip, with 2500’ of vertical gain, took me 5 hours. Very windy up high, so perhaps it was a blessing I did not go further up. 4 pics of of the day, hopefully:

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DonHo-kieHi DonHo-kieHi
1mo
Loves me some blue skies and fluffy clouds! Thanks
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HwoodHokie
1mo
Hows the oxygen up there?
VTHokieTom VTHokieTom OP
1mo
Fine for me……………..
Day 1 went to 11,800’ Today went to 12,800’ Tomorrow hopefully 13,200’ Thursday hopefully 14,155’ Plus loaded up on cardio and road miles to prepare. I did have a slight headache the first day, but no normal brain fog this time
bourbonstreet bourbonstreet
1mo
yups... dat (12K'ish+)... is where I 1st "felt it". God Bless O2 tea.
Muña (Andean Mint). Coca tea too. H☦️H's b.street
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
1mo
Wow.
ColoVT82 ColoVT82
1mo
Those vistas!