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51 Thoughts You'll Have While Hiking In Colorado

Lets just put it this way, hiking was a lot tougher than I expected.

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51 Thoughts You'll Have While Hiking In Colorado
Jenna Warmund

I recently went on a trip with my family to Colorado. Hiking is something I've always enjoyed doing in my spare time, so there was no way I was leaving Colorado without doing some hiking. Although I've been to Colorado multiple times, I had never hiked. I definitely underestimated how much the altitude would effect me and I think my lungs collapsed after about 20 minutes. Here were my thoughts I had while hiking in the Rocky Mountains.

1. This is so exciting, I love hiking!

2. This shouldn't be bad at all.

3. Although, this is a pretty tall mountain.

4. This may take a while.

5. 20 minutes in "heavy breathing"

6. Maybe I should have better prepared myself for this.

7. Should I have brought a map?

8. Nah, I'll be fine.

9. I have my phone.

10. "Checks phone" No service.

11. I use to be a Girl Scout, who needs a map.

12. Or a cell phone for that matter.

13. I think this is more exercise than I’ve had all year.

14. Is this what people call altitude sickness?

15. If I passed out here, no one would find me for days.

16. Days!!!

17. Maybe I should just stop and pretend I made it to the top.

18. There’s a reason they call this the mile high state.

19. Are there bears?

20. Snakes?

21. Oh no.

22. What’s that noise?

23. Water, I need water right now.

24. This is fun? Why do people think this is fun?

25. Dog!

26. Can I pet it?

27. Of course I can.

28. Those people didn’t even look winded.

29. I have sweat dripping from my nose.

30. They’re probably laughing at me.

31. I’m starving.

32. Why didn’t I think to bring a snack?

33. Starving and dying.

34. Half way! I’m half way!

35. There’s surprisingly a lot of rocks on this trail.

36. How have I not tripped yet?

37. This is taking a lot longer than I expected.

38. The view, just think about the view.

39. ‘Trips’

40. That didn’t hurt.

41. Luckily I came prepared with Band Aids.

42. How many miles has it been?

43. It's getting cold up here.

44. Very cold.

45. Just keep hiking, just keep hiking.

46. "Ain't no mountain high enough"

47. Almost there!

48. Wow.

49. Breathtaking.

50. This was totally worth it.

51. Now how do I get back down this thing?

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