My Wife Summits Utah’s Highest Peak | Kings Peak, Utah

good morning it is 7 a.m. time to go some of the peak let's do this we're psyched [Music] we are out as a husband wife duo on this trip to Summit Kings Peak Katie's idea its Utah's tallest peak 13,500 27 feet I believe and be good time we've been hiking for about five miles at this point and just about - it's called Elkhorn crossing now this is my first time on this trail it it's a cool opportunity for Katie and I to get out together [Music] we got camp all set up found a nice spot dude about 7-7 half miles today and we've got the pari outdoor product Sian two-person tent but it's time to go find some water and then it gonna be awesome got a really good day beautiful this basin is just incredible and we've got you can't see it but I'll show you later King speak right behind us that's tomorrow's goal there she is right in the center accused my wife right now we got camp all cleaned up at some dinner and it's only 7:15 but it's chilly so we're just gonna get in the tent and call it a night fall asleep whenever to get nice and warm but we'll see in the morning good morning it is 7 a.m. time to go some of the peak let's do this we're psyched we are on the trail to go summit King speak man 7:30 in the morning it's a cold one [Music] well we're getting close to the top of gunsight Pass which is just at about 12,000 feet beautiful day could not ask for a mid-september better opportunity to be out here it is just so pretty there's a few other people on the trail but we've been kind of surprised as not see more there's a group ahead of us that is in a camp pretty close to us I'm walking on an icy trail and then there's some people that are down at the base of the pass we'll see how this goes top a gunsight house feel down into painter basin [Music] some of the Kings is there up on the left of the screen making our way to the Anderson pass so we get to Anderson pass where you basically take that Ridge all the way up right now we're at 11,000 with 600 feet and summit is 13.5 so about 1,900 feet to go finally to the top of Anderson Pass don't ask for a more beautiful day you're going up Kings peak very little wind over the ridge and just a beautiful view slowly getting there got about 600 feet to go 500 feet so it's been Katie's goal for 2019 her bucket list for 2019 was to summit Kings Peak so I'm gonna wait till she catches up to me so that she can be the first one to get on top so freaking proud of her it's just amazing she's a rock star [Music] yeah how's it feel we're at the top of Utah highest peak in Utah and it's unique because it's super remote a lot harder to get to than a lot of other high points in the other states so yeah you did it I just gotta go just like that off the summit making our way down about 2:30 in the afternoon so pick us about an hour and a half longer than we anticipated but you never know how altitude is gonna affect you so you take it easy you take it slow so that you make good decisions have a successful summit see you down at the bottom we've made it down off the peak down back into Paynter basin and now we're just making their way up toward gunsight Pass have a small climb and then it's about a mile and a half back to camp all downhill on a good trail it's been a big long day and we are feeling it that's for sure we are gave you three quarters of a mile from camp 14 mile day today I think I already said that and I'm just really really proud of Katie she has not been on a backpacking trip for 6 7 years when we were first married before kids before a dog and for her to do something like this for me to be able to support her to make this goal happen it's just it's amazing and I'm really psyched to you know it's been a long day to just have had this experience so we're gonna call it for tonight we'll see you in the morning good morning everyone it's time to get on the trail we got camp all packed up after a rough night of sleep for me cool man I won't even go into detail you can only imagine but we've got seven and a half miles to get out to the car today so you took it easy this morning it's 9:50 time to start walking go get our kids call this one a day a weekend how was a cape you're amazing good job this isn't to embarrass Katie it's just a show the back packing isn't always glamorous it's hard it's a lot of a lot of hard work [Music] [Music] [Music] getting so close to being done oh man it's hot today it's been a good day and ready to be back at the car well we made it happen in the long day oh that was a long day but we're done that's peach peach look thanks guys [Music] [Music] you

Channel: Backcountry Exposure

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Length: 11min 1sec (661 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 30 2019