Photos/brief TR-Mount of the Holy Cross July 3-4

[Scott P]

July 3 2008:

Six year old Kessler left the trailhead in the afternoon and backpacked over Halfmoon Pass and over to Cross Creek where we camped. There were several snowfields to hike across. The stream was really high which made for an interesting crossing. We had a nice camp at Cross Creek.

July 4 2008:

At 6:15 am we left for the summit of Mount of the Holy Cross. We reached the top just before 11 am, but spent over an hour on the summit on a bluebird day. We hiked down the mountain and packed up camp and at an early dinner before climbing back over Halfmoon Pass. We had a second dinner on Halfmoon Pass and didn

[Don]

Thats is cool as hell! I'm amazed to see a 6 year old doing that! Inspires me to get my 6 year old son out more!!

[shaggy125]

Thats is cool as hell! I'm amazed to see a 6 year old doing that! Inspires me to get my 6 year old son out more!!

Scott's kids are not your average kids. He's got those boys accomplishing stuff before they hit puberty that many would be happy to accomplish in a lifetime! Awesome pics Scott, thanks for posting.

[stefan]

Thats is cool as hell! I'm amazed to see a 6 year old doing that! Inspires me to get my 6 year old son out more!!

Scott's kids are not your average kids. He's got those boys accomplishing stuff before they hit puberty that many would be happy to accomplish in a lifetime! Awesome pics Scott, thanks for posting.

quite true

[KapitanSparrow]

Great photos!

[Scott P]

He's got those boys

Actually one boy; one girl.

Thanks for the kind words everyone; I'm glad you liked the photos. It was a good trip.

[Felicia]

Beautiful photographs!!!!!

[Jaxx]

I agree, very nice pics. I need to get my kids on a training regiment so they can hike with me like yours do. Any cool story behind the name of the peak?

[Scott P]

Any cool story behind the name of the peak?

Yes. Here it is:

http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/r...nt-of-the.html

[Jaxx]

Any cool story behind the name of the peak?

Yes. Here it is:

http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/r...nt-of-the.html

Cool Thanks

[kirk]

Great photos and awesome trip report. It looks like you had a great time.

[goofball]

nice area, thanks for bringing back the memories.

i REALLY loved lake charles, the prettiest camp site i ever had. and holy cross city was worth the visit. love those high elevation ghost towns.

[Randi]

He's got those boys

Actually one boy; one girl.

Thanks for the kind words everyone; I'm glad you liked the photos. It was a good trip.

Geez Scott...I'm amazed by your sons endurance and spirit.
I used to be impressed with my kids when they did a 10 mile hike! And we had a lot of whining, bribery & coercion going on at that age! ; )
Do you take your daughter out too? I hope so!

Thanks for the great pix and Tr!

[stefan]

great photos, scott, thanks for posting them. i keep enjoying them each time i look up this link.

[Scott P]

Do you take your daughter out too? I hope so!

Yes. Here is the trip log for the year so far and you can see she has done several trips:

http://www.summitpost.org/custom-obj...-Trip-Log.html

Unfortuantely, summer has been tough so far with little time off other than the holiday.

[Randi]

Do you take your daughter out too? I hope so!

Yes. Here is the trip log for the year so far and you can see she has done several trips:

http://www.summitpost.org/custom-obj...-Trip-Log.html

Unfortuantely, summer has been tough so far with little time off other than the holiday.

Hi Scott, great TR"s and pix. I finally got around to browsing the site. Your daughter is adorable too! Yeah, your kids are pretty amazing.

So is your dad! I met him out in Zion one year and did a hike with him! :)

Looks like you guys are enjoying life to the max!

[theking648]

awesome dude

this looks like a captain morgan commercial



i don't think i know any kids that would be willing to do a climb like that. thats awesome