As Miley Cyrus would say..."It's the Climb"

(Kelsey here)
I thought it'd be fun to share some memorable work out experiences... maybe I have a sick version of fun.

Yesterday Porter and I went with his family to Idaho City to snowshoe some more. It's rolling mountains and everything is so pretty.  Porters family hiked along the pretty, groomed, trail. However, Porter and I wanted a really good work out so we decided to go right UP the mountain! This turned out to be insane.
 I knew it would be steep and hard, but I had no clue! It was 400+ft gain. Most of the time our faces were inches away from packed snow because of the steepness of it. My heart was pounding and my legs were burning trying to move up the steep mountain. Once we got on top of the first one we realized we still had TWO more! Plus we were breaking trail in 6 ft+ of deep snow. I can honestly say it was the hardest physical thing I've ever done. ... including a half marathon. It was my turn to break trail and we were at the steepest point yet and I was like, "I don't think I can make it." And Porter kept giving me points to look at and make it to. It was awesome!

I'm reading the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place and there's a quote I like about doing out doors stuff that totally relates.  "It doesn't have to be fun to be fun." That's exactly how it felt yesterday. It was miserable but beautiful and a great sense of accomplishment. Plus, what goes up must come down right? Running down the hills were fun! Anyways, here's some pics.

The mountains we went up. There were three with a canyon
in between each.

The pretty view from atop.

Look how steep. 

Who knew something so beautiful could be so challenging?

I'm proud of my awesome in shape family! Love you guys!