In the mountains just outside of Colorado Springs (on the way to Pike's Peak) is a nice little tourist attraction called the "Incline". This is a one mile climb with an average slope of 48%, a maximum slope of 67% with over 2000 ft of elevation gain. So of course, we had to do it. We were all pretty confident that it wouldn't be that hard and planned to take water bottles in the back of our cycling jerseys. Then we figured that we wouldn't need our water bottles because they would bounce too much as we ran up the Incline. Well......we underestimated the Incline. We weren't running or jogging. We were walking, and climbing with our hands. My brother Luc was the first one up the hill at 24:22...I was next at 25:13. (That's right, those are minutes...nearly a half hour for one mile.)
Here is a nice pic of the team at the bottom of the hill, we definately weren't as peppy at the top of the hill.
This is looking up to the summit from the "false summit" 2/3 of the way up. It is really that steep.
But we all made it to the top where there was an incredible view of Colorado Springs. That was one of the toughest 25 minutes I've ever done, but it was a blast. The whole team made it to the top in varying times, but it was a great team building activity. Everyone that finished was waiting at the top cheering in those that were still coming in, whether they were teammates or random people.
