bigbossman 

Well, it was nice meeting everyone - if only for a few minutes. You guys are all out of my league; I just can't climb near as well as I need to to keep up with any of you! Still, it was a perfect day and a perfect excuse to get off my butt and get up the mountain.

Rich and I filtered through to the back pretty quick, and kept each other company for the rest of the day. We managed to jaw-jack with about everyone we came across (or who came across us!), and spent a good 30-40 mins chatting up a couple of ladies at The Junction. That, coupled with my old-n-slow climbing technique and propensity to stop all the time to take pictures, conspired to give me a final base to summit time of almost 2 hours.

At any rate, it was a glorious day to be out on a bike. Here are a few photos: