Twin Peaks

A couple weekends back Mara and Rohan set off on a pretty epic quest...to hike 2 of the valley's mountain peaks. The first one they hiked was Piestewa Peak in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. It's 1.2mi long and an elevation gain of almost 1,200 feet! I know several adults who can't do that, let alone a 4yr old! They were originally going to climb Camelback mountain where I was climbing with friends (Shannon & Jeremy), but the parking is atrocious there so they opted for an equivalent hike with a better parking lot. We all met up for pizza afterwards and regaled each other with our climbing & hiking stories

The second day/second peak Mara and Rohan were able to hike was on the same mountain I was climbing, Lookout Mountain. I took some first timers out to climb outdoors, and Lookout is a great in town, short mountain to practice on. The trail is much shorter, but still a 0.6mi trek and 500+ feet of elevation is solid, especially considering they took a couple rough scramble trails to get to our climbing area as well

Rohan also has been enjoying soccer and it's fun to watch all the kids just swarm the ball...frustrating at times too...:)
Rohan climbing like a beast and highballin':