Kings Peak Trailhead to Elkhorn Crossing: 50 minutes Dollar Lake: 1:15 Gunsight Pass: 1:45 Anderson Pass and beginning ascent to summit: 2:15 Summit: 2:36 Time at summit: 6 minutes Arrival back at trailhead: 4 hours 56 minutes Mistake # 1 once up on Anderson Plateau I went a little too high when I should have stayed left to go over the grassy, more runnable terain Mistake # 2 Should have descended the East face of the peak instead of going back down the ridgeline to Anderson Pass. Mistake # 3 tripped and fell hard on my left side while running back to the hikers shortcut; two fingers on my left hand took the brunt and were jammed hard. Mistake # 4 Again stayed too high on the return to the shortcut, instead of staying lower on the grassy terrain Mistake # 5 Another hard fall coming down from Gunsight Pass, hitting my left side again, and the same fingers that I had hurt just minutes before. My left thigh also hit directly on a rock, causing a nice big bruise. Mistake # 6 I stayed too long at the summit; I should have just tagged it and started down. When it was all done I was only 8 minutes behind the fastest known time. When I got back to my car I had already made up my mind to go back soon and do it right. I know I can do the entire run in 4 hours and 30 minutes. I know I can get to the summit in 2 hours 30 minutes. with a little better fitness under me, better sleep, and ready legs, this can be done.
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