![]() ![]() My son, who was only eight at the time, thought we were crazy, so Mom stayed back with him.Īn Auspicious Beginning to a Life of ClimbingDaughter and I promised that we’d be back before nightfall, and turn back if we had to. The route is a simple walk-up, and we’d gotten used to being at 6000-8000 feet in the Rockies. But we decided that we had time to change shoes, fill some water bottles, and throw some flashlights and other supplies in a rucksack. My wife and I gasped pretty much in unison. Fortunately, we had pretty early reservations because toward the end of the meal she announced that she wanted to climb Harney Peak that evening. On our last evening, we decided to splurge on a dinner at the fancy restaurant in the hotel. She’s a quiet sort, though, so she never said what she was thinking and we’d mostly forgotten about Harney. The fact that the distance and elevation gain were well within her abilities was doubtless also stewing around in her mind. ![]() She didn’t like the idea of a mountain getting the better of her, even if she hadn’t set foot on the trail. My eleven-year-old daughter and her brother both passed on our offer to take them up Harney Peak.īut my daughter is a competitive sort, and as time went on we could tell that she liked the idea of reaching a “real” high point. The kids also enjoyed climbing over the non-technical rocks among the Needles, which offer lots of excitement for kids. We spent our days doing some light walks and touristy things throughout the Black Hills. ![]() Lurking out of sight, but never far out of mind, was Harney Peak (7242'), the high point of South Dakota. ![]()
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