It was a long long climb out of Belden. It was 14 miles of climbing from 2000 to 7000 or about a mile up. I started at 6 AM after being dropped off at the trailhead by Brenda Braaten, a sweet trail angel, who hosted me and a half dozen other thru-hikers yesterday night. I finally got to the top at 1 PM. Wow! I continued on until mile 1310 where I’m camping. Here is a picture out my “front door”