Long's Peak - The Keyhole

This is the famous Keyhole on the Keyhole Route up Long's Peak. The people sitting in the Keyhole are Jason, Gavin, Sarah, Carter, and Rich (I think - it's kind of hard to tell from the photo). It's about 8am or so, and we're on our way up. We've come all the way around Mt. Lady Washington from the location of the previous picture, and up about 1200 ft. At this point in the hike, I was dragging a bit. I have trouble with my appetite at altitude, and I was struggling between slight faintness because I needed to force myself to eat and nauseousness when I did eat. The Keyhole is a notch in a knife-edged ridge between Long's Peak and Storm Peak to the north. Once you get into the Keyhole, you have quite a drop on the other side!