Nina Williams Instagram – Exhausted; I had completed the longest 🚲ride of my life and I wasn’t even half way done with the day, We still had to hike, climb the 💎 , and summit Longs before reversing the whole thing (and by the way, the phrase uphill both ways is actually a thing). Last year I got a text from @sheneenagins ”want to climb the diamond?”. The next day I surprised her with a late start, 8 cams, 3 micros, and a rope slightly thicker than floss. On the approach, I learned that it was her first time on route, but somehow I knew we would be ok, as we descended, we talked about goals. Somewhere in my distant future, The Longs Peak triathlon was on my list. Little did I know how soon that “some point” would arrive. No records were set, but we completed our original sub-24 hour goal, and made it to our board meeting the next day! I probably should’ve trained a little bit more, but we finished. And so thankful that I basically could draft the whole way — well besides the shortest and most fun part — the actually rock climbing. Now on to the next thing — anyone looking to buy a bike??? @patagonia @patagonia_climb #tradisrad #rockclimbing #longspeaktriathlon #climbingismypassion