{"id":1419,"date":"2016-01-06T21:12:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T04:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2017-01-04T09:05:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T16:05:59","slug":"finding-christmas-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professorontherun.com\/?p=1419","title":{"rendered":"Finding Christmas Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Last year and this year I organized a secret Santa type gift exchange for my trail-running club, the Wasatch Mountain Wranglers. People signed up, I assigned them a person to hide for, people then hid gifts up in the mountains, and I then relayed the instructions\/clues to the people they hid for. Last year it was fun and this year people enjoyed it again. Since I didn&#8217;t assign anyone to myself (that would be weird) a few very kind Wranglers hid gifts for me. Awesome people. I had fun finding them in Battle Creek Canyon, up the Church Fork in Millcreek Canyon (Grandeur Peak Trail), and Bells Canyon. Thank you Ben, Rebecca, and the mystery secret wrangler. You guys were very generous to hide some treats for me. I am seriously grateful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SO FUN!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/458321001\/embed\/e5414a618d0cd7c52f6f1fd0547b1112a91d3414\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_1427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1427\" style=\"width: 714px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-gift-in-Battle-Creek-5.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1427\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1427 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-gift-in-Battle-Creek-5-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"finding gift in Battle Creek (5)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-gift-in-Battle-Creek-5.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-gift-in-Battle-Creek-5.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-gift-in-Battle-Creek-5.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-gift-in-Battle-Creek-5.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-gift-in-Battle-Creek-5.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I was standing right in front of it for a minute before I saw it in the tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1426\" style=\"width: 714px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-gift-in-Battle-Creek-2.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1426 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-gift-in-Battle-Creek-2-768x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"finding gift in Battle Creek (2)\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-gift-in-Battle-Creek-2.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-gift-in-Battle-Creek-2.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-gift-in-Battle-Creek-2.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-gift-in-Battle-Creek-2.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frozen falls up Battle Creek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/459128497\/embed\/590a3727dc2dfe5c2c48ef79b1e4a010d455ff74\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_1428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1428\" style=\"width: 714px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Finding-gift-on-church-fork-2.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1428 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Finding-gift-on-church-fork-2-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Finding gift on church fork (2)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Finding-gift-on-church-fork-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Finding-gift-on-church-fork-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Finding-gift-on-church-fork-2.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Finding-gift-on-church-fork-2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I had to dig a bit for this one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1429\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1429\" style=\"width: 714px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Finding-gift-on-church-fork-4.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1429 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Finding-gift-on-church-fork-4-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Finding gift on church fork (4)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Finding-gift-on-church-fork-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Finding-gift-on-church-fork-4.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Finding-gift-on-church-fork-4.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Finding-gift-on-church-fork-4.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Finding-gift-on-church-fork-4.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trail conditions on Church Fork were perfect. I bombed down at unsafe speeds, loving the soft footfalls in the snow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0 \n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/463941245\/embed\/143485aa0e1631e08f22654b37fc4de3051fa5ef\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_1454\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1454\" style=\"width: 714px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-1.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1454\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1454 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-1-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bells Canyon gift retrieval (1)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-1.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-1.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A moment of sun peaking through on Bells Canyon and the foothills south<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1455\" style=\"width: 714px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-2.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1455\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1455 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-2-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bells Canyon gift retrieval (2)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-2.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-2.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-2.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There were a bunch of surprisingly bright orange trees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1456\" style=\"width: 714px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-4.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1456\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1456 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-4-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bells Canyon gift retrieval (4)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-4.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-4.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-4.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wind or animals or people had knocked the ornaments off the tree and they were buried in the snow. I just picked a tree beside the trail, started digging and got lucky &#8211; spotting the shiny red.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1457\" style=\"width: 714px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-5.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1457\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1457 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-5-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bells Canyon gift retrieval (5)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-5.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-5.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-5.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-5.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bells-Canyon-gift-retrieval-5.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With some warm temps recently, the snow was getting SLOPPY! I didn&#8217;t notice it as much on my way up, but coming down fast, the added downward force of my downhill feet really made them sink in. Slippery slop!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year and this year I organized a secret Santa type gift exchange for my trail-running club, the Wasatch Mountain Wranglers. People signed up, I assigned them a person to hide for, people then hid gifts up in the mountains, and I then relayed the instructions\/clues to the people they hid for. Last year it was fun and this year people enjoyed it again. 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