Younger (by 20 months) brother Dennis sends me this picture documenting some of his past weekend.
He says:
I was in a group of five, four men and one woman. That trail is steep–4,000 ft. elevation gain in 4-1/2 miles, and the last half mile or so is SERIOUSLY steep, the kind that has you gasping for air (I realize not everybody considers that fun) and the strong separating themselves from the weak. The strong in this case being the woman, who beat all the macho men to the summit. Although the oldest of the group, I managed to get there in 3rd place. This is not to imply that competition was the whole point!