During the terrible heat wave this weekend, I tried to escape the heat by climbing high, above 10,000 feet. I climbed Cascade Mountain for the first time which towers above Provo/Orem, the next mountain to the south of Mount Timpanogos. It was 81 degrees when I started in the dark and 103 when I returned to my car. My Garmin said I climbed more than 11,000 feet. Here’s a video of the adventure: