Timpanogos

Earlier this summer, a group of friends and I hiked Timp.  The first time I hiked it, the group I was with only made it to the saddle.  This time we went all the way to the top.  Here are some pictures from the trip!

(During the hike, I had three or four songs running through my head the entire time.  Play the videos to hear!)

(start at 1:45)

(I couldn't get the movie for this other song to work, so click here.)

In 2009 I sang in BYU's Homecoming Spectacular.  The theme was "Reach for the Summit" and focused on Mt. Timpanogos.  Another song going through my head on the hike was one we sang for the event: a MoTab arrangement of a popular LDS hymn set to these lyrics:

High on the mountain top a banner is unfurled.

Ye nations, now look up; it waves to all the world.

A standard has been raised by those who've gone before;

The trail was blazed by all who dared for more.

So let us face the test, we will succeed at length;

For only in the quest can we improve our strength.

With hope we'll journey on to gain the summit's source.

The road is long but we shall stay the course.

And when our journey's through, the summit we've attained,

We've learned this vital truth: our humbled hearts have changed.

The sermon was the mount; the lesson long and hard

Erases doubt and testifies of God.

On God we must rely through every darkened hour.

His Spirit as our guide will truly give us power.

A light upon a hill, a banner is unfurled

To bring his truth to all the world.