Felt horrendous at the start and almost bailed, but eventually warmed up above treeline & felt psyched to try and push the body. Some of the worst wind I’ve ever had in the Longs Cirque! Glasses flew off my face a few times, and numb hands/face and teary eyes from the Loft to Pagoda. Thought sub-4 could be in the cards, but didn’t have the beans to truly rip the downs today (MLW to trail, specifically) and the wind really broke me. Would love to try this again w better conditions/fitness now that I know the line! Took Gorrell's-Stepladder up Longs, which I’d never reversed — felt like a snail going down Gorrell’s chimney. Moved well to Pagoda & over to Storm which felt awesome/smooth. Definitely could’ve taken better lines up and down both Storm & MLW. That descent off of MLW is ROUGH! Psyched for someone to bring this under 4 hours. Seems like there's still plenty of time that can be taken off!
Meeker 1:32
Longs 2:03
Pagoda 2:27
Storm 3:04
MLW 3:24
TH 4:04:07