The original plan that you had sounds pretty insane. That's a lot to see in a single day. I'm not sure I could hang with all of that!
What I had planned was nothing compared to Rick Kents mega loop, 15 peaks in a day. Here his
trip report. This guy is an animal.
I think my biggest goof was not realistically considering the impact of being over 8k for the first time this year. This was my first time going from sea level to 10k in one day, and it hit me harder than I anticipated. When I got down to the ski lodge (7,800') I was feeling much better and really considered completing the loop.
