Karl Rasmussen takes to the mountains often.
The retired soon-to-be-70-year-old American Fork man hikes at least once a week. Sometimes alone. Sometimes with a couple of different groups. He wasn’t an avid hiker until about two years ago when he decided to go to the top of Mount Timpanogos. That whet his appetite and he’s been on the go ever since.
This year he’s on a quest to complete the Timpanogos Hiking Challenge, which consists of 15 routes along the Wasatch Front, some tougher than others. He has done seven of them so far, including two of the more difficult ones. Lake Blanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon is a favorite…