Left camp at 6am with hopes to make it over the passes before the thunderstorms. Made great time over Hands-and-Knees Pass and Glacier Pass. Decided to take our packs up and over Empire Mountain. Then we dropped straight down the ridge to the cars below. I felt super strong that day. I ran the last half mile, reaching the car well before noon. Rain started to fall just as I closed the trunk. We were 4/4 days in beating the thunderstorms, concluding a very successful backpacking trip.