Some of you may have seen this, but I thought this brief article was pretty interesting. Some of it I had heard before, some not.
http://publications.americanalpineclub. ... Longs-Peak" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Looks like it was first published in the American Alpine Journal in 1930.
Here is one quote:
"The number of persons reaching the top annually has constantly increased. Twenty-five years ago it was between seventy-five and eighty. Fifteen years ago the number had become 280, the next year 623; eight years ago 1285, and five years ago about 1500, from forty-two states of United States and foreign countries. And thus the peak has progressed in one hundred and twenty years from trappers to trippers."
1930 Longs Peak article in AAJ
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1930 Longs Peak article in AAJ
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Re: 1930 Longs Peak article in AAJ
Pretty sweet article, thanks for posting. Enos was a rock star, 257 summits in 17 years. Does anyone know if that is a current record for the most?
My ultimate goal with this beautiful mountain is to summit in every month of the year...and possibly 12 summits in one year
My ultimate goal with this beautiful mountain is to summit in every month of the year...and possibly 12 summits in one year
You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know.
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Re: 1930 Longs Peak article in AAJ
Check out http://shephusted.net/page2/page4/page4.html
Detterline was at 359 in 2010, probably 400+ now?
Detterline was at 359 in 2010, probably 400+ now?
khuff5280 wrote:Enos was a rock star, 257 summits in 17 years. Does anyone know if that is a current record for the most?
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Re: 1930 Longs Peak article in AAJ
Awesome info, thank you.Monster5 wrote:Check out http://shephusted.net/page2/page4/page4.html
Detterline was at 359 in 2010, probably 400+ now?
khuff5280 wrote:Enos was a rock star, 257 summits in 17 years. Does anyone know if that is a current record for the most?
You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know.
René Daumal
René Daumal
