First mountains in Colorado?
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First mountains in Colorado?
What were the first mountains you ever climbed in Colorado?
For me it was on a 4th of July weekend. On day 1 I climbed Sneffels, followed by Wilson Peak and Mount Wilson on the next day. The day after that I climbed Lone Cone and the Dry Creek Anticline.
Where did you start/what was your first trip?
For me it was on a 4th of July weekend. On day 1 I climbed Sneffels, followed by Wilson Peak and Mount Wilson on the next day. The day after that I climbed Lone Cone and the Dry Creek Anticline.
Where did you start/what was your first trip?
I'm old, slow and fat. Unfortunately, those are my good qualities.
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In high school I took online gym class & had to wear a heart rate monitor to track how much exercise I did. I hiked Quandary Pk only to collect a lot of exercise minutes but turned out I had a lot of fun.
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Fittingly, Peak 1!
We got caught in a lightning/hail storm at the top, so I got to learn about all that on my first trip. Fun! My Brother took me up, when I was visiting him in Breckenridge - he got me my first job, too. It was a real treat to do that Tenmile/Mosquito traverse years later, and have him be there waiting for me at the end, with beers and burgers. Go Bro!
We got caught in a lightning/hail storm at the top, so I got to learn about all that on my first trip. Fun! My Brother took me up, when I was visiting him in Breckenridge - he got me my first job, too. It was a real treat to do that Tenmile/Mosquito traverse years later, and have him be there waiting for me at the end, with beers and burgers. Go Bro!
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Probably Devil's Head with my babies in a backpack.
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Shoshoni Peak - I had lived in Colorado for about 18 months at that point, had basically been a couch potato, and had seen it from the parking lot at Brainard Lake. "Those mountains must be miles and miles away..."
Still one of my absolute favorites; I was absolutely wrecked afterwards (I think like 6 or 8 miles RT...) and got the bug, never looked back. Definitely changed the trajectory of what I was doing with my life
Summitpost: https://www.summitpost.org/shoshoni-peak/152029
Mountain Project (mostly non-applicable...) : https://www.mountainproject.com/area/10 ... shoni-peak
LoJ: https://listsofjohn.com/peak/846
Still one of my absolute favorites; I was absolutely wrecked afterwards (I think like 6 or 8 miles RT...) and got the bug, never looked back. Definitely changed the trajectory of what I was doing with my life
Summitpost: https://www.summitpost.org/shoshoni-peak/152029
Mountain Project (mostly non-applicable...) : https://www.mountainproject.com/area/10 ... shoni-peak
LoJ: https://listsofjohn.com/peak/846
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Mt Massive, at age 11, in boy scouts. We made the saddle before turning around due to lightning and snow. One of the few times I've seen lightning up close and personal. I vividly remember one of our leaders saying "huddle up under this big rock" lol
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As far as hiking- Bierstadt on a quick weekend trip from Kansas, the next summer was Yale over July 4th.
(Different question, but I accompanied my dad on a Colorado business trip when I was 15, and we drove to Pikes Peak summit so that was my first experience of being at 14k).
(Different question, but I accompanied my dad on a Colorado business trip when I was 15, and we drove to Pikes Peak summit so that was my first experience of being at 14k).
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Longs Peak was first, during a 2002 roadie in which I moved from the midwest to Albuquerque. I had no business being there, but made the summit.
To this day, that feels like one of the greatest accomplishments of my life, more so than even finishing the CO 14ers.
Elbert was next a couple months later.
To this day, that feels like one of the greatest accomplishments of my life, more so than even finishing the CO 14ers.
Elbert was next a couple months later.
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First peak: Pikes via Barr, daytrip
First 13er: W Spanish Pk
First 13er: W Spanish Pk
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My first hike was not a peak but Mills Lake hike in RMNP in May 2004. My first mountain in CO was Hallett Peak two years later.
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Elbert, on my first ever morning in CO. Gosh what a mistake, should've done any other Sawatch peak north of 306 instead.
Next was the failure on Sneffels two days later (weather), then success on Handies and Wetterhorn in the following two days.
Thanks Bill Middlebrook, you rock and roll!
Next was the failure on Sneffels two days later (weather), then success on Handies and Wetterhorn in the following two days.
Thanks Bill Middlebrook, you rock and roll!