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Re: 2024 Goals

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daway8 wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:58 pm Lists to pursue in 2024: ALL OF THEM!!! I'm now chasing every list!!!
14ers 2nd lap
14ers calendar grid
14ers sub-summits (almost there!)
13ers - Cents, Bicents, ranked, unranked
14er snowflakes (Frozen Finisher some day??)
13er snowflakes
Zone completions
Great Traverses
Not So Great Traverses
Fun Scrambles
Hard Scrambles
What Was I Thinking!?! Scrambles
Snow climbs
Rock climbs
Climb out of bed
Climb up the walls
Climb into Fort Knox (ok, well maybe not EVERY list...)

To be clear, I'm not really planning to actually finish any of these lists in 2024 (except the 14er sub-summits) - I'm just opening my targets up wider.

Glad to see someone else revive the 2024 thread, since so many people have already jumped on the 2025 bandwagon - but I was busy squeezing more into 2024, and might still have some last minute fun as well - but I'll leave that as bonus points.

2024 summary: Fantastic year in the mountains! Some highlights include:
- Finished the list of 73 by climbing SE Longs with a friend
- Finished the 4 Great Traverses by doing Little Bear - Blanca and the Crestone Traverse (with bonus points for starting with the North Buttress approach over NE Crestone).
- Got 3 more winter 14ers (or 4 if you throw in Longs at the tail end of 2023), including just getting Crestone Peak a few days ago (was hoping to nab Needle yesterday but looks like that will be a 2025 goal now)
- Picked up over a dozen new 13ers, including 6 in winter. Special highlight was Black Mountain - a scrambly route I did without any prior winter beta available to me.
- Did an Uncompahgre summit sleep (fulfilled a bucket list item to spend the night on top of a 14er)
- For calendar grids: 6 months covered for Longs; 7 months covered for Grays/Torreys; 6 months covered for Bierstadt
- 14ers 2nd lap: Down to just 10 more to finish lap 2 - might chip some off that list this winter...
- As for teaming up with folks - it was a mixed bag: a whole lot of solo climbs this year but a few with repeat partners and several with planned and unplanned teaming up on various peaks
- Led some friends up Longs, helped a couple guys up Wetterhorn, and led the Quandary Winter Welcomer West Ridge group.
- Sported a 50lbs pack going up snow covered Quandary; practiced winter car camping and backcountry winter camping, plus took on harder winter climbs - including dealing with ice in the Red Gully - all as prep for a Capitol snowflake...
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Re: 2024 Goals

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d_baker wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:17 am
2023 was a good year but I didn't really persue my bicent goal of cutting in half, and didn't do a backpack.
Soooo..... sooo....I still didn't do a backpack nor did I get any new bicentennials! Maybe next year!
Summer '24 .... hopefully at least one backpack into SJ's/Weminuche to achieve some more bicent summits and whatever other summits in vicinity. See above, nope. But I got some new 13ers, but I don't really know how many...maybe 12 or so??
Help a shazzy friend finish her 14ers! Nope, didn't do any peaks with them!
Help a few friends learn and practice snow climbing skills so we can do snow climbs together... 😀 lol, nope! never worked out
Maybe climb some rock since I didn't at all in '23. Yes! Late fall had me returning to some rock, following on sport routes and leading some 5.7's and .8 and it's been fun to get back on rock again. Staunton S.P. has some nice granite that I've enjoyed (only single pitch so far) and Xmas day at Red Rocks Open Space in CoSprings. Hopefully my schedule will allow for this to flourish.

Winter goals, maybe a peak or two. Ice climbing trips. I don't think I did any peaks but I did do a trip to Lake City in late Jan or early Feb, and I just got back from the opening weeked at Ouray ice park and then a few days in Lake City, and hopefully a few more trips will happen after the 1st (of '25)
Manitou incline as often as possible. (A '23 goal was inclinathon...I didn't have time in my perenial winter downtime to train towards that goal, but I did get 6 laps one day...so '24 goal: 7-8 laps!)
Low ascent year on incline for me. 2025 looks more promising for me since I'll be working in the Springs for most of the year, or at least a good portion of it.

Spring:
Some snow climbs
Nothing super notable for snow climbs, but did some ascents on snow.
Fall:
Don't fall. I like autumn though...
I had some good repeats on 14ers (Wilson Peak, Crestone Pk, Holy Cross, Torreys (first time up Kelso Ridge)

Edit: rectify a few lidar summits missed/moved/whatev...maybe even become a cent finisher again!
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Re: 2024 Goals

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madmattd wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2024 5:58 pm General Goals:
(10) new ranked 13ers Check! 12, plus 1 repeat.
(5) new ranked 14ers Check! 7, plus 1 unranked (El Diente)
(4) snowflake ranked summits >13k Check! 6 14ers, 1 13er between Jan 1 and the start of Spring. Plus 1 on the first day of winter 24/25.
(6) nights on trail (backpacking) Check! 9! - 4 of those in Canyonlands which was awesome!
400mi hiking 375mi, so just missed.
125k vert 131k.
Continue working on my C3/+ experience Nebulous goal, but I did a lot of C3 and several C4 routes, definitely a success on this goal - finishing the 14ers finally feels realistic.

Specific Goals:
Chicago Basin trip - 4 14ers + Jupiter in a perfect world Didn't happen. At the top of 2025's list.
Snowmass Revenge (or at least attempt) CHECK!
Crestone Peak Moved to 2025 goals now...
Attend Fall, Winter gatherings. Spent the F.G. weekend cleaning up the Wilson/Sneffels group, ended up under the weather and missed out on Winter Welcomer on Quandary's West Ridge.

Other Outdoorsy Goals:
100mi BCXC skiing Got in 118mi over 11 ski days at the beginning of the year. Snuck in another 7.5mi in early November after that crazy early-season snowstorm!
1000mi on the bike 647mi this year. Got off to a slow (lazy) start this year, made too many excuses.
Stretch goal: run a half marathon Spent most of the year fighting leg pain whenever running, but got in some semblance of consistency towards the end of the year. We'll see if I can lick these issues in 2025 or not.
Year's over for me on these goals, but generally it was another good year with a mix of outdoors activities both with friends and solo. The biggest personally was the time spent on higher-difficulty routes. Nearly all of the new 13ers and 14ers I did this year involved at least class 3, and I had a good time on them all.
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Re: 2024 Goals

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xcrunner365 wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 11:03 am Trying to go for more variety this year. Probably won't get everything done, but it's better to aim high I figure.
I had a few unexpected curveballs that completely wrecked these year's goals. Life happens...

- Climb more 13ers! This is only one I got done this year
- Explore more ranges in Northern CO (Park Range, Flattops, etc.) Bust
- Spend a week climbing in the San Juans Bust
- Dip my toe into peakbagging on the east coast (Smokies, etc.) Bust
- Climb Fishers Peak (Trinidad)! Especially now that the access is much easier. Bust
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2024 was a good year as far as getting out, but not a good year as far as technical goals go. I hope to find some more partners for 2025.

Link to 2024 Wish List:

https://www.summitpost.org/2024-wish-list/1081710

Link to 2024 Trip Log with photos:

https://www.summitpost.org/2024-trip-log/1083091

Generic Goals for 2024

Grand Totals:

Total Hiking, Climbing, and Canyoneering Days = 350: Ended with 364. Goal met, but I still wish I didn't miss those two days as I won't have another change to get 366 days until 2028. @#$% airlines.
Total Days Hiking, Climbing, Canyoneering, and Biking Days = 360: Ended with 364.
Summits Climbed = 150: Ended with 211.
New Summits Climbed = 60: Ended with 60.
States to Climb Summits in = 6: Ended with 9 (Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Wyoming, Texas, Arizona, California, and Oklahoma)
Countries to Climb Summits in = 1: Ended with 4. An odd goal perhaps, but my goal this year was actually to stay in this county and only visit this one. I blew that one as I went to the Alps and climbed peaks in three countries there. It was with my daughter though, so that's my excuse.
Rock Towers/Technical Buttes = 10: Ended with 0. Boo.
Technical Rock or Ice Routes = 30: Ended with 10. Pretty pathetic. :(
Gym Climbing Days = 3: Ended with 5, but was not a high priority goal.
Technical Canyons = 30: Ended with 14 :( .
Biking Days = 30: Ended with 8, but not a high priority goal. I do need to get on my bike more.
Lose Weight in lbs. = 20 (currently at 262)-Lost 0 lbs. Ugh.
I'm old, slow and fat. Unfortunately, those are my good qualities.
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Re: 2024 Goals

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headsizeburrito wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2023 4:38 pm Nolan's 14 attempt - I've generally avoided talking about it because it's such a big goal and easy to talk big but hard to execute. After a Slowlans (10/14 at least) and trip report I guess talking about it forces a little bit more personal accountability?

Chip away at the 14ers/13ers - Nolan's training and scouting will take priority, but no reason I can't hit a few more new peaks as training along the way, just won't be top priority since I've done most of the readily accessible 14ers already.

A couple more winter 14ers - I didn't get many peaks last winter and I'll be pickier about weather than I have in the past, but it's nice to do something different once in a while.

San Jacinto project (CA) - I want to get out there in late spring if schedule/finances allow for an unconventional C2C2C route that didn't happen last year due to snow. Will also keep me training over the winter.

Hike with other people - I always say this and rarely follow through, but I'm a CMC trip leader now so should actually lead trips, plus would be nice to meet some more 14ers.com folks as well.
Nolan's attempt - Didn't happen due to a September snowstorm right when I planned on my attempt, quite disappointing. On the plus side, I did a 5 day road trip around the state with a family member who flew in to support my attempt, so good times were had and I got some new inspiration from other parts of the state I hadn't been to before.

14ers/13ers - I didn't get many new summits in 2024 because I was focusing on Nolan's training, either scouting the route or just grinding repeats on local trails.

Winter 14ers - Got a few more, though nothing very big.

San Jacinto - Didn't have the time/money for that kind of travel.

Being more social - Did a few hikes with others, but not a huge number given my own training focus. The one bright spot here is that I started (indoor) bouldering in 2024, which has been a lot of fun. While I mostly go solo, a couple of my friends have also gotten into it and it's been a good way to stay in touch while doing a fun activity every couple weeks.
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Re: 2024 Goals

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2024 goals-
Compared to many people on this forum I'm pretty new to Colorado's highest peaks. Although I'm a Colorado native, opportunity and interest has only recently presented itself.
That said, my goal/s for 2024 stayed private for me until it felt a little more within my grasp. Very early on in my 14r journey I sort of arbitrarily decided that Little Bear Peak is the "hardest" 14r. I thought to myself, if I can climb that one, I can climb them all (14rs). And since , at the time, I felt like it was insurmountable to ever climb them all, to climb that one would be a more reasonable thing to dream about.

Right about the time I decided I was interested in this mountain (last December/January) my twin bro gave me a birthday card with a picture of the Blanca Massif on it. In the card he talked about the "stars" Blanca, Ellingwood Pt, and Little Bear. He also mentioned the Twin Peaks which obviously meant a lot to me. He planted the seed for adventures both together and apart and the strange synchronicity of my own desire made me feel inspired.
I placed the card on my kitchen table and it stayed there for 8months. It helped me remember my dream/goal.

Although I've been interested in hiking and backpacking for several years, being new to more technical terrain, I knew that my journey didn't start at Lake Como. So I came up with a loose plan to grab a few prerequisite peaks along my way. In the process of this, I experienced probably the best summer of my life paired with more driving than I had ever done. I repeatedly got the opportunity to surprise myself, learn, grow, and rise above. I gave myself the opportunity to feel alive! and I did!

So one day in mid August, as I sat by myself on top of Ellingwood Point, my third peak of the day (did not traverse) looking back at the other two peaks, thinking back at all the adventures I'd had this year, I may have shed a tear. I decided then and there that to me, adventuring was a great way to feel alive.

In 2024 I had 25 14r ascents (21 new to me) and 12 13r ascents. I grew in more ways than I could describe or count and it feels like only the beginning. Although I did most of my more technical climbs "alone" I know I couldn't have done it without the help of others. My bro for teaching me everything I know about back country camping (backpacking), my friend Leonard for letting me tag along to Ellingwood Ridge (big time growth day), and this website and forum for all of it's resources and constant inspiration.
Thanks.
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...do my best not to get COVID AND the flu the next time I'm in Colorado