two lunches wrote: ↑Wed Dec 03, 2025 2:45 pm 2026: The Year of the Comeback (and the Spreadsheet)
1. get healthy - DONE
1b. stay healthy - honestly, this is going well thanks to Training for the Uphill Athlete
2. finish my first lap of the 14ers -
2026 Goals
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Re: 2026 Goals
1. navigation | 2. illumination | 3. sun protection | 4. first aid | 5. shelter | 6. insulation | 7. fire | 8. repair | 9. water | 10. food | 11. hot sauce
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madmattd
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Re: 2026 Goals
madmattd wrote: ↑Thu Dec 04, 2025 12:18 pm Summit my last 2 14ers (South Maroon, Wetterhorn)
Crestone Traverse
Meeker/Longs combo (Loft or Iron Gates)
(15) new-to-me ranked 13ers 6 so far
(4) snowflake ranked summits >13k 5 - Check
(6) nights on trail (backpacking) 2 so far
At least 1 ranked summit >13k in each major CO range (Front, Sangres, Mosquito, 10mi, Gore, Sawatch, Elk, San Juan)
At least 1 ranked summit >13k per calendar month On track through July
2-3 new-to-me state highpoints
350mi hiking 144mi so far
125k vert hiking 55k ft so far
100mi BCXC skiing Total bust thanks to no winter - a whopping 40mi
750mi on the bike 308mi so far
Figure out my leg issues so I can run more consistently Modest success so far but only running 1-2x/week
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daway8
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Re: 2026 Goals
daway8 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 31, 2025 2:12 pm UPDATE: A lot of these goals got stalled out by a nasty case of plantar fasciitis but I'm finally back up to full speed and making up for lost time.
1. Have some great adventures in the mountains! Status: crushing it - with the latest Capitol Peak journey from Moon Lake being a prime example!
2. Finish Lap 2 of the 14ers. Status: stalled out by the pf but got Culebra and Capitol. Now looking at the Eolus pair from Purgatory and then finish lap2 with San Luis. So still on track to finish this year.
3. Reach Half-Frozen Finisher status. Status: SUCCESS!! I'm half frozen now, lol, thanks to Blanca, Ellingwood and Culebra summits this winter. Then the plantar fasciitis hit before I could poach Will's trench on Capitol. Sigh, but ridge direct wasn't bad in summer, so I might give it a go next winter...
4. Get more 13er snowflakes (as well as 13ers throughout the year). Status: The pf nixed my 13er flaking plans but since then I've already cranked out 4 new 13ers and have my sights set on several Sangre clusters later this year.
5. Get more efficient at camping - especially winter camping. Status: well the winter camping part of it was another casualty of the aforementioned foot problems, but I did get some good practice with the recent Capitol via Moon Lake trip and have various other camping goals mind, so this one is progressing well and I'll perhaps have a chance to squeeze in some more winter (or at least pre-winter) camping at the end of the year.
6. Try to be less of a hermit hiker. Status: started off strong but then went full hermit when the foot problems came so almost 70% of my hikes this year have been solo. Starting to turn the tide though with hikes scheduled with other folks for the next several weekends, but I'll have to keep the trend going strong in order order to drop to less than 50% solo.