A new Justiner adventure
Forum rules
- This is a mountaineering forum, so please keep your posts on-topic. Posts do not all have to be related to the 14ers but should at least be mountaineering-related.
- Personal attacks and confrontational behavior will result in removal from the forum at the discretion of the administrators.
- Do not use this forum to advertise, sell photos or other products or promote a commercial website.
- Posts will be removed at the discretion of the site administrator or moderator(s), including: Troll posts, posts pushing political views or religious beliefs, and posts with the purpose of instigating conflict within the forum.
-
cbrobin
- Posts: 303
- Joined: 12/22/2008
- 14ers: 55 1
- 13ers: 11
- Trip Reports (5)
Re: A new Justiner adventure
Looking forward to following this. You will do great!
More Colorado than the Natives.
-
Cruiser
- Posts: 2005
- Joined: 11/24/2005
- 14ers: 53
- Trip Reports (6)
Re: A new Justiner adventure
That green mountain strava link is absurd. It's incomprehensible to a mere mortal like me. 
Where ever you are... There you are.
Re: A new Justiner adventure
At first reading it I thought there's no way. Then I clicked your Stava link for Green Mountain and said, yeah hes got this. Best of luck man!
-
JQDivide
- Posts: 1388
- Joined: 6/25/2007
- 14ers: 58 33
- 13ers: 126 1
- Trip Reports (66)
Re: A new Justiner adventure
Good luck.
Stay healthy.
Stay healthy.
-
Otzi
- Posts: 57
- Joined: 9/26/2011
- 14ers: 58
- 13ers: 63
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: A new Justiner adventure
Hope the weather treats you well! Can't wait to follow your adventure...
Re: A new Justiner adventure
Wow, that's ambitious! Best of luck to you, Justin! We're all rooting for you.
-
Bombay2Boulder
- Posts: 586
- Joined: 1/19/2015
- 14ers: 56 3
- 13ers: 269 1
- Trip Reports (4)
Re: A new Justiner adventure
This is super cool. Go get it!
-
glenmiz
- Posts: 1206
- Joined: 8/30/2013
- 14ers: 58
- 13ers: 124 1 3
- Trip Reports (4)
Re: A new Justiner adventure
I'll aim to have a 6pack waiting for you on the finisher. Glen
Aim high to end high
-
14erFred
- Posts: 1100
- Joined: 7/15/2009
- 14ers: 51
- 13ers: 1
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: A new Justiner adventure
Such a bold, visionary, and courageous adventure! And you're just the person to pull it off. Godspeed to you,Justin. May you be safe and healthy, may you make good decisions, and may the Force be with you. And may you savor every minute of this Grand Quest. I'll be praying for you and following your progress. Go for it!
"Live as on a mountain." -- Marcus Aurelius
-
justiner
- Posts: 4935
- Joined: 8/28/2010
- 14ers: 3 1
- Trip Reports (40)
Re: A new Justiner adventure
Thanks for the continued stoke, everyone. It helps to know that y'all are with me when I'm alone on the trail, in a downpour, slipping on all those fallen trees in the way!
It also helps as I continue to piece all the parts of this together: can I really be out there for two months doing so many peaks? (can I afford to?! - ha!)
Since the weather is blah this week, I'm not sure if there's going to much recon being done, but I put together what I think are some of the more technically demanding parts of the tour:
http://highesthundred.com/2017/04/25/wh ... t-hundred/
This is basically my list of reconning objectives before setting off - I won't be able to hit all of these, or even most, but it would be good piece of mind to hit some. I don't think my peak count before my 14er tour was all that high - maybe 19 in total? And none in the San Juans. Or the Elks. Or the Sangres! You just kinda have to go for it, I guess.
It also helps as I continue to piece all the parts of this together: can I really be out there for two months doing so many peaks? (can I afford to?! - ha!)
Since the weather is blah this week, I'm not sure if there's going to much recon being done, but I put together what I think are some of the more technically demanding parts of the tour:
http://highesthundred.com/2017/04/25/wh ... t-hundred/
This is basically my list of reconning objectives before setting off - I won't be able to hit all of these, or even most, but it would be good piece of mind to hit some. I don't think my peak count before my 14er tour was all that high - maybe 19 in total? And none in the San Juans. Or the Elks. Or the Sangres! You just kinda have to go for it, I guess.
Long May You Range! Purveyors of fine bespoke adventures
-
pbakwin
- Posts: 969
- Joined: 6/10/2006
- 14ers: 56
- 13ers: 64
- Trip Reports (19)
Re: A new Justiner adventure
Nice list Justin. I can offer suggestion for Atlantic-Fletcher to avoid the difficult ridgeline. Basically, you can find a 4th Class route if you drop down on the east side of the ridge. It's not hard to follow, and you can stay above 13k. If you scout this early in the year you may encounter some steepish snow, but that should be gone by August. I've done this traverse in under an hour. DO NOT try to sneak around the ridge on the west side!