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i purchased a very old copy of John L Hart's "Fourteen Thousand Feet: A History of the Naming and Early Ascents of the High Colorado Peaks" several years ago, which i like to pick up before tackling a new summit, but this is a nice condensed and obviously updated version of it. (my book is a 1977 reprint of the 1931 second edition by CMC)
“To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” – Mary Davis
Thanks for posting this! I see 14er names all around town (Shavano, Sherman, etc.) and meant to look into the history of more of them. I'll have to track down a copy of that book.
Thanks for the share. I guess its annoying they used "conquered" a lot, which is obnxious and I am not sure the photos of Oxford or Sunshine are actually photos of those mountains.
If you are into this kind of stuff, buy and read Roof of the Rockies.
A man has got to know his limitations.-Dr. Jonathan Hemlock or Harry Callahan or something F' it: http://youtu.be/lpzqQst-Sg8
'Life is too short to ski groomers'
"That man's only desire was to stand, once only, on the summit of that glorious wedge of rock...I think anyone who loves the mountains as much as that can claim to be a mountaineer, too."-Hermann Buhl, Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage
jmanner wrote:Thanks for the share. I guess its annoying they used "conquered" a lot, which is obnxious and I am not sure the photos of Oxford or Sunshine are actually photos of those mountains.
If you are into this kind of stuff, buy and read Roof of the Rockies.
You know, "climbing a mountain successfully" is still an Oxford Dictionary definition of the word conquer.
jmanner wrote:Thanks for the share. I guess its annoying they used "conquered" a lot, which is obnxious and I am not sure the photos of Oxford or Sunshine are actually photos of those mountains.
If you are into this kind of stuff, buy and read Roof of the Rockies.
You know, "climbing a mountain successfully" is still an Oxford Dictionary definition of the word conquer.
Cool story, Douchbag "an obnoxious or contemptible person (typically used of a man)." I think they could put in there, 'Someone that thinks they can conqueror a mass of rock.'
I am willing to bet that ole Ellingwood never said, "I was the first person to conquer the Crestones".
A man has got to know his limitations.-Dr. Jonathan Hemlock or Harry Callahan or something F' it: http://youtu.be/lpzqQst-Sg8
'Life is too short to ski groomers'
"That man's only desire was to stand, once only, on the summit of that glorious wedge of rock...I think anyone who loves the mountains as much as that can claim to be a mountaineer, too."-Hermann Buhl, Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage
jmanner wrote:Thanks for the share. I guess its annoying they used "conquered" a lot, which is obnxious and I am not sure the photos of Oxford or Sunshine are actually photos of those mountains.
If you are into this kind of stuff, buy and read Roof of the Rockies.
You know, "climbing a mountain successfully" is still an Oxford Dictionary definition of the word conquer.
Cool story, Douchbag "an obnoxious or contemptible person (typically used of a man)." I think they could put in there, 'Someone that thinks they can conqueror a mass of rock.'
Ah, so I guess political correctness isn't what you care about after all
jmanner wrote:Thanks for the share. I guess its annoying they used "conquered" a lot, which is obnxious and I am not sure the photos of Oxford or Sunshine are actually photos of those mountains.
If you are into this kind of stuff, buy and read Roof of the Rockies.
i totally agree. one of my 14er wall art pieces is uses the word "conquering" which i hate, but i like the picture so whatever. i noticed some of the pictures were a little iffy too, but i mean how picky can i be about an Out There Colorado article? Roof of the Rockies is actually on my list! i will see if i can find it- thank you for the suggestion
“To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” – Mary Davis
Good article. I didn't realize Quandary wasn't named until the 1960s. I'm surprised a bunch of miners were still there. Did they maybe mean 1860s?
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. -Nelson Mandela
Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called Ego. -Nietzsche
My favorite Colorado mountain name: Mount Silverheels. Legend says that a dance hall girl nicknamed Silverheels worked in a mining camp near Fairplay called Buckskin Joe. Her real name is unknown. During a smallpox epidemic in 1861, she stayed in the camp to nurse sick residents. She too contracted the disease but survived. Some of the survivors raised money to give to her but when they went to her house to gift it, she was nowhere to be found. Instead, they named the nearby mountain in her honor.
"Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earthbound misfit, am I." -David Gilmour, Pink Floyd
"We knocked the bastard off." Hillary, 1953
"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." Hillary, 2003
Couldn't we all use 50 years of humble growth?
-Steve Gladbach
Trotter wrote:Good article. I didn't realize Quandary wasn't named until the 1960s. I'm surprised a bunch of miners were still there. Did they maybe mean 1860s?
has to be because i remembered looking that one up before my climb in my book
"As early as 1861 the silver outcroppings at the head of the Blue attracted attention and companies were formed and commenced developing some of them, the Brooks Silver Lodge at the head of McNulty Gulch for one. Quandary Mountain, covered with bits of silver ore was staked off and claimed in patches and what was called the 'Quandary Lode' was hunted for with enthusiasm. 'In the sixties a party of miners discovered some metal on what is now known as Mt. Quandary and they were unable to determine the character of the ore. It was a quandary and the mountain received its name in this manner."
“To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” – Mary Davis
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