akcasey12 skis the 14ers!
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akcasey12 skis the 14ers!
A big shoutout to my brother Ben (akcasey12), who finished skiing the 14ers yesterday on Snowmass! Ben and I started skiing 14ers in 2020 as a way to get out of the house during Covid and have been chipping away at them ever since. We ended up skiing 53 of the 58 together, including 17 this spring (17 for me, 20 for Ben). Ben is the 18th person to ski them all, and at 21 years old I think he is also the youngest. We have a pretty good deal going where I drive and pay for gas and he sets the booter - not sure who's getting the worse end of the deal on that one haha. Congrats Ben, it's been a fun ride!
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Wow, that’s fast! And at 21, you guys freaking killed it. Huge accomplishment, and I wish you the best of future endeavors. Rock on!
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Nice work, congrats on skiing them all.
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Great work and congratulations!!
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Kaleb T. posted some aerial photos of Snowmass the other day and I couldn't tell if the snow was in from the summit but I guess now we now.
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Nice work, Ben! Congrats on such a huge accomplishment. It was nice to meet you and crew after your North Maroon ski a few weeks ago!
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That's awesome! Congrats on a huge accomplishment!!!
It was really cool catching sight of your tracks on Capitol and meeting you in the parking lot after y'all finished that epic ski!
It was really cool catching sight of your tracks on Capitol and meeting you in the parking lot after y'all finished that epic ski!
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Amazing work, both of you!!! I’ve enjoyed living vicariously through your updates and daydreaming about fourteeners I’ll probably never have the physical or mental fortitude to ski myself. 
Keep crushing it!
Keep crushing it!
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That’s awesome, my hero list continues to grow!
I seriously can’t even imagine skiing off Capitol!
I seriously can’t even imagine skiing off Capitol!
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Nice work, Ben! Incredible effort from you both.
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Hell yeah!!! I tried to be the youngest once upon a time but got shut down by Cap for years - incredible effort. I hope this project has meant as much to you all as it has to me. Way to bring the stoke guys, and congratulations to Ben!!!
Sean you are probably next.
Cheers!
Sean you are probably next.
Cheers!
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Congrats! That's really impressive. I was still shotgunning beers at frat parties at your age.
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