Congrats to John and Renata Collard-CO Ranked 13er Finishers!

[Kevin Baker]

Huge congrats are in order to John and Renata Collard who successfully completed the Colorado ranked 13er list including new LiDAR summits on July 11! They completed the project on one of the harder and remote ones, mighty Peak 9. John’s first CO 13er was Pettingell In Oct 1992 and Renata’s first was Red Peak in the Gores in October 2003. I did #2 for Renata with them that year and #581 this year!

I have many fond memories with them over the years of various woodshed beatdowns up mountains. The highlight was a successful ascent of elusive Peak 15 on my 3rd try after a hail storm the previous day. John and Renata have contributed to the CO hiking community a lot over the years leading CMC trips and organizing the Lists of John annual gathering. Welcome to the small list of 13er finishers, John and Renata. That’s a lot of choss surfing!

[mike offerman]

Great job John and Renata!!

[Skimo95]

Couple goals! Congratulations you two.

[josephnephi]

Congratulations!! Peak Nine is a stiff finisher!

[supranihilest]

Congrats, John and Renata! Peak Nine is a great finisher, no doubt one of the hardest thirteeners and worthy of you two legends!

[HikerGuy]

Congrats to you both!!

[ejfred]

Congrats to you two! We've spoken with the Cooney's and they've mentioned your accomplishments!!

[rachel]

Congrats John and Renata! I'm so impressed by you both.

[CUaaron25]

Love it! Congrats you two!!!

[Kevin Baker]

Peak 15 summit with John and Renata led by Liba Kopeckova. We got lucky with the weather!

[bdloftin77]

Wow, congratulations, Collards!! So cool. I’ve seen lots of your ascents on LoJ and in summit registers! Well done.

[Mtnman200]

Congratulations to John and Renata for completing the Colorado 13ers! That's a huge accomplishment, and you are in elite company now.