Alex Henes Finisher!

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blazintoes
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Alex Henes Finisher!

Post by blazintoes »

In excellent style just got word that he finished on West Eolus, the BEST peak back there and that means he is an official finisher of EVERYTHING!

Congratulations, Alex! What an incredible accomplishment finishing all of Colorado’s ranked, unranked, named, and unnamed 13ers.

Beyond the summits themselves, I’ve always appreciated the way you’ve shared the journey. Your trip reports are consistently some of the best around—great writing, thoughtful route descriptions, solid beta, excellent photos, and the kind of enthusiasm that gets the rest of us excited to head back into the mountains. The climbing community is better because you’ve taken the time to document it all.

Of course… I hear you found a new summit register placed by the previous party. Which obviously means our list is now incomplete….Guess we’ll all have to climb it again.

Here, hold my rope.

It’s just a flesh register.

Seriously, The Knights Who Say ‘Ni’ have officially approved this list… pending inspection of the summit register.😄 🌿
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Re: Alex Henes Finisher!

Post by josephnephi »

Nice work Alex! Couldn't have picked a better finisher!
Promote West Eolus???
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Re: Alex Henes Finisher!

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CONGRATULATIONS Alex on an amazing accomplishment! I've enjoyed reading your many trip reports both on the dot com and your site as well! What's next? The 12ers?
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Re: Alex Henes Finisher!

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Unranked 13ers ey? That's fun, awesome job!
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Re: Alex Henes Finisher!

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Congrats Alex!
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Re: Alex Henes Finisher!

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Very impressive - quite the list to finish and way to do it in style!!! =D> \:D/ =D>
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Re: Alex Henes Finisher!

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Congratulations Alex! You’re one hell of an asset to peakbaggers in this state 🤘🤘

For all of you newer to 13ers check out his website;

https://www.merelyafleshwound.com/
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Re: Alex Henes Finisher!

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Amazing accomplishment! What a volume of work!
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Re: Alex Henes Finisher!

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Congratulations, Alex! That’s a fantastic accomplishment. Also, thanks for the trip reports on your website; they are always entertaining and helpful.
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Re: Alex Henes Finisher!

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That guy is my hero! Every summit log I see he’s in it! Congrats!
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Re: Alex Henes Finisher!

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Congrats! What an amazing list to finish! Thanks for your reports and well done!
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Re: Alex Henes Finisher!

Post by Eli Boardman »

Congrats! Truly the year of the West Eolus.

I'm curious what is meant but "unranked 13ers," does that mean "named AND unranked?" Because presumably there are infinite unranked 13ers that are unnamed, most of which are not in any particular database.