Longs Peak, First Light. MLW, Colorado, 2015
Yep, I am now officially a major league wimp. Why? Well, it will eventually take me close to three years to finally summit all the beautiful peaks on my 14er list, but one guy has just done it in under 10 days! (My wife wants me to do something similar so she only has to worry for, say, three weeks rather than for three years.)
Under 10 days! That’s insane! Obviously, he had a lot of support getting him to the trailheads and there was an immense amount of planning that went into the project, but still. His last summit was Longs Peak and he climbed it in the fog and dark with snow and ice plastered all over the steep, scary parts of the Keyhole Route. Very impressive.
I’ll leave all the philosophical and psychological discussions of the motivations, rewards, whys, and wherefores of such an athletic feat to you and your close friends.
To read about Andrew Hamilton’s adventure, try these links…
The 14ers dot com forum thread (No longer active; it had over 2,000 comments and was still growing at the time.)
A news report from the Denver Post
And just in case you didn’t get enough, Brett Maune is currently trying the same thing as I write. Andrew has set the bar pretty high, though, so Brett has a serious, sleep-deprived, challenge ahead of him. To follow his progress over the coming days…
The 14ers dot com website with forum thread (No longer active.)
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