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Colorado 13-ers: Father Dyer Peak- Crystal Peak -Peak 10
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Background: John and I are planning to hike as many of the 14,000 foot mountains in Colorado as we feel comfortable doing, knowing that we probably won’t be hiking Little Bear Peak, Pyramid Peak, and Capitol Peak – each of them class 4 – based on beta gleaned from books, blogs,…
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Colorado 14-ers – DeCaLiBron
14,ooo-footers: Mt. Bross, Mt. Lincoln, Mt. Cameron, Mt. Democrat Saturday, July 11, 2026 John and I awoke at 4AM and were out of the condo by 4:30. From Breckenridge, the drive to the Kite Lake Trailhead for the DeCaLiBron hike is about 40 minutes. We had a full week to get acclimatized to the altitude…
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Colorado 14-ers – Long’s Peak
Keyhole Route – Rocky Mountain National Park When John and I started our day, we did not yet realize that Long’s Peak would replace Middle Teton as our most challenging and dangerous hike. We were camping at Glacier Basin Campground, so we accessed Long’s Peak via the Storm Pass Trailhead, making the already difficult day…
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Halloween Horror 32
September 2023 It had been on John’s bucket list to go to Halloween Horror Nights in Universal Studios way before I even knew this was a thing, and this was the first opportunity to be able to do this together. Houses We melted in the sun as we waited in the holding area to access…
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NH White Mountains – Moriah
Friday, December 30, 2022 Moriah is one of my favorite mountains in New Hampshire, especially when going over Surprise. I like it because it’s tricky: you think the next knob is the summit, but it turns out you still have 1.1 miles to go and at least two more knobs to go up and over…
