Archive for June, 2003

La Plata Pk – Northwest Ridge

June 28th, 2003 1:09 am by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: June 28, 2003
Elevation: 14,336′
Rank: 5th
Route: Northwest Ridge, Grade II, Class 2, 9.0 miles, 4300ft vert.
GPS: N 39° 1.766′ W 106° 28.35′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Colleen Rickard, Jamie Vollenweider
Pre-climb: Jamie Lynn was on Colleen’s swim team in college in Michigan and is her Chi Omega sorority sister, and just happened to come out to Colorado [...]

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Huron Pk – Northwest Slopes

June 14th, 2003 1:57 am by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: June 14, 2003
Elevation: 14,003′
Rank: 53rd
Route: Northwest Slopes, Grade II, Class 2, 4.0 miles, 3400ft vert.
GPS: N 38° 56.733′ W 106° 26.286′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Colleen Rickard
Pre-climb: Colleen and I wanted to climb a fourteener sometime soon. It had been 2 and a half months since we attempted Mt. Princeton *right* after the Blizzard of [...]

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Walker Ranch

June 9th, 2003 12:44 pm by Matt in Biking, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: June 8th, 2003
Route: Walker Ranch
Distance: 8-mile loop
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Colleen Rickard (Co)
Time: 3h 15m
Every town has their trail. The one trail that’s a step above all others. The trail that carries the stigma of legendary trails from far away places. Walker Ranch does this and is like the little brother to [...]

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2003 Steamboat Marathon

June 2nd, 2003 1:39 pm by Matt in Running, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: June 1, 2003
Event: 22nd Annual Steamboat Marathon
Distance: Marathon (26.2 miles)
Location: Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Colleen Rickard (Co)
Results: 5:10:54 (0:11:52 min/mile)
Twenty-six point two. This is the exact distance in miles of a marathon. 18 weeks. This is the exact number of weeks Colleen and I have trained in order to finish those 26.2 [...]

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