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Mt. Massive – Southwest Slopes

July 30th, 2003 1:15 am by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: July 30, 2003
Elevation: 14,421′
Rank: 2nd
Route: Southwest Slopes, Grade II, Class 2, 6.2 miles, 3960ft vert.
GPS: N 39° 11.233′ W 106° 28.483′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Mark Jaeger (Gugals)
Pre-climb: Anybody who has ever climbed a 14er knows what it takes to climb one. The last thing they want to do is wake up the next morning [...]

Possibly Related: | 14ers | Mt. Sherman – West Slopes | Quandary Pk – East Slopes | Mt. Massive – East Slopes Attempt | Ptarmigan Pk and Weston Pk

Mt. Sherman – West Slopes

July 29th, 2003 1:12 am by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: July 29, 2003
Elevation: 14,036′
Rank: 45th
Route: West Slopes, Grade I, Class 2, 4.2 miles, 2140ft vert.
GPS: N 39° 13.5′ W 106° 10.15′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Mark Jaeger (Gugals)
Pre-climb: Gugals (college buddy) was in town, and we wanted to start off our trip right by climbing one of Colorado’s Giants! (haha) Sherman is deemed by many [...]

Possibly Related: | 14ers | Mt. Lincoln – Decalibron – Solo Ascent | Mt. Democrat – Decalibron – Solo Ascent | Mt. Cameron – Decalibron – Solo Ascent | Mt. Bross – Decalibron – Solo Ascent

Twin Sisters

July 19th, 2003 1:25 am by Matt in Climbing, Trip Report | No Comments
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Pictures from Matt and his dad’s hike up Twin Sisters

Possibly Related: | Labor Day “Camping” | Mt. Sneffels – South Slopes | High Dune | Sunlight Pk – South Slopes | Proposal Story

Trek 2000 Road Bike

July 14th, 2003 2:18 pm by Matt in Biking | 6 Comments
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Here is my first real road bike!
Ok. Looking back a couple years, the last thing I thought I would be is a roadie. However, if I was ever going to ride a bike in a triathlon or a bike race such as a century, my mountain bike would very inefficient. Plus it would put more [...]

Possibly Related: | Trek 4900 Mountain Bike | 2000 Web Cam | Biking…second time this year | Walker Ranch | Backyard Project Costs

Tabeguache Pk – East Slopes – Solo Ascent

July 12th, 2003 1:11 am by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: July 12, 2003
Elevation: 14,155′
Rank: 26th
Route: East Slopes, Grade II, Class 2, 11.7 miles, 5410ft vert.
GPS: N 38° 37.533′ W 106° 15.016′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid)
Pre-climb: It has been a while since I soloed a peak, so I thought it would be good for me to get out to the mountains. Almost unprecedented, I had these [...]

Possibly Related: | 14ers | Quandary Pk – East Slopes | Mt. Shavano – East Slopes – Solo Ascent | Quandary Pk – West Ridge Solo Ascent | Mt. Bierstadt – West Slopes – Solo Winter Ascent

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