Archive for August, 2003

Handies Pk - West Slopes - Solo Ascent

August 6th, 2003 1:19 am by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: August 6, 2003
Elevation: 14,048′
Rank: 40th
Route: West Slopes, Grade I, Class 2, 5.6 miles, 2750ft vert.
GPS: N 37° 54.783′ W 107° 30.233′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid)
Pre-climb: This was to be our last 14er of the week. It would be my fourth summit in three days. We had a very short 30 minute drive up from Silver [...]

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Sunshine Pk - North Slopes

August 5th, 2003 1:18 am by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: August 5, 2003
Elevation: 14,001′
Rank: 54th
Route: North Slopes, Grade II, Class 2, 11.4 miles, 4700ft vert.
GPS: N 37° 55.366′ W 107° 25.5′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Mark Jaeger (Gugals)
Pre-climb: The trip over to Silver Creek from San Luis took us about 3 hours on all the backroads and eventually Cinnamon Pass. It was again, gorgeous scenery [...]

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Redcloud Pk - Northeast Ridge

August 5th, 2003 1:17 am by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: August 5, 2003
Elevation: 14,034′
Rank: 46th
Route: Northeast Ridge, Grade II, Class 2, 11.4 miles, 4700ft vert.
GPS: N 37° 56.45′ W 107° 25.283′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Mark Jaeger (Gugals)
Pre-climb: The trip over to Silver Creek from San Luis took us about 3 hours on all the backroads and eventually Cinnamon Pass. It was again, gorgeous scenery [...]

Possibly Related: | 14ers | Sunshine Pk - North Slopes | Mt. Elbert - Northeast Ridge | Castle Pk - Northeast Ridge | San Luis Pk - East Slopes

San Luis Pk - East Slopes

August 4th, 2003 1:16 am by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: August 4, 2003
Elevation: 14,014′
Rank: 51st
Route: East Slopes, Grade II, Class 1, 12.0 miles, 3600ft vert.
GPS: N 37° 59.216′ W 106° 55.85′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Mark Jaeger (Gugals)
Pre-climb: If you had five days to go climb anywhere in Colorado you wanted, where would you go? I thought about this proposition for two weeks, then decided [...]

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