Archive for July, 2007

Challenger Pt. - North Slopes

July 23rd, 2007 11:28 am by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: July 22, 2007
Elevation: 14,081′
Rank: 35th
Route: North Slopes, Grade II, Class 2+, 9.2 miles, 5220ft vert.
GPS: N 37° 58.8′ W 105° 36.36′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Rick Esser
Pre-climb: After arriving home from Humboldt at 1am, I woke up at 10am and quickly decided I was well enough to go meet my dad down in Poncha Springs [...]

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Humboldt Pk - West Ridge

July 23rd, 2007 10:34 am by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: July 20, 2007
Elevation: 14,064′
Rank: 37th
Route: West Ridge, Grade II, Class 2, 5.8 miles, 3100ft vert.
GPS: N 37° 58.583′ W 105° 33.35′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Jason Staudinger, Fred Good
Pre-climb: This would be Fred’s first 14er and for Jason this would be his second attempt. (Although Jason’s first attempt without massive amounts of snow on [...]

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Claire Elise Esser’s Baby Story

July 5th, 2007 9:37 pm by Colleen in Claire, Family | No Comments
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It was a brisk fall morning, Saturday October 21st when we took the test that changed our lives. Actually, I took the test, and Matt woke up to my reaction… “oh my gosh!!”. We were pregnant. It was 6 am, but it didn’t matter, we were too excited to go back to [...]

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