Archive for August, 2008

Mt. of the Holy Cross – North Ridge

August 28th, 2008 2:10 pm by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: August 24th, 2008
Elevation: 14,005′
Rank: 52nd
Route: North Ridge, Grade II, Class 1, 12.0 miles, 5525ft vert.
GPS: N 39° 28.083′ W 106° 28.75′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Mike Ross
Pre-climb: I have always been fascinated by Mt. of the Holy Cross ever since I was a kid. I would look at pictures taken in the 1800’s and [...]

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“Camping” 8/16 and 8/17

August 20th, 2008 12:00 am by Matt in Camping, Family, Fishing, Trip Report | 2 Comments
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Usually when I go “camping”, that means that we carry what we can on our backs, hike in a ways, find a stream and setup our camp and spread out our minimal gear and use what we can for more purposes than it was intended.
However, this trip started off leaving town Saturday morning in a [...]

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