I gained ~2700' and I'm claiming the peak. Disagree? Fight me.
Colorado
Colorado was having a going-out-of-business sale: four 14ers for the price of one.
Of the three Colorado 14ers I've done so far, Mt Sherman was the easiest.
Great Sand Dunes (
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After spending a few weeks in your more Alpine areas, it was a huge relief to get back to something warm and dry.
This was my second Colorado 14er and, unfortunately, I did it on a Saturday.
Mt Bierstadt (
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My first Colorado 14er was, aside from the altitude, fairly moderate.
It was a harrowing, 14-hour climbing excursion via the toughest route up Mt Evans aka Mt Blue Sky.
In 2003 I climbed the Third Flatiron outside Boulder, Colorado. It was my first multipitch trad route.