TRIP REPORTS
I’m working on documenting my most memorable adventures. Below is a list of links to specific sets of trip reports, while further below are all published trip reports listed in trip chronological order. I regret to report that many unmemorable trips must be content to reside only in my unconscious mind.
Trip Report Categories
- RMNP (greatest playground in the world)
- Longs Peak Massif (on & around my favorite peak)
- Colorado 14ers (Colorado peaks > 14k’ in elevation)
- Other Colorado (primarily 13ers & 12ers)
- Outside Colorado (living in heaven=few trips)
Chronological List
___________Living in Mami, Florida____________
- 07/92 - Scared to Death on Pear Buttress
- 07/92 - First Alpine Adventure
- 08/92 - Hurricane Andrew
___________Living in Chicago, Illinois____________
- 07/94 - My First 14er: Longs Peak via The Diamond
- 07/94 - Living by Luck in the Alps
___________Living in Boulder, Colorado___________
- 06/96 - Longs Peak Kieners…er, Notch Route
- 10/96 - Sharkstooth: My first RMNP love
- 11/96 - Longs Peak Keyhole
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- 01/97 - The Maiden (a Flatiron climb)
- 07/97 – Five 14ers in 4 Hours (Mosquito Range)
- 07/97 - A Friendship Born of Teton Adventure
- 08/97 - 2 Classic Climbs (Petit & Hallett)
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- 04/98 – Sometimes, Two is One Too Many (Belford)
- 06/98 – Crucified on Mount of the Holy Cross
- 06/98 – Lumpy Orange Julius
- 07/98 – Brian’s Lucky Day (Longs via Kieners)
- 07/98 – 17 Hour Saber (via Kor Route, 5.9)
- 08/98 – No Love on Love Route (Hallett)
- 08/98 - The “Casual” Route? (Longs Peak)
- 08/98 – Lost Again on Hallett Peak (Hess-Ferguson)
- 09/98 - The Flying Buttress (on Mt Meeker, 5.9)
- 09/98 – The Great Cirque: Meeker-Longs Traverse
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- 04/99 – Last Gasp Mountain (Missouri)
- 04/99 - Huron, Bloody Huron
- 05/99 – Brian’s Fork: Mt. Yale Attempt
- 05/99 - The Great Bolivian Adventure
- 05/99 – Mt Evans Extreme
- 06/99 – Snow Massive (Snowmass)
- 07/99 - A Mummy Range Weekend (6 peaks)
- 07/99 - The Long Way Up Longs Peak (Stettner’s)
- 07/99 - Thatchtop-Powell Traverse
- 08/99 - Wrongway Arrowhead
- 09/99 - Sharkstooth: My first RMNP love
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- 02/00 – Winter Longs (Cable Route plus the igloo)
- 04/00 – 1st Flatiron Blizzard
- 05/00 – Poor Teamwork on Mt Columbia
- 05/00 - Old Unnamed (and Mt Antero)
- 07/00 - Flattop Loop
- 08/00 - Dog Star on McHenrys
- 09/00 - Oxford Windstorm
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- 08/01 - Long’s Southwest Ridge
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- 04/02 – The Monte Cristo Creek Cirque (multi-year)
- 04/02 - Swimming Atlantic & Pacific Peaks
- 04/02 - The Loft Whiteout (Attempt on Longs)
- 06/02 – McHenrys At Last!
- 06/02 – Odessa Gorge Circuit
- 06/02 – 5 14ers for my 40th (Crestones plus)
- 06/02 - The Double Crown: Chiefs Head & Mt Alice
- 07/02 – The Long Bell (South Maroon Bell)
- 07/02 – The Lake City Gas Shortage (3 14ers)
- 07/02 – Flying Blind: Wetterhorn & Uncompahgre
- 08/02 – The Confidence Trap: Castle-Conundrum
- 10/02 – The Casco Fiasco (Casco, Frasco BM)
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- 07/03 – One-day Lindsey
- 07/03 – Lake Como Deathmarch (Little Bear plus)
- 07/03 – A Rainy Capitol (Capitol Peak)
- 07/03 – The East Face of Pyramid
- 08/03 – For Whom the Bells Toll (the Maroon Bells)
- 08/03 – A Long Day in the Wilsons (Plus El Diente)
- 08/03 – Chicago Basin 4 Banger (4 14ers)
- 08/03 - Much Ado About Nothing on Chiefs Head
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- 07/04 - The UnTolled Story
- 08/04 - Wham!
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- 06/05 - 3rd Time’s a Charm (French & Oklahoma)
- 07/05 – Longs Peak Keyhole Ridge
- 08/05 – The Stone Man Project
- 11/05 - Boulder 4 Banger (Grn-Bear-S.Bldr-Flgstf)
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- 06/06 – A Shocking Day on Arapahoe
- 06/06 - The Three Apostles (Ice Mtn+Apostles)
- 08/06 – Tying Up Loose Ends (Sneffels & San Luis)
- 09/06 – Arrowhead Slushfest
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- 08/07 - How I Spent $150 Well (Culebra & Red Mtn)
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- 06/10 - 2nd Flatiron Waterfall Climb
- 06/10 – Spearhead Bootcamp
- 07/10 - Solitude Lake Cirque (4 peaks)
- 07/10 - A Bad Variation on Notchtop
- 08/10 - Angel’s Way (Skunk Canyon)
- 08/10 - Another Sharkstooth
- 08/10 - A Quick Zowie
- 09/10 - Blitzen Ridge, At Long Last (Mt Ypsilon)
- 09/10 – Found Money (Gambit, Shirttail Peak, Eldo)
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- 04/11 - Andrews Glacier Season Kickoff
- 05/11 – Chaos Canyon Loop
- 07/11 - Petit Grepon 14 Years Later
- 08/11 - Another Boulder 3-Banger
- 10/11 - Alpine Flatiron
- 10/11 - Achean Classic
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- 01/12 - 4th Flatiron Slowfest
- 02/12 - Winter Tangen Tunnel
- 03/12 – Green Mountain Wander
- 03/12 - 4th Flatiron Revisted
- 12/12 – Bear Peak Loop
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- 03/13 – Arctic Sky Pond
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