by Mark Obmascik
Like, wow! This dude takes a notion--all mixed up with middle age crazy and other feelings of inadequacy and boredom and stuff--and sets out to climb all the Colorado Fourteeners. There are 58 named mountains exceeding 14,000 feet in elevation.
As they say on the web page https://www.14ers.com
No 14er is "Easy" so when you hear this word when discussing 14ers, it simply means the peaks which are the least difficult to hike. Every peak is different and some have trails from bottom to top. Those are the easier peaks. Then there are peaks without a trail or require specific climbing skills to reach the summit. Those peaks are much more difficult and thus more dangerous. Don't jump into the 14ers by starting with the more difficult peaks.
So he didn't. I think he started out with walk-able mountains only, but soon ran out of them and went on to some pretty serious climbing. Awesomely serious. So I say, wow!
A lot of fun to read, too. And pretty scary at times.
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