14erQuest- My Attempt to Summit All 59 14ers in Single Calendar Winter

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Re: 14erQuest- My Attempt to Summit All 59 14ers in Single Calendar Winter

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It looks like he picked up Sherman on Mon, Antero Tue, and made it up Handies today. I think that gives him 34 if I am counting correctly.
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Kevin Baker wrote:It looks like he picked up Sherman on Mon, Antero Tue, and made it up Handies today. I think that gives him 34 if I am counting correctly.

great news. happy to hear hes back out there.


he can still take a few rest/weather days and finish (25 summits vs 26 days). im assuming some of his climbs will involve multiple summits within a day.
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14erQuest goes on. I am feeling healthy again. On Monday 2/20, I summited Mt Sherman with my dad. Yesterday 2/21, sat on the summit of Mt Antero with Greg the summit lounger. Today, 2/22, soloed Handies Peak. This photo is from the summit of Handies, 14erQuest summit 34.
They say, "mountaineering is the art of suffering". I don't think so. If you are suffering, you haven't prepared well enough. I think that mountaineering is the art of managing risk and fear.
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Yeah dude! Good to hear you're back in action.
Nobody climbs 14ers anymore, they’re too crowded.
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Post by 14erFred »

Great to see you back on track and bagging summits again, Mountain_Stoke. Be safe, keep focused, stay healthy, and savor every minute of your Epic Quest.
"Live as on a mountain." -- Marcus Aurelius
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rock on!! thrilled it ain't over!
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Keep on questing! It looks like the mission in the remaining month will be extremely tough but theoretically doable. I never imagined that someone would do this many in one season. We are all still cheering for you.
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Thank you all.

Today, 2/23/17, summited Sunshine and Redcloud solo. High winds, snow, and poor visibility but got em.
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Pretty damn impressive dude!
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I hear the Sierra Nevada are getting hammered this year, some ski areas reporting 550" of snow so far. Snow so deep, they have to close down lifts! Can you imagine how that would affect our winter climber if this was happening in CO?
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KT-22 photo posted on unofficialsqualpine the other day.
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14erQuest Summit 37 Today, 2/25/17: Crestone Needle with JtheChemE and Brerabbit. Wanted peak too but it didnt work out. Hope to go back up there for that one tomorrow.
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