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

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14erQuest Summit 11/59, Route 9/42.

Date: Tuesday, Jan 10

Humboldt Peak E Ridge From Rainbow Trail. Used approach skis.

When you do the easy ones in bad weather, they become the hard ones.

On a ridge, solo, in a whiteout with 60mph headwind, all I want to do is turn around. Every step forward is a battle. It's psychological tug-of-war. Emotionally- this is scary, you don't belong here, go home. Logically- you are warm, you have plenty of food and water and clothes, the wind isnt picking you up off the ground yet, you have gps, you have backup gps, you're fine, stay positive, keep moving upward, you got this.
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Re: 14erQuest- My Attempt to Summit All 59 14ers in Single Calendar Winter

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Way to get at it! The weather systems we've been experiencing has to make your logistics and scheduling on the next level. Keep your head game strong and know we are rooting for you to do this successfully and safely!

And thanks for the updates, its a good distraction from a slow work week
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yeah keep it going. i check this thread every day. day dreamin of being out on some CO peaks and not stuck at work in minnesota. live it up!
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Re: 14erQuest- My Attempt to Summit All 59 14ers in Single Calendar Winter

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mountain_stoke wrote:14erQuest Summit 11/59, Route 9/42. Humboldt Peak E Ridge From Rainbow Trail. Used approach skis.

When you do the easy ones in bad weather, they become the hard ones.

On a ridge, solo, in a whiteout with 60mph headwind, all I want to do is turn around. Every step forward is a battle. It's psychological tug-of-war. Emotionally- this is scary, you don't belong here, go home. Logically- you are warm, you have plenty of food and water and clothes, the wind isnt picking you up off the ground yet, you have gps, you have backup gps, you're fine, stay positive, keep moving upward, you got this.
When?
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rijaca wrote: When?
The same day he posted.
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Re: 14erQuest- My Attempt to Summit All 59 14ers in Single Calendar Winter

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gspup wrote:
rijaca wrote: When?
The same day he posted.
How do you know? Were you with him?

Any decent report should include date hiked/climbed.
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Re: 14erQuest- My Attempt to Summit All 59 14ers in Single Calendar Winter

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I'm curious, why inject doubt?

He did post a photo holding up the summit reg.
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No "14ers . com" sticker on there; It didn't happen!
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justiner wrote:I'm curious, why inject doubt?

He did post a photo holding up the summit reg.

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Injection of any doubt is solely the responsibility of Mr. Stoke.
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This is indeed a thrilling thread to distract me from my own inability to climb many major mountains in the winter. Keep up the reports and let's see some more photos!
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Re: 14erQuest- My Attempt to Summit All 59 14ers in Single Calendar Winter

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rijaca wrote:
How do you know? Were you with him?

Any decent report should include date hiked/climbed.
Easy buddy, there are better ways to follow his quest than this site including the information you seek.
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Re: 14erQuest- My Attempt to Summit All 59 14ers in Single Calendar Winter

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gspup wrote:
rijaca wrote:
How do you know? Were you with him?

Any decent report should include date hiked/climbed.
Easy buddy, there are better ways to follow his quest than this site including the information you seek.
Say bro, since Mr Stoke announced here on this site that he intended to boldly go where no one has gone before, I thought I could follow his progress here.
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