Sgladbach completes the 13ers!!!

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Re: Sgladbach completes the 13ers!!!

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Awesome! Congratulations! How many winter ascents?
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Congrats! Enjoy being the newest member of an exclusive club.
So, what's next?
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Holy COW.. ALL the 13ers?!

CONGRATS!!!

That is truly impressive... a buddy of mine just finished the centennials and I was amazed at the effort he had to put in..
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Way to go Steve. Amazing accomplishment esp. for someone who has a day job and family. Climb on, climb safe!
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Congratulations, Steve! That's an outstanding accomplishment, and puts you in some very (ahem) lofty company!
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Way to go Steve! =D>

We were talking about you this weekend as we thought this was when you were planning on your finisher, quite an impressive feat, after that monster trip to the San Juans this summer, it must have felt "relaxing" to finish with Rogers and Warren :D
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Very, very impressive. That is quite a list, Lizard Head, Dallas, there are some very tough peaks in the 13er class...
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Congratulations, Steve. That's truly amazing. =D> =D> It's hard to even get my mind around how much effort that would take.
So, how many 12ers are there?
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JimR wrote:So, how many 12ers are there?
Even more! 676... http://listsofjohn.com/Colorado/CO12ERS/12erIndex.php
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Congratulations! What an accomplishment! =D>
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Very impressive Steve! =D>

It must have required amazing drive to motivate for the obscure humps on that list, a more daunting trait of the accomplishment IMO than motivating for the technical challenges.
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Re: Sgladbach completes the 13ers!!!

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Go Steve!!!

Heh, I remember asking you if you had any Sangre 13ers left. What a silly question... How about being the first person to REPEAT all the 13ers?? I don't know if that's been done or not but I'm sure you do.
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