3 Centennial finishers on Rio Grande Pyramid

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3 Centennial finishers on Rio Grande Pyramid

Post by Kevin Baker »

Congrats are in order to Mike Rodenak (Chicago Transplant),
Kevin Pustulka (Papilion), and Sarah (Wooderson) on completing CO's
100 highest summits with a successful climb of Rio Grande Pyramid!
They topped out at around 9am on Sun, Sept 2. Mike brought up
a delicious brownie cake to celebrate.

Any favorites or memories to share in pursuit of this fine list? Thanks for the invite on a special weekend in the Weminuche. Great one to finish on!
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It was really cool seeing all of you up there.

Good times, good brews and of course good popcorn :)
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Congratulations to Mike, Kevin, and Sarah on completing the Centennial Sweep! It's an impressive alpine accomplishment -- way to go!
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I did RGP the day before. Assuming you all took the standard route from RG Reservoir, we probably crossed paths as I hiked out. Well done.
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Congrats, Mike and Paperson! ;) What a tremendous trio! =D>
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Post by wildlobo71 »

Congratulations all! Sweet rarefied air welcomes three more!
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Post by Kiefer »

CONGRATULATIONS, Mike, Kevin and Sarah!!!! =D>

I knew you were close, Mike but didn't realize Kevin and Sarah were close! Awesome job guys!!! Persistence!
A brownie cake, eh? .....what kind of brownies? :-k

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Now if I could only get my butt in gear, I plan on finishing later this month on Vermilion...I'll bring brownies too! :mrgreen:
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Post by susanjoypaul »

Big time congrats to all three of you - well done, folks!!!

Hip hip hooray - Sarah =D>
Hip hip hooray - Mike =D>
Hip hip hooray - Kevin =D>

Any good stories to share? I'd love to hear them!

And hey there Mr. Baker... YOU must be getting AWFULLY close yourself, eh?

OK, I looked at your list... what are you waiting for? :-#
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Post by Greenhouseguy »

Looks like one of the coolest places to finish. Congratulations to all of you!
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Congratulations!
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Woot woot! Way to go guys! RGP is a great summit to finish on.
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Congratulations kids! What's on the list now?
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