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Re: Alternative 58 Checklist?

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After mulling it over, I'm going to add Brad's alternate 58 checklist to my collection of checklists that I am pondering and contemplating sort of kind of maybe considering thinking about working on completing some day. It is a less selfish list than our normal peak bagging pursuits and I like it for its focus on mountaineering ethics. Currently I am only able to check off about forty of the items on it, but am inspired to do more.
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Hmmmm alternative checklists...

1. Bring a Bluetooth speaker to the summit to entertain individuals with beautiful, widely appealing melodies.
2. Dog sit 5+ dogs and bring them up to the summit of a 14er without leashes so everyone can pet them.
3. Break champagne bottles against summit blocks to christen a new 14er summit.
4. Replace paper summit registers with permanent markers so the mountain never forgets.
5. Conduct a snow climb outside Calendar Winter and claim it as a True Winter Summit on the 14ers.com Facebook.
6. Contact SAR to bring you down a mountain if you're feeling lonely.
7....

I like Brad's idea, definitely a well rounded way of experiencing the mountains and also enjoying what the community has to offer.
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Re: Alternative 58 Checklist?

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Fun list, I'm at 27.

Suggestions for the unofficial list of 74 ...
  • Summit during a meteor shower
    Cheer on a FKT hiker during his/her attempt in person
    Setup a hike with a new partner through the Climbing Connection Forum
    Meet Bill M unexpectedly on the trail
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^^love the additional ones listed above me.
39/58 so far. great idea, McQueens!

also:
swim in an alpine lake!
sleep on a summit.
teach someone to camp.
take a risqué summit photo. Get flack and/or praise for it.
fend off a goat with trekking poles.
BUY A CORSAR CARD.
spontaneously burst into song (or witness someone else do so) because your surroundings are so beautiful.
EAT A SUMMIT COOKIE.
treat/filter water from a mountain stream.
use a WagBag.
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WARNING: This thread has a very high potential to go in the wrong direction very quickly. :lol:
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Nice list sir :-)!!!!! Really diggin it, much respect!
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XterraRob wrote:Hmmmm alternative checklists...

1. Bring a Bluetooth speaker to the summit to entertain individuals with beautiful, widely appealing melodies.
2. Dog sit 5+ dogs and bring them up to the summit of a 14er without leashes so everyone can pet them.
3. Break champagne bottles against summit blocks to christen a new 14er summit.
4. Replace paper summit registers with permanent markers so the mountain never forgets.
5. Conduct a snow climb outside Calendar Winter and claim it as a True Winter Summit on the 14ers.com Facebook.
6. Contact SAR to bring you down a mountain if you're feeling lonely.
7....

I like Brad's idea, definitely a well rounded way of experiencing the mountains and also enjoying what the community has to offer.
:-)!!!!! .....Use "last pitch" or "headwall" in descriptions of standard routes up Quandary and/ or Bierstadt ....argue with people on how any snow on the mountain should qualify as a winter ascent and not doing so is just unfair!, nice list team :-) respect!
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This can go in any number of threads: Outside online: The 10 types of people you meet on the trail.

https://www.outsideonline.com/2199646/t ... meet-trail
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I am only at 28 thus far, some for me will never be obtained due to age and disability, but if you count the number of times I have used number 46 on this awesome list, I will have surpassed the desired number in both quantity and quality.
I am just an old hippy, and I absolutely loved this list. Well done.
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2. Bring a trash bag and leave a #cleaner14er

^^^^This!

Brad does it again! Thanks for the ideas. I'm only at 25/58 on this list; but will arguably be prouder if/when I finish it than when I finish the "official" list.
I hope our paths cross one of these days, Brad. Sorry to have missed you on the Iron Nipple last year.
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Re: Alternative 58 Checklist?

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I'm at 37, which is exactly the number of 14ers I have completed! I won't be able to finish the list before I complete the 58 peaks, since I won't have a son/daughter for a while :lol:
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