Centennial Finish: Youngest Ever?
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Centennial Finish: Youngest Ever?
This September I finished the Centennials (Colorado's 100 highest Peaks) on Hagerman Peak. I believe I may be the youngest person ever to complete this list. Read about my journey here:
https://www.14ers.com/php14ers/triprepo ... m=tripmine
https://www.14ers.com/php14ers/triprepo ... m=tripmine
If you aren’t thirsty, you brought too much water.
If you aren’t hungry, you brought too much food.
If you aren’t scared, you brought too much gear.
If you made it to the top, it was too easy anyway.
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If you aren’t hungry, you brought too much food.
If you aren’t scared, you brought too much gear.
If you made it to the top, it was too easy anyway.
-climbers’ adage
Re: Centennial Finish: Youngest Ever?
Wow, very impressive!!! Most likely you are the youngest but even if someone else speaks up with a different record it's still a really amazing accomplishment at so young an age!
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations!!!
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Nice work, congratulations. And nice pictures too, that sunrise from the Bells is indeed quite the scene.
You remind me of myself a few years ago, though I was just doing my first 14er at 15. As I think you know, a supportive family is an awesome way to get into this--the more time I've spent in the mountains, the more I've realized that I value the time spent together as much or more than the challenge and reward of climbing itself. Keep it up, be safe, stay close with your family, and have fun!
You remind me of myself a few years ago, though I was just doing my first 14er at 15. As I think you know, a supportive family is an awesome way to get into this--the more time I've spent in the mountains, the more I've realized that I value the time spent together as much or more than the challenge and reward of climbing itself. Keep it up, be safe, stay close with your family, and have fun!
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Congratulations on the cents! You’ve still got lots of time to accomplish more great things in your life.
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This really is an amazing accomplishment. Well done. You are a true badass!
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Amazing work at 15 yrs old. Congrats and enjoy many more years of climbing.
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Nice work dude! That’s a huge accomplishment.
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Wow, very impressive. Congratulations. Quite the accomplishment at such a young age.
I met you and your family on top of California. It was great meeting all of you. Here is a picture I took with you guys in it after you left the summit.
I met you and your family on top of California. It was great meeting all of you. Here is a picture I took with you guys in it after you left the summit.
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Very nice!!! I read your trip report. That's a long list of mountains. I read them off one at a time to my wife. It took a long time just to speak 103 of them out loud. Congratulations finishing both the classic list and Lidar. Impressive
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Camden,
Congradulations on your finish! Its crazy to think you finished the centennials around the time I started them.
I like to think I was the youngest finisher before you. I "started" when I was 6 and finished when I was 17 last November. Though I climbed 98 of the peaks (this was pre-lidar) in an 18 month span starting when I was sixteen. I also climbed 70+ of the peaks solo.
To be clear: I am not certain that I was the youngest at the time. Most young climbers are bound by their ability to drive, or have supportive people (say, parents) who can drive them around. Had there been anyone under the age of sixteen, their parents / themselves would probably be known in the community. Given that, besides you, there are no known kids / parents under the age of 16 to have climbed the centennials or supported their kid in doing so, (and that most kids are not capable of such an endeavor), its reasonable to assume the youngest finisher was at least 16 since that's when teenagers can really "support themselves." (i.e. driving). Beyond that, no one under the age of 18 had ever come forward, but it's possible there are a handful of people out there. 18 to 24 months to climb the Centennials at a young age (given they could start driving at 16) is a wicked fast time. So, what I always found is the probability of a finisher existing who was younger than myself was extremely low, but not impossible. Thus I have always said "I am probably the youngest finisher." Thats at least how I reasoned through it. I never climbed the Centennials to by the youngest to do so, it just happened to be an interesting circumstance I came across while climbing them.
I believe, with certainty, that you are the youngest finisher. Especially if I was the youngest before you.
Congradulations on your finish! Its crazy to think you finished the centennials around the time I started them.
I like to think I was the youngest finisher before you. I "started" when I was 6 and finished when I was 17 last November. Though I climbed 98 of the peaks (this was pre-lidar) in an 18 month span starting when I was sixteen. I also climbed 70+ of the peaks solo.
To be clear: I am not certain that I was the youngest at the time. Most young climbers are bound by their ability to drive, or have supportive people (say, parents) who can drive them around. Had there been anyone under the age of sixteen, their parents / themselves would probably be known in the community. Given that, besides you, there are no known kids / parents under the age of 16 to have climbed the centennials or supported their kid in doing so, (and that most kids are not capable of such an endeavor), its reasonable to assume the youngest finisher was at least 16 since that's when teenagers can really "support themselves." (i.e. driving). Beyond that, no one under the age of 18 had ever come forward, but it's possible there are a handful of people out there. 18 to 24 months to climb the Centennials at a young age (given they could start driving at 16) is a wicked fast time. So, what I always found is the probability of a finisher existing who was younger than myself was extremely low, but not impossible. Thus I have always said "I am probably the youngest finisher." Thats at least how I reasoned through it. I never climbed the Centennials to by the youngest to do so, it just happened to be an interesting circumstance I came across while climbing them.
I believe, with certainty, that you are the youngest finisher. Especially if I was the youngest before you.
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Congrats Camden! Best of luck in all your future adventures
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I thought Scott P’s kids finished at age 3.