Colorado peak questions, condition requests and other info.
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Second picture - See Trail and Timberline June 1925 edition for details on the Kit Carson and Crestones climb. Though see Gote Galore’s last first ascent thread. I think the 1881 ascent under the heading Challenger Point might have actually been of Crestone Peak, per the name and the altitude which correspond well with Hayden’s map. https://www.14ers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62452
Fourteen Thousand Feet John L Jerome Hart - Second Edition p19
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Fourteen Thousand Feet John L Jerome Hart - Second Edition p48
Two more pictures, both from Jeri L Norgren’s Colorado’s Highest - The History of the Naming of Colorado’s 14,000-Foot Peaks. The second picture shows a snippet of the Trail and Timlerline article. Though the actual June 1925 article probably has a lot more detail and would be interesting to read.
Slightly blurry, but hopefully still readable.
Colorado’s Highest - The History of Naming the 14,000-Foot Peaks by Jeri L Norgren p96
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Colorado’s Highest - The History of Naming the 14,000-Foot Peaks by Jeri L Norgren p107
Maybe reach out to Gerry Roach, he might have some information himself or be able to point you in the right direction; he's been around the mountaineering world a probably has some insight for you.
Thanks for posting that. He passed quite young at 46. His accomplishments by then were pretty amazing, the third person to climb all the 14ers, and those other first ascents.
