Its been a journey. 7 years and 20 days it has been since the first time I stood atop a Centennial. From Torreys on a crowded August weekend to Hagerman on a perfect September day, it has been a long road. From Half Peak where I was wearing Keens and carrying a stuffed fennec fox named Finick, to leading the summit pitch of Jagged, a huge smile on my face as I crested the summit ridge. On Half Peak I hadn't a clue what elevation we were at or what significance it might carry. I was just out backpacking in the beautiful Rocky Mountains, enjoying an awesome family camping trip. Heck, I didn't even know what a Centennial was. That was a different life...

This is not a trip report. This is a reflection across more than half of my life, and also a public claim. I completed the Centennials on September 18th, 2022. On that day, I was 15 years and 261 days old. I believe that there is a very real possibility of me being the youngest finisher of the list. I know that many young children have been hauled up the 14ers (me picturing a six year old jumaring up the hourglass), but due to the inaccessibility of the Wem, the 5th class climbing of Dallas Peak and Jagged, the sheer number of peaks on the list, the time it takes to climb them all, and most importantly, the need for a family that is not only willing but also capable of facilitating such a feat, I feel I have a good shot at being the youngest. This last factor certainly disqualifies many potential young mountaineers from having a go at the centennials until they are old enough, and well-off enough to drive (and pay for gas) all around the state. Having a family that is able to take time off of work, drive for many hours each weekend, and afford the necessary equipment for all of this, in addition to even want to chase such an absurd hobby, is the only reason I was able to pursue this, and I recognize that, but I do also feel that at some point, the kid has to be the motivator and the one pushing the agenda and has to genuinely love the mountains to complete such an exhaustive list. Considering all of this, and factoring in my research (The youngest person I could find online is @Anima, who was I believe 17(?) when he finished the Cents), I have reason to believe I may be the youngest to complete the list.

As with any "first" or "youngest" claim, I expect some people may challenge my claim, say I must have stopped short because the photograph has a slight discontinuity with some of the others they have seen and perhaps parallax makes it appear that I was not on the summit. I know that I have climbed all of them, and I did it because I love it, not because I need the approval of some random person on the internet who doubts my ability. If you feel that I have been dishonest anywhere in the following pages, or simply want to see a photo that isn't included, please comment or message me. I have dates and photos for every single peak, and I am more than happy to prove my integrity. I can only insert 50 photos, so I will choose my 50 favorite summit shots from the list to supply here, and the other half I can provide to anyone that wants to see them.

On the question of LiDAR and old lists vs. new, I have completed both. I have climbed Dallas and Teakettle. I have climbed Niagara and Arrow and Trinity. So, this list is actually one of 103 peaks, the combined old and new lists. I completed both on Hagerman Peak, on Sunday the 18th.

Again, another quick shout out to both my parents. My dad could not be a better mentor and partner in the hills, and I still have so much to learn. My Mom is the kindest and most understanding person I know, while simultaneously being super badass; 60 Centennials so far along with tons of other peaks, and she rides insane stuff on her mountain bike (that I would never even consider). And quite possibly the best cook in the world. Really. Also, thanks to all of my friends and extended family for the support and encouragement!

And with that, I will commence the 7 year journey that took me from 3rd grade to 10th, from a little adventure-loving child into a budding mountaineer, and from a lover of animals and ice cream, to a lover of mountains. And animals and ice cream.

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1. Torreys Peak 14,272 8/29/15

Route: South Ridge, Class 1

Climbed with: Dad + Troy and Henry Holsing (father of, and my best friend, respectively)

Notes: My first 14er ( and Cent) and the only 14er my best friend Henry has climbed. I will get him back out there sometime!

2. Uncompahgre Peak 14,318 8/9/16

Route: South Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Saw a double rainbow below us from the summit. In my mind, this is where I fell in love with climbing peaks, where I caught the disease. I decided right here that I wanted to climb "most" of the 14ers. "All the safe ones"; no Capitol, no LB, no Bells.

3. Handies Peak 14,058 8/11/16

Route: Southwest Slopes, Class 1

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: First time I saw Ptarmigan. Love those things. Also, first time I got the summit in my crosshairs then went zooming past a bunch of adults. I don't remember it well, but apparently it was quite the scene.

4. Half Peak 13,866 8/13/16

Route: South Ridge, Class 2+

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Climbed In keens because my boots were wet from heavy rain. We were just out hiking around, not trying to actually climb anything. I got to the false summit at 13,530 and said "I guess we are turning around here" due to the sudden constriction and roughness of the ridge. Dad responded with "Perhaps it is just time for your first Class 3" Class 2+ actually. But bonus points for being 7 years old. And in Crocs, while carrying a stuffed animal. Not easy to do.

5. Tabeguache Peak 14,158 7/10/17

Route: Southwest Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: The steepest, sandiest trail ever. There were water bars in it that were truly about 3/4 my height at the time. For a long time we would say, "wow dude, this thing is almost as steep at Tabeguache!" They now ask that people don't use the route for erosion and sustainability reasons.

6. Quandary Peak 14,272 7/21/17

Route: East Ridge, Class 1

Climbed with: Mom + Shay and Gunnar Tande (neighbors)

Notes: Fun to climb with another youngster. Don't do much of that anymore...

7. Snowmass Mountain 14,105 8/11/17

Route: West Ridge, Class 3

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Now that is a serious route for a 10 year old. When we climbed Hagerman yesterday we looked at that ridge and questioned my parents in their parenting technique. I guess it worked out though... right?

8. Cronin Peak 13,872 6/30/18

Route: North Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: We didn't know it was a Centennial (nor what a centennial was), just a nice pointy mountain close to where we were hanging out.

9. Mt. Bierstadt 14,066 7/18/18

Route: West Slopes, Class 1+

Climbed with: Mom and dad

Notes: This mountain hates me. I tried it when I was 10. Bailed 200 feet below the summit vomiting and altitude sick. I came back and got altitude sick again, but this time didn't vomit and therefore persevered to the summit. I felt better at 20,000 feet in Peru. Bierstadt and I just don't get along...

10. Mt. Democrat 14,154 7/22/18

Route: East Slope, Class 1+

Climbed with: Mom and Dad + Evan Stern (coolest guy there is)

Notes: The Decalibron: high value 14ers with obnoxious crowds and boring peaks. Fantastic for 11 year old me.

11. Mt. Lincoln 14,293 7/22/18

Route: West Ridge, Class 1

Climbed with: Mom and Dad + Evan Stern (coolest guy there is)

Notes: The highest peak in the Mosquito/Tenmile. I can't say it deserves the accolade, although it is much more shapely than Bross.

12. Mt. Bross 14,178 7/22/18

Route: Northwest Ridge, Class 1

Climbed with: Mom and Dad + Evan Stern (coolest guy there is)

Notes: Colorado's biggest joke. "Go back to Oklahoma, you overgrown hill!"

13. La Plata Peak 14,344 7/28/18

Route: Ellingwood Ridge, Class 3

Climbed with: Mom and Dad + Scott Henry + Mark Oppegard (climbing friends)

Notes: We started too late. The forecast was wrong. We ran across the summit as lightning struck the surrounding rocks. Somehow we all survived, but that day I swear Death was hovering there, listing to my futile pleas of "Not today." That is what we say to Death, after all. I swore I would never go above tree line again. Shows you what my word is worth. I don't have a summit shot from this adventure, but I went back this summer and did La Plata again so I would have a summit shot. Wait a damn second, it was my 13th Centennial that I almost died on? For those of you that are superstitious...

14. *No Longer Centennial* Challenger Point 14,086 8/8/18

Route: North Face, Class 2+

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: It didn't seem prominent. Annoying that one of the only 14ers I have climbed twice got demoted., though.

15. Kit Carson Peak 14,167 8/8/18

Route: Via Challenger Point, Class 3

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: So fun, but really smoky.

16. Blanca Peak 14,350 8/10/18

Route: Northwest Ridge, Class 2+

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: This was my favorite 14er at the time, and that remained true for a long time to come.

17. Ellingwood Point 14,057 8/10/18

Route: East Ridge, Class 2+

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Loose and annoying. Blanca was better. Ok, so we backpacked in for these two, right? This guy offers us a ride up. We say no thanks because we know it is a dangerous road. We later find out that bro is part of Alamosa SaR. He had driven the road 100+ times. Should have taken that ride!

18. Grays Peak 14,275 8/13/18

Route: South Ridge, Class 1

Climbed with: Mom

Notes: First Mother-son climb. No on else. Quite nice, actually.

19. Mt. Belford 14,202 9/15/18

Route: Northwest Ridge, Class 1

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Switchbacks. Yes. That is all I remember.

20. Mt. Oxford 14,158 9/15/18

Route: Vis Mt. Belford, Class 1

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: the plan was climb Belford but bring enough food and water for Oxford to incase we had energy for it.

21. Missouri Mountain 14,071 9/15/18

Route: Southeast Face, Class 2+

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Belford. Oxford. Back to Belford. 11 year old kid has a ton of energy for some reason. "Lets do Misery Mountain, too!" And so we did, via Elkhead pass then the class 2+ gully south of the East ridge. 15.1 miles 7,200 vertical. To this day I can count on one hand the number of times I have done that much vert in 1 day.

22. Huron Peak 14,006 9/16/18

Route: Northwest Slopes, Class 1

Climbed with: Dad + Brian and Anna Walters (some other friends)

Notes: On top a lady asked me "what is the easiest 14er you have done yet?" I began to speak. "And don't say this one," she cut me off after hearing the 'H' sound on my lips. "Probably Handies," I said.

23. Mt. Shavano 14,230 14,202 6/8/19

Route: Angel of Shavano, Class 2, Easy Snow

Climbed with: Mom and Dad + Lucinda Weingruber (Climbing friend)

Notes: Climbed some 50 degree couloir on Sniktau in bad snow conditions as a warm up and my first snow climb a few weeks before. The Angel was disappointingly easy, even at the age of 12.

24. Mt. Lindsay 14,055 7/20/19

Route: Northwest Ridge, Class 3

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Snagged it while it was still legal-ish. Glad we did it when we did.

25. Mt. Eolus 14,087 8/5/19

Route: Northeast Ridge, Class 3

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: This was my first peak in the Wem, the first chapter in the long romance that will hopefully carry many years into the future. Eolus is a great peak. Would recommend. Also the sunrise the day we did all 3 CB 14ers was brilliant.

26. Sunlight Peak 14,061 8/5/19

Route: South Face, Class 4

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: I did not actually stand on top but instead climbed up to the step across then leaned out and touched the highest point. As Dad was spotting me and no one else was around, I do not have a picture of me touching the summit, but instead of me sitting at the bottom of the summit block.

27. Windom Peak 14,089 8/5/19

Route: West Ridge, Class 2+

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Honestly a pretty cool peak. I thought it was the toughest of the class 2+ 14ers. The summit is just magical. We were really tired by peak 3 though, and ran out of water. After this day we carry emergency iodine.

28. Redcloud Peak 14,037 8/8/19

Route: Northeast Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Our ascent wasn't entirely legal... the road was closed up from lake city so we came over Cinnamon Pass then drove to the trailhead from there, creatively interpreting the road closed sign as "Please do not go beyond the silver creek trailhead." The entire lower trail was on snow even in august because the previous winter was that of 2018-19 where Colorado got 300% snowpack. The avalanches ran like they never do.

29. Sunshine Peak 14,004 8/8/19

Route: Via Redcloud, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Sunshine seems to get a lot of hate for being low and easy and boring. I thought it was pretty.

30. Wetterhorn Peak 14,021 8/9/19

Route: Southeast Ridge, Class 3

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: At the time, the exposure felt pretty real. Really nice peak though. I need to get back in there for Coxcomb, Matterhorn, Redcliff and the Hiesshorn.

31. Longs Peak 14,259 9/8/19

Route: Keyhole Route, Class 3

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Absolute classic. Really enjoyed Longs and can't wait to climb it again by some of the cooler routes.

32. Mt. Columbia 14,075 9/15/19

Route: West Slopes, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Bland and generic Sawatch 14er. I hardly remember it.

33. Mt. Harvard 14,424 9/15/19

Route: Via Columbia, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: My first 14,400er. That traverse is real damn long. Especially if one were to ride the Monarch Crest Trail the day before. Not that we did that, specifically, just that that would be foolish and potentially rather tiring.

34. Crestone Needle 14,196 9/21/19

Route: South Face, Crossover Variation Class 3+

Climbed with: Dad + Preston Evans (Great friend and neighbor, experienced Alaska climber)

Notes: We planned on CP and Humboldt as well but the whole weekend was so windy that we decided to hold off on the other two peaks. CN is the best of them anyway.

35. Mt. Evans (aka Mt. Blue Sky) 14,268 9/29/19

Route: West Ridge Via Spalding, Class 1+

Climbed with: Dad + Lou and Surya Russo (friend from school)

Notes: At this point in my climbing career I had not yet done any winter ascents. This was my first experience with winds over 50 mph (by my estimate). I was getting picked up off the ground in a few of the worse gusts. Come to think of it, that entire September was a windy disaster.

36. Mt. Sherman 14,043 5/23/20

Route: West Slopes, Class 2, Easy Snow

Climbed with: Mom

Notes: Such a nice day I came back with Dad and did it agin the next spring. Really a nice area before it gets the summer crowds. I suppose it is worth noting that this was just a couple months after COVID really hit the fan and everyone went into lockdown.

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That spring, we also climbed Hourglass Couloir on Grizzly Peak D, then Dragon's Tail Couloir on Flattop Mountain, both in preparation for Mt. Rainier. As it turns out, they revoked our permit because of COVID and emailed us only 2 days before we were gonna go on mountain, after already driving to Hood River, Oregon, but hey, when life gives you lemons, you suck out all the vitamin C and chuck 'em right back. We went on a spent 9 weeks van tripping around the Pacific Northwest, climbing 8 peaks in the Cascades including Hood, Adams, Liberty Bell, Black, Colchuck, and Dragontail, then on the way home, Teewinot in horrid conditions that forced us onto 5th class rock unroped. I left Colorado a 3rd class climber who could handle low to medium angle snow in the right conditions. I came back able to climb solid 4th comfortably and AI3 unroped. What followed was the single most bold and lengthy string of climbs I had done at the time. It helped that Dad took the whole summer off. After 3 days back from our Van trip, Dad and I took off to the Elks. After 6 days in the Elks and Sawatch, then two days in town, we took off to the Tetons with Preston, climbing Baxter's Pinnacle, Upper Exum, then standard route on Middle and South Tetons via standard routes in a four day trip. Then after 4 days in town, we went down to the San Juans, and climbed a bunch of other stuff. In my mountaineering world, this idea of back to back to back endurance climbing was revolutionary.

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37. Capitol Peak 14,138 7/29/20

Route: Northeast Ridge, Class 4

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: We were really nervous for this one, and up to this point we agreed this mountain was too dangerous and not worth the risk. after our time out of state, we decided to check it out, carrying a rope and an open mindset, happy to turn around if things felt unsafe. We kept on waiting for it to get too hard. It never did.

38. Pyramid Peak, 14,029 7/30/20

Route: Northeast Ridge, Class 4

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Baby goats are so cute. Pyramid Peak is rad. Cap, Pyramid, and Maroon in 3 days was quite the coup!

39. Maroon Peak, 14,163 7/31/20

Route: South Ridge, Class 3

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: "The Mountains Don't Care" "The Deadly Bells" and an assortment of various perilous signs offer predictions of your certain doom if you venture near the Bells. People die on them almost every year, usually a handful during each summer. Like Capitol, the Bells were on my "Maybe not" list. It was such a brilliant route and quite easy.I don't know why people die on it. Maroon is not all that hard.

40. Castle Peak, 14,274 8/1/20

Route: Northeast Ridge, Class 2+

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: So busy! Not what I am used to in the Elks. Pretty peak though.

41. Mt. Massive 14,427 8/2/20

Route: South Ridge Direct, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: South South South Massive then South South Massive then South Massive then Massive then Massive Green then North Massive then Massive Green then Massive then down. It was pretty massive.

42. Mt. Elbert 14,438 8/3/20

Route: Northeast Ridge, Class 1

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: My least favorite of all the 14ers. I guess if the highest in the state is gonna be swarmed with tourists then at least Elbert is a good one to throw to the wolves. It was the conclusion to a very nice 6 14ers in 6 days though.

43. Mt. Sneffels 14,155 8/15/20

Route: Southwest Ridge, Class 3

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Climbed Courthouse Mountain that morning, then drove to the Yankee Boy Basin 2wd trailhead, mountain biked up the road, then did a sunset ascent from Blue Lakes Pass. Lovely day. One of the best.

44. Mt. Wilson 14,256 8/16/20

Route: North Slopes, Class 4

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: I did not quite expect the difficulty of the summit ridge. I think the one move is 5.0-5.2 for very short 13 year olds. The traverse from Mt. Wilson to El Diente was a breeze though. Easy class 3 excluding the initial down climb off of Wilson? The standard descent route of ED was big suck though. Never again will I do that.

45. Wilson Peak 14,021 8/16/20

Route: South Ridge, Class 3-

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Controversial opinion: With sufficient route finding you can avoid all sustained 3rd class moves. Serious class 2+ with loose rock and occasional exposure. I will call it class 3- just so I don't get yelled at by people that think it is hard.

46. Mt. Yale 14,200 8/16/20

Route: East Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: For some reason we were all tired and grouchy this day. Seemed to be a pleasant route, though.

47. Mt. Princeton 14,200 8/22/20

Route: North Slopes, Class 1

Climbed with: Mom and Dad + Scott Henry (remember him from La Plata Peak?) + Lou and Surya Russo (from Mt. Evans)

Notes: Cloudy sad day. Very boring mountain. Afternoon ice cream in Buena Vista was the highlight.

48. Mt. Antero 14,271 8/23/20

Route: West Slopes, Class 1+

Climbed with: Scott Henry + Lou and Surya

Notes: Dusting of fresh snow in mid august. Unusual. Only Centennial I did with neither parent.

49. Crestone Peak 14,299 9/5/20

Route: North Slopes, Class 2+

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Up standard route (class 2+ in my opinion. sue me) down the northeast couloir (difficult class 3) over to Humboldt.

50. Humboldt Peak 14,068 9/5/20

Route: West Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Saddle to summit in 28 mins.

51. Holy Cross Ridge 13,850 9/19/20

Route: Halo Ridge, Notch Mountain Variation, Class 2+

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Halo Ridge with Notch Mountain is such a fun route, going aaaaaall the way around the Bowl of Tears. Exceptional! Half way on the original 100!

52. Mount of the Holy Cross 14,007 9/19/20

Route: Halo Ridge, Notch Mountain Variation, Class 2+

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Beautiful but windy day. My 48th ranked 14er, and the last of the season.

It was right here that I realized I wanted to pursue the Cents.

53. Mt. Hope 13,939 10/31/20

Route: East Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Spooky! Beautiful snowy day with a full moon and skeletal aspens and not a sole around. Halloween is a great day for climbs.

54. Fletcher Mountain 13,943 1/31/21

Route: Southeast Slopes Class 2, Easy Snow

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Camped out at the trailhead. My first true winter ascent. Van thermometer showed -3 when we started walking. Summit forecast was a high of 2 degrees. We than did an impromptu traverse to Quandary. Turns out the class 3+ west ridge of Quandary with zero knowledge of the route, no crampons or ice axes, and in the dead of winter is rather difficult. There are good, safe decisions, and there are those not. I always say that good decisions never lead to good stories, but at some point that is no longer true.

55. Mt. Buckskin 13,871 2/28/21

Route: South Ridge, Class 2, Easy Snow

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: -5 degrees f with 35 mph wind. We froze our tails off.

56. Mt. Silverheels 13,828 3/6/21

Route: West Slopes, Class 2, Easy Snow

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: You know it is bad when you post hole to your stomach while wearing snowshoes. At least the weather was nice this day.

57. Lackawanna Peak 13,826 4/10/21

Route: South Slopes, Class 2, Easy Snow

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Steep bushwhack. High in the lower teens. 40+ mph wind. Not the most enjoyable day, honestly. Beautiful though.

58. Dyer Mountain 13,861 4/18/21

Route: East Ridge from "Powerline Pass", Class 2, Easy Snow

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Climbed with Sherman and Gemini. Longish day from the winter parking.

59. Horseshoe Mountain 13,918 5/23/21

Route: Boudoir Couloir, Class 2, Moderate Snow

Climbed with: Dad + Preston Evans

Notes: Planned to ski the couloir but the snow was so crappy we dropped skis at the bottom of the couloir since there was no point in carrying them up. Still got some fun turns in down low though. Terrible snow but first day on a new pair of skis so that was fun.

60. Culebra Peak 14,053 5/28/21

Route: West Slopes, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: I spent the few years prior fuming over how dumb it was to pay for a mountain. I certainly don't support private property in the alpine, but it is a surprisingly beautiful experience with loads of wildlife and very little evidence of people.

61. Red Mountain 13,911 5/28/21

Route: North Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Gotta climb it with Culebra even if you aren't working on the Cents.

62. Grizzly Peak 13,997 6/5/21

Route: Grizzly Couloir, Class 3, Steep Snow

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Parked near the highway due to a completely unwarranted "Winter" closure. 21.2 miles RT, my longest yet. All with crampons and ice axes and sturdy boots which made the 14+ miles of road tender on the feet. Easily one of the best snow lines in Colorado, though.

63. Cathedral Peak 13,952 6/6/21

Route: South Ridge via East Couloir, Class 3, Steep Snow

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: The single busiest Centennial 13er I have climbed. Why is it so popular? I mean it is gorgeous and a nice outing, plus it is a relatively easy peak for the area, but still I have never seen 30 people going for a Centennial 13er in one day!

Then we flew to Seattle, climbed Mt. Rainier via Kautz Glacier and traversed most of the Northern Tatoosh Range ending on Unicorn Peak, before catching our flight back home, all in 4 days round trip.

64. Mt. Adams 13,937 6/28/21

Route: West Ridge, Class 2+

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: This was one of those weekends where everything flooded and there were a bunch of washouts and floods on the highways. The upper route on Adams had 4+ inches of fresh snow. In late June. Pretty unusual, I thought.

65. Columbia Point 13,986 6/29/21

Route: West Ridge via Challenger, Class 3+

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: The avenue was still covered in icy summer snow, plus the fresh snow as well. We did not have ice axes. The class 3/4 gullies were full of verglas. Probably great conditions for saying "Lets come back another day." Climbed the thing anyway. Making good decisions everywhere we go.

66. San Luis Peak 14,023 7/3/21

Route: Northeast Ridge, Class 1

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: I drove the dirt road in. It was my first time driving. Thankfully we were in the van, which is automatic. Anymore I only get to drive manual transmissions. Flowers were nice.

67. "Pheonix Peak" 13,904 7/4/21

Route: Cañon Diablo, Class 2

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Wet vegetation. Thigh high grass and willows in swampy meadows. 5 miles of it predawn. Whenever we encounter wet veg that gets your feet and clothing soaked we call it the Diablo Effect in "honor" of this lovely 19 mile day.

68. Stewart Peak 13,988 7/5/21

Route: East Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Such a nice easy peak. Would recommend for families. Also saw the most elk I have ever seen in one day, enough that from above it looked like willow mesa was moving. 200 animals? 300?

69. Atlantic Peak 13,856 7/6/21

Route: Northwest Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: It rained all night. the willow bushwhack and creek ford from mayflower gulch were sooooooo wet and cold. then you don't get any sun until reaching the summit of Atlantic. Brrr.

70. Pacific Peak 13,965 7/6/21

Route: Southwest Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Such a cool peak. Love the view of it from copper ski area. Fun to see Pacific Tarn, too. The only lake over 13,000 in Colorado, right?

71. Crystal Peak 13,860 7/6/21

Route: South Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Forget-me-nots were out en force.

72. French Mountain 13,942 7/11/21

Route: Southwest Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Hot, smoky day but the wildflowers were out of control. Love the Independence Pass area but Lackawanna Gulch was an obnoxious bushwhack.

73. Casco Peak 13,905 7/11/21

Route: North Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: More enjoyable ridge than Frasco/French.

74. Emerald Peak 13,916 7/24/21

Route: North Ridge via Missouri Mountain, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Dense fog all day. Heavy rain in the afternoon. Floods, washouts, and rockfall on the road. Wildflowers were once again spectacular. very different feeling than the previous peaks.

75. Ice Mountain 13,960 7/25/21

Route: East Ridge, Class 3+

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: The crux gully was not fun when wet. I thought all the holds would break.

76. "North Apostle" 13,869 7/25/21

Route: Southwest ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Lovely mountain. Would recommend for people just getting in to class 2 scampers. Or a nice add on to Ice.

77. Little Bear Peak 14,041 7/24/21

Route: West Ridge/Hourglass, Class 5.0

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: The upper parts of LB got soaked with rain and covered with hail the previous day. The hourglass was a true river, forcing us on to still-wet 5th class rock at the side. Should have just done the West Ridge Direct. Worked out though. Dropped back to Lake Como then decided to throw on Blanca (as a repeat from a few years prior) for some extra mileage just to work on fitness.

78. *New Centennial* North Maroon Peak 14,022 7/30/21

Route: Northeast Ridge, Class 4

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: We hid under a bush next to the Buckskin Pass Trail for 30 minutes around 5 am while it rained. As the rain calmed and we could continue walking, the fog continued to be so thick we couldn't see... well, anything but the trail in front of us. We Crossed the creek, then the rock glacier, and got into the first gully. We were nearly at the top of it when suddenly we punched through the clouds and were above this thick sea of fog with the rising sun over it turning the world silvery and the clouds into molten gold, Pyramid Peak an iron fang breaking through it all, mountain goats joined us to watch the spectacle... Many hundreds of sunrises I have seen from in the alpine, the desert, even a few at the ocean. Not one was this beautiful. On top (where we spent over an hour lounging) there were two guys that came over from Maroon. One said this, and his words were perhaps the best for describing that morning, "When the sun rose I genuinely thought that I had slipped and fallen, died, and this was what heaven looked like." Also, I thought this was by far the easiest of the "4th class 14ers."

79. *No Longer Centennial* Teakettle Mountain 13,815 8/7/21

Route: Southwest Slopes, Class 5.3

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: The night before we camped in YBB and watched the best meteor shower I have ever seen, perhaps 25 killer shooting stars in as many minutes? the weather was so clear and perfect, it was lovely. The forecast for the following day was impeccable. We went to bed very happy. We woke up around 6 and began getting ready. We stepped out of the camper. You could not see the mountains. You could not see the sky. The smoke from California had moved in overnight, a somber grey blanket strangling the air. We started up towards the Coffeepot. There is some loose rock but it is so much easier than people say. At the Coffeepot they say you should be able to see nearly every major peak in the San Juans. We could see Teakettle and Potosi. Not Sneffels, not Emma or Gilpin. By 9 am and there was not a cloud in the sky but the sun was yet to come up. It never did. From the Coffeepot, the remainder of the route is delightful, a jigsaw of class 2 and 3 leading to a very neat summit area. Could easily be a classic route if the approach was better. I need to do it again on a clear day. We got back to cell service and pulled up purple air. It showed Ouray at around 275 AQI. Love breathing that stuff.

80. Pigeon Peak 13,977 8/7/21

Route: West Face via North Pigeon Creek, Class 2+

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: "Now explain to me how you did Teakettle and Pigeon in back to back days," one might say. It involves cheating with a train, then climbing Pigeon Peak as an afternoon/evening ascent from Needleton, then sleeping in North Pigeon Creek. N. Pigeon is stunning but the horror stories about the bushwhack in there are all true. Still worth it to get to spend a night up there though. Pigeon Peak is super fun but I was disappointed in how easy It was. I love 3rd and 4th class scrambling on good rock, which is what was advertised, but without any route finding or tedious traverses it all goes at class 2+. Kind of like Grizzly Peak C. Big let down. Also, anyone know anything about climbing on that west ridge? The rock looked good.

81. Turret Peak 13,837 8/8/21

Route: West Ridge via North Pigeon Creek, Class 2+

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Very cool views from this peak. Climb wasn't too memorable though.

82. Jagged Peak 13,837 8/11/21

Route: Northeast Face 5.4

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: The best of the bunch. There is arguably no other mountain in Colorado like Jagged. It is just so fun. I rarely agree with Roach, but his praise of this peak is one thing that he got right. Still a little smoky, but the climbing is fun, the rock is good, and the scenery and location are Colorado's best. Love it.

83. *New Centennial* Trinity Peak 13,816 8/12/21

Route: East Ridge via South Face, Class 3-

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: This day was a wee bit silly. We were camped on the pass between peaks 7 and 8, then Dad and I got up early, climbed Trinity and East Trinity, returned to camp, climbed Peak 7 while Mom began packing up camp, then followed the Kodiak High Route over Trinity Pass down to Vestal Lake. We wanted West Trinity but were too tired at this point in the trip.

84. Vestal Peak 13,867 8/13/21

Route: Wham Ridge 5.0

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Absolute classic, SO GOOD! The climbing was mostly 4th class with the crux pitch having 30 feet of low 5th along a crack. This would almost be great ropeless, but the exposure it definitely there with you so I was happy to have a rope on the crux. the descent is less fun.

85. *New Centennial* Arrow Peak 13,817 8/13/21

Route: Northeast Ramp, Class 3

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: One of the best 3rd class scrambles in the Colorado Alpine. Was really nice to do this one as a family after a couple peaks where Mom chose not to come with.

86. Pikes Peak 14,109 8/28/21

Route: Barr Trail, Class 1

Climbed with: Mom and Dad + Evan Stern + grandparents and many friends met us on top.

Notes: Honestly really pretty down low than kinda boring up higher. My last 14er, Dad's as well. Kind of a anticlimactic finish, but this way my grandparents and non-hiking friends could join in the celebrations.

87. California Peak 13,854 9/11/21

Route: North Ridge, Class 1

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: I love the Sangres. Just so beautiful and not too busy. Really a gem of a mountain range.

88. "Huerfano Peak" 13,837 9/12/21

Route: Southwest Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Just as all the Lindsay stuff was starting to become a problem. We just stayed on the ridge crest and didn't get hassled at all.

89. Clinton Peak 13,854 9/19/21

Route: East Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Fall colors in full swing. Pedaled the road then stashed bikes and climbed Clinton then traversed over Wheeler to North Star. Really a fantastic traverse, fun route finding. Great day.

90. Mt. Meeker 13,916 9/26/21

Route: Northwest Ridge via Loft Route, Class 3

Climbed with: Mom and Dad + Scott Henry

Notes: Up the Loft, down the east ridge. SO windy. The traverse between Meeker and Meeker Ridge makes for some fun scrambling.

91. Thunder Pyramid 13,854 5/28/22

Route: West Face, Class 3

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: I was nervous for this one. It was a lot of fun but also a decent challenge. Decided to traverse to (sadly no longer ranked) Lightning Pyramid. Not knowing anything about the ridge, and with snow on it it made for lots of 4th and 5th class downclimbing on questionable rock. Our joke from this day is that when you can't find a good hold in the Elks you can just put two rocks next to each other and hand jam it. Then it is always a perfect fit!

3 days later we flew to Lima, Peru, and spent a month climbing crazy stuff in the Cordillera Blanca, including Pisco, Yanapaqcha, Urus, Ishinca, Tocllaraju, almost Huascaran, and headlined by a successful ascent of 20,218 foot Ranrapalca, a really damn hard mountain that I am probably the youngest ever to climb.

92. Mt. Ouray 13,979 7/8/22

Route: West Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom

Notes: Lovely day with Mom. Mind blowing flowers, pretty clouds, and Chipeta as a bonus 13er. What more could you ask for?

93. Mt. Oklahoma 13,843 7/17/22

Route: West Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad + Brian Walters

Notes: Mom and Brain then went down for a mountain bike ride. Dad and I traversed to Deer Mountain, K49, UN 13,736, and Mt. Champion. Great cirque!

94. *New Centennial* Niagara Peak 13,816 7/31/22

Route: East Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: I got to drive the Tacoma (also a manual transmission) from Fairplay to Lake City which was a lot of fun for me since I had never driven a mountain pass before. I have never seen so much rain. The area above lake city was a swamp. The wildflowers were insanity. The waterfalls were roaring and the hillsides looked like a picture straight out of Scotland, they were so green. I love the San Juans.

95. Jones Mountain 13,867 7/31/22

Route: South Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes:Really nice outing to do Niagara, Jones, and American from Cataract Gulch in a day. Would recommend for families.

96. Unnamed Peak 13,838 8/1/22

Route: West Ridge, Class 2

Climbed with: Mom and Dad

Notes: Really cool position, looking back to Redcloud but also up to Wetterhorn and Uncompahgre and down to Lake City. Gorgeous

97. Unnamed Peak 13,820 8/1/22

Route: Via UN 13,838, Class 2

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: That traverse is longer than it looks. At least the walking is easy and the view is spectacular.

98. Rio Grande Pyramid 13,825 8/2/22

Route: East Ridge, Class 2+

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: If you have climbed anything in the San Juans you have probably seen that pointy mountain off to the east, or the south that looms so far away from everything else, always in the verge of disappearing over the horizon. From that pointy mountain, you can see basically every important summit in the San Juans. It was such a cool summit. We climbed it with "Fools Pyramid" and UN 13,261for a 22.5 mile day. That seemed like a lot of walking to me.

99. Jupiter Mountain 13,838 8/7/22

Route: East Ridge, Class 2+

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: When we climbed the CB 14ers, we completely ignored Jupiter, primary based in the bias of a 12 year old in blind pursuit of the 14ers. Not wanting to pay for the train again, we decided to come into Jupiter from Vallacito on a 3 day backpack; 16 miles in to Johnson Basin, climb Aztec Peak that evening, then Jupiter, Grizzly, and McCauley the next day, then all the way back out on the third day. Surprising even ourselves, we were able to hold this excessively ambitious schedule, despite very wet weather. The south ridge of Jupiter is fun and not very hard, perhaps a few sections of class 3?

100. Vermillion Peak 13,909 8/10/22

Route: Southeast Ridge, Class 2+

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Also did Golden Horn and tried Pilot Knob but then turned around at the last gendarme ~20 feet below the summit. We did not like the rock quality - risk ratio. Need to come back with a rope.

101. *No Longer Centennial* Dallas Peak 13,814 8/13/22

Route: South Face, Class 5.3

Climbed with: Dad + Mark Oppegard

Notes: Way easier than expected, super fun mountain though! Would recommend.

102. Gladstone Peak 13,923 8/14/22

Route: East face, Class 3-

Climbed with: Dad

Notes: Definite improvement over the north ridge route. Everything was covered in hail and was super slick but it was still easy.

103. Hagerman Peak 13,848 8/2/22

Route: Southwest Ridge, Class 3

Climbed with: Mom and Dad + Preston Evans + Bryan Asbury and his friend Ed

Notes: After a fun day on Siberia Peak the previous day, we climbed the southwest ridge of Hagerman on Sunday. It is a really nice route if you stay directly on the ridge crest for some 4th class on brilliant rock. The summit still had some snow from the 6 inches they got on Wednesday and the 3 more on Friday, but it melted out well. Afterwords, Dad and I ran over to UN 13,062 aka "Fravert Peak," laughing at the symbolism of despite finishing one goal already pursuing the next.

Thank you so much for allowing me to relive these wonderful memories! As I said earlier I am completely happy to share pictures, beta, or stories from any of these peaks. It makes me smile to think that if I can do this (and everything else have done) in the last 7 years, what might I do in the next 7? The next 37? I can't wait to find more adventures in this beautiful world we have. Thanks, and be safe out there everyone!

A true journey it has been climbing all of these peaks. It has taken me through most of my life and shaped who I am, I have learned a thousand lessons about risk and perseverance and goal setting and grit and everything else, and the mountains aren't done teaching me. In the mountains I am pushed to look for my best self. I hope someday I can find him, but for now, more adventure is needed, more RMNP climbs and Gore Couloirs, more laps down Highlands Bowl and Hanging Valley, more rides on Captain Ahab and Porcupine Rim, more nights beneath the stars in the Wem, a return to Pilot Knob, perhaps a traverse between the Crestones or the Bells, and hopefully some desert towers as a new and unique challenge and and and and. The list goes on indefinitely. If I ever find the bottom of it, I will know I have failed. To me success is a never ending love for nature and adventure. I can't wait to go look for it!