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| Dropmo40 | good things are worth waiting...paying for  Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2008 | |
| lightning thunder its all good, rainbows, rocks, a permit fee, its all good | |
| Posted Oct 31, 2008 1:22 am | ||
| CBakwin | Yo! Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2008 | |
| Just a beautiful day! Climbed this up in 4 1/2 hours, down in three. Most enjoyable mountain. | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2008 1:45 pm | ||
| woodsxc | Long day Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2008 | |
| My first Fourteener and my longest day on the trail. We were hiking for over fourteen hours and I've done 20 mile hikes in less than half that time. We took the Keyhole route and really had a good time of it. I hadn't realized how exposed the Homestretch is and it pushed the limits of fun, but it was a good challenge. Seeing the sun come up right between the Twin Sisters and turn the East Face rosy red for five minutes was worth the 3:45 wake up. With this under my belt, I'd like to move on to some more challenging peaks. Good luck to all of you in future summits. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2008 3:43 pm | ||
| ThomasOldeHeuvelt | A special memory Date Climbed: Aug 14, 1997 | |
| Longs Peak is a special mountain to me. My father had climbed it in 1980. He died 3 years after I was born. Coming from the Netherlands, my sister and I climbed it when I was 14 on a beautiful summer's day. My mom was really proud. For years and years Longs has remained my altitude record, until this summer I climbed the magnificent Dent Blanche in the Swiss Alps, which is 12 meters higher. That was a feeling no one can describe. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2008 3:07 am | ||
| McCannster | Keyhole Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008 | |
| Began at the ranger station at 2am, hiked up to the Keyhole, waited in the freezing hut for some light, then made my way up to the summit, arrived there 7:15. Took an hour long nap on the summit, descended and got back to the TH at 12:20, almost a 10.5 hour day. Boy am I tired! | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2008 3:44 pm | ||
| Timothy Pearl | A Fine Day Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2008 | |
| Scooted up the keyhole with Brian T. in 4.25 hrs. Planning on a new personal speed record but a windy morning slowed that down. Turned out to be a great day despite the breezy morning. Congrats BT on first Longs summit! | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2008 9:24 am | ||
| volda2000 | Great Peak Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2008 | |
| Loft route ascent followed by standard keyhole descent. Descent weather, great group (Dan, Frank & Scott). A great mountain. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2008 11:32 pm | ||
| birdhead | The Keyhole Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2008 | |
| My third Colorado peak in three days. I found the Narrows and the Homestretch to be the most interesting and the Trough to be the least. Tons of people on the mountain, including one poor kid that got sick right in front of me. Overall it was a very cool route. Waited in the car for my friends who got caught on the way down in the thunderstorms that rolled in. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2008 5:32 pm | ||
| Gareth | Longs II Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2008 | |
| This was my second time on the summit. I went up the Loft Route, and down the North Face. I actually found Clark's Arrow. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2008 1:23 am | ||
| thebeave7 | Speed Climbing the Keyhole Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2008 | |
| Went for a speed attempt on Longs to see how hard I could push myself. 3:45 RT on another busy Saturday. Conditions are good up there, dry and snow free. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2008 6:22 pm | ||
| mountainzen107 | Fast and Light Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2008 | |
| This was my 7th 14er, done in 7 hrs and 15 minutes. By far the most beautiful/technical/exposed mountain thus far. I was prepared physically and mentally, but completely shocked at its difficulty. Being the "cattle route" i presumed that it would be a rather long version of grays or bierstadt. NOPE! i cannot believe how more people don't die up there. I saw 10 year olds, 60 year olds, and everything inbetween. I would have to say 90 percent looked inexperienced. anyway it was gorgeous and i loved the exposure on the narrows. -and also people's expressions on the narrows as they cling on the wall with their life as i skip by like a mountain goat. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2008 8:40 pm | ||
| thebeave7 | Keyhole Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2008 | |
| 5th time on the summit, first round trip of the Keyhole route. Matt and I took a quick midweek jaunt up and down, 5:25 RT. The route is completely snow free, though there is a little water on the Homestretch and in the Trough from snow melt/rain fall. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2008 6:33 pm | ||
| MarkDidier | Check Long's Peak off of Life List Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2006 | |
| 26 years after listening to my brother tell me about his climb up Long's I finally made it to the summit. My attempt in 2005 ended at the Keyhole due to bad weather. For this attempt in 2006 the weather was perfect. Hoping for success again this August. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2008 9:21 pm | ||
| LC | That was a close one Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2004 | |
| Woke up shortly after 3am and started the approach from the parking lot. Pretty easy going, up until the keyhole. Got to the summit at around 10am, saw some clouds, but didn't look like anything was going to happen. Boy, was I wrong. It started pouring shortly after I passed the keyhole on the way back. Very scary lighting strikes all around. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2008 12:25 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Keyhole Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2008 | |
| Solo climb of the Keyhole. The route is still "technical" and ice axe and crampons were definitely needed. Descended to Clark's Arrow and traversed to Meeker then down the Iron Gates. Had Longs all to myself this day! | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2008 11:13 am | ||
| McClimber | GOOD GOOD Date Climbed: May 25, 2003 | |
| Great summit from any route. Might have done this mountain about 20 times and from all sides. | |
| Posted Jun 3, 2008 2:44 am | ||
| ledavis23 | unplanned bivy Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2007 | |
| forgot to sign in from last summer. Climbed too slowly and spent the night on a ledge. Beautiful weather. | |
| Posted May 24, 2008 4:54 pm | ||
| astrobassman | Up the Loft, down standard | |
| This mountain lives up to its reputation. I can't wait to try the North Face and Kieners... | |
| Posted Mar 21, 2008 4:14 pm | ||
| Timothy Pearl | Finally Nailed a Winter Ascent Date Climbed: Feb 29, 2008 | |
| I got seriously pumped up for this one, hit great weather, and summited via the Trough-Narrows-Homestretch in 6 hours from Glacier Gorge solo. | |
| Posted Feb 29, 2008 6:56 pm | ||
| bighornmonkey | So close... Date Climbed: Feb 23, 2008 | |
| Attempted the summit in winter conditions with my friend Rudy but did not quite reach the top. We ascended the FLYING DUTCHMAN successfully (50 ft of WI2-3 that we protected with 3 screws) and made it within less than 500ft from the summit...Late hour, slow progress due to fresh snow coverage, and very windy weather conditions made us turn around.....so close! But there is always next time, right? | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2008 1:37 am | ||
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