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| pebblehopper | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: August 1998  | |
| Pike's Peak Ascent....figure it counts as a first 14er. Cured my desire to run...permanently. | ||
| Posted Feb 21, 2005 4:09 pm | ||
| ColoradoScott | Route Climbed: Northwest Slopes from Crags Campground Date Climbed: August 4, 1985 | |
| I needed a nice long hike to prepare for Kit Carson the following weekend, so a buddy and I chose this one. I was surprised how remote and isolated we felt leaving the CG and hiking up a 14er on a very sketchy trail (it was almost 20 years ago). The solitude disappeared above timberline when we encountered the road and began climbing the tundra above it. Even stranger was the summit, where tourists from other states looked at us like Hillary and Tenzing!!! Oh, to be a flatlander with such low aspirations! | |
| Posted Feb 4, 2005 11:45 am | ||
| Rob A | Route Climbed: Took the tram Date Climbed: Aug 1994 | |
| My first taste of the mountians. i was in grade school on family vacation. it was awsome. it was what got me hooked on the mountains. | |
| Posted Jan 31, 2005 11:51 am | ||
| Richrat | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: July 31st 2000 | |
| This was my first peak. The longest trail as well. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2005 8:53 pm | ||
| Paul Morrill | Route Climbed: Road from Cascade Date Climbed: September 1994 | |
| Scarry !!!!!!! No gardrails............. | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2005 4:21 pm | ||
| woodstrider | Route Climbed: From Manitou Date Climbed: Aug 1991 and Aug 1976 | |
| I climbed this peak twice, why Aug? Because I like to take a nice vacation for my birthday. Both times I did not hike down, once I took the cog rail, another I hitchhiked. It was my first hike on one of the USA's bigger mountains. Beautiful! | |
| Posted Jan 8, 2005 11:35 am | ||
| F Bomb | Route Climbed: Barr Trail from Manitou Date Climbed: 7/15/00 | |
| My first fourteener and I thought I was climbing Everest. Got off trail a little bit and had to do some scrambling. Got to the top and expected the band to start, but it was just a bunch of old people asking me to move my feet. Not a very enjoyable fourteener for this reason. Done. | |
| Posted Jan 5, 2005 11:01 am | ||
| Scott | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: January 1, 2005 | |
| Good 3-day hike with the CMC. My only complaint was too much snoring at Barr Camp. Had to leave at night and slept right on the snow (with a pad) under the stars. | |
| Posted Jan 2, 2005 9:02 pm | ||
| April Simmons | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: September 16, 2002 | |
| The view from the top was nice, except for the dust. | |
| Posted Dec 31, 2004 11:03 pm | ||
| Nyle Walton | Route Climbed: Road Date Climbed: October 14, 2001 | |
| Pikes Peak is an ideal mountain for a geezer 68 years old. I left my wife in bed with a bad cold at the motel in Colorado Springs and in a Lincoln Continental drove passed the unmanned toll gate early in the morning and loitered for more than an hour inside the restaurant half way up until a road crew gave me permission to continue toward the top. Twenty minutes later I pulled into the summit parking lot and teetered around dizzily gasping for breath for over an hour as more motorists made it to the summit. I triumphantly posed for a picture in front of the restaurant next to the sign announcing Pikes Peak and its altitude above sea level before undertaking the arduous descent that numbed my forearms holding fast to the steering wheel. Upon my return to the motel, the only comment my wife had about my triumph was "what kept you?" I can't imagine why one would want to hike or run to the top of Pikes Peak when one can get up there in the sedentary comfort of a luxury car. It's not that I am lazy. In my youth I scaled a number of famous peaks. However I always chose the easiest way up. For example at age 21 with the help of a guide I climbed the Matterhorn via the Hornli Ridge. Earlier I had climbed the Grand Teton and Mount Rainier, both with guides. On the Mexican volcanoes of Popocatepetl and Orizaba I did not need a guide. In 1959 I roped up Mont Blanc from the Refuge de Gouter between two German luftwaffe officers. In the Andes I climbed Huayna Potosi, Vallunaraju, and Huascaran with experienced climbers. However in old age with heart problems I must get my mountaineering buzz behind the wheel of a luxury car or leasurely browse the photographs in Summitpost. | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2004 11:57 am | ||
| csmcgranahan | Route Climbed: Barr Trail from Manitou Springs Date Climbed: September 26, 2004 | |
| Hiked up the Barr Trail from Manitou Springs on a partly cloudy day. Having moved to Colorado Springs earlier in the year this was the third time I'd summited the great peak that is visible from my master bedroom. What a view every morning! | |
| Posted Oct 31, 2004 9:43 pm | ||
| Ed F | Route Climbed: Pikes Peak Ascent from downtown Manitou Springs Date Climbed: August 22, 2004 | |
| Did the Pikes Peak Ascent for the first time. Crazy! It was like a cattle drive to the summit. Definitely one of the tougher things I've ever done. I only managed to run the first 2 miles and the middle 3. 13.32 miles, 7,815 vertical feet. It hurts just to see those numbers.... | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2004 12:32 pm | ||
| Natasha | Route Climbed: Crags Date Climbed: December 29, 2002 | |
| What a great hike! Packed trail and little snow negated the need for snowshoes or crampons. Overcast for the lower elevations, but at ~12,000 ft we popped out over the clouds and had sunshine the remainder of the hike. VERY, VERY, cold though with high winds. Was very thankful for my balaclava and goggles. Kind of eerie at the top with the gift shop shutdown and not a soul to be found...I'm so used to 100's of tourists milling about with donuts and cigarettes in hand. :) | |
| Posted Oct 14, 2004 2:52 pm | ||
| mr_g | Route Climbed: Northwest Slopes Date Climbed: June 3, 2000 | |
| My first time climbing this mountain from Crags Campground took 4.5 hours to the summit. We met family at the summit and got a ride down, but estimated about 2 hours to get back to the trailhead. The route was a bit murky at first after crossing the stream, but once we got onto the old mining road, the route was apparent. My last time on this route there were better signs pointing the way, and there were alot more people on this route versus the standard Barr Trail route. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2004 10:03 am | ||
| mr_g | Route Climbed: Northwest Slopes Date Climbed: July 14, 2001 | |
| Started from Crags Campground, and ascended to the summit in about 6 hours. Lots of kids on this route - some who did not know where the summit was. Clouds moved in later in the day even though there were still climbers enroute. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2004 8:51 am | ||
| neoday | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: June or July 1998 or 1999 | |
| Good hike- really long. We had a van waiting for us at the summit. So it was just a one way trip. A guy in the group brought a 5000 ci pack and ended up having the female leader carry it (along with two other packs) to the summit. started off with beautiful weather and ended up with a few hikers near hipothermic. Wind, sleet and snow the last 750 vert. feet. | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2004 2:53 pm | ||
| xskier77 | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: September 26, 2004 | |
| Hiked to the Barr camp on Saturday September 25, 2004 and spent the night at the camp. The hike was very easy and the trail was as good as any I've hiked. Sunday September 26, 2004 my Dad and I were on the trail at 5:45am and made the summit in 4.5 hours with a long break along the way. After spending an hour on the summit and eating a doughnut in the cafeteria we started on our way down. 2.5 hours to the Barr camp and then another 2 hours to the car. This was my 53rd 14er summit which now just leaves Culebra. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2004 11:20 pm | ||
| pusdkq6ee | Route Climbed: Drive up Date Climbed: 8-13-04 | |
| It was cold and windy, but the sky was so clear: no rain, no thunderstorm; blue sky. I stayed there for couple hours. Saw people getting out from the tram, took some nice pictures. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2004 3:35 pm | ||
| ashumack | Route Climbed: Crags Date Climbed: August 8, 2004 | |
| We started at 4 AM, and we got to watch the sunrise from Devil's Playground. Absolutely stunning views! This was my first 14er, and I'm looking forward to many more. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2004 12:50 pm | ||
| Tbacon251 | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: September 2003 | |
| I started out at 6:00 am towards the Barr Camp. After recahing the Barr Camp, we camped in bivy's to get use to the altitude. In the moring we hiked to the shelter (base camp) and ditched our heavy items. After hiding out stuff, we hiked the rest of the way to the top. After an hour break at the top, we hiked back down and stayed the night at the shelter. In the moring we hiked out. WOW!!!! This is a great climb!!!! | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2004 1:59 am | ||
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