I'm your huckleberry... chicagotransplant Male, 34 years old Avon, Colorado, United States Power = 150 (Vote Weight = 89.38%) Loading... Occupation: architect Climbing Goals: As far a "list" goes, the Highest Two Hundred in Colorado. 3000' on the 14ers would be nice, but if I get 2800' I'm not too worried about it. I also want to climb all of the ranked peaks in the Gore Range and Eagle, Summit and Lake Counties. I would like to improve my rock climbing and learn how to ice climb as well. I am also starting to get into glacial peaks, but have been turned back twice in the Cascades. Eventually I would like to get to some of the volcanos (only Orizaba so far) and other high peaks in Mexico and South America (Chimborazo, Sajama, Parinatcota to name a few). Kilimanjaro is also on my "life list", hopefully before the glacier melts. Gear List: All of the basics needed (10 essentials etc.) for a typical summer hike. I also have snowshoes, mountaineering axe, crampons, rock harness, helmet, various carabiners, quickdraws, pulleys and prussiks for routes needing them. For camping I have a 3-season tent, expedition tent, 20 degree and -20 degree sleeping bags I also have a full complement of alpine ski gear, AT gear and nordic skate ski gear and am Level 1 avalanche certified. I drive a 2002 Nissan XTerra (stock) which can get me to pretty much any trailhead I want, though admittedly I often park lower to gain 3000' on my ascents. Some Accomplishments: 395 ranked Colorado peaks including all 53 Fourteeners, 41 Centennial Thirteeners and 53 Bi-Centennial Thirteeners. 5 ranked Utah peaks. I have also climbed Orizaba and La Malinche in Mexico. I average over 150,000 vertical feet and 75 summits each full calendar year. I will hike/climb year round, but on a good powder day I'm at Vail or Beaver Creek. Some scrambles I have done include The Sawtooth (Bierstadt), Kelso Ridge (Torreys), the West Ridge on Dyer, the SW Face on Kit Carson, The Northeast Ridge (direct) on Capitol, NW Face on Little Bear, Teakettle Mountain, Wilson-El Diente Traverse, Crestone Traverse and the South Ridge on "West Partner". I have done tech routes on Vestal (Wham Ridge Center Shift) and West Trinity (North Face) Some of my winter and couloir achievements include Sherman, Kit Carson, Bross, Bierstadt, La Plata and Quandary in winter. I skied Quandary, Missouri, the Angel of Shavano and Elbert twice on failed summit attempts (highest from 13,000') and would like to get more 14er skiing. I have also climbed Angelica on Holy Cross, Refrigerator on Ice, The Edwardian on Mt Edwards, Boudoir Couloir on Horseshoe Mtn, Hopeful on Hope, Grand Couloir on Aetna and North Star Couloir on N Arapahoe to name a few couloirs. I am trying to get into couloir skiing and have skied the Shooting Star couloir on James Peak. Got turned around a 12,500' on a summit attempt at Rainier in July 2006, and 9100' on Baker in June 2007 looking forward to getting back on the glaciers again soon! For Fun: Obviously hiking and peak bagging (mostly up to class 4, maybe some easy 5th). Alpine skiing (in bound expert, backcountry novice), nordic skiing (skate, former racer), mountain biking (mostly FS roads), rock climbing (low 5.10 top roped, learning lead), bouldering (only V1 though) This Year's Climbs (2009): Just a running list for myself to keep track of what I have done so far this year: January: Bross, Bierstadt February: Humboldt, Eve (ski), Adam (ski) March: Blue, Pisgah, "SW Lenawee", Lenawee, PT 6892 April: Burnt C (ski), Red Hill G, PT 8526, Gyp Hill, Fitzpatrick (ski), PT 8410 A, Axtell (ski), Snodgrass (ski), Casteel Ridge May: Bellyache Ridge West, Bellyache Ridge East, Pennsylvania, PT 9260 B, Missouri (ski), Prospect A, Greenhorn B, Big Red, Goliath, Rogers, Warren, Spalding, Gray Wolf, Cooper, Ruby A, Wichita, Quail, Midland, PT 11563, Ice, "Hassell", "Harrison", Red F, Douglas B June: PT 13078, PT 13317, PT 12837, PT 12581, Jenkins, PT 13140 A, Grizzly E, Red B, Twin B, Rinker, Rolling, "V9", Treasure, PT 13075, Hanson, Hurricane, Tuttle, Houghton, "Thunder Pyramid", "Lightning Pyramid", Cathedral July: Emma, Stony, Gilpin, Sneffels, Cirque, "Kismet", "East Partner", Hardscrabble A, Marble A, Little Horn, Fluted, Horn, PT 12580 C August: Galena B, PT 12180A, PT 12500D, PT 12734, PT 12453 B, Lyle, Divide, PT 10062, "Sneva", Uneva, "T 10", Three Needles, West Trinity, Trinity, East Trinity, Vestal, Arrow, Electric B, Garfield A, Graystone, Decatur, Revenue, Silver, Brittle Silver, Savage, PT 12898, PT 12940A, PT 12525, New York, Porphry A, Chapin, Chiquita, Ypisilon, Fairchild, Hagues, Mummy, Tileston, Bighorn A, Hagerman, Arkansas September: Geneva, Landslide, Sullivan, Santa Fe, Swan, PT 12558, PT 12430 B, "Booth", PT 12380 A, Bald D, Larson, "Petroleum", "Anderson", Prize, Ptarmigan B, Copper A, Union, Wheeler, Argentine, Jackson, PT 13433 October: PT 12739 B, Turner, PT 12956, PT 12955 A, PT 6475, Peale, Tukuhnikivatz, Jones, PT 13712, Tabeguache, Shavano, "Esprit", Antero, White, PT 9425, Basalt, PT 8420 H, Coon, PT 12346, PT 12429 November: "Silverthorne", "Zodiac View", Elephant Butte, The Red Hills, Missouri Hill B Fellow SP'ers I have met and/or climbed with: Foxy Long Bottoms, shanahan96, jamienellis, Kiefer Thomas, mediadude, rlhansen, roozers42, Scott, Kessler, James Hay, haytraci, jfox, Haliku, rkymtn, Old Guide, Axe, Bodacious, denalibound, DudeThatMustHurt, Aspen, cftbq, KM Donovan, smason505, MyFeetHurt, Britette, apierce, Kane, vanny37, Aaron Johnson, mtnhiker13, jeffrawn, kilimanjaro1, ktimm, denmtnman, BBailey, truchas, shknbke, COdave, altitude14er, asphazell, thebeave7, SarahThompson, zenalpinist, Maverick, Ryan Kowalski, Alan Ellis, cruzit, sarah.simon, RyanS, Kurt Wedberg, astrobassman, cheeseburglar, Westcliffe Willie, tonka, lmno, colinpence and have probably crossed paths with a few others I didn't realize were on this site. A Few Words: Since I moved to Colorado from Chicago in May of 2004 I have been committing my free time to as much skiing as climbing as I can with a full time job. The image is me on the summit of West Partner Peak in the Gores, a nice little scramble. You can see Vail Ski Area and Mt of The Holy Cross in the background and I am wearing a Cubs hat, I felt it made for an appropriate image to describe myself. Send chicagotransplant a Private Message (PM) Member Since Jul 19, 2005, Last Active: Nov 20, 2009 Total Hits: 189650

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