Me on Orizaba - Nov 2008

Male, 38 years old

Avon, Colorado, United States

Power = 214 (Vote Weight = 91.25%)

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 and the 57 "Ultras" in the Lower 48.

I would like to improve my rock climbing. 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, two mountaineering axes, crampons, rock harness, helmet, various carabiners, quickdraws, a few cams, 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.

Some Accomplishments: 799 ranked Colorado peaks including all 53 Fourteeners and all 47 Centennial Thirteeners, 66 Bi-Centennial Thirteeners. 33 ranked Utah peaks. I have also climbed Orizaba and La Malinche in Mexico. I average over 150,000 vertical feet and close to 150 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), West Trinity (North Face), Pagoda (North Buttress) and Independence Monument (Otto's)

Some of my winter and couloir achievements include 14 fourteeners in winter (incl. Kit Carson and La Plata). 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, North Couloir on Potosi 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, Independence on American Peak and North Couloir of Castle. 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 climbing (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(2013): Just a running list for myself to keep track of what I have done so far this year:

January: Missouri, Sheridan

February: Culebra

March: Quandary

April: Hoosier Ridge, 8131, Red Hill

May: Assignation Ridge, PT 8983, PT 8498, North Twin Cone, Blaine, South Twin Cone, Horseshoe

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 (RIP my friend), 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, btmiller014, floyd, astrobassman, cheeseburglar, Westcliffe Willie, tonka, lmno, colinpence, ShredDeb, JohnKirk, Husker, Mooner, Day Hiker, BrianC, benners, mtnfire2469, Monster5, 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.

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