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Monday, September 12th, 2005

These are pictures from all the other mountains we climbed in Colorado. Click below to check them out! There are pictures from La Plata Mountain, Mt. Huron, Mt. Evans, Gray’s and Torrey’s Peaks and Mt. Beirstat.
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Colorado Springs and Denver

Monday, September 12th, 2005

We were lucky enough to get to see Hank and Kirsten before Hank left for Afghanistan and visit some friends in Denver. Hank and Kirsten took us to our fist biker ralley (not as crazy as it sounds) and we got to see Carin perform the viola in Denver. I’ll just post a couple quick photos from the two visits.
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Colorado 14ers

Saturday, August 20th, 2005
We are in Colorado now and on the way down to see Hank at Fort Carson we stopped to climb a few mountains, of course. Colorado has over 50 separate peaks over 14,000 feet high. We climbed three of them ... [Continue reading this entry]

King’s Peak, Utah

Sunday, August 14th, 2005
We had come to the Northeast corner of Utah to climb King's 5 years ago and made it about 200 vertical feet from the summit when a summer snow storm hit and we had to retreat to our campsite in ... [Continue reading this entry]

Grand Tetons

Sunday, August 14th, 2005
The Tetons are beautiful, they look a lot more like the Canadian Rockies than the Colorado Rockies. But I've heard Teton is French for breast. Those French explorers must have really been desparate because I don't think they look much ... [Continue reading this entry]

Yellowstone

Friday, August 12th, 2005
We got a little 'geyser crazy' at Yellowstone. Many of them are on fairly predictable schedules so you can plan your day around eruptions. Dave kept hanging around the ranger station trying to get the inside scoop and see if ... [Continue reading this entry]

Idaho-Disappointed on Borah

Friday, August 12th, 2005
Well, we went to complete another high point, Idaho's highest mountain Borah Peak. It was a beautiful day and a great hike but I'm sad to say I didn't make it to the top. I was in the midst of ... [Continue reading this entry]

Crater Lake, OR

Friday, August 12th, 2005
Crater Lake is the site of what is estimated to be one of the largest volcanic eruptions ever. Of course, it was a really long time ago but it's pretty interesting. The lake is beautiful, you can actually scuba dive ... [Continue reading this entry]