Sometimes I’m a little ambitious with the schedule I create for my life. Like this past weekend, when I hiked three 14ers. Spoiler – I did make it in one piece – but I’m definitely taking next weekend off. Three summits in two days. No big deal. The summit fever started with Mount Shavano and … Continue reading »
Category Archives: mountains
Double digit club
With all of my misadventures on 14ers it was high time for a successful hike up a 14er without any major hindrance. This finally happened when I hiked Mount Massive with my friend Molly, and I could not have been happier. Mount Massive is located just outside of Leadville, by Mount Elbert. It was a … Continue reading »
How to not hike a 14er
When my original Memorial Day weekend plans of road tripping to New Mexico with my friend Melissa fell through due to boring, responsible reasons like work, I quickly made alternate plans to camp and hike a 14er with two fellow Colorado bloggers, Heather and Heidi. They were planning on trying to climb La Plata Peak, … Continue reading »
14ers / adventures / mountains / summer
Summer plans: 14 14ers
How do I spend my lunch breaks? Planning the mountains that I want to climb this summer of course. 14ers are kind of a thing for us Colorado folk, and I even have a T-shirt that has a list of 14ers that can be checked off. There are approximately 54 (53 if you’re Wikipedia) 14ers … Continue reading »
BroBoard Friday
After my difficult three day work week it was time to take a well deserved break yesterday for BroBoard Friday! My coworker and I coordinated our lieu days to go skiing, so every other Friday has been deemed BroBoard Friday. Although I’m not a bro or a boarder BroBoard Friday is really all about just … Continue reading »
Mogul domination
If you saw me skiing down a steep, groomed run, I might have you fooled into thinking I have been skiing for years. This would change the instant you saw me skiing a run with moguls. Especially since I’m using the word ski loosely here. Put me on a run with moguls and the way … Continue reading »
America’s best idea
One of my favorite parts about working for the National Park Service is reading the Morning Report and the Daily Almanac on the employee intranet. On the Daily Almanac, there’s always a quote about the parks, from NPS employees, politicians or historians, and the quote today really hit me close to home. It’s from Enos … Continue reading »
adventures / colorado / denver / hikes / mountains
Such thing as a free lunch
I learned the hard way this weekend that there is such thing as a free lunch. Unfortunately this only occurs after you lose your only car key on a 22 mile run, cancel your weekend camping and hiking plans, and spend four hours waiting outside of a brewery with your ID locked inside of your … Continue reading »
Here comes the sun
I’ve always said that when you live in Colorado you’re assured to never be the craziest outdoor enthusiast. No matter what there is usually someone who ran farther than you, biked a crazier trail or hiked a more extreme route. At least that’s what I thought until this past weekend, when I very well may … Continue reading »
Advice from a mountain
My friend Emily gave me a birthday card this year that’s just too good to not share. The premise of the card is “Advice from a Mountain”. Perfect, right? I did a dramatic reading of the card tonight, which I think my friends really enjoyed. I think they probably enjoyed it as much as the … Continue reading »
