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Mount
Elbert - 14433 ft /4401 m elevation,
The highest in Colorado - solo
This is one peak with too many false summits.
This is one of the peaks that Eddie decided to run. The summit approach
was more of a shuffle than a run but nothing was worse than continually
hitting what looked like the high point just to see another high
point a little further away. Ouch!
Climbed
- 7/6/1985
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 Eddie
on the summit |
Looking north from the summit at Mt Massive, the 2nd highest peak
in Colorado. |
Looking at LaPlatta Peak from the summit. |
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Mount
Massive - 14421 ft /4396 m elevation,
2nd highest - solo
Second time was a charm after getting stormed
off on the first try.
1st
Try - 8/4/1989
Climbed - 8/11/1989 (yes, that was 1 week later)
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Looking for photos |
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Mount
Harvard - 14420 ft /xxxx m elevation, 3rd highest
Close but no cookie! Sheena and Eddie turned back by weather. |
Looking up the valley toward the snow covered slopes of Mt. Harvard. |
Sheena walking up the slopes below the summit before another storm
started settling in. |
Mt. Harvard as seen from the Missouri basin |
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Blanca
Peak - 14345 ft /xxxx m elevation, 4th highest |
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La
Plata Peak - 14336 ft /4370 m elevation,
5th highest
Eddies 2nd summit bid, the first being an attempt on the Ellingwood
Ridge. August 1992 |
Eddie and sister Juli on the summit of La Plata peak - 1992 |
A pasted together view of the Ellingwood ridge that Eddie attempted previously with Deon but was turned back by weather. |
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Uncompahgre
Peak - 14309 ft /xxxx m elevation, 6th highest |
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Crestone
Peak - 14294 ft /xxxx m elevation, 7th highest |
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Mount
Lincoln - 14286 ft /4356 m elevation,
8th highest - (7/27/85) with Mark Brown
The first time Eddie ever hiked four 14'ers in a day! |
Eddie on the summit |
Mark Brown on the summit |
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Grays
- 14270 ft /4352 m elevation, 9th highest
My 2nd 14'er and 2nd in 1 day!!! Not a bad way to start. I can't thank
my dad enough for turning me on to this whole hiking the hills "thing"!
August 1975. |
The trail with Grays on the left and Torreys on the right |
Eddie at the summit with his trusty hiking partner, Barney. |
Heading back down Grays. |
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Mount
Antero - 14269 ft /4351 m elevation,
10th highest
- August 1990 Eddie with Matt Kholhaus |
On the jeep trails near Mt. Antero before hiking the rest of the way
to the summit |
Eddie, Matt Kohlhaas and Matts' mutt, Roxie, on the summit |
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Torreys
Peaks - 14267 ft /4349 m elevation,
11th highest
MY FIRST!!! The first time Eddie ever hiked above the 14,000 foot
level! Even though Juli and Michelle Lang (?) didn't make the summit,
the three "men" made it. Dad, Eddie and Barney! August 1975. |
Looking across the saddle at Torreys |
 The
summit. |
Eddie on top of his 1st 14'er! |
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Castle
Peak - 14265 ft /xxxx m elevation, 12th highest |
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Quandary
Peak - 14265 ft /4348 m elevation,
13th highest
Not a bad day for good old #13... |
Eddie on the summit of Quandary. Nice legs! |
Looking NW from the summit. You can see (L - R) Atlantic, Pacific
and Crystal peaks. |
Looking South from the summit. You can see (L - R) Traver, McNamee,
Clinton and Drift Pk. |
Mount
Evans - 14264 ft /4348 m elevation,
14th highest
An "honest" hike up Mt. Evans from Guennella Pass, over
Mt. Bierstadt via the sawtooth ridge with a return over Mt. Spalding
and Mt. Gray Wolf. Not a bad days hike! |
On the summit of the Sawtooth on the West ridge of Mt. Evans. |
On the summit getting ready to head to Gray Wolf Peak. |
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Longs
Peak - 14255 ft /4346 m elevation, 15th highest
Close, but no cookie! In 198? Eddie and a group of friends headed
up the trail. After a few miles in the group was traveling a bit slow
so Eddie started running. After working past crowds in the boulder
field he headed through the key hole to a solid line of fellow hikers.
Talking to several of the hikers, word was that there was a 15 - 30
minute wait at the summit to sign the register. Not quite an outdoor
experience so he turned around and headed down the trail to meet friends
and head to a Boulder Bar! No Summit! |
Longs peak looking at the Diamond. |
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Mount
Wilson - 14246 ft /xxxx m elevation, 16th highest |
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Mount
Cameron - 14238 ft /4340 m elevation
- (7/27/85)
with Mark Brown
Maybe not a "ranked" 14'er, but I count it! |
Mt. Cameron from the summit of Mt. Bross |
Eddie on the "summit". Mt. Democrat in the background. |
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Mount
Shavano - 14229 ft /4339 m elevation,
17th highest - 1990 solo
This was one of the scariest peaks Eddie ever hiked after getting
stuck on the return over Tabeguache in a lightning storm. August 1991 |
On the summit. The storm clouds can be seen approaching. Eddie would
not make it back over Tabeguache before it closed in. |
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Mount
Belford - 14197 ft /4330 m elevation,
18th highest
- Early July 1990 solo |
A view from the summit showing (L-R) Emerald, Iowa and Missouri. |
Mt. Harvard from the summit of Mt. Belford. |
Eddie on the summit. |
Crestone
Needle - 14197 ft /4327 m elevation,
19th highest - Sept. 1987 with Deaun Schovajsa
This ranks as one of Eddies best climbs, when he climbed it via the
Ellingwood Arette.
A panoramic view of the range from the summit of Humbolt Peak. Left
to right is the Crestone Needle, Crestone Peak and Kit Carson. |
Crestone Needle - looking toward the Ellingwood Arette. |
Eddie and Deaun Schovajsa on the summit with climbing gear racked
and ready for the decent. |
Deaun Schovajsa signing the summit register. Gotta love those lycra
clad 80's |
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Mount
Princeton - 14197 ft /4327 m elevation, 20th highest - (9/1/90)
Eddie with Glen Marlin |
The trail up the east face of Princton commends one of the most spectacular
views of the Arkansas river valley that there is. |
The trail continues along the face until just below the saddle between
the summit and a minor summit to the south. |
Eddie and Glen on the summit. |
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Mount
Yale - 14196 ft /4327 m elevation,
21st highest
- (8/11/90) Eddie with Glen Marlin |
Looking at Mascot
Peak from the slopes of Yale |
Eddie and Glen on the summit. |
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Mount
Bross - 14172 ft /4321 m elevation,
22nd highest
- (7/27/85)
with Mark Brown
This being the 4th peak this day, it was a quick tap and start jumping
down the slopes. |
Looking toward Mt. Bross from Mt. Lincoln |
Eddie on the summit with Mt. Democrat in the background. |
 Mark
Brown on the trail. |
Kit
Carson Peak - 14165 ft /4317 m elevation,
23rd highest
This has to be one of Sheena and Eddie's funnest trips to a 14'er!
Borderline disaster when Eddie realized he forgot his only waterproof
jacket by the door at home. Summited 7/5/1996 |
Eddie on the trail to the peak |
 Looking
at Kit Carson (L) and Crestone Peak (R) from the summit. |
 The
trail along the steep flanks of Kit Carson |
Sheena approaching the summit with Mt. Humbolt in the background. |
Sheena and Eddie on the summit. |
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Maroon
Peak - 14156 ft /xxxx m elevation, 24th highest |
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Tabeguache
Peak - 14155 ft /4317 m elevation,
25th highest
This was one of the scariest peaks Eddie ever hiked after getting
stuck on the return over Shavano in a lightning storm.
August 1991 |
Looking at both the summit of Tabeguache (L) and Shavano (R) |
Looking up the summit ridge of Tabeguache |
Eddie on the summit with Shavano in the background. |
Mount
Oxford - 14153 ft /4316 m elevation,
26th highest - (date?) solo, camped with sister Juli and her boyfriend
Scott
Generally hiked via Mt. Belford... |
Eddie on the summit Mt. Oxford. |
Looking back at the summit of Mt. Belford from the summit of Mt. Oxford. |
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Mount
Sneffels - 14150 ft /xxxx m elevation, 27th highest |
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Mount
Democrat - 14148 ft /4314 m elevation, 28th highest
(7/27/85) with Mark Brown
The first of four 14'ers in one day! |
 Mt.
Democrat from the summit of Mt. Bross. |
Eddie on the summit. |
 Mark
Brown on the summit. |
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Capitol
Peak - 14130 ft /xxxx m elevation, 29th highest |
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Pikes
Peak - 14110 ft /xxxx m elevation, 30th highest |
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Snowmass
Mountain - 14092 ft /xxxx m elevation, 31st highest |
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Mount
Eolus - 14083 ft /xxxx m elevation, 32nd highest |
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Windom
Peak - 14082 ft /xxxx m elevation, 33rd highest |
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Challenger
Point - 14081 ft /4317 m elevation,
34th highest
OK, when we did this it wasn't an official 14'er, so no summit photos.
It was just a high point on the way to Kit Carson. Summited 7/5/1996 |
Sheena coming up the steep slopes below the summit |
Eddie and Sheena on the summit |
The summit plaque that honors the astronauts lost in the Challenger
space shuttle explosion. |
Mount
Columbia - 14073 ft /xxxx m elevation, 35th highest
The plan was to hike this after summitting Harvard, but after weather
and time tuned us back from the summit, Columbia was not an option |
Mt. Columbia from the slopes of Mt. Harvard. |
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Missouri
Mountain - 14067 ft /4289 m elevation,
36th highest
The 1st time Eddie climbed the peak was with Juli and her boy friend.
The 2nd time both Eddie and Sheena climbed it in conjunction with
Emerald and Iowa.
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Looking up the summit ridge of Missouri |
Juli, Scott and Sherpa hiking up the summit ridge. |
Sherpa, Scott, Juli and Eddie on the summit |
A view of Missouri, Belford and Oxford (L to R). |
A REAL quick summit photo and head down with lightning and thunder
behind. |
Sheena signing the summit register. |
Our camp below the slopes of Mt. Missouri and Iowa Peak. Mt. Harvard
can be seen in the background. |
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Humbolt
Peak - 14064 ft /4287 m elevation,
37th highest
An incredible vantage point to see the Crestone Needle which Dion
and Eddie climbed the day before. |
Next time Eddie, TRY to get into the photo before the shutter clicks! |
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Mount
Bierstadt - 14060 ft /4285 m elevation, 38th highest
What Eddie would consider to be the "Best Value" 14'er from
Denver, it is the closest 14'er to Denver without a road to the summit
like its neighbor Mt. Evans. While Eddie has been to the summit 10+
times, Sheena has also summitted from the more challenging West ridge. |
Looking toward Grays and Torreys, Eddies 1st and 2nd 14'ers from the
summit of Bierstadt - 1979 |
Barney (with Eddie) on the summit of Mt. Bierstadt. Eddies 3rd 14'er
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Another hike up Mt. Bierstadt in 1981 with Barney and Leslie Sly.
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In the 80's Eddie started climbing with co-worker Mark Brown. This
time to climb Mt. Bierstadt in winter. |
We used snow shoes most of the way due to the deep snow over the lower
willows. |
As we got higher the snow got much firmer. |
Just below the summit ridge the snow shoes came off for easier hard
snow. |
Mark Brown taking a rest and putting on crampons |
One last clear view across Guanella Pass toward Mt. Square Top, before
the clouds set in. |
Mark Brown reaching the summit in the storm. Just to the left of Mark
are the summit cliffs that drop to the east. |
Eddie on the summit of his first winter ascent of a 14'er! |
In 199x, Sheena and Eddie backpacked in on the Abyss Lake trail that
follows the valley in this photo. |
After a beautiful night, started up the south ridge. Here's looking
back down the ridge. |
Looking up the last stretch of the south ridge before joining the
crowds on the standard rout from the west. |
Sheena and Eddie on the summit with Mt. Evans behind. |
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Sunlight
Peak - 14059 ft /xxxx m elevation, 39th highest |
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Handies
Peak - 14048 ft /xxxx m elevation, 40th highest |
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Culebra
Peak - 14047 ft /xxxx m elevation, 41st highest |
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Ellingwood
Point - 14042 ft /xxxx m elevation, 42nd highest |
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Mount
Lindsey - 14042 ft /xxxx m elevation, 43rd highest |
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Little
Bear Peak - 14037 ft /xxxx m elevation, 44th highest |
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Mount
Sherman - 14036 ft /4278 m elevation,
45th highest
A wonderful hike up both Mt.
Sheridan (to get the photo of Mt. Sherman) up to the summit of
Mt. Sherman and down along the white ridge. The weather was great,
albeit windy! |
Mt. Sherman as seen from Mt. Sheridan (13,748 ft). |
Eddie on the summit. Hold on to the good luck Lear Jet hat! |
The old mining town below Mt. Sherman |
Eddie, Sheena and Suzanna Koeller on the summit 7/27/2012. This was
on their way to Gemini Peak. You can see the twin summits of Gemini
to the right. |
A good view of Mt. Sherman from the slopes of Horseshoe Mt. |
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Redcloud
Peak - 14034 ft /xxxx m elevation, 46th highest |
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Pyramid
Peak - 14018 ft /xxxx m elevation, 47th highest |
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Wilson
Peak - 14017 ft /xxxx m elevation, 48th highest |
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Wetterhorn
Peak - 14015 ft /xxxx m elevation, 49th highest |
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San
Luis Peak - 14014 ft /xxxx m elevation, 50th highest |
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Mount
of the Holy Cross - 14005 ft /4269 m elevation, 51st highest |
One of the many post cards in my collection of Colorado mountain post
cards. |
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Huron
Peak - 14003 ft /4271 m elevation,
52nd highest
Way too much fun when you don't even realize when you've reached the
summit! Eddie didn't realize he had reached the summit until he saw
the summit register and opened it. Summited 8/18/89
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 Mt.
Huron for just a moments view during a break in the clouds. |
Eddie on the summit |
Proof that this was the summit. |
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Sunshine
Peak - 14001 ft /xxxx m elevation, 53rd highest |
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