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from there—typically flying to on a Saturday, climb- the ing on a Sunday, flying out on a Monday and then going straight to work! In recent years, I found a longer trip to be far more enjoyable.” Files G. Kent Keller, a retired Presbyterian minister and leader in the By Linda Kothe Crockett club's Shining group, completed his fourteeners on in July, at age 72. He climbed his nine most difficult fourteeners af- Those who reported completion of 's fourteeners in 2009 ter turning 70. Keller began the fourteeners with in 1950, at age 13. In 1951, he read a National Geographic article by Robert Ormes, NO. NAME FIRST PEAK DATE FINAL PEAK DATE which spurred his interest in doing the climbs. Keller regards 1282 Donna Allenbaugh Longs Peak July 1976 Oct 1985 1283 Dan Akerhielm Mt. Princeton Aug 1985 N. Maroon Peak July 1994 climbing as a profoundly spiritual experience. He usually climbs with 1284 Sherry Richardson July 1988 Sept 2000 three other senior citizens, who refer to themselves as “!e Medicare 1285 Richard Hahn Longs Peak July 1991 Aug 2004 Four.” During his final climb, he was met with graupel, lightning, and nyone who has climbed Colo- 1286 Alan Spriggs Longs Peak June 1986 We!erhorn Peak July 2005 buzzing trekking poles—and ended with sunshine, in what he calls a rado's fourteeners has a singu- 1287 Je% Valliere Aug 1995 Capitol Peak July 2005 A 1288 Michael Busby Mount Elbert Sept 1996 Culebra Peak June 2006 “grand finale for the fourteeners quest!” lar story to tell. Who better to tell 1289 Robert L. Drage Longs Peak Aug 1962 Snowmass Mtn. Aug 2006 Finally, Andy Jung provides us with a prospect for the future: “!e that tale of adventure than the com- 1290 Beth Bershader July 1999 Aug 2007 thirteeners are the new fourteeners.” △ pleters themselves? Many sent let- 1291 Keith Bershader Mount Bierstadt July 1999 Crestone Needle Aug 2007 1292 Lon Carpenter Mount Sne%els July 1995 Snowmass Mtn. Sept 2007 ters when reporting their comple- 1293 Linda Pryor Capitol Peak Sept 2007 Beyond the Fourteeners* tion. !ese are their stories. 1294 John Ward Mount Huron Aug 1971 Sept 2007 Kiefer !omas reports having 1295 Stan L. VanderWerf July 1991 Oct 2007 By Chris Ruppert 1296 Brandon Chalk Longs Peak 1998 Aug 2008 soloed all of the fourteeners, except 1297 Ron Erwin Longs Peak Sept 1973 Capitol Peak Aug 2008 NO. NAME FINAL PEAK DATE the , El Diente and 1298 Erik Etheridge July 2001 Mount Sne%els Aug 2008 Wilson Peaks. “!is is something I’ll 1299 Del Gratz Pikes Peak July 1975 Aug 2008 100 Highest Peaks rectify in the coming few weeks!” 1300 Nathan Hale Aug 1995 Snowmass Mtn. Aug 2008 1301 John Martersteck Longs Peak Aug 1993 Mount Sne%els Aug 2008 107 Gerry Roach Turret /3/99 Alexi Lainis, 12, finished the 1302 Debbie Welle-Powell Mount Princeton Aug 1999 Aug 2008 155 Brian Kalet 8/19/07 fourteeners with a climb of Snow- 1303 Kathy Deane Mount Windom 1977 Sept 2008 158 John Curtiss Jagged Mountain 8/28/07 mass Mountain with his parents, 1304 Andy Jung Mt. of the Holy Cross June 2002 Crestone Peak Sept 2008 162 Paul Monson Jagged Mountain 8/2/08 1305 Ellen Ri! Aug 1991 Mount Tabeguache Sept 2008 165 John Balciar Teake!le Mountain 8/25/08 Glenda and Andrew Lainis. His fa- 1306 Kiefer "omas Longs Peak July 1991 Snowmass Mtn. Mar 2009 168 Bill Farrow Rio Grande Pyramid 8/8/09 ther carried him up nine fourteen- 1307 Ryan Aldrich Quandary Peak Sept 2000 Mount Humboldt July 2009 169 Dave Longenecker Jagged Mountain 8/22/09 ers before he was able to climb his 1308 Ken Beegles Mount Democrat June 1968 Mount Sherman July 2009 170 Ryan Kowalski Pikes Peak 8/29/09 1309 Tom Chapel Longs Peak Aug 2002 July 2009 171 John Broadbooks 9/6/09 first, . 1310 Bo Johnson Mount Bierstadt July 2004 July 2009 172 David Butler 9/19/09 On his first fourteener, Mount 1311 Mark S. Stover Longs Peak Aug 1981 Pikes Peak July 2009 Bierstadt, Kurt Mensch hiked with 1312 Denton Anderson May 1983 Snowmass Mtn. Aug 2009 200 Highest Peaks 1313 Charlie Carter Longs Peak 1970 Li!le Bear Peak Aug 2009 60 Wayne Herrick Pilot Knob 9/3/08 his seven-year-old daughter while 1314 Chris Cash Mt. of the Holy Cross July 1986 Maroon Peak Aug 2009 carrying his three-year-old daugh- 1315 Barbara Churchley Mount Aug 1982 Capitol Peak Aug 2009 62 Penny Martens Silver Mountain 9/17/08 ter. In all, he carried his youngest 1316 Dan Dennison Grays Peak July 2000 Crestone Peak Aug 2009 63 John Curtiss Coxcomb Peak 8/7/09 daughter up five summits. “While I 1317 Ma! DiPaolo Grays Peak July 2006 N. Maroon Peak Aug 2009 1318 Je% Eick Grays Peak July 1990 Mount Eolus Aug 2009 300 Highest Peaks did over two-thirds of the summits 1319 Janet Farrar Grays Peak Aug 1997 Capitol Peak Aug 2009 solo, the most important were the 1320 Dean Graves Mount Elbert 1993 Capitol Peak Aug 2009 30 Craig Pa!erson Unnnamed 13462 B 9/30/08 31 Kathee "omure Sleeping Sexton 8/20/09 three summits we did as a family. It 1321 Dominique Hershberger Longs Peak Aug 1993 Culebra Peak Aug 2009 1322 G. Kent Keller Longs Peak July 1950 Capitol Peak July 2009 has been an incredible experience *No one reported having completed the 400, 500, or 600 highest peaks, or 1323 Ryan Kowalski Pikes Peak Aug 2009 all of the thirteeners. that took me to remote areas I nev- 1324 Alexi Lainis Castle Peak June 2002 Snowmass Mtn. Aug 2009 !"#$%&!'%&(#)%&*%+,( er would have otherwise considered 1325 Andrew Lainis Castle Peak June 1994 Snowmass Mtn. Aug 2009 1326 Glenda Lainis Castle Peak June 1994 Snowmass Mtn. Aug 2009 !"#$%&+(&*+,-&.%+/( and provided me new friends and 1327 Bob Lewis Quandary Peak July 1990 Mount Wilson Aug 2009 strengthened my family by giving 1328 Anne Lutz Longs Peak Aug 1987 Mount Eolus Aug 2009 Beyond the Thirteeners me a project that kept me busy!” 1329 David Pa!erson We!erhorn Peak July 1991 Pikes Peak Aug 2009 1330 Megan Pa!erson Mount Windom Aug 1992 Pikes Peak Aug 2009 By Teresa Gergen Dan Akerhielm shares a tale 1331 Jean Roy Pikes Peak June 2009 Crestone Needle Aug 2009 that many may find familiar. “A 1332 Barb Ruddy Grays Peak Aug 1988 Ellingwood Point Aug 2009 800 Highest Peaks freak snowstorm caught me on the 1333 Je% Shafer Mount Democrat Sept 1996 Li!le Bear Peak Aug 2009 1334 Martin Smith Li!le Bear Peak 1981 Snowmass Mtn. Aug 2009 6 Kirk Mallory Ute Benchmark 7/26/09 summit of the first one and tried to 1335 Ron Stau%er Handies Peak May 2000 Pyramid Peak Aug 2009 kill me—I was hooked after that!” 1336 Robert White Mt. of the Holy Cross Aug 1981 Crestone Needle Aug 2009 900 Highest Peaks Geoffrey Martindale writes, 1337 Dave Chavez Grays Peak Sept 1994 Sept 2009 1338 Holly Chavez Grays Peak Sept 1994 Torreys Peak Sept 2009 5 Kirk Mallory Dunsinane Mt. 8/8/09 “When I first came to America from 1339 Philip A. Koneman Mount Democrat 1976 Pyramid Peak Sept 2009 England, I flew into DIA and was 1340 Geo%rey Martindale Mount Bierstadt June 1996 Pyramid Peak Sept 2009 1000 Highest Peaks !"#$%&&'(#) 1341 Tom McClernon June 2006 Sept 2009 bowled over by the incredible sight 5 Kirk Mallory Whetstone Mt. 10/3/09 1342 Kurt Mensch Mount Bierstadt Aug 2001 Mount Elbert Sept 2009 of the . I soon started 1343 Debra L. Nelson Grays Peak Aug 1989 San Luis Peak Sept 2009 hiking, and during my two years in 1344 Cory William Skluzak Snowmass Mtn. July 1986 Sept 2009 For recognition in next year's issue, send the registration form (visit www.cmc. Colorado, I climbed 18 fourteeners. 1345 Roger J. Wendell Mount Sherman July 1997 El Diente Sept 2009 org/14erform) by Oct. 15 to the Colorado Mountain Club at 710 10th St., #200, 1346 Chris Casar Grays Peak July 1989 Castle Peak Oct 2009 Golden, CO, 80401; or you may send an email to [email protected]. For Beyond the In 1998 I moved to Dallas because Fourteeners/"irteeners recognition, please include the date and name of the last of work, and did the remaining 36 List compiled by Linda J. (Kothe) Crocke!, 11-15-09 peak. Le!ers received a#er Oct. 15 are held for the following year. 26 Trail & Timberline Trail & Timberline 27