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14er's
- Thread starter Gina23
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Native Vail Gal
Banned
I climbed Bierstadt a few years ago. LOVED IT!
I accidentally drove up the back of Democrat.....just in time to meet up with some hikers that kept asking, "How did you get that Jeep up here....and can we have a ride down?"
14'ers are a little tougher now for me. Less oxygen up there can trigger some of my seizures. I'm still gonna try it again, though!
I accidentally drove up the back of Democrat.....just in time to meet up with some hikers that kept asking, "How did you get that Jeep up here....and can we have a ride down?"
14'ers are a little tougher now for me. Less oxygen up there can trigger some of my seizures. I'm still gonna try it again, though!
Native Vail Gal
Banned
Sheena
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I would love to try some day. Need to take a vacation to Colorado though!
Speaking of 14'ers, this is one awesome dog. I love Pugs, and want to steal this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnimbgGyFdM
Speaking of 14'ers, this is one awesome dog. I love Pugs, and want to steal this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnimbgGyFdM
That's three a day, plus the driving it takes to get from one to another. Yikes.
The highest I've been is 13k on top of peak 8 at Breck. That was on our 3rd day of being up there, I think, and the short hike (150ft?) from the chair to the peak felt sooooo loooooong. How do you acclimate to hike something like the 14ers? I gues living at 5k probably helps as little, but still.
tradygirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Nice work Gina!
I'd love to do some 14er's someday. I'd actually like to ski a couple of those bad boys too!
I'm guessing for acclimation, you would just spend as much time as possible up above 10,000ft while training. I know that by the end of the winter in SLC my high altitude performance is way better than it is at the beginning, just from spending all of my weekends in the mountains at 9,000+.
I'd love to do some 14er's someday. I'd actually like to ski a couple of those bad boys too!
I'm guessing for acclimation, you would just spend as much time as possible up above 10,000ft while training. I know that by the end of the winter in SLC my high altitude performance is way better than it is at the beginning, just from spending all of my weekends in the mountains at 9,000+.
Well even living at 5k feet and climbing those wasn't easy by any stretch. I think the fact that i walk 10+ miles a week and run 15+ miles a week at 5k feet probably helps a lot. But, even with that being said, it was still one of the hardest things I've physically ever encountered in my life (also saying this after a liftetime of athletics including an NCAA career and competing against Olympians). It's amazing what goes through your mind when you're pushing that hard - I can do it, no I can't, yes I can, no I can't. Once you're finally near the top each step is like leg pressing 150 lbs. I pretty much cried when I got to the top of Torrey's... just because of the accomplishment and because it's one of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen. The emotion kind of overwhelms you. It's why I live here. 
