Group Inside
Group Outside
It was indeed way too gusty for a summit bid, so we slept in and had another delightful breakfast. We packed up our gear and headed back to Manitou Springs. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘CMC’
Winter Day Hike – Grays Peak (14,270 ft)
Saturday, December 4th, 2010View of Kelso Mountain (Taken From 13,200 ft up Grays Peak)
Grays Peak Summit Video
Posse: Clare, Dave, James, Jeff, Linda & Tom, Lauren, Rick, Rich, Steve and Warren
Rendezvous Time: 6:30am
Winter Trail Head (Bottom Stephens Gulch Road): 7:35am
Start Hiking: 7:55am
Summit of Grays: 2:05pm
Back to Trail Head: 5:45pm
For Trip Report, Topo, Elevation Profile, & More pictures click here: (more…)
Graduated Wilderness First Aid Course
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010I joined Kat for an all day practicum with the Colorado Mountain Club. This final day was the most insightful and useful class! Dennis had also signed up for the class (3 lectures and the practicum), but he bugged out on the last day, in favor of playing Ultimate.
The practicum took place at a park in Golden. They split the class into groups of 4 and had us travel from one scenario to another. The scenarios were representative of common emergent situations in wilderness. There was everything from person who had a serious fall from a rock into a creek, to a person with AMS. (more…)
Mountaineering – Mt. Shavano (14,229′) & Tabeguache Peak (14,155)
Sunday, August 8th, 2010
On Sunday, I joined members of the CMC for a hike of Mt. Shavano (14,229 ft) & Tabeguache Peak (14,155 ft). Under the leadership of Rich M. we achieved the summit of both peaks and had a wonderful time in the process. ~4,200 feet of gain in ~11 miles.
We left the Blank Gulch Trailhead (TH) at 5am, summited Shavano at 8:45am, topped Tabeguache at 9:40am, back to Shavano at 11:30am, and back to TH at 2:30pm. Excellent hiking by the CMC team; James, Rick, myself, Josh, and Rich. (Order from L to R for picture above). (more…)