Andrew Hamilton sets a New Record for Climbing Colorado's 14,000 Foot Peaks

[BladesNBarrels]

Finally the Denver Post reported on this accomplishment:
http://www.denverpost.com/outdoors/ci_28457569/andrew-hamilton-breaks-speed-record-colorado-14ers

"Andrew Hamilton is a super-human mountaineer. And he's got the record to prove it.
The 40-year-old dad of four early Thursday trotted down a rain-soaked Longs Peak, completing his inspiring quest for a speed record climbing all 58 points over 14,000 feet in Colorado at 2:21 a.m. — a total of nine days, 21 hours and 51 minutes. Hamilton had been racing up and down the state's highest peaks, setting a blistering pace that eclipsed all who went before him in the rarefied world of speed mountain climbing."

This is pretty amazing to me. When I started climbing in Colorado, in the 60's, most climbers set a goal to make it up all of the 14'rs in a lifetime.

[Robb]

I got here at 30 years of age and had a goal to do them all. Got to 25 and ran out of gas. Sunshine and Red Cloud were my last and that was 18 years ago. They can be a slog, but an inspiring and beautiful one.

[Tinelement]

That's nuts! I've only done 10. And I know I have more than 10 days in prep and travel in those 10.

Hats off and a round of applause!

[SamuraiCO]

Still pretty amazing at 40 none the less. You would think it would take someone much younger.

[sniper7]

Very impressive

[CapLock]

I thought some were private property? I could be wrong.

[Graves]

Holy shit!!

[Robb]

Some may be on private, but there used to be access to all 54 summits, hopefully that hasn't changed. The 58 mentioned in the article are other peaks over 14,000ft, but less than the parent 14'eer and not seperated by a saddle of more than 500ft, so they arn't counted in Colorado's 54 peaks over 14,000ft - if memory serves.

[Sawin]

That's extremely impressive... i've done 8 unique 14'ers, 2 of which I've climbed twice and another I've done 3 times... Bierstadt. It's one of the easiest, most accessible ones for new climbers who don't want to cheat and drive up (Evans/Pikes) so they can say they've been to the top of a 14'er.

Longs was by far the worst one for me, possibly because I was naive and did it first.

[BladesNBarrels]

The Colorado Mountain Club lists 54, but according to colorado.com, there is a question as to the official number of 14ers.

"There is a debate about exactly how many 14ers there are in Colorado. The Colorado Geological Survey says there are 58 peaks that exceed 14,000 feet in elevation. Others use this logic: To qualify, a peak must rise at least 300 feet above the saddle that connects it to the nearest 14er peak (if another exists nearby). You can make up your own mind!"


(http://www.colorado.com/articles/what-are-14ers#sthash.9ypbDey9.dpuf)
[Dunno]

[Irving]

I've never climbed any, but I've got some PTO coming up so I guess I could knock them out then.