6 - Manitou Incline 2
November 22, 2025
Made it to the top in under an hour! Scottali did it in 46 minutes! I need to step it up.
Climbing
5 - Manitou Incline
October 18, 2025
This is one steep staircase!
Max Elevation: 8,550 Feet
Summit: Yes
Buddy: Lizzie
Location: The Incline, Manitou Springs, CO
4 - Longs Peak
September 12, 2018
By far the most amazing mountain climb I’ve ever been on! There were so many unique features!
The Boulder Field leading up to the keyhole was the first ominous area.
The keyhole creates a wind vortex with 70MPH winds on the front side!
Many climbers gave up and were sitting down at this point, saying they were going down because they were afraid they’d get blown off the mountain.
The howling wind truly was incredible and fearful.
Once on the other side of the keyhole, it was completely calm. Surreal.
The Trough was a difficult and steep climb. There was a somewhat dream-like structure at the top of the trough, like I was emerging from “another place.”
The Narrows came next. A sidewalk-width path with a cliff drop to the right and a sheer wall face on the left. This needed careful and slow traversal before the last push to the summit.
I can’t wait to come back!
Max Elevation: 14,259 Feet
Summit: Yes
Buddy: Lizzie, Natalie, Monica
Location: Longs Peak, Estes Park, CO
3 - Mt. Bierstadt
July 04, 2018
Great 4th of July weekend to climb my first 14er! Hiked with some friends to make it more memorable.
Max Elevation: 14,065 Feet
Summit: Yes
Buddy: Lizzie, Natalie, Joe
Location: Mt. Bierstadt, Bailey, CO
2 - El Cajon with Jon
May 11, 2013
JoHn and I had a great time hiking up El Cajon, which involved several false summits and some steep terrain. We used Strava to track the whole trip which was pretty fun. At the summit we found three USGS Benchmark medallions and had to touch each one. I can’t specifically remember all the other details, so I’ll need JoHn’s help figuring that stuff out. Thanks!
Max Elevation: 3,675 Feet
Summit: Yes
Buddy: Jon
Location: El Cajon Mountain, CA
1 - Solo Attempt at Mt. Adams
September 04, 2011
My first time mountaineering! I had a blast! I arrived a little too late in the day to reach the summit before nightfall. Even though I had a headlamp, I didn’t want to stay over night since I hadn’t planned for that and didn’t bring anything to sleep in up there. My hike began at about 11:30AM and I hit 8,100Ft around 4:15PM. I had fun just learning how to use my ice axe and crampons, climbing up a snow field and then glissading back down to the bottom. I tried out my stove, which was really easy to set up and use. I melted some snow for my nalgene water bottle I had brought with me. I only had about 1,000ml of water which was not near enough for the trip. I could do it with that little water, but I’d rather not risk it this early on. This first time ever was a great solo. I know what to do different next time, hopefully I can summit when I return!