Training 15 months and just over 100 pounds ago I decided that I was going to climb mountains. It was a horribly unrealistic goal for an overweight asthmatic who lives at altitude zero in Houston, Texas but that was the point. I knew that I'd need a significant challenge to keep me motivated to become physically fit. Besides, I'd always wanted to climb. One of ...
I leave for Colorado Thursday morning. I'll have a couple of days in Leadville before meeting up with Alan Arnette for an early Saturday morning attempt at Belford and Oxford. The first attempt at these mountains, earlier this year, was a posthole nightmare that took us to only 10,600 feet before turning back. We won't encounter snow that deep or rotten on this trip although some early snow might ...
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Live satellite tracking of the climb starts Saturday, September 26th at approximately 6AM MST.
