#2017bestnine - it comes as no surprise all the photos that have been returned deal with the pursuit of high places using bikes or just my two feet. From L>R, T>B: (1 @vagabrown captures the finish of The Tour of the Highest Hundred at the North Boulder city limits sign, two months after I pedaled out, 105 mountains ago. I'm still in awe that it was such a success! YES!: Try it yourself! (2 @semi_rad's #bikeadvocacy shirt makes me the most popular kid whenever I wear it. YES! You should get one of your own! (3 On the summit block of Longs Peak! Totally spent after ascending a cumulative total of something like 31 miles in 2 months! About an hour later, I'd slip, fall, and terribly sprain my ankle - something I'm still recovering from! (4 Summit of Pyramid Peak, finishing up the Elks this summer - one of the last cruxes of the #highesthundred. Great scrambling on Pyramid and the Maroon Bells Traverse, which I did all in the same day, with Thunder Pyramid done the next day. (5 Going a little crazy topping out on Hagerman Pass out of Leadville to Basalt, carrying a bear canister some hundred miles twice to follow the Wilderness rules of Maroon Bells/Snowmass. Thanks @leadvilleoutdoors for having them available to rent! (6 Showing off my sleep system for the summer! Thanks @ultimatedirectionusa for the FK Tarp + FK Bivy and @Sierradesigns for the Cloud 800 bag! (7 Topping out @13,000'+ Mosquito Pass! Out of the Sawatch and into the Mosquitos! (8 #tbt of taking a fixed geared @intergalacticsurlybikes Cross Check up 14er Pikes Peak in a snow storm, 'cause that seemed like a great idea! Roundtree from Denver, stopping at Bierdstadt, Grays + Torres on the way home) (9 Showing some degrading conditions on top of Mt. Evans last September. Caught in a snow storm at night with little counting for warm clothes - totally sweet! Here's to getting up high #selfpowered once again in 2018! #longmayyourange!
