14ers in California and Washington state or any other peak in the USA
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Third time's the charm, I guess. I was too afraid to jinx it by bumping the live tracking this time.
There will be a much longer trip report in the future, but for now there are some more pictures on my instagram @eli.boardman. Thanks so much to everyone who supported, especially my parents, and everyone who followed along and offered encouragement remotely, especially my extended family, Teresa, and other friends.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going."
"Bushwhacking is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're gonna get."
"Don't give up on your dreams, stay asleep"
What an accomplishment! We don't have to deal with glaciers and grizzlies here...wow. And your parents are the best! Congratulations to all of you!
Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall — it's great when you stop. -- Chris Darwin
I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now. -- Forrest Gump
Thanks everyone! It was interesting thinking about how the 14ers were pretty good training for stuff like this (minus the glaciers and 5th class), but certainly lots of vertical!
From summit registers, it looks like we have some other forum members working on the 13ers too. It was fun already seeing a few entries in the register I placed on Miriam in July--go get those LiDAR peaks, folks!
Congrats Eli! That’s a very impressive time getting all those peaks.
Thanks for the cool summit register on Miriam, we enjoyed reading the history of that peak!
for all the attention some other fkts get, this one is overlooked. a massive effort in some gorgeous and very difficult mountains. love the 1st quote as well.
did you carry your gun up franks again for those grizzlies?
can we get some photos of the sketchiness on koven?
one step at a time // you are exactly where you need to be in this moment
