Climb Summary

Happy New Year 2008 – AdAmAn Style!

Climbers Endure High Winds And Ice to Welcome The New Year

Eighteen members and fifteen guest climbers endured icy trails and perilous wind chills to complete this year’s Pikes Peak AdAmAn Club climb to the summit of 14,110 foot Pikes Peak to welcome the New Year. Several veteran AdAmAn Club members recalled this as one of the coldest climbs on record. After spending the night at Barr Camp on December 30th, the climbers reached the summit around 4 PM on the 31st and made all necessary preparations for the traditional midnight fireworks display.

Our new member, Mark Szabo, led the climbers up the 13 mile route to the summit. Day one was relatively calm. However, the second day’s climb proved much more challenging. After reaching timberline at 12,000 feet, the climbing party encountered high winds and difficult ice conditions along Barr Trail. Conditions on the summit were extreme, with wind chills measured at minus 55 degrees much of the afternoon and evening. After arriving safely at the summit and completing necessary preparations, members and guests of the Pikes Peak AdAmAn Club lit up the summit of 14,110 foot Pikes Peak with a brilliant fireworks display at midnight on December 31, 2007.

Under clear skies and high winds, our climbing party braved wind chills of –55 degrees to ignite 60 shells and 40 flares. The east face of Pikes Peak was brightly illuminated and we had reports that our show was seen from Denver to Pueblo.

Our newest AdAmAn Club member, Mark Szabo, is the 90th member inducted into the AdAmAn Club, a Pikes Peak area tradition since 1922. He has made the trek up Barr Trail nine previous times as a guest, so the climbing party this year was in experienced hands.

Our thanks to the residents of the Pikes Peak Region for your continued support of the Pikes Peak AdAmAn Club. It was again a pleasure to help welcome the New Year from the summit of America’s Mountain, an AdAmAn tradition since 1922!

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Member Climbers

Boggs, Mike
Bowles, Chuck
Bowles, Cindy
Donnelly, Cliff
Graham, Mike
Hunting, Dave
Lindeman, Ted
Naughton, Patrick
Pierce, Phil
Reeder, Mike
Sanborn, Don
Sommers, Bob
Stafford, Phil
Stafford, Tim
Stuart, Dan
Szabo, Mark
Trojanovich, Rick
Willhoit, Bill
 
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Guest Climbers

Baker, Steven
Baki, Nick
Bensko-Wecks, Trevin
Copelin, Mark
Davis, Shannon
Fogleman, Chuck
Hamilton, Robert
Lahman, Bill
Lane, Anthony
Moore, Keith
Nichols, Ann
Renehan, Jeff
Slaughter, Bill
Stuart, Tyler
Vogel, Daniel
Wininger, Wally