Member Bio

Member #: 100
Member Year: 2018
Lance Stark

Bio Summary
Community Activity Summary
First Evangelical Church - Sound Technician 15 years Friends of Pikes Trail - Trail Work Past: FEFC - Elder AWANA Leader over 10 Years Boy Scouts Troop Chairman
Occupation Summary
Senior Program Manager - Allegion - 2002 - Current Engineering Manager - Jore Corporation - 1999 - 2002 Technical Center Manager - Tuscarora - 1983 - 1999
AdAmAn Service
Barr Trail Friends of the Peak maintenance Pikes Peak Flare Body clean-up Pursuing Fireworks Show Operator Certification - Firework Team 4th of July show helper for Firework supplier 100 Year Book Committee Member
Hobbies
Climbing, Skiing (Alpine, Telemark, Alpine Touring), Hiking, Backpacking, Fishing, Hunting, Tennis
Climbing Experience Summary
Climbed all but one of the Colorado official and non-official 14er's and many more than once with several different winter ascents Climbed some of the tallest peaks in the Mission Mountains of Montana

Bio Detail

Community Activity Detail

4th generation Colorado native on both sides of my family. We have deep roots in Colorado and Colorado Springs!

Occupation Detail

Over 30 Years in New Product Development and Program/Project Management

Climbing Experience Detail

Peak	State	Date	Altitude	14er Count

Crestone Needle	CO	6/26/1979	14,197	1
Humbolt Peak	CO	7/19/1980	14,064	2
Albion Peak	CO	7/20/1980	12,553
Kiowa Peak	CO	7/20/1980	13,080
Navajo Peak	CO	8/22/1980	13,409
Arikaree Peak	CO	8/22/1980	13,150
Little Bear	CO	9/7/1980	14,037	3
Pikes Peak	CO	6/19/1983	14,110	4
Gemini Peak	CO	7/16/1983	13,951
Mt. Sherman	CO	7/16/1983	14,036	5
Mt. Lincoln	CO	9/24/1983	14,286	6
Mt. Bross	CO	9/24/1983	14,172	7
Quandry Peak	CO	8/19/1984	14,265	8
Mt. Belford	CO	9/15/1984	14,197	9
Mt. Oxford	CO	9/15/1984	14,153	10
Mt. Democrat	CO	8/25/1985	14,148	11
Grays Peak	CO	9/21/1985	14,270	12
Torreys Peak	CO	9/21/1985	14,267	13
Mt. Harvard	CO	8/17/1986	14,420	14
Spring Mountain	CO	9/20/1987	13,244
Quandry Peak	CO	2/27/1988	14,265	Duplicate
Mt. Tabeguache	CO	8/14/1988	14,155	15
Mt. Shavano	CO	8/14/1988	14,229	16
Divide Hoosier Ridge	CO	4/22/1989	13,352
Mt. Colombia	CO	6/25/1989	14,071	17
Challenger Point	CO	7/15/1990	14,081	Not Qualified
Kit Carson Peak	CO	7/15/1990	14,165	18
Red Cloud Peak	CO	8/25/1990	14,034	19
Sunshine Peak	CO	8/25/1990	14,001	20
La Plata Peak	CO	8/15/1993	14,336	21
Mt. Massive	CO	7/2/1994	14,421	22
Mt. Yale	CO	7/16/1994	14,196	23
Mt. Princeton	CO	2/4/1995	14,197	24
Missouri Peak	CO	8/12/1995	14,067	25
Capitol Peak	CO	8/26/1995	14,130	26
Mt. Antero	CO	4/6/1996	14,259	27
Mt. Bierstadt	CO	5/11/1996	14,060	28
Mt. Evans	CO	3/29/1997	14,264	29
Mt. Harding (Calowahcan)	MT	7/17/2000	8,898
McDonald Peak	MT	7/13/2002	9,675
Mt. Lindsay	CO	8/16/2003	14,042	30
Mt. Elbert	CO	8/19/2006	14,433	31
Pikes Peak	CO	8/14/2010	14,110	Duplicate
Pikes Peak	CO	9/6/2010	14,110	Duplicate
Mount Phillips	NM	6/23/2011	11,657
Blanca Peak	CO	8/6/2011	14,345	32
Ellingwood Peak	CO	8/6/2011	14,042	33
Huron Peak	CO	9/5/2011	14,003	34
Brown's Peak	CO	9/5/2011	13,523
Middle Mountain	CO	9/5/2011	13,018
Mt. Democrat	CO	9/24/2011	14,148	Duplicate
Mt. Lincoln	CO	9/24/2011	14,286	Duplicate
Mt. Cameron	CO	9/24/2011	14,238	Not Qualified
Mt. Bross	CO	9/24/2011	14,172	Duplicate
Crestone Peak	CO	6/15/2013	14,294	35
Holy Cross	CO	6/29/2013	14,005	36
Castle Peak	CO	7/6/2013	14,265	37
Conundrum Peak	CO	7/6/2013	14,060	Not Qualified
San Luis Peak	CO	8/17/2013	14,014	38
Pyramid Peak	CO	9/1/2013	14,018	39
Snowmass Mtn.	CO	8/9/2014	14,092	40
Mt. Tabeguache	CO	9/6/2014	14,155	Duplicate
Pikes Peak	CO	12/31/2014	14,115	Duplicate
Handies	CO	7/3/2015	14,048	41
Red Cloud Peak	CO	7/3/2015	14,034	Duplicate
Uncompahgre	CO	7/18/2015	14,309	42
Windom	CO	7/23/2015	14,082	43
Sunlight	CO	7/23/2015	14,059	44
Eolus	CO	7/23/2015	14,083	45
North Eolus	CO	7/23/2015	14,039	Not Qualified
Pikes Peak	CO	12/31/2015	14,115	Duplicate
Wetterhorn	CO	7/31/2016	14,015	46
Sneffels	CO	8/2/2016	14,150	47
Wilson Peak	CO	8/5/2016	14,017	48
Mount Wilson	CO	8/6/2016	14,256	49
El Diente Peak	CO	8/6/2016	14,159	50	Traverse!
Pikes Peak	CO	12/31/2016	14,115	Duplicate
Pikes Peak	CO	12/31/2017	14,115	Duplicate
Missouri Peak	CO	9/3/2018	14,067	Duplicate
Mt. Antero	CO	5/27/2019	14,259	Duplicate	Full Winter - Ski Descent
Culebra	CO	7/21/2019	14,047	51
Red Mountain	CO	7/21/2019	13,908	Top 100 13er
North Maroon	CO	9/8/2019	14,014	52
Maroon Peak	CO	9/13/2019	14,156	53

Memories
Memories From First Climb
I climbed my first 14er in 1979 in the Sangre de Christo's with a friend from my summer ranch job. It was early in the season back when the road was open to the lakes. We 4 wheeled in his Volkswagen bug until the creek crossings were too deep and camped in the road. We shared one ice axe on the couloir on the way up and I remember looking down on a very large camp at the lower lake as we started up the peak. We had no issues on the ascent, ate, and napped on the summit before descending with some glissading on the lower slopes. It was a great climb and I was hooked - These weren't too big a deal after all! As we headed back down the trail, and on the road below the lakes, as we kept passing very grim urban looking youths headed up the road toward the big camp. They barely looked up and few actually greeted us. A little disconcerting, but we did not think much of that until we returned to the ranch the next day and read the story of the deaths of a group of youths climbing Kit Carson the same day we had climbed the Crestone Needle. They had been roped together and pulled one another off the mountain. A sad day indeed which left a strong reminder how quickly a good time can turn sour without proper equipment and training.
Memories From First Member Year
I was fully convinced I had at least two more years before I would even be considered for membership and that was probably on the optimistic side! I was placing my bets on a couple of other hopeful prospects as some bio information was being read on the new member during the annual dinner presentation. It took way too long for the fog to clear to realize the bio was mine! I had no clue it was coming.
Memories of Family
I remember as a kid in grade school, watching for the mirrors from our home in Colorado Springs. The Sommers were also long family friends and I knew of their involvement in the club.
Favorite Memories from Climbing Fourteeners
Just remember family get togethers with the Sommers and borrowing an old pair of snowshoes from Bruce Sommers on one of my first winter attempts on Mount Quandry.
Memories from Favorite Mountain Climb

Memories of Favorite Gear

Memories of Worst Gear Failure
My 40+ year old vintage North Face Goretex shell failed miserably on our Wilson Peak, Mount Wilson, and El Diente climbing trip during one of the wettest and coldest climbs I've ever been on. Bottom line - Goretex just doesn't last forever! The jacket appears to be in excellent condition, but lacks much water resistance. It could have been really bad had it not been for other layers...