ACTIVITIES 2004

Happy New Year 2004 – AdAmAn Style

In typical AdAmAn tradition, members of the Pikes Peak AdAmAn Club and their guests lit up the summit of 14,110 foot Pikes Peak with a brilliant fireworks display at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 2003. This year’s climb was dedicated to the families of deployed military service members of the Pikes Peak region.

Under clear skies and high winds, our climbing party braved wind chills of –40 degrees to ignite 60 bombs and 40 flares. The east face of Pikes Peak was brightly illuminated and we got reports by cellular phones that our fireworks were seen as far north as Denver and south to Pueblo.

During our 2 day climb, AdAmAn’s newest member, Don Sanborn of Colorado Springs had the hard task or breaking trail over the 13.2 mile Barr Trail. At the end of the first day, our overnight stay at Barr Camp, (elevation 10,200 feet) gave the climbing party a chance to get a hot meal and a good night’s sleep. Our second day’s climb included the tradition of mirror flashing at the Timberline shelter, and we were pleased to report hundreds of return mirror flashes from all over the Colorado Springs area. Fierce winds and icy conditions were with us over the final 3 miles, from timberline at 12,000 feet to the summit.

As always, AdAmAn members and guests extend a big thank you to residents of the Pikes Peak region for your continued support. It was again a pleasure to help welcome the New Year with fireworks from the summit of America’s Mountain – a tradition since 1922!