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Dateline 1858: First Anglo Woman to Climb Pikes Peak
On August 5, 1858, 160 years ago this year, 20-year-old Julia Archibald Holmes reached the airy 14,115-foot-high summit of Pikes Peak, perha
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1971: The Third Ascent of Standing Rock at Canyonlands National Park
I'm writing a book of climbing stories right now. One of the chapters is called "Tale of Three Towers." It's about a climb