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You at the Top!
A Lung Cancer Benefit in Colorado's High Country
This August, the Mendel-Asarch Family
Lung Cancer Foundation sponsored their annual ascent of Colorado's
Greys Peak, to raise money for lung cancer research. |
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Speech Zone
Zone???
Yes, at the 2004 DNC the first ammedment only applies to a restricted
area surrounded by concrete barriers, two fences, razor wire, riot
squads, and military police. God fuckin' bless America. Thanks Tom
Ridge, you're the man. |
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See You at the Top!
Greys Peak
Torres Peak
A lung cancer benefit
Photos by Jon Heinrich
Published 9/25/04
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Throughout the course of the climb, two intermediate
camps were set up to provide supplies and emergency medical support.
Despite the heat of August blasting the front range, temperatures
dipped into the 30s leaving hikers prone to frigid winds and even
snow as they approached the summit.
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Grays Peak and Torreys Peak just south of Interstate
70 and not far from Denver, make them popular destinations for
weekend warriors. The pair of peaks, separated by less than a
half mile, make them a good pair to bag together.
Looking up at Torres Peak from the second camp,
you can see the ridge line to the left used to traverse from Greys.
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Despite the inhospitable environment,
if you look closely, a beautiful ecosystem thrives among the shattered
bolders strewn across the mountain side.
As the peak steward will tell you as
you begin your ascent, "Tundra grows by the inch and dies by
the foot—your foot! So watch where you step!"
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The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative urges all to
stay on the trail when possible and on hard surfaces such as rock
or snow if you are unable to be on the path. Together we can all
enjoy adventure, relaxation, spiritual renewal, and the opportunity
to behold the natural world, while getting healthy exercise.
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 Swirling
clouds cap the summit of Greys Peak like whip cream on the top
of an ice cream sundae. Cold wind combined with thinning air of
14,000 feet slow climbers to a near crawl.
Almost there!
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