John Kirk Finishes Las Animas County

[Brian Kalet]

On April 24th, John Kirk became the 1st person to complete the ranked peaks of Las Animas County!

[lukePlumley]

Congrats on a fine first John! That one had to have some difficulties!

[mikeofferman]

Nice John! Some remote peaks out East!

[Steve Knapp]

Congrats John! Some great variety of peaks, glad someone finally finished the list. I enjoyed doing some of these with you. There are definitely some access challenges on the list, you pulled those off admirably.

[TeresaGergen]

That must have been an "exciting" county to finish. Congrats!

[John Kirk]

The challenge per peak ratio is really high. If it had much more than 55 and I might not have pursued it with the required vigor. A Picketwire 40 miler, Pinon Canyon access, Culebra range 1st ascents, and some long approaches for 6ers make this a ridiculous endeavor. Hard to recommend. There's a critical piece of info that considerably eased access for two otherwise super sketchy peaks - thanks for the good memory with that Steve.

[TeresaGergen]

The challenge per peak ratio is really high.

That's a good way to put it -- and I don't doubt it for a moment.