Paul and Kate finish Gilpin County Ranked Peaks!

[lukePlumley]

Paul S.and Kate D. finished the ranked peaks of Gilpin County on July 9 on the summit of "Heartbeat Peak".

Congratulations on your successful completion. Gilpin is a fine little list. What did you enjoy most about your Gilpin adventures?

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[KateDecker]

Hi Luke,
Thanks for noticing! I think for us, Gilpin County was a lot about resourcefulness. That is, figuring out routes that a couple of old coots who don’t run very fast, can complete while remaining undetected.

We did manage to find some nice little hikes – not necessarily the shortest or most expedient routes, but it worked out for us!

Some highlights
- Finding a cabin in the woods that had old skis for siding
- Winds so strong on Rollins BM we had to crawl the last few feet
- Getting my gloves filled with cactus spikes descending Floyd BM
- Finding another old cabin with walls made out of six-panel doors
- A variety of car parts and other artifacts lurking in the woods
- Something fun to do when the weather was not so good higher up

[PaulStratmoen]

A couple of pictures:

Break dancing

List completion on Heartbeat

[Steve Knapp]

Congrats Paul and Kate! Gilpin is a nice manageable list of peaks. Heartbeat is a good one to finish on. Looks like you are pretty close in Clear Creek county now too.

[Brian Kalet]

Congratulations guys! I finished on Heartbeat, too. There are definitely some interesting peaks on that list.

[DHatfield]

Congrats Paul and Kate!!

[Jeremy Hakes]

Congrats! Nice work, you two. Nice that most of that list is public... :)