Pete Krzanowsky and Ryan Kowalski complete Gilpin County!

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Pete Krzanowsky and Ryan Kowalski complete Gilpin County!

Postby lukePlumley » Sun May 06, 2012 6:37 pm

On May 6 Pete Krzanowsky and Ryan Kowalski completed a joint summit of "Heartbeat Peak" to finish off Gilpin County at last!

Congratulations guys! Gilpin is a fun little list. Were you able to hit the Heartbeat Couloir to finish it off? We would love to hear about it.

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Re: Pete Krzanowsky and Ryan Kowalski complete Gilpin County

Postby petekrz » Sun May 06, 2012 8:32 pm

Luke,

Thanks for mentioning our completion. It was great to finally get this peak done with Ryan. We'd been planning it for a couple of years...but timing and injuries conspired against us.

Ryan and I were joined by Sarah and Dominic Meiser and we had an adventure of a day. The approach involved some class 3 to maybe 4 scrambling on the cliffs to gain access to the Iceberg Lakes Basin. Then we finally figured out the correct coulior....which was a blast. Perfect snow, 40 to 45 degrees till the final 50 vertical feet, where it steepened significantly. Dominic took the lead at this point and blazed a great "ladder" up it with his kick-stepping.

The descent was uneventful...except for a bit of postholing. :roll:

A much bigger day than anticipated...over 11 miles. But an excellent day!

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Re: Pete Krzanowsky and Ryan Kowalski complete Gilpin County

Postby RyanSchilling » Mon May 07, 2012 4:33 pm

Congrats, you guys!
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