New record for most 12ers+ in a calendar year

[John Kirk]

255 ranked 12ers+ in 2012:
http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/Content/yeartotals.php?e=12000&cat=peaks

Made the last one a fun one on Silver Plume, though the summit seemed a lot less grippy in winter.

[susanjoypaul]

Ha! I guessed the name without even clicking!

Congratulations Alyson - well done! That is a lot of frickin' peaks.

I'm thoroughly enjoying the site of that list - albeit vicariously... 9 of the Top 10 slots are held by women

[Steve Knapp]

Mighty impressive. The 1359 total peaks (589 new) was a record as well. Nice work Aly! What a year.

[Alyson Kirk]

Steve and Susan,

Thank you for your kind words.

It's truly amazing what you can do when:
1.) You get divorced
2.) You get remarried to your soul-mate
3.) You have Fridays off
4.) You have a mountain obsession

Honestly, I owe a lot of thanks to my wonderful husband for everything he has done with helping me!

[TWorth]

Congrats Alyson, also thanks for getting to 255 before Sunday so we didn't have to do Slide Mtn! Looks like a better fall peak, when the approach isn't blocked.

Cool photo of Silver Plume...looks a bit similar to McReynolds.

[Alyson Kirk]

Hey Tim,

I agree about Slide. That would have hurt.

It was great to finally get out with you! We hope to see
You out with us more this summer!

I'm still freaking sick! Arrrrrrrrrrr!

Aly

[dhgold]

1359!

Brings to mind what Babe Ruth said after setting the single season home run record in 1927.

[RyanSchilling]

That's amazing, congrats, Alyson!

[Alyson Kirk]

Thanks Dave and Ryan.

Dhgold, I hope that one of these days you, John
And I can all get out for some peaks.

I'd love to meet you.

[Ken Nolan]

Wowsa, that’s a bunch of alpine peaks. Congrats to Alyson … and to Teresa for setting the bar at 254 in ’04.

[Jeremy Hakes]

Wow! Congrats, that's a TON. Good work!

[Ryan Kowalski]

Just saw this. That's an impressive feat Alyson! Congratulations for such a huge year. Going for more in 2013?