Sunday, March 26, 2023

‘The journey itself was so big and so vast’: Breckenridge’s Christopher Fisher bags all 59 of Colorado’s 14ers over the winter season

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Christopher Fisher/Courtesy photo


Frostbite, fragile avalanche fall zones and variable Colorado weather conditions are just some of the things sponsored mountain endurance athlete and Breckenridge resident Christopher Fisher faced while on a mission to climb all 59 of Colorado’s 14ers in a single winter season.

Fisher was inspired to embark on the 59-peak mission after successfully claiming the fastest known time for the traverse across the Mosquito and Tenmile mountain ranges at the end of last summer. 

The feat of endurance is impressive on its own, but Fisher was also attempting to be the second reported person to ever climb all the Colorado 14ers during the winter season and the first reported person to complete all 59 without climbing any of them in the summer or spring. 

Fisher officially began stacking up peaks on Jan. 6 when he and Ton climbed up Pikes Peak. After summiting Pikes Peak, Fisher and Ton then turned to summiting Antero, Tabeguache and Shavano on day two of the endurance project. 

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