by admin | Jun 20, 2019 | blog
“The mountains are calling and I must go.” -John Muir This is the quote posted on the signboard of Lake City Community School (appropriately named “Home of the Fourteeners”). I must have driven by that sign a dozen times in the last few days and the irony...
by admin | Mar 28, 2019 | blog
Lloyd Athearn sees the forest for the trees — a quality that makes him a great executive director for the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI). According to Lloyd, the hallmark of a leader is the ability to see a way out of any situation and get your team on board...
by admin | Oct 15, 2018 | blog
Each season I come back to CFI, I strive to be stronger than the previous summer so that I can do the best work on the Fourteeners, and feel my best while working. This season on Mt. Evans, I work at almost 14,000-ft everyday. Acclimating has been an long process....
by admin | Oct 8, 2018 | blog
Five in the morning rolls around and my alarm goes off. It’s cold, all of my clothes for the day are stuffed in my sleeping bag with me, and I now have to go through the struggle of putting on my many layers without feeling the bite of the mountain air. It doesn’t...
by admin | Oct 5, 2018 | blog
As I write this, in my tent, my hands are cut, scarred, and dirty. They will stay like this for several days after I get back to town. Even after dipping them in the creek, using hand sanitizer, and even showers, they are dirty. It is what people in my field, trail...
by admin | Sep 21, 2018 | blog
The most puzzling thing to me, at times, seems to be our capacity as humans to do great things and to do immense harm. My summer on Quandary has been witness to the strength of individuals overcoming obstacles both personal and external, like summiting a mountain with...
