Trip Report
Califoria's 14ers. Human Powered FKT approach
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Friday August 15, 2014 11:19am
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http://www.donnerpartymountainrunners.com/news/
I recently completed climbing all of California's 14,000 foot peaks and linking the trailheads by bike. I used a Fastest Known Time style approach to the trip and finined in 9 days 20 hours 41 minutes. Here is a link to my trip report:
Sam Skrocke
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About the Author
Sam Skrocke is a trad climber from Truckee. |
Comments
JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Aug 15, 2014 - 11:21am PT
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Sam, my machine says "thread not found" when I click your link.
John
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Sam Skrocke
Trad climber
Truckee
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Author's Reply
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Aug 15, 2014 - 11:23am PT
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John, could you try again for me and let me know if you have better luck? Thank You
Sam
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CCT
Trad climber
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Aug 15, 2014 - 04:51pm PT
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Props, Sam. I thought I would add your Middle Pal summit register entry here too. I imagine you on top, a little loopy from a long day and a sketchy traverse, just hoping that the way down would be easy.
Here is the text:
8.2.14
Thunderbolt, Starlight,
Polmomem, North Pal,
Mt. Sill, Middle Pal.
What a day.
California 14'ers all by bike,
feet and hands. Started on
Shasta 7.29. Whoo hoo got
to get off this now.
Sam Skrocke
Tahoe, California
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Aug 15, 2014 - 12:26pm PT
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That's an amazing adventure. Great style.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Aug 15, 2014 - 12:36pm PT
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Is a running-only version on your radar?
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goatboy smellz
climber
Gulf Breeze
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Aug 15, 2014 - 02:28pm PT
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very nice.
One of my favorite memories was doing an unsupported Longs Peak Tri on my 40th birthday.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Aug 15, 2014 - 03:37pm PT
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Great epic adventure!
Thanks for sharing.
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Aug 15, 2014 - 04:48pm PT
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Holy sh#t.
Well done, man. Respect.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Aug 15, 2014 - 04:52pm PT
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Damn, so many 14ers and miles and only a photo of summit log. :( congratulations though!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Aug 15, 2014 - 05:27pm PT
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Way to go...
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Eggstele
Trad climber
Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe
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Aug 15, 2014 - 05:31pm PT
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Just saw Sam's TR here so I deleted the other thread since this stays on topic. I love the photo of the summit register, cool addition.
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Double D
climber
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Aug 15, 2014 - 06:48pm PT
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Wow
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The Dude
climber
Truckee, CA
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Aug 15, 2014 - 07:50pm PT
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Kick ass Sammy, the Sierra just got Skrocked! Strong work.
-Stu
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Mtbphoto
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, Ca
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Aug 15, 2014 - 08:03pm PT
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epic and amazing, good work
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Aug 15, 2014 - 08:31pm PT
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I deleted the other thread NOoooooo ...
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Aug 15, 2014 - 08:49pm PT
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Huzzah!
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Aug 15, 2014 - 11:11pm PT
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Skrock it! Nice job man
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Aug 17, 2014 - 03:11am PT
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Witness the fitness, respect!
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Aug 17, 2014 - 07:03am PT
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Awesome accomplishment. TFPU
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 17, 2014 - 07:11am PT
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Way to go!
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SeanH
Trad climber
SLC
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Aug 17, 2014 - 10:04am PT
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Way to send!
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Aug 17, 2014 - 10:19am PT
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Well, youre mostly nuts, but youre my buddy and Ill cook you a burger and pop you a cold one....this is what happens when we leave you unattended! Go dog go...
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looks easy from here
climber
Santa Cruzish
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Aug 17, 2014 - 04:13pm PT
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Awesome! Sounds miserable to me, but I'm glad you had fun. :D
I was smiling as I topped out on North Palisade (14,242ft.) at 11:40am. There were three other climbers at the summit and when I told them of what I was trying to do their only comment was “That’s already been done before.” I didn’t know what to say in response
What dumbasses. You could have pointed out that North Pal had been climbed before, so why were they wasting their time?
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Aug 17, 2014 - 06:03pm PT
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It's almost as if Peak Bagging attracts vapid elevation hunters...
Great job! Freaking gnarly and inspiring.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Aug 17, 2014 - 07:46pm PT
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The human part of Human Powered is in doubt. Sam is a machine.
Nice.
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limpingcrab
Gym climber
Minkler, CA
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Aug 17, 2014 - 07:51pm PT
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I was smiling as I topped out on North Palisade (14,242ft.) at 11:40am. There were three other climbers at the summit and when I told them of what I was trying to do their only comment was “That’s already been done before.” I didn’t know what to say in response
Ya, that's really funny. They must have been on the FA of North Palisade.
Very impressive feat!
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
https://nutagain.org
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Aug 17, 2014 - 07:53pm PT
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Now this is grabbing a bull by horns! Great job, and thanks for sharing.
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Sam Skrocke
Trad climber
Truckee
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Author's Reply
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Aug 19, 2014 - 08:21am PT
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Is a running-only version on your radar?
The thought has crossed my mind...
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Camster (Rhymes with Hamster)
Social climber
CO
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Aug 21, 2014 - 08:03am PT
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Shortly after I had completed the A to A trip I had thought about climbing all of California’s fourteen thousand foot peaks using a bicycle to connect the trailheads. As other amazing adventures presented themselves this idea was put aside until last year when news broke that Cedar Wright and Alex Honnold had become the first to complete this feat.
I'm not sure that's true about Alex and Cedar being the first to do it on bikes. I met a patroller at Aspen Highlands in 1992 who told me about a friend of his who'd done it on a bike in the mid-1980s. Anyway, great achievement regardless.
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Eggstele
Trad climber
Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe
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Sep 28, 2014 - 05:41pm PT
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Bump for TR's!
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Matt's
climber
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Sep 28, 2014 - 05:46pm PT
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Cam burns-- I think there should be a new category of record:
FTSAOTI
(first to spray all over the internet)
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