52/13
My Journey to climb and ski the fifty-two 13,000’ and the seven 14,000’ summits in The Elk Range of Colorado in 61 days
6 first descents. 525 miles. 224,000’ of vertical gain. 344 hours in ski boots. 59 mountains.
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A story that details the logistics, complications and avant-garde nature of Michael’s approach to challenging ski mountaineering possibilities for the up and coming generation
“It’s a popular thing to set a project goal and come up with something no one has ever done nowadays, and Michael did that creatively,” says Davenport. “I love that he had the vision to say ‘forget the fourteeners, let’s go ski the thirteeners in my own backyard.’ It was certainly not an easy project. Congratulations to him for pulling it off.”
