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      • Spring HikingI tracked my weight loss and water use during a strenuous hike and the results were CRAZY
      • Thanks, Feet.Green Mountain Musings: realizations after my year of 100 summits
      • Clouds GatheringCeiling Zero on Thirsty Peak
      • Wild Basin by bike! Time to get to work.The long way up: Boulder Weekly
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      • How to Access Every 14er Off the Colorado Trail (CalTopo Map Included!)
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      • Tour 14er FinishYellow Scene Magazine: Who Is Climbing the Colorado Fourteeners?
      • Holy Nolan'sPodcast: Justin Simoni, the Long Ranger, on Creating Ridge Routes and Hiking the Highest Hundred Peaks in Colorado
      • Jagged MountainiRunFar: Justin Simoni and the Art of Running
      • Loveland PassContinuing Our Conversation With The Long Ranger: The Greens and Blues 14er Podcast
      • Podcast: Who the WYLD Things Are with Ryan Maguire
      • Blanca Peak, Tour of the Highest HundredGearJunkie Podcast: Justin Simoni: How to Experience ‘Radical Presence’
      • Gash RidgePodcast: Endurance as a Performance Art with Justin Simoni
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      • Summit, Longs PeakKeplinger’s Couloir, Longs Peak Winter Duathlon
      • Hanging out on top of SE LongsPart II: Longs Peak and Mount Meeker via Gorrell’s Traverse
      • Lefthand OHVPart I: A New Route is Created! Bikepacking to RMNP/Longs Peak
      • 2019 Salsa Journeyman Apex 1 700c OEM Replacement Parts List
      • Beau + Max off on their own Tour 14er!
      • Fast forward through the rest of WY and CO - New Mexico! I'm at a Continental Divide crossing (no snow anymore!) holding my pedal that had broken off its spindle. I found some bailing wire on the road, and used it to lash the pedal in place onto the bottom of my shoe. I would then insert the pedal into its spindle that was still attached to the crank whenever I wanted to pedal. My Tour Divide ended soon after this, after I crashed out, due partly to gear destruction; partly to a month of severe physical strain.2011 Tour Divide Photos
      • Bikepacking Longs Peak Chapter has been Released
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      • Hoosier Pass to Loveland Pass (Take Two)
      • Aspen RidgeFastpacking Salida to Buena Vista via Aspen Ridge
      • Unsupported Collegiate Loop FKT Attempt Redeux 9/3/25
      • The Trucker’s Napping Protocol for Ultrarunning races, fastpacking, ultralight backpacking, and FKTs
      • Justin SimoniUnsupported Collegiate Loop FKT Attempt 7/15
      • The Northern Sangre de Cristo LoopThe Northern Sangre de Cristo Loop and FKT
      • Waterton Canyon, Colorado TrailColorado Trail 24 Hour Backpacking Challenge– in May?! How Far Can I Hike?
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      • Tour 14er FinishYellow Scene Magazine: Who Is Climbing the Colorado Fourteeners?
      • Sawtooth Traverse SunriseThe Sawtooth Traverse! Bierstadt/Blue Sky 14er Winter Duathlon
      • The Loveland Pass to Hoosier Pass Hootenanny CoverThe Loveland Pass to Hoosier Pass Hootenanny: Backpacking on the Continental Divide Ridge
      • Winter Pikes Peak SummitPikes Peak Winter Solstice Bus Stop Backslap!
      • SawatchNotes from the Sawatch Traverse: Tennessee Pass to Pt. 13457 on the Ridge of the Continental Divide
      • The Narrows on DescentLongs Peak NW Gully Duathlon April Tick
      • Mt. AnteroSlowlans Episode 1: Shavano/Tabeguache/Antero – Ultralight Backpacking the Nolan’s 14 Line
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      • Bailing on the Cables route on Longs PeakMonthly Capers: April 2025
      • Fantastically dry conditions on the Cables routeMonthly Capers: March 2025
      • Progress is rarely a straight line: Green Mountain PR ep. 4
      • Longs PeakMonthly Capers: February 2025
      • I gained 10 pounds! What happened to my uphill running speed? (ep 3)
      • Progress on my Green Mountain Lifetime PR? (ep 2)
      • My All-Time Green Mountain Personal Record: Let’s Break It! (ep 1)
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      • Nitecore Carbo 10000 Gen2, fully immersed in water!Nitecore Carbo 10000 Gen2 First Look and Lab Tests (and comparison with the NB 10000 Gen3!)
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Aspen Ridge

Fastpacking Salida to Buena Vista via Aspen Ridge

An early season trip linking two of my all-time favorite routes: the Sangre de Cristo Range Traverse and the Mosquito-Tenmile Traverse.

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