"Peakbagging" is the obsessive quest to "bag," or summit, high mountains. In Colorado, the highest mountains are the so-called "fourteeners," 54 peaks topping out higher than 14,000 feet. Each summer, people flock to Colorado's fourteeners, and as a newspaper in Colorado Springs described it, it's "like collecting baseball cards: Once you've attained one, you want to gain the whole set."
Those participating in Primal Quest, a physically intense “expedition adventure race,” are getting ready for their grueling, eco-conscious adventure this summer. Known as the “ultimate test of human endurance,”
Interests: Anything with an ING:
dancing, biking, listening, talking, writing, reading,
watching, eating, drinking, running, thinking, working, dreaming,
surrendering, laughing, smiling, acting, traveling, singing, surfing,
driving, shopping, thanking, observing, welcoming, connecting,
loving, learning, sharing, practicing, asking.
Inspiration: Books: Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke
Music: Linkin Park and The Cure
People: My mother and all of those that have come before me that have fought their
own battles and didn't give up.
Places: Carl Schurz Park, New York, NY
Movies: In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Stealing Beauty, Beautiful Girls, When A Man Loves a Woman, In America, Magdelene Sisters, The Notebook, Run Fat Boy Run
Things: Causes worth fighting for: Lupus and other auto-immune disorders, Organ Donation and impoverished and at-risk youth.