I grew up in Boulder, traipsing around the foothills and collecting more
woodticks than my dog. In 1953 I took the Rocky Mountain Rescue
climbing course, where we learned to catch a leader fall using the newly
developed dynamic belay and the (new technology) nylon climbing rope. I
have been climbing here and there since.

We returned to Denver in l971 where I practiced medicine at St Joes,
Presbyterian, and St Lukes. I also maintained a clinical teaching
position at the medical school. Life was a bit busy and I really
couldn't find time to do anything with the CMC.

When I retired ten years ago, I rejoined the CMC and have been active
since with the cross country ski school, leading hikes and ski trips. I
served one year on the Denver Council.

I climbed my first "fourteener" fifty years ago this coming summer, and
really had no desire to do all of them. Some I climbed multiple times
by multiple routes. I climbed also in Europe, the west coast and the
Tetons. But, alas, I climbed all of them now except Culebra, so I
thought I would enter the lottery and see if I can do that too. With
good weather, good luck with the lottery, and if my legs hold up, who
knows? I may climb them all over half a century.