Climbing on Matt Zabojnik

Manitou Incline 2

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Made it to the top in under an hour! Scottali did it in 46 minutes! I need to step it up.

Max Elevation: 8,550 Feet

Summit: Yes

Buddy: Lizzie, Scottali

Location: The Incline, Manitou Springs, CO

Manitou Incline

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This is one steep staircase!

Max Elevation: 8,550 Feet

Summit: Yes

Buddy: Lizzie

Location: The Incline, Manitou Springs, CO

Longs Peak

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

By far the most amazing mountain climb I’ve ever been on! There were so many unique features!

The Boulder Field leading up to the keyhole was the first ominous area.

The keyhole creates a wind vortex with 70MPH winds on the front side!

Many climbers gave up and were sitting down at this point, saying they were going down because they were afraid they’d get blown off the mountain.

Mt. Bierstadt

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Great 4th of July weekend to climb my first 14er! Hiked with some friends to make it more memorable.

Max Elevation: 14,065 Feet

Summit: Yes

Buddy: Lizzie, Natalie, Joe

Location: Mt. Bierstadt, Bailey, CO

El Cajon with Jon

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

JoHn and I had a great time hiking up El Cajon, which involved several false summits and some steep terrain. We used Strava to track the whole trip which was pretty fun. At the summit we found three USGS Benchmark medallions and had to touch each one. I can’t specifically remember all the other details, so I’ll need JoHn’s help figuring that stuff out. Thanks!

Max Elevation: 3,675 Feet

Summit: Yes

Buddy: Jon

Location: El Cajon Mountain, CA

Solo Attempt at Mt. Adams

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

My first time mountaineering! I had a blast! I arrived a little too late in the day to reach the summit before nightfall. Even though I had a headlamp, I didn’t want to stay over night since I hadn’t planned for that and didn’t bring anything to sleep in up there. My hike began at about 11:30AM and I hit 8,100Ft around 4:15PM. I had fun just learning how to use my ice axe and crampons, climbing up a snow field and then glissading back down to the bottom. I tried out my stove, which was really easy to set up and use. I melted some snow for my nalgene water bottle I had brought with me. I only had about 1,000ml of water which was not near enough for the trip. I could do it with that little water, but I’d rather not risk it this early on. This first time ever was a great solo. I know what to do different next time, hopefully I can summit when I return!