Pair scales new heights in Colorado

 
Bob Doucette | Published: July 26, 2009   

SALIDA, Colo. — The march up the trail on Mount Shavano’s east slopes was much harder than I remembered.

Five years and 15 pounds ago, my brother and I practically bounded up to Shavano’s 14,229-foot summit. But that was then.

photo - Johnny Hunter, of Shawnee, looks toward the Angel of Shavano in June. It would be one of two snow slopes that would be climbed on Mount Shavano, a 14,229-foot peak near Salida, Colo. (Photo by Bob Doucette, The Oklahoman)
Johnny Hunter, of Shawnee, looks toward the Angel of Shavano in June. It would be one of two snow slopes that would be climbed on Mount Shavano, a 14,229-foot peak near Salida, Colo. (Photo by Bob Doucette, The Oklahoman)

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This time, this past June, climbing buddy Johnny Hunter and I were slogging along, running further and further behind the schedule I had mapped out in my mind. And the toughest, most...
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