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Many climb peaks each year. |
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I saw over seventy cars in the parking lotof Torrey's Peak |
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I passed fifty people climbing Mt. Elbert. |
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In 1968, 4226 people climbed Longs Peak. |
Another indication that climbing Colorado's highest peaks is not very difficult is the sheer number of people who succeed each summer. After descending from Torrey's Peak one weekend in August, I counted over seventy cars in the parking lot. On a week the previous August, I passed fifty people in various stages of climbing Mt. Elbert. Even years ago--in 1968--4226 people climbed Longs Peak (Paul W. Nesbit, Longs Peak, p. 68). Its parking lot today, to accommodate the number of climbers, is about a quarter-mile long.
