{"id":1524,"date":"2016-01-01T22:15:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T22:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2016-01-01T22:15:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T22:15:30","slug":"adaman-club-new-years-eve-on-pikes-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/2016\/01\/01\/adaman-club-new-years-eve-on-pikes-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"AdAmAn Club – New Year’s Eve on Pikes Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Picture<\/a>
Picture of New Year’s Eve Fireworks – Source Unknown, But Not Our Photograph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Living at the base of “America’s Mountain”, Pikes Peak, provides some truly wonderful scenery. The summit, at 14,110 feet (about 4300 meters), looms above Colorado Springs and is a constant reminder of what a beautiful state that we live in. One of our favorite New Year’s Eve traditions is going out into our front yard, weather permitting, and watching the firework display from the top of Pikes Peak. The AdAmAn club has been climbing to the top of Pikes Peak every year since 1922 to light up the night sky.\u00a0 We stand in awe as we watch the fireworks, not so much of the light display, but of the members who have hiked to top of the peak to set them off for all of us to see.<\/p>\n

\"Pikes<\/a>
Pikes Peak from the Cog Railway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View<\/a>
View from the Summit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lower<\/a>
Lower Barr Trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View<\/a>
View from Barr Trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’ve been to the summit several times, by car, by the cog railway, and we even hiked it once.\u00a0 We hiked it in the middle of summer and can only imagine what it would be like to hike it in the bitter cold and snow of winter.\u00a0 Going up the Barr trail to the summit of Pikes Peak was, without a doubt,\u00a0the most difficult hike we’ve ever done.\u00a0 We have tremendous respect to the men and women (they recently started allowing women to join the club) who make the annual trek to top of the peak, regardless of the weather.\u00a0 Even if the weather doesn’t allow them to shoot off the fireworks, the intrepid group still makes the arduous climb every year.<\/p>\n

\"Sign<\/a>
Sign on Barr Trail, About 3 Miles into the Hike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Barr<\/a>
Barr Trail at Tree Line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Barr<\/a>
Barr Camp is the Halfway Point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"We<\/a>
We Were Exhausted When We Reached the Summit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Back in 1922, a group of five adventurous men decided that they wanted to do something unique to celebrate New Year’s Eve and decided to climb to the summit of Pikes Peak.\u00a0 Fred and Ed Morath, Fred Barr (who created the trail that the club now hikes), Willis Magee, and Harry Standley made up the original group.\u00a0 The weather on that first climb to top of the peak on New Year’s Eve was extremely cold and snowy.\u00a0 Because the snow was so deep that year, the group decided to go up the Cog Railway tracks, which had been running since 1889, instead of the Barr Trail.\u00a0 At 9 miles, it was shorter than the 13 miles on the Barr Trail, but was also more treacherous and dangerous.\u00a0 At Windy Point, about a thousand feet above the tree line, the snowy conditions and wind had created snow drifts that were almost impassible, but the group managed to make their way through.\u00a0 When they reached the summit, the “Frozen Five” as they were\u00a0to become known, sheltered in the\u00a0old summit house and thawed themselves out.\u00a0 They had picked up flares\u00a0that had been left by the railroad workers and at midnight, proud of their\u00a0accomplishment, they lit their flares and fireworks that they’d brought with them, and the tradition\u00a0began.<\/p>\n

\"People<\/a>
People Riding the Cog Railway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Windy<\/a>
Windy Point at 12,000 Feet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View<\/a>
View from Barr Trail, Garden of the Gods at the Base of the Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View<\/a>
View of Pikes Peak from Barr Trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fireworks<\/a>
Fireworks above the Peak from Our Front Porch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The following year, Fred and Ed Morath suggested the name AdAmAn (pronounced “Add A Man”)\u00a0for the group and declared that they\u00a0would only add one new member every year.\u00a0 The group has continued to add one member every year\u00a0ever since over the past 90+ years.\u00a0 It may have seemed a highly unlikely choice for a New Year’s Eve tradition, but for those of us who watch in awe every year, we are glad that they decided to make the trek all those years ago.\u00a0 While other’s are singing “Auld Lang Syne” in crowded ballrooms, surrounded by balloons, we’ll continue to toast champagne, bundled in heavy coats, and watching the fireworks from the top of Pikes Peak.\u00a0 It is one of our treasured memories and something that we look forward to year after year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Living at the base of “America’s Mountain”, Pikes Peak, provides some truly wonderful scenery. The summit, at 14,110 feet (about 4300 meters), looms above Colorado Springs and is a constant reminder of what a beautiful state that we live in. One of our favorite New Year’s Eve traditions is going out into our front yard, … <\/p>\n

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