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Quit Your Job and Crush Peaks
Nov 20, 2015
Written by Bill Long
Filed under 14ers, CouchSurfing, El Diente, Grays Peak, Great Divide Trail, hiking, La Plata, Mountain Obsession, Mt Bross, Mt Cameron, Mt Columbia, Mt Democrat, Mt Elbert, Mt Harvard, Mt Lincoln, Mt Massive, Mt Sneffels, Mt Wilson, Patagonia, Pikes Peak, solo, Wheeler Peak, Wilson Peak

Quit Your Job and Crush Peaks

It was July. From my office window, I could see the impossibly blue Texas sky and imagine how hot it was outside the comforts of air conditioning. The high was 99 for the day – a typical summer. On days like this, I pine for the cooler alpine climes.

That’s when I got an email from Spencer Madden (http://mountainobsession.com). It read, “Hey Sherpa Bill! Spence from Mountain Obsession here. I am starting an adventure after quitting my corporate job. I will be down in Sept crushing 14ers.” Spence did what many of us only wish we have the courage to do. He quit his corporate job and set off on an adventure of a lifetime.

Mountain Mommas and Country Roads: Three Hike and Spa Combinations For Mom
May 10, 2013
Written by Bill Long
Filed under 14ers, Colorado, Grays Peak, hikes, hot springs, Idaho Springs, Las Vegas, Mother's Day, Pagosa Springs

Mountain Mommas and Country Roads: Three Hike and Spa Combinations For Mom

What better way to say “thank you” to mom for all she does than to treat her to a spa package. Although that never gets old, you can change it up a little with a back to nature trip. Take a country road to a far off mountain trail and plan to soothe those tired bones in natural hot springs.

Before $200 spa treatments, our ancestors since time-forgotten, found healing and tranquility in natural hot springs…and maybe the occasional mud bath. There’s something alluring about hot springs. Maybe it’s the raw connection to the earth’s molten core or the airy views of towering mountains that make our personal concerns seem so small in comparison. Whatever the case, these places occupy a special place in my memory.

Here are three low budget options to consider...