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Man grateful to be alive after near-fatal accident
Grand Junction Sentinel
He was six mountains away from bagging all of Colorado's Fourteeners and had climbed countless other 13000-foot peaks. So, it was some weird twist of fate ...

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Richard F. Porter, MD, 84
Valley Courier Online
His passions included climbing fourteeners, 4-wheeling, amateur racing, traveling, trains, RVing and reading. Over the years, he was active with PCA ...


Ginkgo Biloba Helps Prevent Altitude Sickness
About - News & Issues (blog)
Here in Colorado, it's a common occurrence, particularly among climbers coming up from lower elevations to climb cliffs and Fourteeners in the high country. ...

Springs gets a new brewery
Colorado Springs Gazette
The food is similar to what you find in many brewpubs and follows Colorado themes, with burgers named after Colorado fourteeners (mountains above 14000 ...

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Girls' team adds backpacking trip
Chaffee County Times
... three fourteeners during the summer, but this year at the request of one of the runners, the team added backpacking to their summer training program. ...

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CU Student Athlete Dies During Maroon Bells Hike
cbs4denver.com
Katie Hartman, Nelson's friend and teammate at CU, said he had a goal of climbing all of Colorado's fourteeners. "He called me the night before he did it ...

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A trip even more meaningful than summiting a fourteener
Sky Hi Daily News
Longs Peak would be Mabon's 16th fourteener in just 10 months. Powerful winds forced the sturdy, slender man to his knees, and he crawled to the summit. ...

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Suite101.com
Superstitions About Friday 13th ? Myths and History
Suite101.com
In Italy, the house between 12 and 14 is numbered 12 and 1/2 rather than 13 and in early French society, groups known as quatorziens or fourteeners, ...

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Friday the 13th: Is it your unlucky day?
KVAL
According to www.huffingtonpost.com, French President Nicolas Sarkoz fears the legend so much that he has socialites called quatorziens (fourteeners) that ...

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Friday the 13th superstitions have roots in the Bible, ancient myth
Molalla Pioneer
... will befall one of the guests at a dinner party of 13, socialites known as the quatorziens (fourteeners) once made themselves available as 14th guests. ...

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