I was working on this particular post just before my recent ACL injury. While I know I won’t be crossing off anything on my wish list this year, I thought I’d post it anyway. These lines still remain on my wish list, even though I’m done for the season. I’ll have to begin tackling them again next year!
The movie The Wish List has inspired me to create my own wish list. I’ve been wanting to do it for some time. But, I wasn’t ultimately motivated to create this list until after seeing this movie.
Those of you who know me know that the peaks highest on my wish list are my 9 remaining Colorado 14ers: Little Bear, Ellingwood, Blanca, Crestone Needle, Pyramid, Capital, Wilson Peak, El Diente, and Pikes Peak. Finishing these nine peaks will allow me to complete a goal I’ve been working on for the last three seasons. But, these are not the only 9 peaks on my list. Skiing the other 45 fourteeners has allowed me to see lines that I might otherwise not have noticed. Other peaks on my list come from just being out in the backcountry and something about them struck me. At any rate, the list keeps growing, faster than I seem to be able to check them off 
In no particular order, the lines on my Wish List include:
All photos by Frank or Brittany unless otherwise specified
1) Owen (tallest in photo) and 2) Purple Peak (in front, to the right of Owen)
3) Purple Mountain
4) Teocalli
5) Thunder Pyramid
Photo provided by Andy Dimmen.
6) East Face, Gothic
7) La Plata chute- south
8 ) Ice
Photo provided by summitpost.org
9) Sayres
Photo provided by Brad Bond
10) Unnamed peak near Holy Cross
11) White Rock- White Widow Couloir
12) Terminator Chutes- from the top
13) Arkansas
14) Drift Peak
15) South Maroon, South Couloir
16) Marcellina
17) The Pencil on Axtel
18) Grizzly (near Independence Pass)
Photo provided by Patrick Murtagh
19) Star
20) Ruby
Some classics pictured above B. That line on Arky is so beautiful, eyed it last year and it is on my list too. The refrigerator on Ice is on my “one day” list too. That thing is unreal. That line on the unnamed peak by the Cross is interesting. Saw it from the summit last year, interesting exits on that guy. Can’t wait til you are better so we can read about these and your other 9 classics.
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Lots of yummy lines for sure. S Maroon, Marcelina and Star are also on my wish list. I already did Grizzly but would do it again in a heart beat. I’ll take pics/be your base camp manager on Capitol but I don’t have the cajones for those kinds of peaks. Here’s to you accomplishing many of your wish list in 2010!
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