Just a few feet shy of being the hardest fourteener
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- Created on Monday, 26 November 2007 15:23
- Written by Dave Philipps
Visitors to Chicago Basin have probably seen sunlight spire, a nasty little gendarme sitting just to the side of sunlight peak. Sunlight, and the rest of the 14ers in the area are just a tough scramble. The spire, however, which falls short of the 14er club by 5 feet, is a stiff climb (a full pitch of 5.10 crack). There's a description of the route here.The question is, what's the real height of Sunlight Spire. After all, Pikes Peak was long thought to be 14,110 feet, but upgraded in the late 1980s to 14115. An extra five feet in the spire's case could make a big difference. This is something we'll have to look into.
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