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AdAmAn Club makes 89th trip to summit of Pikes Peak

2011-12-30T21:41:37.881Z

Thirty-two members of the AdAmAn Club began the trek to the summit of Pikes Peak on Friday, keeping a long tradition alive.

The club ascends Pikes Peak each year to set off fireworks at midnight on New Year's Eve.

The hikers will spend the night at Barr Camp, then scale the last six miles across the treeless face of Pikes Peak on New Year's…

Ann Nichols leads AdAmAn Club on annual New Year's hike to Pikes Peak summit

2011-12-30T20:56:54.266Z

The AdAmAn Club began it's yearly climb to the summit of Pikes Peak on Friday. And for only the third time in the organization's 89-year history, a woman was on point.
Ann Nichols, 64, was named the 94th member of the organization earlier this month. Club tradition dictates that the newest member takes the lead. As the climbers made their final preparations at the Barr Trail trailhead, club president Don Sanborn called Nichols to the front.
"It's a big honor," Nichols said. "I've made nine hikes as a guest, and it's a real special feeling to finally be a member," she said.
Nichols, a Colorado College graduate and Manitou Springs resident, has spent many days exploring the slopes of Pikes Peak and the surrounding foothills.
"I've spent years and years hiking on the peak and I generally hike alone," she said. "I was never really interested in joining a big group."
She was encouraged to apply to hike with the AdAmAn Club and was invited to climb as a guest about 10 years ago. It's common for guests to make several climbs before they're chosen to become permanent member of the club.
There were 32 AdAmAn climbers in this year's group. They'll camp at Barr Camp the first night, then ascent to the peak's 14,115-foot summit on New Year's Eve before lighting the annual fireworks show at the stroke of midnight.

A walk in the woods with the AdAmAn Club

2010-12-31T01:05:36.760Z

PikesPeakSports.us hiked up the first few miles of Barr Trail with the AdAmAn Club today. The weather was perfect. Of course it changed later. The club was on it's way to spend the night at Barr Camp. It will climb to the summit of Pikes Peak on Friday (New Year's Eve) and shoot off fireworks at midnight. The weather was great in the morning, but the group reported that it reached Barr Camp in a hard snowfall.

AdAmAn Club president Don Sanborn with the inside scoop

2010-12-30T19:25:51.334Z

PikesPeakSports.us caught up with the AdAmAn Club on Thursday, Dec. 30 as the club made it's annual trek to the summit of Pikes Peak. The AdAmAn club shoots off the fireworks from the mountain's summit at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. Don Sanborn, AdAmAn Club president, answered a few questions for us.