Sleeping on the Summits

Colorado Fourteener High Bivys

Sleeping on the Summits: Colorado Fourteener High Bivys chronicles a project
never done before: Mountain geographer Dr. Jon Kedrowski slept on the summits
of all 54 Colorado Fourteeners—staying on the summit from sunset to sunrise.

Roughly 750,000 people attempt to climb a Colorado Fourteener each year. Of
those climbers, the majority start pre-dawn to avoid deadly afternoon
thunderstorms. Now imagine doing just the opposite—climbing during the
stormiest part of each day and then sleeping on every Fourteener summit, from
sunset to sunrise, in 95 days. With striking photography and expert analysis,
the authors explain how they tracked and dodged storms above tree line,
climbed with maximum efficiency, and were treated to 54 stunning sunsets and
sunrises while perched at over 14,000 feet.