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Peachypeaks talks the naked truth about nudist mountaineering in Colorado
»» Baring it all on fourteeners on Instagram has amassed this user a steep following It’s a difficult metric to measure, but when it comes to butts, Peachypeaks probably has one of the most famous rears in Colorado. She’s also a serious mountaineer. The Denver-based woman’s main Instagram account (@peachypeaks, naturally) features, at the time of this publication, around 250 photos almost entirely of her backside – usually parked on top of a mountain or with some other scenic vista in the background. And over 131,000 people are following it, some fans going so far as to send her paintings or illustrations recreating her posterior-based portraits. Occasionally her friends, partner, and dog join her. (To preserve her anonymity, she never reveals her face or her name, which is why we’re referring to her by her social media handle.) The derrière depictions started as means of lightening the mood during outdoor adventures. “I was doing a lot of hikes and stuff outside and sometimes kind of dangerous climbs, and it kind of started more to bring levity to situations,” Peachypeaks said. “It started out with my partner, who was like, ‘Yeah, just, you know, pull your pants down and we’ll take a butt photo,’ and then it kind of became more of a lifestyle over time.” The turn toward nudism was not without precedent, though. “I’ve always been really comfortable with nudity,” she said. “I was a swimmer and I don’t know if that made me comfortable, but I’ve always been kind of
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»» Peachypeaks poses near Lake City.
»» Peachypeaks poses atop a mountain in the Crestones in the Sangre De Cristo range. She has scaled 48 of Colorado’s 58 fourteeners.
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