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Trinity middle schooler takes on Colorado’s ‘Fourteeners’
BY JOE ADGIE
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n Colorado, there are 53 mountains known as “Fourteeners.” These 53 mountains are all of the state’s tallest peaks, and all of them, at their peak, are 14,000 feet or higher in elevation. One of the people that has been climbing these mountains is Shiloh Stewart, an eighth grader at the Trinity Christian School in Sharpsburg. Last year, she climbed Mount Bierstadt, a 14,065-foot mountain, 38th among the 53 Fourteeners and not far from Denver. This summer, she climbed Mount Sherman, a 14,043-foot mountain several miles from Leadville in central Colorado. The mountain is named for Gen. William T. Sherman. Mountain climbing runs in the Stewart family, as Shiloh’s father, Michael, explained. PHOTO BY JOE ADGIE “I’ve been a professional moun- Michael Stewart and his daughter, Shiloh, have joined other family members to climb some of Colorado’s taineer for a lot of years, and her old- ‘Fourteeners,’ which are the mountains over 14,000 feet. er brother, her older sister and her younger brother have all climbed at mountain climbers face before climb- desire to boost yourself, and she’s a one time or another,” Michael said. Colorado.” ing some of the high peaks in places really excellent athlete,” Michael said. “The older of her two brothers broke like Colorado and something that re- “She’s exceptional at what she does, Mountain climbing a all kinds of records when he was her age, so she’s really gotten into wanting physically taxing activity quires a person to be in great shape. “The biggest part of it is to have the to climb one of these Fourteeners in There are different challenges that SHILOH • 3
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