Call of the Mountains: Climbing the Colorado Fourteeners

From day one of life, we begin to climb mountains of one kind or another. At first, "mountain climbing" takes the form of baby's struggle to inhale the first breath. Then comes rolling over, followed by crawling, and so forth. Naturally, the instinct to climb "over mountains" grows as a person develops a greater supply of climbing mustard, corresponding with greater physical, mental, and spiritual strength, and resolve.

As life goes on, we discover new and different challenges, "mountains to...