Friday, May 6, 2011

Climbing Pikes Peak

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A few days later they built a camp near the confluence (river junction) of Fountain Creek and the Arkansas River. From here, Pike and three others set out to climb Pike's Peak. They didn't make the summit, having drastically under-estimated the difficulty and the distance involved in getting to the top.  Because of this attempt, the peak is now called Pikes Peak and is a national historic landmark. Pike and the three other soldiers returned to the camp after being gone for a week. The whole party then continued upstream along the Arkansas.

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