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AdAmAn Club's Colorado New Year's Tradition

by Brian K. Trembath on December 26, 2014
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View east from Pikes Peak on a moonlight night, shows the lights of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado and snowcovered foothills. Image taken by AdAmAn Club member Harry Standley, during the annual mountaineering trek to the top of the 14,110 foot mountain to set off fireworks on New Years Eve.
Two AdAmAn club members stand in front of a ice wall with icycles and prepare for the annual New Year's Eve Pikes Peak climb, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The men wear parkas and mittens; one has a backpack with an antenna, the other holds an ice- climbing pick, a "Motorola," portable radio and a coiled rope.
Members of the AdAmAn Club climb among rocks and snow, above Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Contoured banks and drifts of snow are in the foreground.
AdAmAn Club members climb among boulders, ice, and blowing snow, on Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They wear parkas, backpacks, and have walking sticks.
A member of the AdAmAn Club squats down and looks away as fireworks illuminate the area outside the Cog Railway Terminal building, Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
Silhouettes of members of the AdAmAn Club show in the illumination of fireworks on top of Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Annual club festivities include a trek to the top of the 14,110 foot mountain to set off fireworks on New Years Eve outside the Cog Railway Terminal and observation deck.
Members of the AdAmAn Club stand back as fireworks blast from a pipe tube, outside the Cog Railway Terminal building, Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
Members Garrett and MacDonald of the AdAmAn Club pose with fireworks including rockets and bombs with fuses, on top of Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They wear tall lace-up boots and fur collared parkas.
Night view taken during the AdAmAn Club's annual New Year's Eve climb of the upper terminal of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway encrusted with ice, above Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Teeth of the railway show through the snow and footprints lead to the platform.
Snow blows by seven members of the AdAmAn Club as they make their way up a steep incline of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway tracks on Pikes Pike, an annual mountaineering trek to the top of the 14,110 foot mountain to set off fireworks on New Years Eve, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They carry backpacks, walking sticks and a camera tripod.

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