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Fourteener The fourteener is a massive mountain that juts out of the ground and towers above all other things like kings, as overseers. These mountains are some of the most beautiful sights that a person can see. For some time in Colorado, a single, simple criterion has been used to determine if a summit is a peak or a false summit: For a summit to be a peak, it must rise at least 300 vertical feet above the saddle connecting it to its neighbor. In Colorado there are fifty-three fourteeners and there are five mountains that rise above fourteen thousand feet but do not meet the criterion of rising 300 feet. Why do people choose to climb fouteeners and what does it take to reach the summit? As I drive up a narrow forest road to the trail head, all I can see are trees and snow on the ground. I come around a bend and look up and see the most beautiful sight I’ve ever seen in my life. The top of the mountain was covered with red rocks that you could barely see due to the snow cover. It is about seven O’clock in the morning and the sun is just rising. The first thing that the sun touches is the top of that mountain, and what a pretty sight it is when you see it. At around 7:30 I started to hike up the trailhead. During th