It’ll be 33-year-old Tyler Stuart leading the charge from Barr Trail next Monday, Dec. 30, as per tradition for new members of the AdAmAn Club en route to setting off New Year’s Eve fireworks atop Pikes Peak.
It might seem the honor had something to do with Dan Stuart, his father and club president. But the elder Stuart insists: “He earned it all himself.”
Tyler previously climbed eight times as a guest of the historic fraternity, which for 97 years has put on the midnight display from 14,000 feet. Tyler watched as a kid in Manitou Springs, graduating from the town’s high school in 2005.
AdAmAn Club making changes to keep annual hike, fireworks tradition alive during COVID-19
A smaller group than normal will hike up
AdAmAn Club delaying start of annual Pikes Peak hike, fireworks will be different this year
By: Spencer Humphrey
and last updated 2020-12-30 09:04:45-05
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. â With the new year just around the corner, the AdAmAn Club is making sure COVID-19 doesnât cancel its nearly century-old midnight tradition.
For Mark Copelin, climbing Americaâs Mountain is an annual tradition.
âI did my first climb in the late 90s,â Copelin said.
But it s not just his tradition. He is a member of the AdAmAn club, whose members make it a point to hike to the top of Pikes Peak every New Yearâs Eve.
AdAmAn Club making changes to keep annual hike and fireworks tradition alive during COVID-19
A smaller group than normal will hike up
With the new year just around the corner, the AdAmAn Club is making sure COVID-19 doesnât cancel its nearly century old midnight tradition.
and last updated 2020-12-28 10:11:55-05
COLORADO SPRINGS â With the new year just around the corner, the AdAmAn Club is making sure COVID-19 doesnât cancel its nearly century old midnight tradition.
For Mark Copelin, climbing Americaâs Mountain is an annual tradition.
âI did my first climb in the late 90s,â Copelin said.