Congratulations to former Navy Seal Josh Jespersen for setting a new record for summiting and split boarding all of Colorado’s 14ers in only 138 days – that’s less than 6 months.
According to Jespersen’s Instagram, he accomplished this splitboard mountaineering feat in just 138 days, 53 missions, 628 miles, and 260,560′ of elevation gain.
Jespersen completed the split board mountaineering project in order to raise awareness for his non-profit Mission Memorial Day. According to their website, “Mission Memorial Day honors the Fallen, Serves the Community, and Helps Remember.” Learn more and support this cause at MissionMemorialDay.com.
To see a list and map of the Colorado 14ers, click here.
Let’s take a quick look at a few other 14ers ski records:
- Lou Dawson was the first to ski all of the 14ers in the early 1990’s.
- Chris Davenport skied all of the peaks in a calendar year in 2006/2007.
- Jordan White was the youngest person to ski the 14ers in 2009.
- Christy Mahon was the 1st woman to ski the 14ers.
- Jarrett Luttrell was the 1st splitboarder to tag the 14ers.
We’re sure there are other records that we don’t know about. Tell us about them in the comments below. Learn a bit more about the records for skiing the Colorado 14ers from the DenverPost.com, WildSnow.com, and 14erSkiers.com.
