Grays Peak "Beginner's Guide" Episode 9

TayJack, JacerJack, and Short-Rope welcome a new guest known as the MonGoose to talk about Grays Peak, a good beginner peak. A 14er-Finisher and staple in the 14er community for more than a decade, MonGoose gives frequent presentations at outdoor/climbing shops entitled “Intro to the 14ers.” We get to hear about what he tells people preparing for their first 14er including learning about the 10 essentials to have in your pack, the difference between hiking classes (class 1-class 5) and some general trail etiquette. We start with the discussion question “what do we know now in our 14er career that we wished someone would have told us when we first started?” We also learn about the volunteer groups that perform trail maintenance on the 14ers in this episode of the Non-Standard 14er podcast.