Meet mountain runner Erin Ton who has the extremely distinctive distinction of getting climbed 25 of Colorado’s 14,000 foot peaks (often called 14ers) in excessive heels. Her ardour for top heels within the excessive alpine began as joke however has since taken on lifetime of its personal:
“Something is feasible women. Don’t hearken to the outdated males who name your actions reckless simply because they assume that they know greater than you. This complete heel factor began out as a joke and I by no means supposed for it to be an announcement on ladies’s empowerment or something however it’s a theme that has emerged increasingly more over time. If solely I had a greenback for each man who has stopped me whereas I’m out climbing alone (not even in heels) and requested if know the place I’m going or what I’m doing. I shouldn’t and don’t want to offer a replica of my out of doors resume to others on path for them to belief that I do know what I get myself into.” -Erin
Thus far Ton has summited 25 of Colorado’s 58 14ers in heels, together with Wetterhorn Peak which she climbed within the snow with thermal socks below her excessive heels, and we want her luck on her quest to summit all of them!
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