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Colorado hiker stuns onlookers while climbing mountains in high heels
NY Post ^
| October 20, 2020
| Kenneth Garger
Posted on 10/21/2020 4:23:16 PM PDT by SJackson
An avid Colorado hiker looking for a new challenge traded in her trail shoes for high heels to climb some of the states highest peaks.
Erin Ton, 22, switched to the unconventional hiking footwear last month after climbing 57 of the states fourteeners Colorado mountains over 14,000 feet since August 2018, The Colorado Springs Gazette reported.
I thought it would be a fun celebration to hike Elbert again, but do it in high heels, Ton told the paper, referring to Mount Elbert, the first of the fourteeners she hiked years before. Its kind of a full-circle thing.
Since then, Ton, a Cornell University graduate, reached three other peaks in heels, the report said.
Ton said her high-heel climbs attract a lot of attention from other hikers.
It doesnt help that Im blond, Im female, and Ive been told that I look like Im 17 or 18, she told the paper.
Ton said she limits the heel-wearing for the ascent and carries medical supplies for blisters or irritation. On the way down, she uses her trail shoes.
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:23:16 PM PDT
by
SJackson
To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:24:34 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself, M Twaini)
To: SJackson
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:26:20 PM PDT
by
Levy78
To: SJackson
Seems kind of dump but whatever floats your boat. I’ll stick to my hiking boots or trail runners thanks
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:27:03 PM PDT
by
cyclotic
(The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
To: cyclotic
Mt Elbert is an easy climb, even I have done it — but still 8 miles uphill in heels — what a woman
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:28:15 PM PDT
by
gas_dr
(Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
To: SJackson
IOW, she’s just faking it for the publicity.
An attention whore.
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:28:55 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: SJackson
I think Melania could do this too
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:29:59 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: SJackson
Looks a bit nipply, er, nippy up there.
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:31:06 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
To: SJackson
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:31:21 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: metmom
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:32:18 PM PDT
by
alternatives?
(If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
To: SJackson
She must have welded ankles.
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:36:05 PM PDT
by
TexasM1A
To: SJackson
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:36:30 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: SJackson
I almost expected this hiker to be a man.
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:37:51 PM PDT
by
fwdude
(Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
To: metmom
“IOW, shes just faking it for the publicity.”
How is she faking it?
To: SJackson
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:38:50 PM PDT
by
bravo whiskey
(Count Rostov "The tyranny of indistinguishable days.")
To: xp38
In 6 inch heels....none of this 2.5 inch nonsense!!!
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:40:53 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I Love BULL MARKETS!)
To: fwdude
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:43:39 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself, M Twaini)
To: SJackson
Hmm...
This is both kinky
and relevant to my interests.
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:45:53 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: SJackson
So what? Do it, shut up about it and don't expect some accolades for a publicity stunt. In an age of social media sycophants, humility is rare.
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posted on
10/21/2020 4:49:57 PM PDT
by
Fungi
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