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[Note: This is the black and white paperback version of Fourteeners for the Rest of Us. The color book has higher costs.] The purpose of this book is to provide guidance to beginner and intermediate hikers who want to safely explore Colorado Fourteeners. The summits that are higher than 14,000 feet and 4,300 meters are popular destinations for climbers who desire a unique challenge. The Fourteeners offer scenic beauty in some of the most remote landscapes in the United States. Often within designated wilderness areas and always above tree-line, the Fourteeners provide a glimpse of a plant and animal community uniquely adapted to a rugged landscape of tundra and talus. Fourteeners for the Rest of Us describes how to locate the Fourteeners of Colorado and prepare for a safe ascent into these amazing heights. (The first edition was designed as a black and white production to provide a more economical cost for this on-demand publication.)