12 APRIL 24-30, 2025 westword.com WESTWORD | MUSIC | CAFE | CULTURE | NIGHT+DAY | NEWS | LETTERS | CONTENTS | BOULDERTHEATER.COM FOXTHEATRE.COM APR 26 APR 29 MAY2 APR 25 APR 28 MAY1 MAY3 THE HIGH LINES KOHANNA, SANTA ANA RODEO NADA SURF THE CLE ELUM LUTTRELL SIRKUS B2B FUBARI (CABIN FEVER) ONE & DONE STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL FT. THE CATTLEDOGS JOYWAVE LITTLE IMAGE FRIDAY PILOTS CLUB + CIRCA WAVES DIVA CUP YOUNG AND DEAD FREE BEFORE 9PM! 21+ TOMMYINNIT PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS GROCERY BAG ZIGGY ALBERTS STEPH STRINGS DIRTWIRE BANSHEE TREE, LVDY BRAINS ON! LIVE SILVERSUN PICKUPS ROCKET VICTOR WOOTEN & THE WOOTEN BROTHERS APR 24 APR 30 MAY4 APR 25 APR 27 APR 28 MAY3 JUST ANNOUNCED NOV 14 ................................................................... FELLY JUST ANNOUNCED MAY 10 .....................................COLORADO SPRINGSTEEN JUN 20 ................................................ THE ENGLISH BEAT JUL 11 ..............................................SHAKEDOWN STREET JUL 15 ............................................... SOCIAL DISTORTION OCT 4 ....................................................... THE OH HELLOS OCT 5 .......................................................GOGO PENGUIN The standard route up Quandary Peak is also a great beginner Fourteener; if you want to challenge yourself, he suggests checking out the west ridge. “There’s some mountains I’d love to go back and do it in a different way,” Meehan adds, citing the southwest ridge of Mount Sneffels — but that will have to wait a few more weeks. “I haven’t hiked Fourteeners in Chacos in the wintertime because that would be ludi- crous,” he jokes, although he has walked across summer snowfi elds with microspikes on his sandals. But for now, Meehan is content to work on a second edition of his guidebook that will include updated peak names and heights, as well as trail changes and additional routes. CALEB KOTTER CELEBRATED WHEEL LIFE On Caleb Kotter’s sixteenth birthday, his father gave him his fi rst unicycle. Kotter quickly mastered the sidewalks and roads surrounding his family’s home in Lakewood. Looking for a greater challenge, he wondered if unicycling on trails would be possible and answered that question by trying it out on Green Mountain, a prominent point along the Denver foothills. After that, while studying at the Colorado School of Mines, he began unicycling down taller and scarier peaks. Word of his wild adventures spread around campus and Kot- ter became known as “the unicycle man.” He’s now unicycled down eleven Colo- rado Fourteeners including Grays and Tor- reys, Quandary Peak and the DeCaLiBron Loop summits. Kotter even unicycled up Mount Elbert to the top before coming down the ridgeline. Since unicycles lack gears, pedaling up- hill isn’t always possible. “I might go up the foothills where it’s not super steep and more like a traverse,” he says. “But it’s hard to ride up scree and stuff like that.” Descents can be tough, too. “Often, you have to squeeze between boulders coming off of a jump and that’s a little hard,” he jokes. “So I might pass that obstacle on foot or try to hop around it.” A daredevil within reason, he does leave his unicycle at home for some alpine ad- ventures — for example, a winter ascent up Mount Sherman and a class three scramble to the top of Longs. But he hopes to bag even more Fourteeners on his unicycle — he has fi ve for different trail conditions — and has his eyes set on San Luis Peak, as well as Handies. “The mental engagement and the physi- cal exertion is a really fun combo,” he says. The amazed looks he gets from other hikers is just a bonus. Email the author at [email protected]. Peak Performance continued from page 10 Chris Meehan has hiked all the Fourteeners in Chacos, including a few class fi ve routes. Caleb Kotter unicycled the entire Mount Elbert trail, including the ascent. CALEB KOTTER CHRIS MEEHAN
