"Were the odds too great? Altitude, snow, weather, steep terrain, long approaches, against one family? Was it impossible?" And as we turned away again and again from the summits of Colorado's 14,000' peaks, it certainly did seem impossible. In this video, watch the story of our long battle with the 14ers and discover the winner—and the many things we’ve learned in the process. Learn about a world very different from our own—and about another real world beyond this life. Music

The other day I was trying to explain to the kids what it was like growing up without the internet, without smart phones, without knowing. And it was hard to explain. I described the time when I had to do a paper on a country and I chose the tiny African nation of Gabon. I was in 6th grade, I think. All I had to work with, really, was the musty encyclopedia in my school library. I found out that there is not a lot of information about Gabon in the encyclopedia. Then we went t

The summit loomed ahead of us, jutting into the sky like a fearsome fang. My heart raced as I tightened my helmet and took a step forward. We were doing this. I gripped the rock with my hands and tested my footholds for anything loose. I knew that one wrong move or misstep would send me plummeting hundreds of feet down to the bottom of the mountain. I concentrated on gripping the rock and pushing my body up. Then, suddenly, we were there! I scrambled over the last few rocks t