Ever since moving to Colorado, I have been dreaming of climbing a fourteener. I have been working hard to be in shape to do this. Yesterday was the first attempt on climbing one of the giants of the West. A bunch of people from church left early in the morning to travel to the trail head of Mount Bierstadt. It is a mountain with a 14,060 summit and has a 7 mile round trip included. It took us around 7 hours to accomplish. There was a ton of snow and mud on the trail. Mud at the bottom and snow on top. We summited on 12:45, about 45 minutes past cutoff but the weather was great so it was safe. It was a hard and long trip. But I felt alive through the whole time. God made some beautiful stuff. We went up about 2850 feet of vertical incline. The air of there is really thin so you are breathing hard. It was a great day of feeling on top of the world. I am looking forward to the next one.
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Matthew is originally from Nova Scotia, Canada. He has a beautiful wife named Charity and a precious baby named Gabrielle. He has graduated from the Brown Trail School of Preaching, Heritage Christian University with his Bachelors of Arts in Biblical Studies, Lipscomb University with his Master’s of Arts in Biblical Studies and his Master’s of Divinity at Freed-Hardeman University. He is presently working towards his Doctorate of Ministry at Harding Graduate School of Religion. His articles have appeared in the World Evangelist, the Highway to Holiness, The West Virginia Christian, The Christian Echo, The Firm Foundation, Church Growth, and the Gospel Advocate. He enjoys hockey, golf, boxing, and chess. In his spare time he enjoys reading numerous genres of books. Also, he is working on climbing all of the 14ers in Colorado. Matthew is the Pulpit Minister for the Castle Rock church of Christ.
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Man that mountain look pretty cool. I am looking forward to climbing one when I come down to visit.
Way to go Matthew. I have come to a stage in life where what you did is just a dream, but it is a good dream