Measuring Colorado’s mountains one hike at a time
- Written by Eric Gilbertson, Associate Teaching Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Seattle University
Using lightweight tools, Eric Gilbertson hikes the world's tallest mountains to measure their heights. Elijah GendronIn the middle of a chilly October night in 2025, my two friends and I suited up at the Cottonwood Creek trailhead and started a trek into the Sangre de Cristo mountains of Colorado. It was a little below freezing as we got moving at...
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