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Julia Archibald Holmes: the Bloomer Girl on Pikes Peak

Feb 23 2019

Watch an interactive presentation which recreates the 1858 climb of Pikes Peak.

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Discover what it was like for a woman to hike Pikes Peak 160 years ago by a woman who re-created Holmes’ hike in 2018!

What clothes, boots, and pack would she have used?

Learn about the changing role of women in the outdoors and mountaineering.

See an interactive presentation with historic and modern photos, and explore the supplies and journal used to reproduce the climb.

$3/member.

$4/nonmember.

Prepaid reservations are required.

Contact: (719) 520-6745

Email: nancybernard@elpasoco.com

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