While searching out the Louisiana Purchase in 1806 Zebulon Montgomery Pike, made a startling discovery: Mount Sanitas. After climbing to the top on November 14, Pike claimed, “There is no mountain as beautiful and majestic as this steep little bitch.”
The next day, Pike and crew hiked down the Front Range where a new mountain stood in his way. Pike, who had previously decided to name Mount Sanitas, ‘Mount Damn This Thing is Tough and of Yea It was Discovered by Me, Pike,’” changed his mind an instead called the new, less majestic geological feature Pikes Peak. Standing just over 14,000 ft. rumor has it that the new Pikes Peak is a bit more treacherous.
This has been great moments in Mount Sanitas History.
(Please enjoy the following photo of Pikes Peak)
