CSPAN2 Pennsylvania 6th Congressional District Debate October 29, 2014
Unknown. When pike sees the grand peek, he thinks he will reach the top of it in just a few days but it takes weeks to approach. They reached what we believe is a Lower Mountain on the flanks of pike peek called mount rosa. Mike wrote in the journal that given the condition and the equipment they had at the time no one could have summited the peek. Pikes peek inspired the poem that became america the beautiful written by catherine baits to came here to Colorado Springs to teach a summer course at Colorado College in 1893. And the view down to the planes from the top of the mountain inspired th...