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A group of AdAmAn members pose holding pies. “Adaman Club December 31, 1927” is printed on the bottom of the photo. “The Pikes Peak AdAmAn Club has been a Pikes Peak Region tradition since 1922,” the group’s website states. “It is a unique group of mountaineers, who each year on December 30th and 31st, climb the icy slopes of Barr Trail on the east face of world famous Pikes Peak. Then, at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, AdAmAn members and their guests ignite a glorious fireworks display from the summit to usher in the New Year.” courtesy photo

Approaching 100 years the AdAmAn Club is ready to hike Pikes Peak once again COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The final touches are now in place for the 99th annual climb to the top of Pikes Peak for the elite team that lights the traditional New Year's Eve fireworks seen from across Colorado Springs. Since 1922, the AdAmAn Club has made its annual winter trek to the summit of Pikes Peak to fire a midnight blast of fireworks to help the region ring in the new year. The club started when Fred Barr and four of his adventurous friends made a New Year’s eve trek to the summit sponsored by the ...

The AdAmAn Club sets off fireworks from the summit of Pikes Peak at midnight New Years Day, January 1, 2017. Gazette photographer Mark Reis shot this in-camera double exposure with a 600mm lens from the back porch of of his home. He photographed the waxing crescent moon setting over Pikes Peak earlier that night and then left the camera in place. He returned to the stationary camera at midnight to shoot the second exposure of fireworks lighting up the east face of the Peak. Photo by Mark Reis, The Gazette The Gazette file The Gazette file