A Colorado mountaineering power couple has announced a bold record pursuit. No strangers to speedy feats across the state's 14,000-foot peaks, Andrew Hamilton and Andrea Sansone of Golden plan to embark next week on a mission bagging all 58 summits in a fashion never marked before. Hamilton, known as "the King of Fourteeners," holds a record from 2015: He climbed all the mountains in one single, mostly sleepless push over nine days and 21 hours.
"We really want to beat Andrew's record for sure, that is our goal," said Sansone, his partner in life and in the alpine the past seven years (their marriage is set for September). "But at the same time, what we're going to pose to the public is we want to establish a co-ed record." A co-ed record similar to one the duo notched in 2020: Sansone and Hamilton together traversed 14 fourteeners across the Sawatch Range in two days and five hours — adding the "mixed -gender team" category to the Nolan's 14 record sheet on fastestknowntime.
com . Sansone and Hamilton also hold individual fastest known times for Nolan's, along with other routes across the high country, including a 100-peak push and wintertime fourteeners record. The world of fastest known times expects a public statement ahead of records.
So Sansone provided on Facebook, stating the aim of the "co-ed Colorado 14er record as a couple" — suggesting a finish against the constant threat of injury, mental anguish and the elements was more important than speed. The plan is to s.
