Running Pikes Peak, Part II: The Pioneers
*Note: This audio essay first aired on KRCC (Colorado Springs’ NPR affiliate, 91.5 FM) on August 12, 2021. The link to the program is here; the audio file and the text from the essay are below. The first official race to the top of Pikes Peak was on June 28, 1936. 27 started the nearly 13 mile-race up the…