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The 50 in 50 in 50 Climb
503 - The 50-50-50 Climb

On June 3, 2010, I started in Alaska at the summit of Denali and from there I went to every high point of every US state in a speed record breaking 43 days, 3 hours and 51 minutes.  I'm raising awareness of the rare disease that afflicts my best friend, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and to encourage other kids like me to get off the couch and into the outdoors.

July 16 (Day 43) - 50 out of 50 US High Points!!!


*New* Media Coverage for the expedition can be found here!
  • A sit-down interview with Matt on Denver's Channel 2 (also embedded below).
  • A great summary article of the climb from John Meyer at the Denver Post "Boulder Seventh-Grader Summits All 50 High Points"
  • Jenn Fields wrote a fab story on the climb for the Boulder Daily Camera "Boulder 12-Year Old Matt Moniz, Dad Break Speed Record"
  • Marisa Yamane from Hawaii's KHON2 posted this on the climb "Boy Finishes 50 Peaks in 50 States Journey at the Top of Mauna Kea."
  • The CBS Early Show featured the 503 climb on their site today: "Boy Scaling 50 Peaks in 50 States in 50 Days"
  • Thank you Highpointers! "Twelve Year Old Matt Moniz Closing in on 50 States in 50 Days (or less)"
    The great Alan Arnette with Outdoor Online posted an article on the climb here on his site and also on the Outdoor Online site. Thank you Alan!
  • A great feature on Denver's ABC-7. Thank you KMGH! Colorado Father-Son Team Climbing 50 Peaks In 50 States In 50 Days
  • Matt's 503 climb headlines Mountain Hardwear's Expedition News.
  • Matt Moniz named Mountain Hardwear's first Youth Athlete. Read the media alert here.

 

Does this page look different to you? New to the site and wondering where your state is? Visit our new pages to see the climb as it happened geographically:

The Big Three (plus one!): AK, NV, CA, and CO
Great Plains and the Southwest: NM, OK, KS, NE, SD, ND, AZ and TX
The South: LA, AR, MO, MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, KY and TN
East, Northeast and Midwest: WV, MD, PA, DE, NJ, CT, MA, NY, VT, NH, ME, RI, IL, WI, MI, MN, IA, IN and OH

Northwest and West (the Final Seven): WA, OR, UT, WY, ID, MT and HI


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