I grew up climbing the rugged indoor mountains of Rockford, Illinois with my buddy, Curt. Every week in our teens, we’d climb together, hoping one day we’d replace the fake rocks with real ones. As years went by we went our separate ways; my path took me to Colorado, his to South Dakota. Over the past few years he has visited me in Aspen a few days a year to dust off his snowboard and get his powder fix, always telling me that one day he’d move out here.
One day, while I was at Highlands waiting for a friend to dig himself out of a tree well, I got a call from Curt. He had recently become engaged and had made plans to tie the knot at the top of Ajax in the first week of February. They wanted a small, low-key, justice-of-the-peace ceremony, and asked if I would be around for it. I told him that not only would I be around, but that I thought it was a great idea and I volunteered to have Obermeyer provide their wedding clothes. He was stoked, and became even more so, when I showed him the 2010 gear Obermeyer would be outfitting them in; Curt in the Telluride Shell & Silverton Pant, Jenny in the Aston Shell Jacket & Athena Pant.
A few weeks went by until friends, family and the big day arrived.
Then, on a beautiful Tuesday morning at the top of Aspen Mountain, Curt Hepler married Jeni Engels.
Photograph compliments of Carl Salamone
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