Climbing the Manitou Incline 1,000 times in a year... while pregnant

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Giving up was never an option for Rachel Jones. The business owner and mother has always lived by one thought: “As long as you can take one more step, you’re not done.”

Jones recently became just the fourth person — and the first woman — to complete 1,000 trips up and down the Manitou Incline in one calendar year. About 10 years ago, Jones could just barely do one trip up the infamous incline.

“I went with two friends, and we struggled up every single step," Jones explained. “It was brutal. One of the hardest physical challenges I’ve ever done.”

Jones and her companions wouldn’t make it to the summit that day, stopping partially through the climb and retreating for the base. However, as she walked away that day, Jones recalled that she stopped to look back. In that moment something within her ignited.

“I came back, maybe about a week later and I was just determined," she said. "I just had to make it."

Read more: https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/rocky-mountain-pbs/manitou-incline-rachel-jones/

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