America the Beautiful: “Climb Dance”

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

One of the coolest things I’ve ever done was cover the Pike’s Peak Hill Climb, and since it’s the view from the summit which inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write “America the Beautiful,” I figured this classic footage deserves some sunlight. “Climb Dance” won a laundry list of awards, and it does a hell of a job capturing the magnificent beauty and harrowing racing of Pike’s Peak. Happy birthday America, I love you! Have a great 4th everyone!

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Posted at 12:13 pm in Climb Dance, John Coyle, July 4th 2009, Pikes Peak Hill Climb

Comments

moparornocarman
Jul 5, 2009 at 11:44 pm

That video was well made. I enjoyed every bump and pebble

17CHRIS
Jul 3, 2009 at 1:58 pm

HAHA, I think I saw a civic today with that same wing.