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!