We met on two different occasions by two different coworkers about a year apart. The first time we were introduced by a former boss in 2014. I took the initiative to say "so you're the spawn of Ron?" And after that statement, Lane decided I was mean and/or weird. I wasn't high up on his list of favorite people. About a year later I was working in Fort Collins, and Lane was helping out my delivery driver who had injured himself. This time his attitude changed towards me while I was on my best behavior, sarcasm aside. Fast forward another year and a half (November '15.) I would often cross paths with Lane at our warehouse. He finally asked if I wanted to go hiking a 14er with him in the middle of February, so we attempted summiting Mt. Elbert twice, two different weekends with one success. That is what began our story.