Congrats! That sounds like a good climb. It's a great feeling when you accomplish something that's been hanging over your head like that.

As for Mt. Evans . . . I have some friends who did the running race up it this year, 14 miles. There was much discussion as to which would be more painful, to run it or ride it. My thinking was that at least if you're running (walking, crawling . . .) you don't have to maintain a minimum speed to stay vertical. Most people agreed. It's been many years since I've driven up there, I don't remember the grades. But I've been hiking up that high enough to know that above 12,000 ft. you really start to notice the thin air. Oh, and you'd have to dodge all the big horn sheep on the descent!