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| 1st rap station as of July 15, 2012 - we added 2 nuts and a rap ring, replaced webbing, and equalized. The pins and old deformed/ovalized rings are pretty scary. | CO : Alpine Rock : ... : Sharkstooth | | Jul 17, 2012 |
| Lover's Leap from the road. We did the 5.7 line in 2 pitches. Fun! | General Climbing : So, where are YOU climbing ... : Post | | Jun 18, 2012 |
| lateral incision | ErikaNW : post elbow surgery March 20... | | Mar 28, 2011 |
| medial incision | ErikaNW : post elbow surgery March 20... | | Mar 28, 2011 |
| They like summer better - Lower Crystal Lake | General Climbing : Best Dog Photo ? : Post | | Jan 22, 2011 |
| Shiny in her winter clothes - don't laugh at her please, she is sensitive | General Climbing : Best Dog Photo ? : Post | | Jan 22, 2011 |
| Skijor with Genius the whippet | General Climbing : Best Dog Photo ? : Post | | Jan 22, 2011 |
| Rapping off the Matron October, 2010 | ErikaNW : Personal Photos | | Jan 3, 2011 |
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Location: CO : Morrison/Evergreen : The Urban Alpine Crag
By: ErikaNW When: Dec 1, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Super fun crag - thanks, Lee, for the tour! You guys have done an amazing job here - small crag, but every line is good quality. False advertising on that approach though... took me way longer than 45 seconds!
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Location: CO : South Platte : Goose Creek/Molly Gulch Cam... : Helen's Dome : Fractured Fairytales (5.7)
By: ErikaNW When: Nov 18, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: We felt this went much easier than 5.7 - I guess I'd give it 5.4 (my partner insists 5.2) and definitely not at all representative of the grade for the SPlatte. Expecting 5.7, I was underwhelmed with the climbing although the setting is beautiful. Go in expecting 5.3 low angle slab climbing, with some runout, and you won't be disappointed!
I think we noticed 2 missing hangers - 1 on P4 and 1 on P5.
The approach and descent trail are both well-cairned.
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : The Catslab : MacCavity (5.10a)
By: ErikaNW When: Nov 17, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Thank you for the anchor replacement!
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : East Colfax : Wild Bore (5.7)
By: ErikaNW When: Sep 6, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Nice route and definitely worth doing. Still some loose rock in that band and a very hollow sounding flake higher up, so be careful. Thanks for putting these up, Luke (and Mark)!
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : East Colfax : Steve's Wild Turkey Day (5.7)
By: ErikaNW When: Sep 6, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Super fun route - also thought it was better than Wild Bore. I counted 10 bolts.
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Location: CO : Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : Sharkstooth : Photo
By: ErikaNW When: Aug 21, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Word is the nuts have been stripped off this anchor - so don't expect them if you are heading up.
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Location: CO : Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : Sharkstooth : Photo
By: ErikaNW When: Jul 19, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Darren,
The cord is attached to the quick\link with a figure 8, clove hitch to equalize the system, tied that off with a trucker's hitch to keep the clove from slipping, and backed up with a mule knot (can't see in the photo, but the mule is attached to the webbing with a biner also).
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Location: CO : Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : Sharkstooth : Northeast Ridge (5.6)
By: ErikaNW When: Jul 16, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Super fun route. With the non existent snowpack this year the boulder field was pretty heinous with some interesting scrambling to clear the grassy rock band ledges. So basically it took us 2 hrs to hike the first 4 1/2 miles and 2 hrs to cover the last mile of boulders - not fun! Something to keep in mind for planning on a super dry year.
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Location: CO : Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : Sharkstooth : Northeast Ridge (5.6)
By: ErikaNW When: Jul 16, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Our group placed new webbing, added 2 nuts for backup, and a steel rap ring to the 1st rap station on July 15, 2012. We also added a nut to the 2nd rap station. There was a short rap to another station that we skipped, and the next station (on the south facing wall) was in good shape.
EDIT TO ADD: Have heard that the nuts we left on the 1st rap station have been bootied. Who strips gear from an alpine rap anchor? Poor form in my book.
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Location: CO : Golden : Golden Gate Canyon SP : The Grendel : Exit Stage Right (5.8)
By: ErikaNW When: Jun 2, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Should have read Jeffeos comment prior to climbing this - instead was going off the bolt count of 9 + 2 which made us think we should keep going up the loose stuff to the right.
It should be 7 bolts + 2 bolt anchor (finish after the 3rd mantle as Jeffeos said).
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Location: CO : Golden : Golden Gate Canyon SP : The Grendel
By: ErikaNW When: Jun 2, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: From the description 'keep an eye out for cairns', I thought the trail might be hard to find - quite the opposite. There are creative and artistically placed cairns that made the hike extra enjoyable! Thank you to the cairn builder....
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Location: CO : South Platte : Devil's Head : Radio Head : Lord of the Flies (5.10c)
By: ErikaNW When: Oct 9, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: The description says a 60m will get you to the ground, but we were just barely to the ground with our 70m. Good idea to knot your ends on this one.
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Location: ErikaNW : post elbow surgery March 20... : Photo
By: ErikaNW When: Mar 28, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: UCL reconstruction (with cadaver gracilis tendon graft) and submuscular ulnar nerve transposition
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Location: ErikaNW : post elbow surgery March 20... : Photo
By: ErikaNW When: Mar 28, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: Extensor tendon repair - fortunately did not need bone anchors
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : The Catslab : MacCavity (5.10a)
By: ErikaNW When: Mar 1, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: Climbed this route today (had a note in our book about the anchors being a bit sketchy last summer), today they were both loose - not 'just' spinners. Did not feel comfortable lowering off, so traversed to the next line left and used those anchors instead. Definitely need to be replaced.
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Location: CO : Canon City : Shelf Road : Sand Gulch : Contest Wall : Enterprise (5.9+)
By: ErikaNW When: Nov 28, 2010 | view comment >> |
Comments: Climbed this route yesterday - the anchors are very worn and are in need of replacement.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Tower Two : Photo
By: ErikaNW When: Nov 9, 2010 | view comment >> |
Comments: Love the sky!
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