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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : Photo
By: Mark Roth When: Dec 20, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Oh yeah...I didn't zoom in.
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : Photo
By: Mark Roth When: Dec 18, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Looks like a pin....
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Location: CO : South Platte : Cathedral Spires Area : Block Tower : Queer Bait (5.11c)
By: Mark Roth When: Dec 16, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Can easily link into 3 pitches with a 60m.
P1 To the base of the offwidth, 200ft.
P2 offwidth then up 40 feet of easy slab and chimney to the highest ledge, 110ft.
P3 Crux to the top, 130ft.
The crux is easy to avoid by stepping left....
A #5 C4 was nice for pitch 2 (we didn't need a #6 at all).
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Location: CO : Golden : North Table Mountain/Golden... : Twelve Pack Wall : Spit Fires and Funeral Parl... (5.9- R) : Photo
By: Mark Roth When: Dec 12, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: You don't want the last photo before your death to be a butt shot do you?
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The West Ridge : West Ridge - part C - Pony ... : ... : Photo
By: Mark Roth When: Nov 16, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Looks like a bad painting?
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Location: CO : North Table Mountain Adopt-...
By: Mark Roth When: Nov 13, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Rain date?
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Blob Rock Area
By: Mark Roth When: Nov 6, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Bad Girls Dream, 12d in Rolofson's guide.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Flatirons : Central : The Fist or Hippo Head : North Face (5.7)
By: Mark Roth When: Oct 18, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Jason Haas' new book describes this as that crack on the west face (seen in my photo on the right), but it could possibly be the crack on the North face that ends just left of the summit block on a ledge (behind the tree in the photo). The north face crack didn't look much fun, but the west face one is appealing, but short.... Looks like I rapped from the wrong place??
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Location: CO : Boulder : Flatirons : Central : Fifth Flatiron : East Face, North Side (5.3 R)
By: Mark Roth When: Oct 18, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: You can reach the tree in two pitches. Top in 3 and 1/2 with a 70.
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Location: CO : Eldorado Canyon Guide Books...
By: Mark Roth When: Oct 14, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: The book is as beautiful (and as heavy) as the rock itself!
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Location: CO : Movement and Sender Films a...
By: Mark Roth When: Oct 10, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: I would assume it is at the Movement Gym, NE corner of 28th and Valmont, Boulder
I just hope the BBQ is inside...brrrrrrr!!
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Location: CO : Boulder : Flatirons : South : Fern Canyon : ... : A Shadow Sickness (5.10)
By: Mark Roth When: Oct 3, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: One more sling added....
If you are tall, there is a great big nut placement that protects the opening. The upper part of the low angled corner seems insecure, but if you dig out some pine needles, there are some small placements.... Really fun route.
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Location: CO : South Platte : Buffalo Creek : Da Butts : Smegma Burns (5.9+)
By: Mark Roth When: Sep 28, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Look out for the booby trap on the unprotected traverse, pure death....
Oh yeah, the walk off to the right is faster than rapping.
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Location: NM : Santa Fe Area : Diablo Canyon : Winter Wall : Post Moderate (5.9) : Photo
By: Mark Roth When: Sep 24, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Popular route, very crowded...
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Location: CA : Yosemite National Park : Tuolumne Meadows : Lembert Dome : Northwest Face : Northwest Books (5.6)
By: Mark Roth When: Sep 21, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: How hard is the Orange spot variation? Is there any gear? Looks like a better way to finish, but I didn't want to risk it...
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Location: CO : Lyons : St. Vrain Canyons : South Fork of St. Vrain Can... : The Sentinel : Slab Arete (5.10a)
By: Mark Roth When: Sep 10, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: The rock this route is on is called "The Pile" and this route is called The Naugahide Stool, according to the new Gillett book.... He is also claiming the FFA. Alvino Pon bolted it but maybe never even climbed it? The rock probably doesn't warrant its own listing, since this is the only route, and it's right next to the Sentinel.
Anyway, worth a lap if you like weird slabs. It's better to rap the route than to lower, because there is tons of drag from all the low angle, rough rock....
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Location: CO : Lyons : St. Vrain Canyons : South Fork of St. Vrain Can... : The Sentinel : Crooked Cross (5.9+)
By: Mark Roth When: Sep 10, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Just seeing it from the road, you can tell it's a classic. The approach pitch wasn't the best, and there is even poison ivy on the climb! The trail or lack of a trail is pretty bad as well. But the crack makes it all worth it. Great protection, fun moves, and a good position...and soooo much less traffic than Boulder Canyon.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Flatirons : South : Fatiron : ... : Photo
By: Mark Roth When: Sep 8, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Just kidding, it really is clean. You just walk through this notch to get to the start of the crack....
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : The Mission Wall : Wild Child (5.11c)
By: Mark Roth When: Sep 1, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Maybe edit both of these into one route? It's cleaning up just fine. Very fun route...
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : The Mission Wall : Ground Control to Gumby One (5.9)
By: Mark Roth When: Sep 1, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: If this is 5.9, the first pitch of Wild Child is 5.2.
Getting off the ground was the technical crux, but it's dirty and steep all the way up. And don't blow the 3rd clip...
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : The Mission Wall : Challenger (5.11b/c)
By: Mark Roth When: Sep 1, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: The 2nd to last clip cross loads the biner. It would be easy to fall here, too. It was exciting, I thought I might get to break a biner for the first time. I didn't fall, oh well, maybe next time....
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Location: CO : Boulder : Flatirons : North : Second Flatiron : Freeway (5.0)
By: Mark Roth When: Aug 20, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: 36:44 huh, Josh? Does it count since you fell?
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Location: CA : Sierra Eastside : Bishop Area : Pine Creek Canyon : Sheelite Canyon / Pratt's C... : ... : Photo
By: Mark Roth When: Aug 5, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: I pushed a #6 all the way up, and wound up at the anchor with ALL the big gear on me. Oops...
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Location: CO : Glenwood Springs : Glenwood Canyon : Quartzite Wasteland
By: Mark Roth When: Jul 29, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Don't be afraid, BE VERY AFRAID!!! I would imagine this is as close as you can get to acting like Kor, while still clipping bolts. Beautiful setting on a pile of death....
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Avalon : Second Tier : ... : Flashpoint (5.11a)
By: Mark Roth When: Jul 14, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Did as one pitch from ground approaching via Disinclination. You can lower all the way off with a 70, maybe even a 60.
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