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Location: Delicate Arch Climbed!
By: matthew sawyer When: May 13, 2006 | view comment >> | Comments: Can anyone name a natural rock formation in the USA that is less appropriate to be climbed? Well, maybe chossy cliffs above your local highway. How many tens of thousands of people in Utah did Dean manage to p#$% off? Its only their state symbol. Has anyone noticed how little attention has been paid to his descent? Ever rapped off of Dark Angel or Owl Rock, remember the huge grooves worn away into those rocks? Dean has given a black eye to all climbers, slapped the state of Utah in t... more >>
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Location: CO : Boulder : Upper Dream Canyon
By: matthew sawyer When: Jun 12, 2003 | view comment >> | Comments: I would affirm Dream Canyon's reputation as a nudist/homosexual spot, having three such experiences in my first five visits. Not unpleasant people, though not afraid. Once, mountain biking all the way east along Ridge Road in Nederland and passing the "summer road" and passing out of the residential area, I followed my nose along dirt roads until I was getting near Boulder Falls. Finding an interesting looking trail north, I jumped on it it and headed steeply down the hill. The trail petered... more >>
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Broken Rock : Crack Up (5.9+)
By: matthew sawyer When: May 29, 2003 | view comment >> | Comments: Tried this once some years ago when I was a fairly solid 5.9 leader and got spanked. Extra #3 Camalots/#3.5 Friends.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Lower Dream Canyon : Pin Dome : Mine All Mine (5.10a)
By: matthew sawyer When: May 29, 2003 | view comment >> | Comments: Is this that new sport route on "Chrome Dome"? Directions sound about right, though we crossed the creek via a log next to the falls, not too bad, but potentially fatal? (may 25, 2003) fun fun route, mantle, jam, crimp, roof, smear, arete... if you don't feel comfortable skipping the first bolt, maybe you should come back when you are a little stronger/more experienced.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : High Energy Crag : Diet of Worms (5.10a)
By: matthew sawyer When: May 16, 2003 | view comment >> | Comments: I took a shot at Diet when I was I pretty good 5.9 trad leader, and was stumped, pumped, and felt like I had just been...jumped. Mentioned my difficulties to some fella, what was his name, oh yes Dan Hare, whomI guess some of you might have heard of, he said not to worry about my difficulties, that when he did Diet he thought it might be 5.11a, maybe harder? Must mention Star Span, 5.11c, as the main attraction here, though I have not yet tried it, maybe next week!
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Coney Island : Lucky Strikes Again (5.9)
By: matthew sawyer When: May 15, 2003 | view comment >> | Comments: What a fun route! This website rocks! I would put in my own 2 cents regarding finding the climb, take the right fork, go past lower coney island. upper coney island is now above you. One could reasonably argue that this climb is on upper coney island, just split from the main face by an upward traversing gully reminescent of the ramp on Bell Buttress up to Cosmosis. To find No Name, basically just catch up with the Upper Coney trail after passing Lower, keep going right, staying close to th... more >>
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Little Crag
By: matthew sawyer When: May 15, 2003 | view comment >> | Comments: I have enjoyed my two visits to Little Crag. Leave the trad gear/draws at home. Not the easiest top rope to set up, but I seem to remember a couple of decent bolts above the west face. Balancy, tweaky face climbing. Bring long slings. The crack on the left side, north face, is fun and felt like 5.10- to me, beware of loose flakes, I can't recommend leading it. I recall the access to the top, further around to the left of the crack to be interesting, try the right side. To toprope the crac... more >>
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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : CO Hwy 7 & Tributaries : Deville Rocks
By: matthew sawyer When: Feb 9, 2003 | view comment >> | Comments: The Daver and I skipped over to Deville rocks from our secret Estes bivy spot in the summer of 2002 to check em' out. I would tender the Komitoesque that these rocks are the compressed kitty litter/rye crisp of granite? A pretty place, however, and you get considerable more warning of impending apocalyptic storms than across the valley. If you are interested in these rocks, may I suggest a June attempt, so that if you don't find the climbs appealing, you can still count the day as training fo... more >>
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The West Ridge : West Ridge - Long John to V... : Break on Through (5.10b)
By: matthew sawyer When: Jan 1, 2001 | view comment >> | Comments: If you find the right route, (which you wouldn't just using this website), you might want to rack up to a #4 Friend or 3.5 Camalot, the layback crux on the first pitch is off a 4+ inch crack. You can get other good gear in, but I would [recommend] a four inch piece.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Nip and Tuck : Ebb Tide (5.10)
By: matthew sawyer When: Jan 1, 2001 | view comment >> | Comments: Be aware of a 1 ton barely attatched death block on top of this route. It sits right in the v of the dihedral at the top. The approach on the west (left) side of Nip is not recommended. It is loose, I knocked some SERIOUS rocks into the road from here. The gully between [Nip and Tuck] would be much safer....
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The West Ridge : West Ridge - Verschneidung ... : Verschneidung (5.7)
By: matthew sawyer When: Jan 1, 2001 | view comment >> | Comments: When you top out on the slab, be aware of a massive loose block on the right. I was going to anchor on it once, but when I checked it, boy did she rock and roll! If this bathtub-sized block were to come off, it would smear your partner belaying under the dihedral, and kill anyone coming up the trail.
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