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Location: CA : Los Angeles County : Stoney Point
By: Shawn Shannon When: Oct 24, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: Apparently it's turned into quite the spot for drug addicts. Goofed off there a few days while I was consulting at Meggit Safety Systems. Saw multiple people every day huddled in the cracks on the top, obviously hiding what they had and looking disheveled. Bummer too as the park's got some fun bouldering and views.
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Location: Sale at Bent Gate
By: Shawn Shannon When: Jun 12, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: The Bent Gate has Tech Friends on sale as well. Unusual to have cams on sale.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The Wind Tower : Wind Tower - SW Face : The Bomb (5.4)
By: Shawn Shannon When: Jun 7, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: A #2 Big Bro works perfect to protect the beginning.
I'm just excited, because I never get to use that thing! :-D
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Location: CO : Benefit Event for Steve Die...
By: Shawn Shannon When: Jun 2, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: When's this thing getting kicked off?
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Location: Hank Caylor : Mrs. Chernobyl : Photo
By: Shawn Shannon When: May 11, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: What's even freakier is her dual spine in the back.
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Location: CO : Volunteers Continue Search ...
By: Shawn Shannon When: Sep 7, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: Apparently Jeff had it right with his theory.
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_4300154
Seemed suspicious...
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Location: CO : Volunteers Continue Search ...
By: Shawn Shannon When: Sep 6, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: I don't know him, and only comment on the superficial side of things.
I have to admit, that it's peeked the curiousity of some myself and friends. For those that have been there, it is hard to imagine not finding someone in Eldorado Canyon. He would have to go significantly out of his way, and out of normal thought (up and over steep ridges rather than the no brainer of down to the river and follow it to the parking lot) to get somewhere where you can't find him. It just makes you wonder if s... more >>
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Location: CO : Boulder : Flatirons : North : Queen Anne's Head
By: Shawn Shannon When: Aug 18, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: How to get there:
First, decide that this rock looks like a great place to enjoy a day out with some less than experienced good friends (4 total). It's multipitch but not so many as to make you worry about running out of daylight; access seems easy enough. Bit of a hike, a few bits of poison ivy, but nothing difficult. And easy enough to relax and help your friends.
Second, print out the directions from Mountain Project, and a trail map from Rock Climbing Colorado figuring most of t... more >>
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Location: CO : House Bill 1049 - Access to...
By: Shawn Shannon When: Mar 8, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: And the crowds rejoiced!! Glad to see SOMETHING go smoothly in politics for a change. :)
Any ideas on finding out what the status of the area is and when access is going to be reallowed?
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Location: CO : Golden : North Table Mountain/Golden... : Brown Cloud Rocks : Thick Crust (5.7)
By: Shawn Shannon When: Feb 1, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: Isn't the photo with this route meant for Lemons, Limes and Tangerines?
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Location: CO : Ease climbers' access to Co...
By: Shawn Shannon When: Jan 30, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: Has anyone seen that access to Lincoln/Dem/Bross has actually been cut? I was actually going to run up them this weekend. This is definitely a shame. I'm fully in support of this bill! (I'm always in favor of making people to be responsible for themselves, and protecting people from stupid lawsuits)
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Location: CO : Golden : North Table Mountain/Golden...
By: Shawn Shannon When: Jul 23, 2005 | view comment >> |
Comments: Just checking with anyone that's been nearby the cliffs, does anyone know [whether] the cliffs were hit by the wildfire? Not at all, partially, hard?
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Location: CO : Denver South : Castlewood Canyon : Grocery Store Wall
By: Shawn Shannon When: Apr 18, 2004 | view comment >> |
Comments: Regarding the banana routes, hat's off to those that make the jump to the anchors.
For those that don't know there are three beautiful anchors on top of the banana. However, to get there you have to make a short jump from a downward sloping rock side to a fairly narrow top. Definitely doable, but not for the faint hearted.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Cob Rock : Empor (5.7+)
By: Shawn Shannon When: Jul 16, 2003 | view comment >> |
Comments: A way to ease uncliping on the tree side is to clip a separate sling wherever you can when you get over and then step onto the sling to releave your weight off of the biner you're used to slide across.Another way to give newbies some added comfort is to give them an ascender (or two) and clip to the rope on a pulley rather than just hang on a biner, less friction.
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Location: CO : Alpine Rock : Quandary Peak : Inwood Arete (5.4 R)
By: Shawn Shannon When: Jul 11, 2003 | view comment >> |
Comments: I attempted this last weekend and retreated because we thought we were moving to slowly and started too late to avoid afternoon storms (which never came, and led us down a very dangerous retreat which I'll warn everyone about when I get back). We're going again this weekend and I was hoping to get some beta on the upper part of the route. We headed up the slabs (avoid the brown rock!) and followed the ridge/arete almost to the two big towers. Roach's description doesn't mention these and I wa... more >>
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Location: CO : Alpine Rock : Capitol Peak
By: Shawn Shannon When: Jul 3, 2003 | view comment >> |
Comments: One more ? regarding the Northwest ridge route, one guide book says to use crampons and axe in the Slingshot Couloir, while another book just says go up it. I'd rather not bring the extra weight, anybody know the truth of the matter? (I'll put up a fully detailed description of the route once I do it and have the facts straight.)
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Location: CO : Alpine Rock : Capitol Peak
By: Shawn Shannon When: Jul 2, 2003 | view comment >> |
Comments: Hey... does anybody know what the conditions are like on the Northwest ridge currently. I'd even be happy with what people generally encounter this time of year. Can anybody help me out?
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Cob Rock
By: Shawn Shannon When: Jun 14, 2003 | view comment >> |
Comments: Any word if a traverse across the river has been set up? Also, if there isn't one is there any alternatives to reach the rock? thanks...
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The Wind Tower : Wind Tower - SW Face
By: Shawn Shannon When: Apr 28, 2003 | view comment >> |
Comments: GET THE BETA ON YOUR DECENT ROUTE or it's just a pain in the ass.
If you climb to the top of Wind Tower instead of taking the exit trail, do yourself a favor and take the time to get the beta on the decent (repell bolts) for your route!! We went half-hearted to the top thinking we'll just find our way down when we get there, everyone had told us that "they're there." We didn't immediately find a way down and thought we'd cruise down the slabs. It took us longer to get down than up. We did o... more >>
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Location: CO : South Platte : Pine Area
By: Shawn Shannon When: Apr 23, 2003 | view comment >> |
Comments: Do be very wary of Peter Hubbel's book regarding the Pine Area. As AC said, it can be largely inaccurate. i.e. On one map the Bucksnort Slab is on one side of the road, and on another map it's on the other. I've spent many frustrating hours trying to find areas that he has in his book. I felt much more at ease after I realized that he was probably drunk when he wrote it. It made much more sense then!
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Location: CO : Golden : North Table Mountain/Golden... : Industrial Buttress : Salad Bar once known as "Th... (5.10a R)
By: Shawn Shannon When: Apr 13, 2003 | view comment >> |
Comments: The first hanger is now spinning. Also, I noticed the bolts on this route have some sort of apoxy slathered on them. For my own education could someone explain this to me?
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Location: CO : Golden : North Table Mountain/Golden... : Industrial Buttress : Flight 67 to Stockholm (5.11a/b)
By: Shawn Shannon When: Apr 13, 2003 | view comment >> |
Comments: The hangers for the two retro bolts are currently gone (as of April 13). Specifically the first bolt and the last one before the top bolts.
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Location: CO : Denver South : Castlewood Canyon : Bouldering : Nappy Rooted (V1-2)
By: Shawn Shannon When: Apr 4, 2003 | view comment >> |
Comments: Where is this? Is this at the Warm Up Wall?
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Location: CO : Grand Junction : Colorado National Monument
By: Shawn Shannon When: Mar 17, 2003 | view comment >> |
Comments: Is climbing available here anytime of the year or are there times it's too wet? (Basically, I want to go in a week and was determining if it was worth it) thanks....
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