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Backpack on Zowie

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Brian Guppy · · Fort Collins, CO · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 5

Left a small black backpack with food, water, jacket, and approach shoes on a ledge two pitches below the top of Zowie on the South Face route. It's under a large roof just before the start of a 5.6/7ish corner.

Please keep anything you find that you want, but if there's anything there you don't want or can't use and are willing to get back to me I'd be happy to compensate you.

Brian Guppy · · Fort Collins, CO · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 5

Post-weekend bump.

Tim Stich · · Colorado Springs, Colorado · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 1,520

So how was Zowie? Did you top out or go around the side from there? I did that spire many years ago and had a great time, if a bit of an epic with getting the ropes to pull.

Ray Lovestead · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2008 · Points: 108

Thread hijacking!

I just did Zowie 2 weekends ago and I thought it was great! I led the OW pitch at the top and thought.. 5.8+ my ass. I went up and down about 10 times before I was able to sack up and make the move.

Had no trouble rapping off with the ropes. I can see how one could get into trouble.

Oh and Brian I can report that 2 weekends ago your backpack was not there.

Ray

Brian Guppy · · Fort Collins, CO · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 5

I did the climb the following weekend on 8/2 so that's why you didn't see the pack.

We topped out via the face a few feet right of the OW. Pretty spectacular summit. With the Red Team variation at the start there were three really good pitches. Fun day except for the approach-shoe-less hike out.

Tim Stich · · Colorado Springs, Colorado · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 1,520

You suckahz, the offwidth looked awful. We did the 5.8 finger crack on the face and it was sweet.

Ray Lovestead · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2008 · Points: 108

Brian

I guess I was too subtle/poor on my joke about the pack not being there 2 weeks ago when you just lost it last week. A bad joke really.

Now that I ate it so badly on the offwidth (although I technically never fell or took), I'm getting obsessed about offwidth. Went to the Voo last weekend to try and figure it out.

Ray

Wally · · Denver · Joined Apr 2006 · Points: 0

Brian - we climbed Zowie on Saturday - did not see your pack.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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