South Platte: Call for Photos for the New Guidebook

Hi all,
I'm working on a new, full-color, comprehensive guidebook to the South Platte with a few other climbers. We’re looking for high-quality Platte climbing, scenic, lifestyle, and related photos. If you have some shots you think may be of interest, please e-mail me at jason@fixedpin.com. We don’t care how old-school the photos are as we are trying to be as historical as possible and have photos going as far back as possible, whether it's painter's pants, lycra-clad, or the new Prana look. For you shutter-bugs looking to get out, email me and I can give you a list of routes we are specifically interested in as well. Thank you very much, and happy climbing!

Jason

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jason, that is super that you are tackling this project. given your work on the flatirons guide, i am confident that the platte guide will set a high benchmark. i don't have any photos, but if you ever need any info, help, etc, give a shout out on MP and a lot of us will do our best to give you a hand.

What kind of climbing is the book focused on? Trad, sport, Bouldering?

Slim - thanks for the kind words and for the offer to help. I will certainly take you up on that.

Andy - it's all inclusive for routes - trad, sport, tr, etc. We have the bouldering material compiled but are not sure yet if we'll include it since it's already been documented so thuroughly in several guidebooks currently in print.

I know, I promised months ago. I pulled the big box of SP slides out tonight as a result of this post. I'll give myself a slide show this weekend and see if there's anything worth giving you. Contact Pete Williams. And congrats on freeing the Sibley route. Buffalos in Space next? It'll go.

Thanks for pulling those out Allen. I wanted to send you a reminder email but figured I'd harassed you enough about it lately.

Buffalos looks great and indeed would go. For now though, I'm staying off it as it's Andy Donson's current project.

will the new guide have sphinks and squat? how about the routes on bucksnort that disappear and reappear?

No problem. I actually have some real nice photos from this past summer of our exploits on some of the more obscure gems in the inner Platte. As for Buffalos, Kyle told me that it could be free climbed shortly after he and Dave did it. We tried maybe three times in the Fall of 89, no use.....

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I am looking forward to your new guidebook. You did a great job on your last two guidebooks.

I have some stuff, not sure exactly how much of it is guide book worthy, not really anything too obscure except for petered out on BRCM oh and de gaulles nose . Hit me up and let me know if you want any of it and what you might be looking for.

I'm all for the historical aspect of guides. The more stories, myths, and legends the better! Same for obscure routes, rocks, and areas. Looking forward to it, wish I had anything to contribute.

jason, i figured that the sibley route was the one you freed recently (correct?). did you really do it in february? ugghghhh, when i drive by that dark, icy precipice in the winter i just shiver. nice looking chunk of rock though!

Jim Gloeckler wrote:will the new guide have sphinks and squat? how about the routes on bucksnort that disappear and reappear?

Jim, you go right for the tough questions don't ya? Long answer is I don't know yet about Squat and Sphinx. We have all the data compiled, all the photos taken, the chapter is even laid out. We have a ton of information about the area currently being off limits because of private property but private property changes hands all the time, so the question is do we put it in for historical value, hoping someone else may purchase the land before the book goes out of print, or just address it in another addition should the property change hands? Quite frankly the guy is pretty deligent about keeping people away so I'm not sure including the info in the book will really increase any poaching. I mean, you can see almost all the routes from the road. What are your thoughts on it since you brought it up?

On another note, thanks again for the magazines, they've lowered productivity by 20% :)

Allen Hill wrote:As for Buffalos, Kyle told me that it could be free climbed shortly after he and Dave did it.

Rumor has it, it's around 13b/c

Guy Humphrey wrote:I am looking forward to your new guidebook. You did a great job on your last two guidebooks.

Thanks for the compliment Guy, I really appreciate it. I don't want to give anything away just yet, but this book should blow the doors off the other two, or any guidebook out there right now for several reasons.
Let's hope Fixed Pin continues to innovate and revolutionize the guidebook world.

Jason Kaplan wrote:I have some stuff, not sure exactly how much of it is guide book worthy, not really anything too obscure except for petered out on BRCM oh and de gaulles nose . Hit me up and let me know if you want any of it and what you might be looking for.

Cool, loved to see it either way

Patrick Justus wrote:I'm all for the historical aspect of guides. The more stories, myths, and legends the better! Same for obscure routes, rocks, and areas. Looking forward to it, wish I had anything to contribute.

All that will be in there for sure. We have this essay from Chris Reveley and there's this line in there about them rolling up to the Cathedral Spires and one guy saying "That's the Bishop and that's the Cynical Pinnacle" and then Chris asking "what's all that stuff in the middle?". The reply: "nothing yet". I can't even imagine

slim wrote:jason, i figured that the sibley route was the one you freed recently (correct?). did you really do it in february? ugghghhh, when i drive by that dark, icy precipice in the winter i just shiver. nice looking chunk of rock though!

You're correct. The rock was cold for sure, which made it really hard to get partners. They always had to bundle in multiple layers plus a down jacket and just hung from the belay freezing their butt off.

Hey Jason, are you looking for pics from all over the platte or just certain regions?

Monty - all over the Platte. Darren told me you took some good shots, let's see it!

Jason,

If you want my vote about the closed climbing areas, hell yes put them in. You never know when the owner could sell like you said, and there is a couple schools of thought about poaching as you put it. 1. It shouldn't ever happen to prevent problems and 2. Maybe if enough problems are created, the owner might just sell it to the access fund to be rid of them. :)
Squat was always a favorite of mine.

Sorry about the production loss at the office, but I'm betting it's because of the "mountain" issues; enjoy!! :)

Jason,

Great to hear you are putting a guide book for the SP. What is the approx publishing date?

Please include Squat and Sphinx areas. Hopefully they will open again one day. Just like Cat slab, I didn't think that would ever open again and look what happened. Better to include them so the information and history isn't lost.

Cheers

john

Edit: just answered my own question, Spring 2011.

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