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Dean smearing the lip of the huge roof on Idiot Wind....
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R. Briggs following C. Chase on the crux traverse on Idiot Wind....
Dean following the thin crack (5.10a/b) at the end of P4 on Idiot Wind. It is tough to fiddle in good gear before you commit to the crack.
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Guy H.
May 29, 2007
“Dean smearing the lip of the huge roof on Idiot Wind....”  

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Guy H.
Fort Collins CO
Guy H.   Fort Collins CO
I like how the second bolt on this traverse is hidden around a rib of rock. The exposure will have you talking to yourself.... "Where the hell is that other 1/4 incher? I know it is around here somewhere." May 24, 2008

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Dean following the thin crack (5.10a/b) at the end of P4 on Idiot Wind. It is tough to fiddle in good gear before you commit to the crack.
Frosty stepping out to the lip of the roof.
Nick replacing the 4th pro bolt on pitch 4.
First pro bolt on Idiot Wind after replacement.
The funky (but fabulous) fourth pitch.<br> Photo by Frosty Weller.
Too Tall trying not to blow away.
Tony Bubb leads the crux third pitch (roof and traverse) of the Idiot Wind, on Sundance Buttress at Lumpy. Photo by J. Meir.
Third pro bolt on pitch 4 - the end snapped off in the hole, necessitating a new hole (old hole was patched).
First pro bolt on Idiot Wind, before replacement.
Idiot Wind on Sundance Buttress (w/ Firebird start). Look at the roofs you are going out... fantastic!
The line and approximate belays on Idiot Wind, Sundance Buttress.
Frosty tiptoeing along the lip.