[Hide Comment] Wow...what a pile of crap. Feb 23, 2003

[Hide Comment] Definitely not a mecca worth paying hommage to, these routes are the closest sport routes to my house and fun to do when I have a spare hour to kill. Especially when Horsetooth bouldering access is limited. Sorry it wasn't good enough for you there partner...I hope you're all better now. Mar 3, 2003

[Hide Comment] I'll never be better...after looking at that route I was left scarred for life!!! Mar 4, 2003

[Hide Comment] Well, I'm not sure about the comments. Let's see, it isn't called Adopt a Road, its name is Ironjohn put up by me, Allen Simons in 1995. Pile of crap, yes, probably. It was my second attempt at a bolted route. It is fun though and was put up just to have a place close to Loveland to climb. I welcome any comments. allen Jun 1, 2003

[Hide Comment] Whoa, this route big. It's SO big.... Aug 12, 2003

[Hide Comment] For the record- I didn't submit this- not sure how I got credit. Anyhow, I'd climb it- every route doesn't have to be a perfect world class outing. It looks fun, and I relate to having routes close to home. May 2, 2009

[Hide Comment] Shane,

I reassigned it to anonymous.

Cheers

john May 2, 2009

[Hide Comment] Shane, thanks for the comment. Not sure how you got attached to it either. Funny, there hasn't been a comment attached to this route since 2003. This route actually sees a lot of ascents due to its proximity to Loveland and to the road. After years of seeing the "pile of crap" comment, I have to say that this route regardless of the type of choss it is or isn't, is a solid 5.10 climb with several challenging cruxes. I climb it about once a year and still enjoy the moves. Allen May 2, 2009

[Hide Comment] John, your comment wasn't there a second ago. I went away to post a comment and yours materialized. Don't know if you care or not but if you want to assign me as the "poster" I could edit some information about the route. I and Ned sparks are the F.A.'s. Allen May 2, 2009

[Hide Comment] After the hard ten below some will not put the protection in the crack as it is significantly easier. It will take a #2 Camalot if one does not want the runout. Funny you gave it 3 stars. I have taken a lot of grief in the past for bolting this "chossy" route, but, like you I find it a very fun short route. And for the record, someone else posted this a long time ago under "Adopt a road" under Big Thompson Canyon, but they are one in the same. See the other comments there, Al. Jun 23, 2009

[Hide Comment] This is the most awkward, insanely envisioned, least natural line I've ever clipped. Heinous stances, desperate, off-balance feet. Can't tell for the life of me whether to climb right side or what. And choss-O-my-gosh! Then there's the matter of the one-rap-bolt non-anchor or the crack-to-nowhere above...this thing is a mess.

And it's entirely delightful. Would do it again, any day. Couldn't even tell you exactly why; but I like it. Keep up the vision, Simons, and keep bolting.

As for this mystery "5.7" layback thing on the right: Don't know anything about it. My partner felt that staying left was a clipping nightmare, so I sent it right, edging desperately up the right face/arete. Sweetness at 10+.

Send well and watch for traffic. Jul 18, 2011

[Hide Comment] Just remember, the Eiger North Face is a piece of choss as well, held together by ice. It's just that The Eiger is 6000 feet tall and in an awesome setting. As for Ironjohn, it's less chossy than it was in 1995 when I bolted it. Aug 1, 2011