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David A. Turner

Colorado

This MP member passed away on Jan 5, 2023 and is no longer with us.

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Dec 11, 2001

1,834 Points
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5 Areas

75 pts - 15 each

64 Routes

640 pts - 10 each

213 Photos

1,065 pts - 5 each

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0 pts - 4 each

54 Page Improvements

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Sep 19, 2022 Independence Pass > Grottos Day Use… > Goal Post Boulders > Goal Post Boulder Red = Turf Toe (V2), purple = Punt (V0), green = Goal Post (V4), orange = Goal Line (V1), grey = Laces Up (V3), blue = V0. ● Based upon the route order and their respective descriptions, it seems more likely that red is "The Ref", p… View Comment
Sep 17, 2022 Northwest Region > Hwy 20 & N Casc… > N Cascades > ++ Ice climbing… > Table Mtn Ice Death Picnic WI5 ● It's been quite awhile since I climbed Death Picnic, so if anybody has helpful beta, please post. View Comment
Nov 1, 2021 Taos Area > Red River Area > Rdside Distraction Roadside Distraction 5.10a ● Liked the approach. View Comment
Oct 17, 2021 N Shore Rock Tettegouche SP (North Shore) ● Chalk or no chalk, best sea cliff climbing in America. View Comment
Sep 23, 2021 Independence Pass > Whirlpool Rock Edge of Darkness 5.10b ● If you don't want to climb back down the ledges to go out, you can bushwhack straight down from the tree.… View Comment
Sep 14, 2021 Independence Pass > Grotto Walls Area > World of Hurt B… > Husky Boulder Poodle Slab V0 ● One of the topout jugs definitely wiggles. View Comment

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General > Injuries and Accidents Reply: Calcaneus Surgery ORIF Success Stories? Jul 21, 2022 Hi all. Shattered my left calcaneous in a ground fall 17 years ago. I call it joining the Calcaneous Club. Plate, screws, non-weight bearing for 12 weeks, super immobile foot f… View Message
General > General Climbing Reply: What is "World Class"? Jul 2, 2022 Would you drive past X to climb at Y? Here are some that make me ponder:Would you drive past the Dolomites to climb in the Mt. Blanc massif?Would you drive past the Mt.Bl… View Message
General > General Climbing Reply: Earl Wiggins Jul 2, 2022 On a trip to the Julian Alps in Slovenia in the late 1990s, my Slovenian friend suggested a long multi-pitch route that was supposed to be a "classic" of the range. The r… View Message
Regional > Colorado Reply: Wind Tower accident Jun 23, 2022 Such a bummer, and best wishes to the injured climber! If you don't have a taped middle or bi-color rope, or even if you do but just want to make sure, put one end throug… View Message
General > General Climbing Reply: where to retire Nov 18, 2020 I know, but I'm not telling! View Message
Regional > Colorado Reply: eldo missed connection, 10/14, duh dihedral area Oct 26, 2019 Climbed today with the old guy, who is a few years younger than me, and has been a friend of mine for 20 years. He is aware of, and slightly bemused by, these posts, alth… View Message

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5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 455 ● Lightning Bolt Cracks Trad Southeast Utah > … > Indian Creek > N Six-shooter Peak
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 1,164 ● Serenity Crack Trad 3 pitches Yosemite NP > … 1 2 > Royal Arches > Western Royal Arches
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 157 ● Zanzibar Dihedral Trad, Alpine Independence Pass > Weller Area > Weller Slab
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 592 ● Otto's Route Trad 4 pitches Grand Junction… > Colorado Nation… > Independence Monument
4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b 185 ● Northeast Ridge (Knife-Edge) Trad, Alpine Alpine Rock > Capitol Peak
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 617 ● North Ridge Trad 2 pitches Colorado Springs > Garden of the Gods > Montezuma Tower

● Lightning Bolt Cracks

Southeast Utah > … > Indian Creek > N Six-shooter Peak

Avg:	455
David:

5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c Trad
5.11-

● Serenity Crack

Yosemite NP > … 1 2 > Royal Arches > Western Royal Arches

Avg:	1,164
David:

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 Trad 3 pitches

● Zanzibar Dihedral

Independence Pass > Weller Area > Weller Slab

Avg:	157
David:

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, Alpine
5.8+

● Otto's Route

Grand Junction… > Colorado Nation… > Independence Monument

Avg:	592
David:

5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 4 pitches

● Northeast Ridge (Knife-Edge)

Alpine Rock > Capitol Peak

Avg:	185
David:

4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b Trad, Alpine

● North Ridge

Colorado Springs > Garden of the Gods > Montezuma Tower

Avg:	617
David:

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad 2 pitches

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