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Sep 18, 2022 Ft Collins > Poudre Canyon > Low Hanging Fru… > Upper Fruit Wall Me Oh My 5.8+ ● While John Byrnes has a point, because your ropes do take an abrasive beating from the higher location of t… View Comment
Nov 20, 2021 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Glacier Gorge > Spearhead > Sykes' Sickle (5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a) Twisting around at the crux. ● Such a classic move! View Comment
Jun 29, 2021 Random Climbing Pics how it used to be done. ● Styling! At least in low light reflectivity...:) View Comment
Sep 28, 2020 Ft Collins > Horsetooth Mountain The Reservoir, Horsetooth Mt., and Outer Space Rock. The yellow climber's trail passes the north shoulder of Horsetooth while the white passes the south and skirts its base. ● Nice photo! Anyone know the source? Drone? Airplane? View Comment
Aug 30, 2018 Estes Park Valley > CO Hwy 7 & Tributaries Jurassic Park - Lily Lake ● There are some new routes here that are not in the descriptions. The one overview diagram is rather inadequ… View Comment
Oct 18, 2017 Ft Collins > Horsetooth Rese… > Duncan's Ridge Oranges 5.8 ● I was there on Sunday, Oct 15, 2017, and the hanger is still missing from the second bolt. Would have been… View Comment
Oct 9, 2017 Boulder > … > North > Skunk Canyon > Ridge 1 aka Sta… > Stairway to Heaven (5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a) This photo is on the first pitch and is what I believe is being described as the roof /crux (description below). Unless I was in the wrong area this was not the crux. The entire climb was pretty easy. The last pitch was a little run out, but sill there was adequate holds to get past it. "Head up Skunk Canyon to the base of this ridge (the second ridge) and start climbing up the bottom of the slab heading toward a big roof. The crux is moving left underneath this roof." ● I think the upper ramp is a better way to go: cleaner rock and adequate pro, which places you higher up the… View Comment
Sep 15, 2017 Boulder > Flatirons > North > Skunk Canyon > Ridge 1 aka Stairway… Stairway to Heaven 5.3 ● There is a new belay/rap anchor at the top of the first pitch (if climbing roped) to the right of the big o… View Comment
Feb 11, 2017 CO Ice & Mixed Silverplume & vicinity ● Silver Plume is DONE for the 2017 season...unless there is some massive cold freeze later this season in th… View Comment
Aug 1, 2016 Boulder > Flatirons > South > Matron > N Face (5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b) Ken & Margaret at the summit. ● Margaret Talbot and Ken -- hey there! Hope to do this route this summer... --Rick View Comment
Dec 10, 2015 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Elephant Buttre… > Second Buttress Pine Tree Route 5.5 ● Just for everyone's information: some idiot removed the rap rings on the slings on the tree at the top of t… View Comment
Sep 8, 2015 Boulder > Boulder Canyon Wizard Rock ● HOW TO FIND WIZARD ROCK: here is how to find this obscure but worthy feature: there are two ways: (1) via t… View Comment
Aug 11, 2015 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Glacier Gorge Spearhead ● Is there not a rappel route down the east face now? Last time I was up there, around 2010, I thought I s… View Comment
Jul 15, 2015 S Platte > Buffalo Creek > Little Scraggy Dome Unknown 5.8 5.8 R ● I took a fall on this route on July 14, 2015, about 6 feet past the first bolt, which, although not that bi… View Comment
Jul 7, 2015 Laramie Range ● Laramie Peak is the USFS district in this area, and they are headquartered in Douglas. They are very helpfu… View Comment
Jun 7, 2015 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Notchtop Snow conditions on Notchtop, June 6, 2015. Note cornice at top. Taken from north shoulder of Flattop Mtn. ● After the cornice falls down, it would be worth investigating the snow conditions on the north face; no ide… View Comment
May 14, 2015 Boulder > Flatirons > Central > Front Porch Tiptoe Slab 5.3 R ● I climbed this route yesterday, May 13, 2015, with Aaron Nichols leading. Never found the bolts, found a fl… View Comment
Jan 1, 2015 12/27/2014 Sport Park Ice ● Hello The Blueprint Part Dank, Could you please provide some directions as to where this ice flow is? I… View Comment
Sep 8, 2014 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Elephant Buttresses Third Buttress 1. Standard Route (7+). 2. West Face (7). Fourth Buttress 3. Flake (10c). 4. Zolar Czakl (10a). 5. Northwest Face (8+). ● The line for Standard Route (in white) seems off to me...I and Bob D'Antonio (in the guidebook) go a little… View Comment
Sep 1, 2014 Boulder > Flatirons > South > Slab Bulges 5.2 R ● Did this 8/31/2014. The first place I could find protection was about 120' up, about 30' below the obvious… View Comment
Aug 13, 2014 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Aprons 2nd Apron, Right Side Dihedral 5.5 ● Did this on 12-Aug-2014 with Nick Arms. We parked at Mt Evans summit, using the trail to west towards the B… View Comment
Jul 6, 2014 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Sharkstooth > Northeast Ridge (5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b) Nathan seconding second pitch while marmots rifle through our packs below. ● Where're the marmots? Don't see 'em...but looks like a great route! View Comment
Aug 17, 2013 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Beehive Buttress Chivalry is Dead 5.10a ● Get it right: it's spelled "chivalry"....(Climbers! Go figure...) View Comment
Aug 15, 2013 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo Driving into the Voo on a summer evening. ● Amazing sunset shot! View Comment
Jul 10, 2013 Morrison/Evergr… > Lover's Leap Lover's Leap 5.7 ● I did this yesterday and had great time...the above comments helped us quite a bit! But would add this to K… View Comment
Jun 18, 2012 Boulder > Flatirons > Central > Red Devil South Face 5.4 ● Watch out for the loose rock on the ledge on top where you walk off; one of my partners knocked some off wi… View Comment
Oct 11, 2010 Boulder > Flatirons > South > Seal Rock > E Side East Face North Side/Seal Rock 5.4 ● If anybody happens to find a trail shoe sitting on the rock somewhere on this route (before winter sets in)… View Comment
Jul 23, 2010 Boulder > Flatirons > North > First Flatiron Zig Zag 5.7 ● I added a new sling and a rappel ring to the mess of slings at the first belay today, as they were looking… View Comment
Jun 28, 2010 S Idaho > City of Rocks > Stripe Rock Cruel Shoes 5.7 ● Absolutely stellar route for the grade! It is rare to find a bolted route this long at this grade that is s… View Comment
Oct 7, 2009 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Wind Tower > Wind Tower - SW Face Tigger 5.6 ● Also was one of my favorite easy Eldo routes. Today was the second time I'd done it, the third time in past… View Comment
Aug 10, 2009 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Shirt Tail Peak Gambit 5.8 ● There is a big loose rock (about 2'x4') about half way up the first pitch, on the first ledge where there's… View Comment
Jul 5, 2009 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Bihedral Area The Bihedral (Upper Tier) ● Just read all the past comments on the highly popular area developed primarily by Ron Olsen, and noticed th… View Comment
Jul 5, 2009 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Bihedral Area The Bihedral (Upper Tier) ● There is a new bolted route just left of Group Therapy, which I led today, which I believe has been put in… View Comment
Jul 5, 2009 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Bihedral Area > Bihedral (Upper Tier) Group Therapy 5.8 ● Note: lowering a second climber on 60m rope back to the start of the route will be very close to the end at… View Comment
Jan 21, 2009 CO Ice & Mixed > Hoosier Pass/Lincoln… Beating the crowds is a good reason for an early start. Here is another. ● Awesome photo dude...that's a screensaver! View Comment
Dec 9, 2008 CO Ice & Mixed > Tenmile Canyon aka Of… Three Tiers WI2+ ● Climbed first two pitches Dec 6, 2008 with partner Eric Rich. Lots of snow, thick ice, but running water &… View Comment

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