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Jun 6, 2015 Northern Arizona > Grand Canyon > Mt Hayden South Face 5.8 ● We spotted Mt. Hayden from the South Rim's South Kaibab trail. Hiking to it from there was truly casual in… View Comment
May 29, 2015 Lower Ice Lake Basin. ● You're so right, Jon. There's Denver, then there's Colorado - at least the mountainous parts of it. What a… View Comment
Apr 12, 2015 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Boulderado Ho Hum 5.4 PG13 ● Most of the TR anchors on this cliff are out of my reach: 5'4". My husband, who's 5'10" with a positive ape… View Comment
Apr 11, 2015 N Shore Rock > Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head Superior Crack 5.9 ● Both Superior and Quetico were led in the 70's and 80's without any cams or large gear besides #10 and #11… View Comment
Mar 8, 2015 She actually looks more bad ass than any of ya'all! ● Impressive ink. "18-year-old" what?? Er, whom?? View Comment
Nov 4, 2014 Grand Teton NP > Grand Teton > Owen Spalding (5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c) Setting up the 120ft rappel to the Upper Saddle ● Don't have a photo for you, just a story. We managed to do this rappel in two shorter rappels with a 60 met… View Comment
Jul 15, 2014 Boulder > Flatirons > North > Third Flatiron Third World Zone 5.4 R ● Beware of poison ivy lurking in the bushes on the approach! View Comment
Feb 15, 2014 S Idaho > City of Rocks > Lost Arrow Spire Lost Arrow (aka Original Route) 5.7 R ● Re the second pitch: go pretty much straight left from the belay stance. This is juggy; you'd have to try r… View Comment
Dec 22, 2013 Rumney > Venus Wall The Wimpy -Gilman Ridge 5.3 ● Looks steep for the grade; real climbing, then, instead of high-angle stumbling. Cool! View Comment
Nov 15, 2013 Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Mariuolumne Dome > W Face Hobbit Book 5.7 ● The approach hike is just pure fun. At one point, you're crossing a meadow absolutely festooned with colorf… View Comment
Aug 11, 2013 S Platte > Goose Creek/Mol… > Sheeprock > Acid Rock Sandinista 5.11b PG13 ● Yeah, Slim, that water-runnel-stemming thing is called Divine Ms. M. Dave Kozak had a hand in its installat… View Comment
May 3, 2013 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Shirt Tail Peak Gambit 5.8 ● If you want to avoid the 3rd pitch pin-'protected' regular line, step out right onto the steep face. Unprot… View Comment
Apr 24, 2013 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Book > J-Crack Slab Area Pear Buttress 5.8 ● Watched Gary Neptune walk up the first pitch in Kronhoffer's more years ago than I'll admit, chatting all t… View Comment
Dec 27, 2012 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Glacier Gorge > Spearhead The Barb 5.10 ● Had to laugh at the advice to avoid down-climbing the Barb itself. My first time up there, I had an old des… View Comment
Apr 19, 2010 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - S Buttress The Bulge 5.7 R ● I've always considered The Bulge a 5.7 for 5.9 climbers - on both ends of the rope. And communication is… View Comment
Jan 27, 2010 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Bookmark Joy and Tribulation 5.9 R ● I'd second comments that think the third pitch is 5.9. It felt a lot like Conads to me. View Comment
Jan 11, 2010 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Bastille > Bastille - N Face The Bastille Crack 5.7 ● Re the fourth pitch: when in doubt, go up and left. When you can't see around a corner, reach, and your han… View Comment
Nov 18, 2009 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge Sundance Buttress ● The trail to Sundance, and the climbers' descent route (can't call it a trail) in that godawful gully, were… View Comment
Sep 19, 2008 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Pear Magical Chrome Plated Semi-Automatic Enema Syringe 5.7 ● An obvious and enjoyable variation steps left around the wild-but-easy corner at the first belay. Pick your… View Comment
Aug 4, 2008 S Idaho > City of Rocks > Stripe Rock Dike of Gastonia 5.7 R ● To start, proceed up and right on a ramp of sorts until you peek around a corner and see a creaky old bolt.… View Comment
Dec 7, 2007 Devils Tower > N Face & Northwest Co… Mystic and the Mulchers 5.8 ● Amen to the caution about the vegetation: this climb can look like a high-angle garden, but the climbing is… View Comment
Aug 2, 2007 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Supremacy Rock Supremacy Crack 5.11c ● I was pleased to TR this thing, more years ago than I'll admit, with only one fall down low. The swing was… View Comment
Apr 19, 2007 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Snow Creek Area > Snow Creek Wall Outer Space 5.9 ● We didn't think the descent was particularly horrible. No fun, but not too long and not life threatening. M… View Comment
Apr 5, 2007 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley N Side > J. N Dome Crest Jewel (and Crest Jewel Direct) 5.10 R ● We hiked in from Porcupine Creek trailhead on Tioga Pass Road, five fast, easy miles. Left some water under… View Comment
Mar 2, 2007 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Batman Rock Hand Over Hand 5.7 ● You could do this route in one pitch, but why miss that deliciously exposed belay at the start of the trave… View Comment
Feb 12, 2007 Devils Tower > W Face Tulgey Wood 5.10a ● I thought the third pitch was the crux of the climb: lots and lots of moves, few rests and deep, elusive, d… View Comment
Apr 17, 2006 S Idaho > City of Rocks > Bumblie Rock Too Much Fun 5.8 ● Amen to the height-dependent difficulty comment. I'm 5' 5" on a tall day, and the sequence between the firs… View Comment
Apr 13, 2006 Southern Arizona > Cochise Stronghold > W Stronghold > Isle of You > Trad Rock Baby Jr. 5.8 ● Sustained, devious, technically and mentally challenging. Fun moves after you figure them out. View Comment
Apr 13, 2006 Southern Arizona > Cochise Stronghold > W Stronghold > Isle of You > Trad Rock OK Corral 5.8- ● I wouldn't argue with 5.8. And I wasn't tempted to skip any of the bolts, either! Really cool moves, fun an… View Comment
Apr 13, 2006 Southern Arizona Cochise Stronghold ● Treat yourself to a really good cuppa joe in Willcox at Espresso. It's right across the street from the old… View Comment
Feb 23, 2005 S Platte > Cathedral Spire… > Sunshine Wall Gonzo's Lament 5.9 ● Darren, thanks for the FA credit. Supposedly, the name comes from Pete's dog, Gonzo, a black lab. Apparentl… View Comment
Jan 26, 2005 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Book > J-Crack Slab Area The Cave Exit 5.7+ ● Figuring out the Cave exit is a Lumpy rite of passage. Be sure to bring along your sense of humor, scramble… View Comment
Oct 18, 2004 S Platte > Turkey Rocks > Turkey Tail Rasmussen Crack 5.10b ● I'm embarrassed to admit I don't recall the name of the first ascentionist, but I do remember a story of th… View Comment
May 28, 2004 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > High Wire Crag Cracker Jack 5.9 ● This may be the only line on High Wire where you can commit the Ultimate Crime at a sport area: jamming! Ju… View Comment
Apr 21, 2004 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Bastille > Bastille - W Face Blind Faith 5.10a ● No need for any anchor at the top of the first pitch. Carefully traverse off climber's right on exposed, in… View Comment
Apr 12, 2004 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Pear La Chaim 5.7 R ● A fun combination links up any first pitch of Enema Syringe with the second pitch of La Chaim. Concoct your… View Comment

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