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Aaron Martinuzzi

40 years old · Male

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Member Since

Apr 15, 2008

Last Visit: Aug 5, 2025

1,485 Points
Point Rank: #1,070 Details Drop down

25 Areas

375 pts - 15 each

51 Routes

510 pts - 10 each

120 Photos

600 pts - 5 each

0 Approach Trails

0 pts - 4 each

0 Page Improvements

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Other Interests

pirating music by the gigabyte, Reading, working out

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I started climbing inconsistently when I was 15, but got more serious about sport climbing during college and made a handful of trips to the Red River Gorge on weekends. I first trad climbed in 2008 (near epic March 3rd ascent of the 1st Flatiron), loved it, and was lucky enough to live in Fort Collins, CO from summer '08 to summer '10, and climbed a lot.

I broke my neck in an unfortunate diving accident in August 2010 and I'm currently I'm C4/5 quad living a new and different -- but still quite fulfilling -- life back in my hometown just outside Detroit.

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May 27, 2019 Ft Collins > … > Narrows > Eden Area > Eden Wall > E of Eden (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a) Getting a tiny nut in under the roof. This picture gives a good perspective of its size/angle. ● Haha, yeah, looks ill-advised, in retrospect. Earlier on in my climbing life, someone mentioned the rope-ov… View Comment
Apr 22, 2015 Ft Collins > Poudre Canyon > Greyrock > Northwest Slabs Sky Crack 5.7 ● Yep, you can walk across the ledge and reach the upper pitches of Yellow Dihedral. Descend via the Grey… View Comment
Nov 30, 2011 Gunnison > Black Canyon of… > N Rim Routes > Prisoner of Your Hair… No Country for Old Men 5.11 R ● Sounds like I might've mis-described the end of pitch 9/the beginning of pitch 10. On my ascent last year,… View Comment
Nov 16, 2011 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > W Ridge > W Ridge - part E - to… Prince of Darkness 5.11a ● It's been a little while since I was climbing in Eldo, but I do remember Prince of Darkness being a tougher… View Comment
May 21, 2011 Ft Collins > Poudre Canyon > Crystal Wall > N Face Tour de Poudre 5.12- ● I remember pitch one climbing a lot like Monstrosity over at the Palace. Blocky, good holds, but no great o… View Comment
Jun 29, 2010 Ft Collins > Horsetooth Rese… > Rotary Park Penny Boulder. ● I'm fairly certain this is actually the Meditation Boulder. View Comment

Forum Messages View All 321

General > Trad Climbing Reply: Large stoppers, anyone use them regularly? May 31, 2012 used mine very often. excellent way to avoid the expense of extra cams in that .75/1 camalot range, or a good way to keep those cams on your rack for a less-than-ideal stan… View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion Reply: Is drinking from a cambak daily bad? Mar 26, 2012 +1 View Message
General > General Climbing Reply: For fun----how many routes have you done at Indian… Mar 21, 2012 Not a very astronomical number, and unlikely to increase, but I managed 47 routes over 12 climbing days. Kinda figured it would be fewer -- cool. View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion Reply: Would you retire this rope? Mar 7, 2012 it's fine but sounds like you want a new one View Message
General > General Climbing Reply: is 5.8 really that much easier than 5.10 Mar 4, 2012 I remember falling on a 5.10b sport climb at a time when I was generally on sighting a bit harder than that; I actually free solo'ed a couple 10a's round about the same time. I… View Message
Regional > Colorado Reply: Best "First 13" in Front Range Feb 20, 2012 Have you been to the upper echelon yet? If not, I can definitely vouch for its quality. Fairly steep, too, and pretty local to Fort Collins, so a good place to get strong, I im… View Message

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5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c R 9 ● No Country for Old Men Trad 14 pitches Gunnison > … > N Rim Routes > Prisoner of Your Hair…
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 353 ● Bombardment Trad 2 pitches Cathedral Ledge > Lower Left Wall / Ven…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 241 ● Nutcracker Trad Cathedral Ledge > Barber Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 67 ● Visual Aids Trad 4 pitches Estes Park Valley > … > Book > J-Crack Slab Area
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 282 ● Cheap Date Trad Estes Park Valley > … > Book > Pages Wall Area
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 131 ● Tailspin Sport Ft Collins > … > Triple Tier Area > Old Aid Wall aka Uppe…

● No Country for Old Men

Gunnison > … > N Rim Routes > Prisoner of Your Hair…

Avg:	9
Aaron:

5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c R Trad 14 pitches
5.11

● Bombardment

Cathedral Ledge > Lower Left Wall / Ven…

Avg:	353
Aaron:

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 2 pitches

● Nutcracker

Cathedral Ledge > Barber Wall

Avg:	241
Aaron:

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad

● Visual Aids

Estes Park Valley > … > Book > J-Crack Slab Area

Avg:	67
Aaron:

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad 4 pitches

● Cheap Date

Estes Park Valley > … > Book > Pages Wall Area

Avg:	282
Aaron:

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● Tailspin

Ft Collins > … > Triple Tier Area > Old Aid Wall aka Uppe…

Avg:	131
Aaron:

5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport