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Mar 3, 2024 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > W Ridge > W Ridge - part D - Xa… Highway 61 5.9+ PG13 ● A fun, obscure route. We started on Positively Fourth Street and traversed right to Working Class Hero. Fun… View Comment
Mar 3, 2024 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > W Ridge > W Ridge - part C - Po… Passing Lane 5.9+ R ● After doing Highway 61, my partner and I decided to continue with our obscure tour. P1 while a little dirty… View Comment
Nov 6, 2023 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Book > J-Crack Slab Area Femp 5.9 ● This is a great route. P2 is just glorious. Great gear at both cruxes. Glory hands for 60 feet between crux… View Comment
Oct 11, 2023 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > W Ridge > W Ridge - part… > Sunshine Wall (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c) Sunshine Wall. ● Pretty fun pitch. Worth it if you are in the area. View Comment
Oct 3, 2023 Gunnison > Black Canyon of… > N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le… Casually Off-Route 5.9 ● This is a fun, quick route. 5 hours total from P1 to the rim. We are not strong or fast climbers. A stan… View Comment
Sep 10, 2023 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Glacier Gorge > Pagoda Mountain > W Ridge Bypass (Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c) Easy 5th Class corner. ● I took the West Ridge bypass to summit Pagoda during the "A Walk in the Park" link-up. Going counterclockwi… View Comment
Sep 10, 2023 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Long's Peak > Keyboard of the… > Southwest Ridge (5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b) SW Ridge. ● This is the route I took. I climbed this route as part of the link-up going counter clockwise in "A Walk in… View Comment
Sep 5, 2023 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Granite Staircase Church Picnic 5.9 ● I thought this route was really fun, worth doing if you are in the area. It's a shame this route doesn't ha… View Comment
Sep 5, 2023 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Granite Staircase Man Powered Flight 5.10a PG13 ● We went to this area of Gorilla Staircase to seek out some shade and some routes we have not tried before.… View Comment
Jun 18, 2023 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > W Ridge > W Ridge - part C - Po… Mail Ridge Variation Finish 5.10a ● After doing the Mail Ridge Slot, there is a nice hand crack exiting the alcove on the left. It is a nice re… View Comment
Jun 18, 2023 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > W Ridge > W Ridge - part C - Po… Lightning Bolt Crack 5.8+ ● After doing the Mail Ridge Slot and the 10a Exit Crack, you can easily walk back around and do Lightning Bo… View Comment
Jun 18, 2023 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > W Ridge > W Ridge - part C - Po… The Mail Ridge 5.9+ ● The slot is not that bad - probably not 9+ - felt like I was in Vedauwoo. Great gear to get you going. Ther… View Comment
Jun 18, 2023 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > W Ridge > W Ridge - part C - Po… Dead Letter Department 5.8 ● YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED* The large block that is referenced twice before is not a joke. It does boggle the… View Comment
Apr 9, 2023 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Lumpe to… Green Sleeves 5.10b/c PG13 ● I loved this pitch. Tautologically speaking, IMHO, for me...it felt harder than March of Dimes (P3), easier… View Comment
Mar 22, 2021 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Kloof Alcove Weevil's Walk 5.10c PG13 ● Discovered this route after climbing Break on Through and some nice gentleman on Chianti told us about it.… View Comment
Mar 7, 2021 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Walt's Wall Edward's Crack 5.7 ● Can climb the whole route with a 60 m rope. Gear belay 1#3 and 1 #1. Super fun! View Comment
Jul 13, 2020 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Holdout Veggie Eater 5.9+ ● A fun route in a really nice shady spot. We hopped on this after noticing it from the top of Beefeater. I u… View Comment
Jul 13, 2020 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Old Easy Old Easy Arete (aka "Arettez Maintenant") 5.9+ PG13 ● We used this as an approach pitch for MRC. Super Fun! I did feel that this was not as hard as Drop Zone on… View Comment
May 9, 2020 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Poland Hill Skull 5.10a ● Totally awesome climbing at the top. I loved this route, can't wait to get on it again. I brought a #3, #4,… View Comment
May 4, 2020 Grand Junction… > Unaweep Canyon > Main Canyon: Un… > Mother's Buttress > Wolfmother's Alley Cat 5.9- ● There is a 15 ft death block near the anchors on climber's right. Based on the amount of rock that is scatt… View Comment
Oct 20, 2019 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Roof Routes Temporary Like Achilles 5.10b ● The climbing in this route is really fun the entire way. The crux felt a bit soft for 10. The whole route f… View Comment
Oct 13, 2019 Boulder > Eldorado Mountain > Mickey Mouse Wall Vulcans Don't Lie 5.10a ● We climbed Captain Beyond and finished on this variation. I have climbed Captain and Perversion before. I w… View Comment
Oct 9, 2019 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Bookmark Romulan Territory 5.10b ● This is one of the best 10 routes that I have done at Lumpy, up there with TurnKorner. Super fun and sustai… View Comment
Sep 26, 2019 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Fall Wall Drop Zone 5.9+ ● I am not much for slab climbing, but... I love Vedauwoo and spend a decent amount of time there. I recently… View Comment
Sep 22, 2019 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Bookend Hot Licks 5.9 ● This is a great route, dare I say Classic! I linked P1 & P2. Such a splitter crack. The traverse is a littl… View Comment
Sep 17, 2019 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Twin Owls Tiger's Tooth 5.9+ ● Whoa! Super Classic! I can't believe I have not climbed this route until now. Awesome fist stacks and perfe… View Comment
Sep 14, 2019 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Hassler's Hatbox > Best of the Blues (5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b) Laura trying to get the fists through the roof crux. ● The guidebook has this climb as a 10 a. I think the beginning moves off the boulder are 10- . I think the r… View Comment
Jun 9, 2019 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Blair (overview) > Lower Blair I,… > Lower Blair I Raised On Robbery 5.10b ● Oh man! This is a super fun route! A little tricky to get to at first, but now I know where it is, it will… View Comment
Jun 9, 2019 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Blair (overview) > Lower Blair I,… > Lower Blair II Enterprising Curiosity aka Bloody Scab 5.8 ● A fun little crack. Stumbled across this looking for easy fun stuff to climb to teach my friends the pleasu… View Comment
Apr 8, 2018 Grand Junction… > Colorado Nation… > Monument Canyon Desert Solitaire 5.11 C0 ● I give this route 5 stars because of the many different styles of climbing it gives you. You will find ever… View Comment
Oct 23, 2017 Southeast Utah > Castle Valley > Priest Honeymoon Chimney 5.11a A0 ● This is a really fun route. I was intimidated by the first pitch but I found out that about 10 no more than… View Comment
May 23, 2017 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Rincon > Rincon - Center Route… Rincon 5.11a ● I finally sacked up and led this one today. I got the onsight. I have just started leading low 11s this pas… View Comment
Oct 17, 2016 Southeast Utah > Castle Valley > Castleton Tower North Face 5.11- ● Such an amazing route. Fantastic climbing all the way to the top. 4x#3 is reasonable. I don't think I w… View Comment
Sep 21, 2016 Boulder > Eldorado Mountain > Mickey Mouse Wall Captain Beyond 5.10+ ● What an amazing route. I can't really think of anything better for 5.10 in the boulder area. Athlete… View Comment
Jul 30, 2016 Grand Teton NP > Cascade Canyon Guide's Wall 5.8 ● Such a great climb. We did it July 24th. started climbing at 11:30 and the route was shaded until after1pm.… View Comment
Jul 5, 2013 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Bastille > Bastille - N Face Outer Space 5.10b/c R ● CLASSIC! I have wanted to do this route since I moved to CO a couple of years ago. However, that R rating l… View Comment

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