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Andy Nelson

Fort Collins, Colorado
37 years old · Male

Member Since
Feb 6, 2013
Last Visit: Jan 26, 2026
336 Points
Point Rank: #4,315 DetailsDrop down

Likes Trad, Sport
Leads Follows
Trad 5.10a 5.11d
Sport 5.11a 5.12b
Ice WI4 WI5
Mixed M4 M6
Boulders V5
Other Interests
Outdoor Education/Recreation, Skiing, Vinyl
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Comments View All 21

May 14, 2017
Fun pitch, several moves warrant the 5.9 and overall a great climb. Gear isn't too bad if you take the… View Comment
Jan 19, 2017
First ascent by Justin Frese I think View Comment
Nov 5, 2016
A great route! It's handy to have doubles of 0.5 through 1 and some small wires, plus a blue Alien to… View Comment
Aug 27, 2016
The 3rd pitch off the grassy ledge felt on par with the 5.7 pitch leading out of the chimney on the Petit G… View Comment
Jul 30, 2016
This route is classic in the sense that it has a lot of the parts of what make up a good alpine rock climb:… View Comment
Jul 16, 2016
Great route! Very easy to simul-climb to the chockstone belay to start P3. The crux pitch was sweet. Pizza… View Comment

Forum Messages View All 138

Regional > Colorado
Reply: Longs Peak, Keyhole Ridge and Cable Route conditions
Sep 15, 2021 Little bit of ice in the North Face, some graupel piles in shady spots, but otherwise dry as of today 9.15.21  View Message
Regional > Colorado
Reply: Poudre Canyon Fire eye witness info
Dec 6, 2020 Closure was updated a few days ago https://www.facebook.com/usfsarp/posts/1923180567824878In place until January 4th and re-evaluated at that time.   View Message
Regional > Colorado
Reply: PSA: Arapaho and Roosevelt national forest closure…
Oct 19, 2020 CDOT will tell you what roads are open and what their status is https://cotrip.org/home.htmI like follow the Twitter accounts for the public land agencies for information, like… View Message
Regional > Colorado
Reply: Poudre Canyon Suggestions
Mar 2, 2020 Check out Sheep Mountain. "new" place.  In the new guidebook, not on MP.  Good stuff up there.  View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: ATC Lowering technique - Is it legit?
Feb 5, 2020 The answer to reducing friction on the device if the climber is light is to change the angle of the brake strand while maintaining control of the brake strand.   View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: GQ article on climbing - thoughts?
Jan 26, 2020 I enjoyed the Larry David article too.  Would love to see Larry interact with Alex. View Message
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