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Apr 26, 2021 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Happy Hour Crag Are We Not Men 5.7 PG13 ● This route is actually quite good. I suspect its mediocre star rating is mostly due to the runout. I'd esti… View Comment
Sep 21, 2020 S Platte > Elevenmile Canyon > Elevenmile Dome Happy Trails 5.7 ● An orange TCU can be used to protect getting to the first bolt. View Comment
Sep 21, 2020 S Platte > Elevenmile Canyon > Elevenmile Dome Slab Happy 5.6 ● The climbing may be easy, but the groundfall potential getting to the first bolt is really bad. If you slip… View Comment
Aug 8, 2020 Lyons > St Vrain Canyons > S Fork of St Vr… > Dance Hall of the Dead Grateful Head 5.9+ ● Some very fun climbing but with some weirdness. Sling the tree with a double length sling, then move right… View Comment
Jun 8, 2020 Estes Park Valley > Fall River Rd (… > McGregor Slab > Left Standard (5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a) This is how I did pitch one. I was able to protect the pitch well. I could place protection every 6 to 12 feet. ● Maybe I missed something, but I attempted following this topo for the first pitch and ended up traversing a… View Comment
Sep 15, 2019 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Across from The Bihed… Lightning Strike 5.11a/b ● It's contrived to not use the arete. View Comment
Sep 5, 2019 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Little Eiger "Is Our Children Learning?" 5.9+ ● This route definitely warrants a belay bolt if any kind soul would be willing to install a bolt at the base. View Comment
May 26, 2019 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Walt's Wall Foolishness 5.6 ● I was happy to have both a #4 and a #5 on the first pitch. If you get on this route thinking it will actual… View Comment
May 13, 2019 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Bihedral Area > Lower Tier Like a Wonk 5.9 ● If you're TRing from the left anchors, bring something to extend the anchors a little bit. Draws put the ma… View Comment
Mar 18, 2019 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Animal World > Lower Animal World Unfamiliar Strangers 5.9+ ● Orange Master Cam or a large nut work well on the easy runout section using a shoulder length sling. View Comment
Jan 21, 2019 Golden > N Table Mountai… > Winterfest Wall Leaning Pillar 5.10c ● This should be listed as a sport route. The guidebook lists it as sport, so I didn't think twice about gett… View Comment
Sep 22, 2018 Morrison/Evergr… > Lover's Leap Lover's Leap 5.7 ● Sadly, the beautiful, tuning fork bridge is rotted and destroyed. The stream is crossable right now, but in… View Comment
Jun 3, 2018 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Canal Zone Route Canal 5.8+ ● The remaining blocks in the crack are very loose as well and should be trundled if someone has the time. I… View Comment
Jul 16, 2017 S Platte > … > Staunton Rocks > Meadow Dome > Tan Corridor > Upper Tan Corridor Black and Tan 5.10d ● The first bolt is very high, even if you start on top of the boulder. The moves are very doable, but I woul… View Comment
Jul 10, 2017 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Capitalist Crag > Lower Capitalist Crag Vitamin-N 5.9 ● I think the recommendation to bring a cam for the undercling is unnecessary. The bolts in place felt more t… View Comment
Jul 5, 2017 Steamboat Springs Hole in the Wall Canyon ● GPS location: 40.788663, -106.786043. View Comment
Aug 13, 2016 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Little Eiger The Decider 5.10b ● With the challenging and somewhat high first bolt clip, this would not make a good lead for someone just ge… View Comment
May 30, 2016 S Platte > Elevenmile Canyon Turret Dome ● The descent from the summit has changed since the last comment. Now you can either rappel to the north from… View Comment
Apr 12, 2016 Morrison/Evergr… > Alderfer/Three… > Land of Slabs > Warmup Block Intro to Slab V1-2 ● The rotten stump came out when I stepped on it! Now you can do the direct start with a nice flat landing! View Comment
Sep 21, 2015 Boulder > Boulder Canyon Across from The Bihedral aka Cascade Crag ● There are way too many bolts at this crag. Routes are crowded and run into each other, and there are a gazi… View Comment
Jun 13, 2015 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Lumpe to… Rewritten 5.7 ● Be careful with the dead tree at the top of pitch 4. It moves if you push it and seems to be held in place… View Comment
Dec 4, 2014 Denver South > Castlewood Cany… > Neanderthal Wall Ada Jam 5.5 ● Good route, but way too short. There is also a good tree at the top you can use for an anchor. View Comment
Sep 22, 2014 S Platte > Goose Creek/Molly Gul… The log crossing just up stream from the old campground. ● There is a much easier crossing about 40 feet downstream from this crossing now. View Comment
Aug 5, 2014 Morrison/Evergreen/Li… The Urban Alpine Crag ● Really fun crag close to town and in the shade. All the routes are so generously bolted that I nearly Z-cli… View Comment
Jul 21, 2014 10 Mile Canyon > Officer's Gulch West Logan's Run 5.8 ● Really fun, sustained, long route! View Comment
Jul 21, 2014 10 Mile Canyon > Officer's Gulch West Dirty Downs 5.9 ● Getting to the first bolt was the crux for me. Great route though. View Comment
Jul 21, 2014 10 Mile Canyon > Officer's Gulch West Patience 5.8+ ● Tricky crux. I thought it was harder than an 8, but I may have done it wrong. View Comment

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