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Nov 25, 2013 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Pine Creek Canyon irony at the pine creek canyon trailhead ● Hey Dougie, As an expert in donkey behavior and training (I have 6 of my own), and a frequent observer o… View Comment
Nov 12, 2012 Southeast Utah > Grand County > Fisher Towers > Titan Sundevil Chimney 5.9 A3 ● Yeah, it's pretty huge. Nice comfy potholes as I remember. And of course a killer view! View Comment
Jul 11, 2012 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Pine Creek Canyon irony at the pine creek canyon trailhead ● OK. I'll talk to the feral donkeys that inhabit the area and see if they can clean up after themselves. View Comment
Mar 27, 2012 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Pine Creek Canyon irony at the pine creek canyon trailhead ● 1. Generalizing makes you look uninformed. 2. That is donkey manure - do you favor removing all of of… View Comment
Jun 8, 2011 S Platte > W Creek > Thunder Ridge > Wasp Canyon The Expensive Route 5.11+ ● I went a bit left as there didn't seem to be much for the hands going straight at it. There are good feet… View Comment
May 16, 2011 Fairplay, CO. ● Hank, If you're interested, I have a burro available for the Georgetown race on May 28th. View Comment
May 16, 2011 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Juniper Canyon > Cloud Tower Crimson Chrysalis 5.8+ ● Garrett, You should have gone straight up at that point. The old bolts that trend right are kinda off t… View Comment
Apr 18, 2011 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon Convenience Cliff ● The three right-hand routes are: Thank You Come Again, 5.12a. Self Serve, 5.10d. Pump and Run, 5.11d… View Comment
Mar 30, 2011 Alan Ream > Spring 2011 Red Rocks psychopath. March 2011. ● Psychopath? Did he chase you? View Comment
Mar 21, 2011 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Lumpe to… The Green Hornet 5.11b PG13 ● It's a long way (20' or so) from the "key" placement (a good stopper) to the 1st bolt, and you will encount… View Comment
Jun 25, 2010 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Creek Side Big Bro's Watchin' (Luebben Memorial Route) 5.11- ● A real adventure route. Plenty of looseness remains! Moving off the belay on pitch 4 is no big deal and… View Comment
May 10, 2010 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Pine Creek Canyon > Mescalito > E Face The Next Century 5.10c PG13 ● Great climb, great gear. No way this is PG, let alone R. With a 70m cord you can do it as one pitch with… View Comment
Mar 10, 2010 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Juniper Canyon > Cloud Tower Cloud Tower 5.12a ● We rapped with double sixties and the first rappel was a stretch. Not doing the last pitch would be like d… View Comment
Aug 31, 2009 Estes Park Valley > CO Hwy 7 & Trib… > Crags > Lower Great Face > C. Wizard's Gate The Guillotine 5.11b/c ● The right-hand dihedral goes at about 5.8. Gear to 3" 1 or 2 stars. A little dirty. but worth doing. View Comment
May 11, 2009 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Fern Canyon Rocks > Rock Of Ages Center Dihedral 5.10d ● No reason not to do this as 1 pitch. The line is pretty direct and it's only about 125' high. Quality cli… View Comment
May 11, 2009 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Fern Canyon Rocks > Rock Of Ages Nameless Demons 5.10b ● This can be done as 1 pitch if you take care about managing rope drag on the gear before the "belly flop" a… View Comment
Apr 3, 2009 S Platte Devil's Head ● Rampart Range road is scheduled to open 4/10 (conditons permitting) fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/spl/ View Comment
Jan 21, 2009 S Platte > Cathedral Spire… > Sunshine Wall > Standard Route (5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c R) The possibility of riding the third belay ledge to the car is the "R" part. ● Not to mention the possibility of swinging back into the pointy end of the flake! I also wouldn't want to… View Comment
Oct 2, 2008 S Platte Turkey Rocks ● The "Getting There" description has been updated. Please let me know if it needs any tweaking. Thanks. View Comment
May 27, 2008 S Platte > Pine Area > Bucksnort Slab Slippery When Dry 5.11+ ● Location is just right of Classic Dihedral. The bolts are good. Can be done in one pitch from the ground… View Comment
Nov 9, 2006 Boulder > Eldorado Mountain > Mickey Mouse Wall Asahi 5.10c PG13 ● With supplemental gear, this doesn't rate an R. A worthwhile route. View Comment
Nov 8, 2004 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Sand Gulch > Contest Wall Metropolis 5.11d ● After the boulder problem start, the rest of the climb goes at 10+/11-. Placement of the 1st bolt is very… View Comment
Sep 13, 2004 Empire > Ra Empire of the Air 5.11a ● A ggod route with only a couple of loose sections. Pitches 1 & 2 and then 3 & 4 can be linked to produce a… View Comment
Sep 13, 2004 Empire Goat Rock ● A lot of hard work went into prepping this crag (both in trail building and route equipping). This is unfo… View Comment
Aug 2, 2004 S Platte > Buffalo Creek > Little Scraggy Dome Miss Manners 5.11a ● I think that the pull over the roof is hard 5.10, and that the face climbing above is very thin and sustain… View Comment
May 27, 2004 Gunnison > Black Canyon of… > N Rim Routes > Checkerboard Wall Checkerboard Wall 5.10c ● I stepped out a the lower spot as well. After setting the belay, I looked down at it and got the impressio… View Comment
May 25, 2004 Gunnison > Black Canyon of… > N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall Journey Home 5.10b ● I definately recommend roping up for the "3rd class" at the bottom. It's a long way up and there's a lot o… View Comment
May 25, 2004 Gunnison > Black Canyon of… > N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le… Comic Relief 5.10 ● The 1st two pitches combine nicely. The crux hand/finger crack is as good as ou'll see anywhere! The bl… View Comment
May 25, 2004 Gunnison > Black Canyon of… > N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.11a ● The 2nd & 3rd pitches are excellent. The route description given here is very good. Don't be put off by t… View Comment
May 25, 2004 Gunnison > Black Canyon of… > N Rim Routes > Checkerboard Wall Checkerboard Wall 5.10c ● A good route with two excellent pitches. There is a bit of questionable stone, but not much. The gear ten… View Comment
Oct 6, 2003 S Platte > Rampart Range Rd Jackson Creek ● It's 502 not 507. Here's the link to the USFS web site: fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/spl/imag… View Comment
Sep 30, 2003 S Platte > Rampart Range Rd Jackson Creek ● The old Jackson Creek road is not only washed out, but it's path crosses private property owned by some not… View Comment
Aug 25, 2003 S Platte > Pine Area Sphinx Rock ● No trespassing signs have now been posted along the road. I suspect that these are primarily aimed at the… View Comment
Aug 8, 2003 S Platte > Pine Area > Sphinx Rock Cheops 5.10d ● Don't blow the move to the 1st bolt or place a temporary piece in the crack to the right until that 1st bol… View Comment
Aug 8, 2003 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (formerly… Chicago Creek Rock ● We climbed these a couple of weeks ago & found them to be worthwile little diversions. However, I don't kn… View Comment
Jul 14, 2003 S Platte > Pine Area Sphinx Rock ● There are some shiny new No Trespassing signs on the approach to Sphinx. Does anyone know the private/pu… View Comment

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