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May 2, 2011 Boulder > Flatirons > North Tomato Rock ● Happened upon this rock on a trail run last week. It's quite easy to find, but here are the GPS coords any… View Comment
Nov 25, 2009 Boulder > Flatirons > North > Skunk Canyon > Ridge 2 aka Satan's Slab Enchanted Devil 5.4 R ● Fantastic route! We found the start of the route pretty easily (apparently, we're above-average bears) and… View Comment
Oct 13, 2009 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Long's Peak > Diamond The late Chip Salaun in the early '80s doing botany research on the steep wall on the left side of The Diamond. Photo by: Olaf Mitchell. ● "Sorry honey, I'd love to clean out the garage but I'm way behind on my botany research." View Comment
Jul 16, 2009 CO Ice & Mixed > Vail Ice > Rigid Designato… > Fang (WI5-6) The Fang in WI9 condition. ● So you're saying we should probably only climb it on toprope, right? View Comment
Jul 6, 2009 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Rock Island I Unknown 5.8 PG13 ● Interesting, but a little contrived and grungy with a lot of groveling. The holds on this route are also a… View Comment
Jun 28, 2009 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Solaris Don't Get Me Started 5.6 ● Strange mix of dead easy and a couple of hard (bona fide 5.6, IMHO) moves. Nice view from the anchor ledge… View Comment
Jun 28, 2009 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Solaris Start Me Up 5.7 ● Nice route, but it ended just as I was getting into it. View Comment
Jun 24, 2009 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Black Velvet Ca… > Black Velvet Wall > Dream of Wild Turkeys (5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a) To my poor 8.5mm 60...RIP ● I think you may have found the problem here... View Comment
May 12, 2009 3. Piedmont Region > Stone Mountain > Stone Mtn S Face Entrance Crack 5.5 R ● As of about ten years ago, there was a hangerless 1/4" bolt a few feet right of the crack part way up the o… View Comment
May 12, 2009 3. Piedmont Region > Stone Mountain > Stone Mtn S Face > Pulpit (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c) shoeing up for p3?... one of the water streak crossings ● Nice perspective on what climbing the Stone is like. Yow! View Comment
Apr 22, 2009 High Sierra Mt. Humphreys wrapped in storm clouds ● Wow! Dreamy! View Comment
Mar 23, 2009 CO Ice & Mixed > RMNP - Mixed/Ice > Long's Peak/Mt… > Flying Dutchman (Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c WI2-3 M2-3 Mod. Snow) Crux of FD on Oct. 11th, 2008. It's not really this steep. Photo by Scott Borger. ● The way the snow is clinging to those overhanging rocks, I'm guessing there's significant camera tilt here… View Comment
Mar 7, 2009 Golden > N Table Mountai… > MBA Buttress > Major Bolt Achievemen… (5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c) At the anchor on a windy day. ● Man, what a poser! View Comment
Dec 16, 2008 Evan S > Wyoming Another butt shot, but it's my butt, so it's okay, right? ● Edward's? View Comment
Nov 18, 2008 CO Ice & Mixed > RMNP - Mixed/Ice > Glacier Gorge T… > Glacier Gorge > Overflow & Jewell Lake Cave WI2-3 ● Early in the season, this starts out as a 10' pillar far to the left of the flow. It's not much, but the p… View Comment
Oct 14, 2008 Telluride/Norwo… > Ames Wall > Seamstress Corner (5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a R) This is the best protection you'll get on this route...just kidding! Actually, this ancient bolt is found on the belay a couple of pitches up. ● Better than nothing, but not much better than nothing.... View Comment
Jul 24, 2008 Southeast Utah > Grand County > Kane Springs Canyon Desert climbing makes you thirsty. King's Bottom Campsite, Kane Springs. Tucker Tech and the late Tom Burke. Photo by Todd Gordon. ● Heck, you could make a new rack from the recycled cans! View Comment
Apr 20, 2008 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Nautilus Etude For The Right Hand 5.5 ● A nice warm-up for later climbs. Second half of the climb is a bit runout (no protection), but very easy.… View Comment
Apr 15, 2008 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall Stitch of several photos from the top of the West Ridge, graphics inspired by Cloudveil catalog. ● Hey, what a great shot! It's a good thing you had a camera along wasn't it ;-) View Comment
Apr 9, 2008 Colorado Springs > Garden of the Gods Garden of the Gods-Winter. Photo by Blitzo. ● Man, the snow makes those fins look a lot bigger than they actually are. Nice shot. View Comment
Mar 27, 2008 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Practice Rock > Regular Route (5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c) 'The Crack' during a Winter climb of the Regular route ● Somehow this photo makes Practice Rock look very big and kind of alpine. Nicely done. View Comment
Mar 26, 2008 Seneca Rocks Seneca Creek in evening fall colors. ● Ah, nostalgia! That's where I met my wife... She was swimming in her underwear after a hard day of climbi… View Comment
Mar 15, 2008 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Notchtop The approach to Notchtop. ● Don't take Notchtop for granite! View Comment
Dec 29, 2007 Alpine Rock > Sangre de Crist… > Crestones An unusual view of the Crestones from the summit of Mt. Adams. ● Spectacular shot from an under-appreciated Colorado jewel. Great job! View Comment
Dec 14, 2007 Southern Arizona Saguaros and approaching storm, Mt. Lemmon ● Great shot. Did you use a filter of some kind? Those colors are unreal! View Comment
Nov 25, 2007 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge Sundance Buttress and Sundance Needle bathed in a shroud of rare low clouds, Lumpy Ridge, Colorado. ● Kurt, this is a spectacular shot. I maintain the Needles/Lumpy page over on SummitPost (I know, boo, his… View Comment
Nov 11, 2007 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Walt's Wall Foolishness 5.6 ● For a slightly more aesthetic line, start on the main ledge about 20' to the right of the Tourist Trap clef… View Comment
Nov 11, 2007 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Valley Massif Powder Puff 5.4 ● Avoid the chimney start and follow the thin right-leaning ramp/hand traverse to the start of the crack. Pr… View Comment
Nov 8, 2007 Northern Arizona > Navajolands > Cleopatra's Nee… > Cleopatra's Needle, E… (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C2) Probably the skinniest spire in the World. Photo: Todd Gordon ● Montezuma's Tower at Garden of the Gods is pretty skinny, at least in one dimension. View Comment
Oct 23, 2007 Northern Arizona > Sycamore Canyon > Paradise Forks > Prow > Prow (5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c) Gollum on the first ascent ● Funny, I always pictured Gollum as a free-soloist. Nice photoshop job. View Comment
Oct 23, 2007 Boulder > Flatirons > North > Second Flatiron > Compound (V7 7A+) Ryan trying a few moves in The Compound while we take a break from cruising up Freeway on a beautiful Sunday in April, '07. ● It's not often you see a boulderer wearing a helmet... ;-) View Comment
Sep 17, 2007 CO Ice & Mixed > … > Glacier Gorge T… > Glacier Gorge > Long's Peak (we… > Trough (Mod. Snow) The Trough is the continuous snow ribbon running from the bottom of the picture up into the shadows of the NW face. The narrows and homestretch are around the corner from the snow at the top of the sunlit broad shoulder in the right half of the picture. ● ...and makes the west face look unbelievably steep. Great shot of a great mountain! View Comment
Jul 23, 2007 Central Coast > Hwy 33/Ojai > Wheeler Gorge Liza Butler, of Sausalito, California, un-shoes at the top of the climbers trail after another spectacular visit to Wheeler Gorge. www.EarthworksImagery.com ● Not quite sure about the climbing context, but it is a beautifully composed photo. Very thoughtful. View Comment
Apr 23, 2007 S Platte > Turkey Rocks > Leftovers Mellow Yellow 5.8 ● Second (mini) pitch is a lot harder than it looks from the big ledge at the top of the first pitch. Solid… View Comment
Apr 23, 2007 S Platte > Turkey Rocks > Turkey Perch Reefer Madness 5.8 ● Agreed, excellent line. The upper half is really fun (even the slab-moves). 3 stars from me. View Comment
Nov 25, 2006 Boulder > Flatirons > South > Fern Canyon > Pellaea East Face/Pellea 5.5 R ● Great little climb. The approach is pretty casual, the climb is short and sweet, and the views are fantast… View Comment

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