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Oct 29, 2006 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Tower One Icarus 5.6 R ● Nice climb. A lot like Swanson's, but a bit harder. Two things to be aware of: First the first belay is… View Comment
Sep 10, 2006 Boulder > Upper Dream Canyon > Lost Angel Long Dong Dihedral 5.6 ● This was kind of a let-down. I knew it was a bit over-rated, but most of the climb is 5.4 (albeit an enjoy… View Comment
Sep 5, 2006 Alpine Rock > Sangre de Crist… > Blanca Peak Little Bear-Blanca Traverse 5.0 ● The comments here are all good. In particular, the difficulty is not that high, but it's a "long" ridge an… View Comment
Jul 5, 2006 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Castle Rock West Face 5.5 ● Deceptively hard for the rating. In general it is no more than 5.2 or so, but there are some dicey moves o… View Comment
Jun 27, 2006 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Nip & Tuck Surprising Slab 5.8 ● A bomb? Come on, people. Maybe not classic, but fun and thoughtful. Harder but more interesting than the… View Comment
May 22, 2006 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Left Book Hiatus 5.7+ ● Nice route. We belayed from the spatious ledge above the White Whale tree, then headed up the dihedral (gr… View Comment
May 22, 2006 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Bookmark Original Fantasy Ridge 5.7 ● In retrospect, this route was probably good for me. Pitch 1 was a bit grungy, but not too bad. After a… View Comment
May 13, 2006 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > W Ridge > W Ridge - part B - Lo… Next to Nearly 5.9 ● My first thought was "this is a 5.9?" The first 80% of the route is no harder than 5.5 (Eldo ratings) and… View Comment
May 9, 2006 Alpine Rock > Indian Peaks > Mt Neva Photo by Aubrey Additon: Arapahoe basin from South Arapahoe peak. Mount Neva is the peak on the [right]. ● Actually, Mt. Neva is the peak on the right. The left one is Jasper. View Comment
Apr 29, 2006 S Platte Turkey Rocks ● So, when was Big Turkey CG abandoned? I spent the night there last night and, though the gate was closed a… View Comment
Apr 16, 2006 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Bihedral Area > Riviera Au Natural 5.7+ ● Nice route though I'm not sure I'd call it a solid 5.8. Maybe the top part. Unfortunately, I got suckered… View Comment
Apr 9, 2006 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Elephant Buttre… > Second Buttress Pine Tree Route 5.5 ● I was looking for something casual on the Elephant Buttresses (and something in the shade) and found this o… View Comment
Feb 21, 2006 CO Ice & Mixed > Boulder Canyon… > Castle Rock/Lower Fal… The Ramp WI2 ● Climbed this 2-18-06 and found it, for only my second time on ice, to be pretty mellow. There is a two-sli… View Comment
Nov 4, 2005 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Fall Wall E.O. Lieback 5.5 ● I agree; pretty easy for the grade and I'd give it a 5.4 at most. This would be a great beginner trad lead… View Comment
Aug 16, 2005 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Left Book White Whale 5.7 ● My first time at Lumpy and my first bonafide 5.7 trad lead. Blindly following the crack/seam at the upper… View Comment
May 27, 2005 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Happy Hour Crag Malign 5.7 ● An interesting and varied climb. My wife thought it was tricky and didn't like it, but its puzzling nature… View Comment
Apr 25, 2005 Lyons > St Vrain Canyons > S Fork of St Vr… > Infirmary Slabs > Upper Infirmary Slabs Community Service (formerly Little Flatiron Left aka West Buttress) 5.6 ● Thanks for the info (and all the bolts), Bernard. Good to know that my intuition was correct and that ther… View Comment
Apr 24, 2005 Lyons > St Vrain Canyons > S Fork of St Vr… > Infirmary Slabs > Upper Infirmary Slabs IV League 5.7 ● Tough climb, but crack jamming is not my forte. My pointy shoes got horrendously stuck on several moves.… View Comment
Jul 11, 2005 Lyons > St Vrain Canyons > S Fork of St Vr… > Infirmary Slabs > Upper Infirmary Slabs Panic in the Gray Room 5.10b/c ● Mama Mia that's a spicy slab route! From the bottom, I'd assumed the crux was the steepest part, right off… View Comment
Jul 11, 2005 Lyons > St Vrain Canyons > S Fork of St Vr… > Infirmary Slabs > Upper Infirmary Slabs IV League 5.7 ● Interesting. The Classic Lyons Area guide (also by Hubbel) lists this route (the annoying flaring crack of… View Comment
Jul 11, 2005 Lyons > St Vrain Canyons > S Fork of St Vr… > Infirmary Slabs Upper Infirmary Slabs ● Was up there yesterday in the height of July swelter. Much poison ivy, but avoidable. The area around the… View Comment
Jul 12, 2005 Lyons > St Vrain Canyons > S Fork of St Vr… > Infirmary Slabs Upper Infirmary Slabs ● Parking for this crag is on the south side of the canyon exactly at milepost 28. The ascent trail is about… View Comment
Jul 12, 2005 Lyons > St Vrain Canyons > S Fork of St Vr… > Infirmary Slabs Lower Infirmary Slabs ● Parking is on the south side of the canyon exactly at milepost 28. Ascent trail is about 100' downstream.… View Comment
Oct 31, 2003 Denver South > Castlewood Cany… > Grocery Store Walls Strawberry Jam 5.6 ● A good TR climb for those without large gear. TR anchor is a somewhat sketchy bolt and a crack which takes… View Comment
Oct 20, 2003 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Boulderado Qs 5.9+ ● Reasonable, small holds on beautiful rock. I climbed the left dihedral until the second bolt, then travers… View Comment
Oct 20, 2003 Boulder > Boulder Canyon The Boulderado ● Great area and great for beginners but IGNORE the directions used in the Knapp toproping book! The mileage… View Comment
Oct 20, 2003 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Boulderado Jam It 5.8- ● As has been mentioned before, it's a one-move wonder. But that one move was trickier than I had expected.… View Comment
Oct 13, 2003 Alpine Rock > Indian Peaks > Arapaho Peaks South Ridge (a.k.a. Arapaho Traverse) 4th ● Did this one on 10-11-03 and had a great time and found it conciderably easier and less exposed than the No… View Comment
Oct 7, 2003 Colorado Springs > Garden of the Gods Montezuma Tower ● Regarding Joshua Lewis's comments above (Urban Legends) and such. Both are partially true! I climbed this… View Comment
Apr 24, 2005 Lyons > St Vrain Canyons > S Fork of St Vr… > Infirmary Slabs > Upper Infirmary Slabs Emergency Entrance 5.6 ● Nice route and my first lead in almost two years. Definitely not a 5.7 but an enjoyable and varied route r… View Comment
Sep 25, 2003 Boulder > Flatirons > South > Goose View of the East Face on the approach from the North East. ● I'm pretty sure the beta photo above is of the Goose, not the Seal. It would be visible from the Seal appr… View Comment
Sep 23, 2003 Boulder > Flatirons > South > Seal Rock East Face North Side/Seal Rock 5.4 ● Climbed this one on 9-21-03 with a party of three. 'Twas a memorable introduction to multi-pitch climbing… View Comment
Sep 23, 2003 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Supremacy Rock Supremacy Slab 5.9+ R ● TRed this one yesterday. TR anchors possible with about 40' of webbing slung around one of the boulders in… View Comment
Sep 17, 2003 Boulder > Mt Sanitas Red Rocks (Boulder) ● Nope. Last year's Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks map (see the link above) lists it very definitely as… View Comment
Sep 15, 2003 Boulder > Flatirons > North > Skunk Canyon > Ridge 1 aka Stairway… Stairway to Heaven 5.3 ● Climbed most of this one yesterday; up to the final flatiron. It's loooooong and easy. The first pitch is… View Comment
Sep 10, 2003 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Happy Hour Crag Grins 5.8 ● TRed this one yesterday and had a dandy time. As has been mentioned, a 50m rope is just long enough for th… View Comment

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