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Oct 18, 2004 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Sand Gulch > Contest Wall It's Miller Time 5.11b ● A hard move and a haul to get to the 5th bolt only to find that the hanger spins like a wheel... yikes! View Comment
Oct 18, 2004 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Sand Gulch > Contest Wall Suburbia 5.10b/c ● Climbed this great route again on 10/16/04... awesome edges and ledges, and a thrilling finish! View Comment
Oct 18, 2004 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Sand Gulch > Contest Wall Spiney Dan (aka Spinney Dan, incorrectly) 5.10c ● This route may consist of more jugs than other 10c's at Shelf, but it's also deceivingly steep. I climbed i… View Comment
Oct 18, 2004 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Sand Gulch > Contest Wall Metropolis 5.11d ● A crimpy step left at the first bolt leads to moderate climbing until the going gets thin again after the t… View Comment
Oct 18, 2004 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Sand Gulch > Contest Wall Cactus Drop 5.10d ● Varied climbing with great bolt placement... pockets, edges, flakes, underclings and even a finger jam! Gre… View Comment
Oct 18, 2004 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Gallery > Menses Prow The Big Chill 5.10c ● Relatively good climbing with poor bolt placement... the bolts imply a face climb while the moves imply a c… View Comment
Oct 18, 2004 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Gallery > Far Side Abracadabra 5.9 ● Many of the lower holds on this route have become quite polished since I first climbed it eight years ago m… View Comment
Oct 11, 2004 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Lumpe to… Darkness 'til Dawn 5.10a ● Great route, a number of challenges and good pro before each. I found a #3 and a #3.5 Camalot very useful d… View Comment
Oct 10, 2004 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Highlands aka Highlander The Outsider 5.11c ● Be VERY careful passing the large flake with the obvious chalked-up hold on the underside of the huge roof.… View Comment
Sep 29, 2004 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Tower One Italian Arete 5.9 R ● Great route, a bit runout down low, reasonable pro beyond. View Comment
Sep 22, 2004 Gunnison > Black Canyon of… > N Rim Routes > Checkerboard Wall The Maiden Voyage aka The Red Dihedral 5.9- ● A relatively short approach (especially now with the two fixed raps in the Cruise Gully, but watch the pois… View Comment
Sep 20, 2004 Gunnison > Black Canyon of… > N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le… Escape Artist 5.10a ● Christa Cline and I climbed this route on 9/18/2004, what a fantastic route... long, technical, exciting, s… View Comment
Sep 14, 2004 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Dark Side Porkus Procurement 5.10c/d ● And now a comment about the route... pretty easy climbing for the first few bolts, but then the route steep… View Comment
Sep 14, 2004 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Bastille > Bastille - W Face Hair City 5.9+ R ● Climbed this route for the first time yesterday, what a treat! Runout for sure, but the pro is there at the… View Comment
Sep 7, 2004 San Luis Valley > Penitente Canyon > Penitente - Entrance… Mysterious Redhead 5.11a ● Climbed this route again on 9/4/2004. It is the second line of bolts from the right, but note that there ar… View Comment
Jun 3, 2005 San Luis Valley > Penitente Canyon > Penitente - Inner Canyon Concupiscent Curds 5.10c/d ● Several pumpy moves on steep rock - I thought this route was hard for 5.10b. View Comment
Jun 3, 2005 San Luis Valley > Penitente Canyon > Penitente - Inner Canyon Ordinary People 5.9+ R ● It looks like a third bolt has been added up high. View Comment
Aug 13, 2004 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Petit Grepon South Face 5.8 ● Climbed this spectacular route on 8/11/2004. While the weather was apparently stormy in Boulder, it was a g… View Comment
Jul 15, 2004 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Bookmark Fantasy Ridge 5.9 PG13 ● Re: my entry above on 6/29, when I said "straight up past the SECOND bolt" on Pitch 2, I meant the ONLY bol… View Comment
Jun 29, 2004 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Bookmark Fantasy Ridge 5.9 PG13 ● Climbed this route Sunday before the deluge. A note on the second pitch - I went straight up past the secon… View Comment
May 24, 2005 San Luis Valley > Penitente Canyon > Penitente - Entrance… Black is Beautiful 5.11a ● Very thin moves to first bolt lead to steep and fun climbing above. View Comment
Apr 27, 2004 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Bastille > Bastille - W Face Blind Faith 5.10a ● Followed P1 yesterday... at the crux, feet up as high as possible, palm-forward fist jam with right hand, l… View Comment
Jul 22, 2005 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Wall of the '90s Reefer Madness 5.11a ● If you can reach the sidepull on the lower move (I can and I'm 5'-9"), you may take for granted a very toug… View Comment
Oct 18, 2003 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Lower Dream Canyon > Plotinus Wall > Middle Rama 5.10b ● Totally esthetic climbing, use good footwork straight up the corner past the bolts, then finger jam up the… View Comment
Oct 15, 2003 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Sand Gulch > Free Form Wall Village Idiot 5.11b ● I didn't use that stem, I swear I didn't! I just had to check it out to see why everyone else was using it.… View Comment
Oct 14, 2003 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Sand Gulch > Free Form Wall Village Idiot 5.11b ● I found the crux to be off the ground past (new) first bolt to second - rest up beneath the roof and climb… View Comment
Oct 4, 2003 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Rincon > Rincon - L of Center… Over the Hill 5.10b ● Got suckered out of a stem by left edges at first pin... don't do it! Stem and smear, both hands and feet a… View Comment
Sep 29, 2003 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Lumpe to… Green Slab Direct 5.9 ● The traverse right on the third pitch was a delight... a few crimpers and good smears to a sharp edge out r… View Comment
May 26, 2005 San Luis Valley > Penitente Canyon > Penitente - Entrance… Black is Beautiful 5.11a ● Bob, I think he added 5 bolts as there are 7 bolts there now. Too bad, climbing this with only two bolts wo… View Comment
Jul 13, 2005 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Sherwood Forest Merry Men 5.11a ● Fun route, hard down low, but I couldn't quite find the 11b staying straight on the bolts. View Comment
Jun 3, 2005 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > W Ridge > W Ridge - part E - to… As We Liked It 5.10 PG13 ● The key for me at the start was to work my feet up very high off of nearly straight arms on the undercling… View Comment
Jul 18, 2005 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Bell Buttress M… > Aquarium Wall Justin Alf Memorial Route 5.10d ● Some fun moves, but the start as well as the finish may warrant an "s" rating. Oh, and add a couple of lett… View Comment
Jun 3, 2005 San Luis Valley > Penitente Canyon > Penitente - Entrance… Lovesnake 5.10 ● Stepping right onto the slab after the second bolt as the new guidebook suggests keeps this climb mild. Hea… View Comment
Jun 12, 2005 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > W Ridge > W Ridge - part A - Ve… Morning Thunder 5.9+ ● Short and steep with good pro and good feet, great body positions. Lots of good hand holds (fingers), just… View Comment
Jun 12, 2005 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - S Buttress C'est La Morte 5.9 ● Devious route, but a lot of fun! View Comment
May 10, 2005 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Spiney Ridge 20th Century Man 5.10a/b ● Several steep, cruxy moves, good rock and well-placed bolts make this climb one of the best of its grade in… View Comment

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