Aaron Kolb > Forum Messages

Sep 8, 2024 Looking for partners for the whole fall and winter to get up towers both well known and, of more interest to me, obscure. Open to Moab area, San Rafael Swell, Valley of the God… View Message

Sep 6, 2024 It is possible to climb too many splitter Wingate cracks - you start to forget how to do any other kind of movement View Message

Sep 6, 2024 Probably a pretty mild take: the proliferation of Instagram guide and "how-to" content has got a whole cohort of beginning climbers obsessing about unimportant details and syst… View Message

Sep 5, 2024 If you are truly a beginner to multi pitch climbing, keep it simple. Use the same 70m as you would when single pitch climbing, only take a second if double rope rappels are nee… View Message

Aug 28, 2024 Not bad, did an 5.11c sport climb (really a mixed climb, but the trad part was easy) after three days of trying it, and mostly just did tons of random fun climbing. View Message

Aug 26, 2024 I came up with 3.97×10^25 quarks in a 22 gram aluminum carabiner.2.23×10^22 atoms/g aluminum * 22 g * 27 (protons+neutrons)/atom * 3 quarks/each proton or neutron View Message

Aug 26, 2024 A short geology section is a nice feature. I like to know what I'm climbing on. A great example is Jason Nelson's Ouray guidebook which has 7 pages on geology with a basic geol… View Message

Aug 26, 2024 "Three quarks for Muster Mark"- James Joyce View Message

Aug 25, 2024 Let me know if you want a partner on a weekend - as we move into fall I'll be interested in doing more climbing around GJ. Climbing mid 5.11 sport and 5.10 trad, familiar with… View Message

Aug 23, 2024 I feel like an extra $500 isn't the reason that me (or anyone else) isn't a better climber so... probably just gas money View Message

Aug 23, 2024 The guy Jaren is talking about is Will Moss, who apparently went from being a comp climber to doing a 5.14d R trad first ascent in less than a year or some crazy time frame lik… View Message

Aug 18, 2024 Todd Berlier wrote: I saw a YouTube video of a guy that only eats bread, pea and soy protein powder and a multi vitamin. He climbs 5.13 trad and boulders V12!But does he ha… View Message

Aug 18, 2024 I don't have a strong opinion, but I do know that people who preach a specific diet and make that a key part of their personality are some of the most annoying folks out there. View Message

Aug 11, 2024 Bump View Message

Aug 10, 2024 USA Basketball has been pretty fun to see Steph, LeBron, and KD teaming up for one last ride and delivering in the biggest moments. And funny/weird to see Steve Kerr refusing t… View Message

Aug 5, 2024 I'll be on a family camping trip and am hoping to line out a partner for one of these days for Taylor Canyon or nearby areas. Right now I enjoy getting on sport climbs up… View Message

Jul 31, 2024 I'm pretty sure the oceanic crust is made of basalt, but the continental crust is made of lighter rocks such as granite. View Message

Jul 30, 2024 After some quick Googling I learned that the valley floor has been filled with up to 2000 ft of sand and silt in the time since it was carved by glaciers. So about 2000 ft. View Message

Jul 27, 2024 I'd be down to climb on weekends, I live in Montrose so can't do most weekdays. Currently leading up to low-to-mid 11s View Message

Jul 17, 2024 I belayed the other day with the Neox. I didn't fall in love with it and found it awkward, but I am sure I would get used to it very quickly if it I used it often.I thought the… View Message

Jul 11, 2024 apogee wrote: Hard to imagine anyone who started climbing in the last ten years owning even half that many oval ‘biners.I started climbing in 2017 View Message

Jul 10, 2024 apogee wrote: Thats cuz they have no idea how to use them. ‘I just got out of the gym, ferchrissakes…just give me something simple, like those springy-cammy t… View Message

Jul 9, 2024 JD Borgeson wrote: .  We are staying in Montrose.  I guess guidebooks arent cool anymore, We stopped at a few different outdoor retailers and couldnt find anythin… View Message

Jul 8, 2024 Could it be a part of it is you being based in Denver where there is an overabundance of climbers and especially beginners? View Message

Jul 6, 2024 There are some classics at Independence Pass. Jaws, V3, first climbed by John Bachar and John Long. I climbed halfway up it, and then downclimbed cause it was scary.Inedit… View Message

Jul 5, 2024 That would mean 1 in every 30 Americans regularly gym climbs. Maybe in Boulder, but among the people I know that is not anywhere close. Maybe the number of gym climbers total (… View Message

Jul 1, 2024 "I don't care where we climb""I lead 5.xxx but I'll follow anything" View Message

Jun 20, 2024 All I can offer is that the best 5.10 sport climb at the Pass is I'll Be Black at Lincoln Creek View Message

Jun 18, 2024 I read a story involving an airplane gear drop. I've backpacked in that area before, it's beautiful. One trip it rained for 36 hours straight so my dad and I hiked 25 miles out… View Message

Jun 14, 2024 For all the talk about retrobolting slabs, who does anyone assume will do it? Most people who have the skills, and more importantly who have the motivation to actually spend th… View Message

Jun 13, 2024 Aaron Kolb wrote: - send several V6 boulders- climb 10 more desert towers, free or aid- send crack 5.11. Also send a couple local nemesis 5.10+ cracks - Uncle Remus and Zom… View Message

Jun 7, 2024 I just think it's funny that the incident that lead to this thread was toproping a slab View Message

Jun 1, 2024 I had a wild experience on a 5.4 slab climb this winter put up by Paul Ross in the San Rafael Swell. If that thing had had bolts even every 10 ft it would have been so boring t… View Message

Jun 1, 2024 It's getting hot and all I want to do is climb at higher elevations. I live in Montrose so it's an easy day trip. I'm not quite at my peak level at the moment but good for… View Message

May 29, 2024 I'd climb with you but my shoulder is kind of jacked up at the moment so only doing easier climbs until it heals View Message

May 29, 2024 I have a Fixe Shark 70m 9.8mm dry rope. It's a great rope and I like the name. View Message