What climb made you proud this year?
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If I am honest, I guess, kinda Nothin'. So if anyone else is feeling that way, you are not alone. |
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This year I got 3 v3's in Leavenworth. I've touched these problems for two seasons now and have mostly not been able to start or do the first move on them. This year I went out pretty often and got a new one each time I went out. Felt great to be able to make the moves that had shut me down multiple times previously. |
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This is where it's ok to humble brag, right? |
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climbing friend, |
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This thread is awesome. Props to bearded sam on sending Evo. That route sent me home with tail between my legs last year. |
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No Calculators Allowed, a (reportedly soft) 10a trad lead at Josh. The climb probably is a bit softer than 10a, but the top is committing. I was able to place a .3 cam in a horizontal crack before moving into the crux, but I ran out the top 15 or so feet. There is a really solid hand in this section, but I kept looking for a solid placement while hanging off the hold. I realized that I was just wasting gas on the hold and I either had to commit and go or take a short whipper. It was nice to push past my typical caution and recognize the impeding pump out while I still had the strength to finish the route. A nice on-sight, especially since I didn't get the beta that the top was run out until after I was done. |
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It may seem like it's hardly noteworthy to most folks here, but 2016 was the first year where I led all of the whopping two pitches on Man's Best Friend at Red Rocks!It was my first multipitch climb ever. |
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The two most memorable/proud climbs for me this year were some unfinished business left over from 2011. In summer 2011 I took a trip to Squamish, and two of my goals for that trip were Freeway (11c multipitch) and Flight of the Challenger (12c single pitch trad). I got totally bouted on both of these. On Freeway we found ourselves in way over our heads, and bailed after a few pitches. On Flight of the Challenger, I dropped a TR on it to suss it out, and totally flailed. Retreated from that trip with my tail between my legs… |
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Timothy Carlson wrote:It may seem like it's hardly noteworthy to most folks here, but 2016 was the first year where I led all of the whopping two pitches on Man's Best Friend at Red Rocks!It was my first multipitch climb ever.First multipitch is always noteworthy! Some inspirational reads and pics on here. I was proud to do Ten Little Indians on Chiefs Head. Most adventurous day of climbing I've ever done. I finished off a climb I had failed on before I had my son who's now two. Pen 15 Not exactly climbing related but I finally got out to see Mesa Verde and it was amazing. Happy climbing next year! |
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Coming off a bad A2 pulley strain last winter, getting back into it and getting up Xanadu (10a) in eldo was big for me. looking forward to progressing more next season! |
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I was very happy to be asked to join and lead the entire Notch Couloir route from Broadway to the top of the Notch on Longs Peak in full on Winter conditions for two buddies of mine. They were trying to climb Longs Peak each month of the year by a different route. They reckoned I'd be a good rope gun because of the combination of my multipitch and steep snow experience. I think they were both crazy in thinking so, although I'll admit I may have been the only one in the party to know how to use an ATC in guide mode and make a SERENE anchor out of gear (of which I made two of as we simul'd most of the route). It was beyond exhilarating of an experience for me. Crossing the bottom of the Notch Couloir with a picket 30 feet away as the last piece of, "pro" is exciting, to say the least. Full Story I joined one of them yesterday up Keplingers (miserable!) to see him finish his project. My other bud finished his project earlier this month on Cables, something like his 70th lifetime ascent on Longs. In Oct, we also tried our luck on an obscure line on the West Face of Longs called Van Diver's West Wall. He added it to MP Small history lesson: Van Diver was the first person ever to rap down the West side of the Maiden. These two are now something like the 3rd and 4th people ever to complete the project. I'm on month #5, myself. |
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Proudest was doing the complete north ridge of Mt Stuart in good style, car to car. Can't say we beat any time records, but with 9k total elevation gain (3k of that is the route), it's a damn big day. |
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Got out more than I ever have. And while I'm climbing less hard than I used to (thanks labrum tear) I'm getting more consistent in the grades I do climb. |
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I was looking at my year and I would say I am a bit torn on the best moment. I took my first trip to Yosemite, climbed some fun stuff in the east, a lot of cool stuff in Colorado. |
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--- Invalid image id: 112416937 --- This is an awesome thread... Nice to see ppl not complaining about how bad 2016 was... I had a great year climbing. Last year I had some nagging elbow and shoulder injuries so I decided to tone down the difficulty, and focus on volume. Sent 99 routes this year. Some hard, some easy, some multipitch, and some projects. That's by far the most routes I've ever done in a year... Then I talked some whicked hot chick into climbing Wham Ridge w me... Then married her the next morning in the meadow below Vestal Peak... Then, to top off the year I sent Lucid Dreaming in Lower Dream Canyon. Only the second 12d I've ever done... Hoping 2017 is just as good |
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Got my first real free solo up the first and third flatirons! And first 5.11 onsight in Ouray. Pretty cool to see progress in my own confidence |
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Stood on top of Ancient Art for my birthday! |