Rock climbing
1st Flatiron with Greg
Greg and I got out on this most gorgeous fall day in Boulder for a cruise up the 1st Flatiron. Temps were beautiful, almost hot, and we climbed the route in about 2 hours. It was fun to compare this to the last time Greg and I climbed this 6 or 7 years ago where … Continue reading
Casual Route – Black Canyon
We wrapped up our 2nd day of climbing in the Black Canyon by climbing the Casual Route, a nice 6 pitch 5.8 with a bit of scrambling/bushwhacking at the the end to top out. The weather was much better on day 2 so we were able to concentrate on getting some decent footage for the … Continue reading
Black Canyon – Maiden Voyage
This Memorial Day weekend I was able to finally do a couple routes in the awesome Black Canyon on the Gunnison. On Saturday we climbed Maiden Voyage, a great intro 4 pitch 5.9 route. The video from this route can be seen below. If you are on a broadband connection and want to see a … Continue reading
Climbing The Yellow Spur
April 13th, 2008 File this one under something I didn’t think I would do for a long time, climb the ultra-classic line the Yellow Spur in Eldorado Canyon. The Yellow Spur is a beautiful 6 pitch route on the famed Redgarden Wall (look closely for 2 climbers on the crux pitch near the top). Eldo 5.10 routes … Continue reading
Climbing in Red Rock, Las Vegas
At the beginning of March the gang invaded the beautiful sandstone of Red Rock just outside of Las Vegas for 3 days of climbing. Camping out Wednesday night was extremely cold, some Gatorade that was left outside froze overnight so the temps were definitely down in the 20s. I had my 32 degree summer bag … Continue reading