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Climbing and ... Climbing => Everywhere Else => Topic started by: squiddo on March 08, 2008, 07:15:16 PM
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Enjoying a beautiful day in Red Rocks. Behind me is F4's version of the day. Thank you Erik....I feel so special.......
(http://squiddo.smugmug.com/photos/263499017_MFccL-S.jpg)
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Glad to hear you guys are having fun down there! :)
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trip report bishes
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Good times.
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We flew in.
We climbed and climbed.
We flew home.
All in all it was a good trip considering my back issues. I could barely do the approaches until today. The weathe was perfect!
We seemed to hit some good routes with on getting slowed down once.
Bird Land- nice new route 5.7+ (they are conservative on the newer routes)
Black Magic-5.8 Nice crack with an airy feel. The best 5.8 roof.
Ginger Cracks- Steep! Great cruxes and a steep 5.9 crux
Straight Shooter- "Punchy 5.9 crux" my fingers barely fit into the crack. Good thing it was on a slab.
Locals there are using 70m ropes on most of the routes. It eliminates the need for a 2nd rope which is nice. I won't go back without one.
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In response to inquiries of what climbing in Red Rocks is like......
Birdland
(http://ebratton2120.smugmug.com/photos/266033077_HsALp-M.jpg)
(http://ebratton2120.smugmug.com/photos/266033801_cyUeT-M.jpg)
Black Magic
(http://ebratton2120.smugmug.com/photos/266034336_iUUcX-M.jpg)
(http://ebratton2120.smugmug.com/photos/266034915_ywT3Y-M.jpg)
Old School Ginger Cracks....
(http://ebratton2120.smugmug.com/photos/266035413_9AKoV-M.jpg)
Really, you had to straddle the dihedral.....
(http://ebratton2120.smugmug.com/photos/266035932_7YWcV-M.jpg)
I'd have shot more pictures if marc hadn't been so adamant about keeping him on belay. Sheesh. Maybe that's why he had that "look" in the pictures I did take.
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fun looking rock
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Thanks F4. For keeping your hands on the belay AND for the pictures. What you actually MEANT though, you'd have shot more pictures if you had brought a memory card that wasn't at capacity.
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Now it's your turn...post up!
Munge...the rock was very trippy. We did a good job of climbing routes with different features. And the pinnalces climbers that we are..we noticed the flexing holds. Down not out.
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sheesh, post post post. OK already.
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Here you go F4:
Eric hiking into Pine Creek Canyon...poser approach on Birdland:
(http://squiddo.smugmug.com/photos/264758880_YARFU-M.jpg)
View up to Eric on the 1st pitch belay of Black Magic....Lotta Balls Wall in First Creek Canyon. He wept before I took this:
(http://squiddo.smugmug.com/photos/264759500_gMcKY-M.jpg)
This was a cool pitch. 3rd pitch of Black Magic. Windy and spicy 5.8+ move that looks like it's harder.
(http://squiddo.smugmug.com/photos/264759664_oEGyy-M.jpg)
OK, I may have over protected this. 2nd pitch of Ginger Cracks, great 5.9 route worthy of stars beyond 3.
(http://squiddo.smugmug.com/photos/264759978_VC6dM-M.jpg)
I loved this pitch. 4th crux 5.9 pitch. Actual had to jam some offwidth here! It was no Moby Center but hey!
(http://squiddo.smugmug.com/photos/264760190_VPSVL-M.jpg)
Eric rapping down Ginger Cracks.
(http://squiddo.smugmug.com/photos/264760219_5CFAD-M.jpg)
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I was greatful to find a bolt on the roof part of Black Magic. Just where I wanted it.
Giner was nice. Very old school. Those darm wide sections just seemed to appear.
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HA, almost forgot the best part. Two days of climbing, two dropped cababiners (of MINE) by F4. Watch that guy, he's got some heinous inner jealously thing going about a mans gear.
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HA, almost forgot the best part. Two days of climbing, two dropped cababiners (of MINE) by F4. Watch that guy, he's got some heinous inner jealously thing going about a mans gear.
Maybe he thought the rack was too heavy?