Why my friends rock

[squiddo]

Enjoying a beautiful day in Red Rocks. Behind me is F4's version of the day. Thank you Erik....I feel so special.......

[mudworm]

Glad to hear you guys are having fun down there! 

[mungeclimber]

trip report bishes

[mynameismud]

Good times.

[F4?]

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.

[F4?]

In response to inquiries of what climbing in Red Rocks is like......

Birdland




Black Magic




Old School Ginger Cracks....


Really, you had to straddle the dihedral.....


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.

[mungeclimber]

fun looking rock

[squiddo]

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.

[F4?]

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.

[squiddo]

sheesh, post post post. OK already.

[squiddo]

Here you go F4:

Eric hiking into Pine Creek Canyon...poser approach on Birdland:



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:



This was a cool pitch. 3rd pitch of Black Magic. Windy and spicy 5.8+ move that looks like it's harder.



OK, I may have over protected this. 2nd pitch of Ginger Cracks, great 5.9 route worthy of stars beyond 3.



I loved this pitch. 4th crux 5.9 pitch. Actual had to jam some offwidth here! It was no Moby Center but hey!



Eric rapping down Ginger Cracks.

[F4?]

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.

[squiddo]

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.

[mudworm]

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?