Wednesday, July 11, 2012

RMNP Link-up w/Alex Honnold

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Alex Honnold atop Pagoda with Longs Peak in the background Strava Photos I climbed the Nose-in-a-day with Hans, one week before he ...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

Petit Grepon Before Work

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Strava Stefan and I climbed the  Petit   Grepon  this morning, before work! We met at the Bus Stop at 3:30 a.m. and headed to the Glac...

Kiener's Route on Longs Peak - Solo

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Photos Strava Paul and Tony's impressive efforts up Kiener's of late inspired me to give it a try as well. Scrambling the...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Humble Pie on the Nose

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This is a confession of sorts on my NIAD ascent with Hans... Sunday, June 10th, I climbed the Nose with Hans Florine. It took us 10h...
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Friday, May 11, 2012

Cold, Early Trip up Ruper

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Tom and I were hiking toward Ruper at 6 a.m. this morning. It didn't feel that cold out and I was hot by the time I had scrambled up t...
Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Opened the Morning Eldo Season Today!

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Tom and I met at 6:30 a.m. and did the Bulge (4 pitches, 5.9). We pitched it out with Tom taking the odd pitches. Numb fingers for the fi...
Monday, May 07, 2012

Zion Trip Summary

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The impressive East Temple For the last few years I've gone to Zion for the last week in April. I just love this place and am not...

Zion Day 9: Angel's Landing

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Map I love the trail up Angel's Landing. I think it is one of the greatest short trails I've ever done. In only 2.5 miles it g...

Zion Day 8: Sheer Lunacy

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Photos Map Opie and I had absolutely decadent support from the Loobster for this climb. He did practically everything besides climb i...

Zion Day 7: Jenny Peak (and her Nipples)

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Photos Map Yes, this was supposed to be the wall climb. We had racked and packed the day before and determined to launch. The alarm w...
Sunday, May 06, 2012

Zion Day 6: Confluence Area Cragging

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Crimson King Photos Map Opie arrived a bit after 7 p.m. yesterday and the weather report looked grim: an 80% chance of rain. So we ...

Zion Day 5: The Watchman

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Photos Map The Watchman is an awesome summit that hangs right over our campground and the Zion National Park Visitor Center. I've ...

Zion Day 3: Johnson Mountain

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Photos Map Courtney Purcell has a funny way about his descriptions in the guidebook. They lack a certain je ne sais information. F...
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Zion Day 4: Smashmouth

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Photos Map The main objective for today was to climb Smashmouth. The Loobster and I had rapped down this route on our descent from Ta...

First Flatiron with the Koskis

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Photos Map Today I took my sister's entire family up the First Flatiron. Sheri and Derek came along as well and proved quite valua...