If you ask a climber if she wants to go rock climbing, a likely response will be “what kind?” Answers to this follow up inquiry might include: bouldering, sport-climbing, trad, or multi-pitch. For folks that are new to climbing, the lingo may seem confusing. Let’s get this sorted out and point you to some places [...]
Today was one of those rare days where everything seems to go well. I was fortunate enough to climb with Warren. He wanted to climb the Nose on Looking Glass Rock. It is one of those must do classics in the area. The Nose was the first route on this section of rock and follows [...]
Today was a great day climbing Table Rock. I met with Cindy at the Table Rock parking lot with the plan of climbing some multipitch. We climbed Jim Dandy & My Route. Cindy climbed well. My route has some great exposure and fantastic views. The crux is challenging and takes so mental control to focus [...]
Bruce and his daughter had never climbed multi-pitch, so we began the day by going over protection: how different protection works, how to remove it & how to organize it while cleaning the pitch. The morning was looking good so we climbed the Nose to the Parking Lot. A storm came in from the North [...]
Ice Climbing at Black Lake in Estes Park CO I arrive in CO one day after the good rock climbing weather. David and I had planned on climbing some rock while I was in town for the AMGA Conference. That wasn’t going to happen. Cold weather and snow was moving in. It was a good [...]
Fall is a great time to have a fun day multipitch climbing. I recently had a great day climbing with Keith and Adam. Keith wanted to climb the mummy for his birthday. The Mummy is a great climb found in the Linville Gorge. The trick is finding it. To make the day even better Adam, [...]
The last day of the October is Halloween, tricks or treats day. We had a little of both. I was fortunate enough to get to climb with Dan Stipe. Our original objective was not climbable because of rain earlier in the week. Dan was flexible and we decided to climb at Laurel Knob. Laurel Knob [...]
Dark Shadows Alpine starts give you a buffer in case things go wrong. We started as early as you can at Red Rocks. The gate opens at 7am and we were there at 6:45, remarkably the gate was open for business. Shawn and I were heading for Dark Shadows on the Mescalito. We were the [...]
Saturday I was fortunate enough to climb with Todd and Maria. They were in NC on vacation from New York. Both were adventurous. Todd has run 10 marathons and Maria has run 6. Maria had done some climbing in the Gunks and wanted to try some multipitch in NC, so they decided to come out. [...]
The weather was going to be perfect for climbing and it was. Kaijia and Chung were visiting the area and decided to do some rock climbing. It was a great day for it. Kaijia is from NY and has climbed at the Gunks some. This was Chung’s first outdoor experience. Knowing that the Gunks is [...]
