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Location: IL : Mississippi Palisades : Double Overhang (5.8)
By: Barry Collins When: Jun 22, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Fun, pumpy route worth doing. Bolted anchors on top, no need to sling the tree anymore, a cord-a-let will do.
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Location: IL : Mississippi Palisades : Nosey (5.7)
By: Barry Collins When: Jun 22, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Bolted top-rope anchors now installed, easily reached from the top.
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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Big Thompson Canyon : Jug Dome aka Anne's Rock
By: Barry Collins When: Feb 22, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Quite the dilemma for sure. The summit of Anne's Rock is in a way its own "museum". The register has endured for 50 yrs, and it's heartening to know that many people have viewed it and chosen to leave it for the next person to experience. Personally I'd rather it stay where it is, where it was placed by the first ascentionist, as they intended it to be. Perhaps a more secure container would be a good idea though....
Barry
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Lumpe to the to... : Rewritten (5.7)
By: Barry Collins When: Feb 10, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: Took a nice 15 ft. fall from the Zot cave today when a fixed piece blew. BTW the fixed pin below the cave is bomber!! Rest of the climb is stellar.
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Location: CA : Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Royal Arches : Royal Arches (5.10a/b)
By: Barry Collins When: Jun 28, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: Take 2 60's and do the 7 raps in the dark with one headlamp. That was our strategy.....
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Location: NV : Red Rock : Pine Creek Canyon : Brass Wall : Birdland (5.7+)
By: Barry Collins When: Mar 28, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: Just back from Red Rocks and a run up the "Bird". Beautiful route! In anticipation of the expected rope stretching 60 meter rap off the last pitch, I did the following: Tied a corda-lette to the anchors at the top of pitch 4, then I led up about 10 ft. and used a nut to "fix" the corda-lette to the bottom of the pitch 5 finger crack. Then on the rap, I simply reached over, clipped into the corda-lette, ran the rap knots right up against my rap device (use beefy knots and a biner through them). S... more >>
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Location: CO : CO Ice & Mixed : RMNP - Mixed/Ice : Glacier Gorge : All Mixed Up (WI4 R)
By: Barry Collins When: Jan 14, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: Route is fat, wide and fun. Approach is deep powder, bring snowshoes. Climbed it yesterday, the lowlands were frigid but with an inversion we enjoyed 15-20 degree temps, no wind and some sun. Don't stay home cuz you think it's too cold up there!! Only us and another party of 2 had the whole route on a Sunday. Rapped the route off a tree to climbers right, frozen boulder and an ice pillar, seemed much easier than the walk off which the other party took.
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