Home - Destinations - iPhone/Android - Gyms - Partners - Forum - Photos - Deals - What's New
	ADVANCED

The People of Mountain Project > Bruce Hildenbrand

Member Since: Apr 18, 2003
Last Visit: 11 hours ago

Contact Bruce Hildenbrand

Point Rank: # 1,044
Total Points: 501
Last Year: 157
Last 30 Days: 9

How do you get points?

Areas are worth 15

Routes are worth 10

Photos are worth 5

Comments are worth 1

Where has Bruce Hildenbrand been climbing?

2 people gave this user's contributions a positive rating.

Bruce Hildenbrand

Contributions

Contributions

Page 7 of 10. <Prev 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next>


Contributed Comments
Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Happy Hour Crag By: Bruce Hildenbrand When: Jun 27, 2003	view comment >>
Comments: In early June, Ron Olsen and I replaced all the rappel/lower hardware in the fixed anchors on this crag with 5/16" quick links and 3/8" chain links. In the process, we removed all smash (lap) links; the ones on the anchor of Grins were especially bad most likely due to the not-recommended practice of belaying and lowering directly through the anchors. This effort was part of the American Safe Climbing Associations (ASCA - www.safeclimbing.org) Clean Anchors Campaign. They could use ... more >>
Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Big Thompson Canyon : The Monastery : The Vestibule : Inner Peace (5.10b) By: Bruce Hildenbrand When: Jun 19, 2003	view comment >>
Comments: This route seemed harder to me than 5.9+ more like 5.10b. The description in Gillette's guide mentions"fat holds". I must have missed those at the crux. BTW, the crux is not a single move, more like about 10-15 feet of continuously thin hold climbing between about bolts 6 through 8.
Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : The Catslab : Rumple Teaser (5.10b) By: Bruce Hildenbrand When: Jun 18, 2003	view comment >>
Comments: We added 5/16" quick links with a single link of 3/8" proof coil chain to all the anchors on Catslab (except Skimbleshanks and Grizabella - they had already been"fixed" and Gus and Rum Tum Tugger..???). That should help alleviate wear problems to the cold shuts. When the 3/8" links wear, just unscrew the quick link and replace the link of chain. Yes, it would be nice if people didn't use the anchors directly for top roping and lowering.
Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : CO Hwy 7 & Tributaries : Jurassic Park - Lily Lake : Dinosaur's Foot : Index Toe (5.8) By: Bruce Hildenbrand When: May 23, 2003	view comment >>
Comments: This climb is indeed 5.8 you just need some route finding skills to locate the correct holds. Fun! Please do not pass this one by because of claims of a sandbag. It's not.
Location: CO : South Platte : Deckers : Java Dome : North Face : Traditionalists at Work (5.9) By: Bruce Hildenbrand When: Apr 18, 2003	view comment >>
Comments: About the buttonhead bolts, when Dale Hass and I put up this route in 1987, we used 5/16" Rawl buttonheads which were cutting edge (supposedly) at the time for lead bolting on granite (it takes sooooo long to drill a hole in granite). Recent experiences by the American Safe ClimbingAssociation (ASCA) indicate that these are a very good choice for lead bolting as they are pretty strong (AKA very hard to remove when re-bolting).