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Location: CO : Morrison/Evergreen
By: Derek Lawrence When: Mar 15, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Re: camping:
I'm not sure it would be considered "good", but the closest camping to Morrison is Bear Creek Lake Park - www.lakewood.org/bclp/.
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Location: CO : Canon City : Shelf Road : Cactus Cliff : The French Are Here (5.12c)
By: Derek Lawrence When: Feb 20, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Replaced the third bolt 2/16/13. As mentioned above, the bolt was not bent but was drilled at an angle. The rock around the bolt, however, was breaking up. See photo for before/after. Thanks to ASCA for the hardware!
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Submitted By: Derek Lawrence on Feb 20, 2013
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Location: CO : Canon City : Shelf Road : The Bank : Metamusso (5.11a)
By: Derek Lawrence When: Feb 20, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Agree with Ben about the photo [Eds. now relabeled & moved]. It's of Team Anorexia (you can tell by the old hanger clipped below the climbers feet). Both guidebooks seem to have errors in this area. They do agree on Metamusso being newish and the 1st route right of Dave Dangle but show the line wrong on the topos.
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Location: CO : Canon City : Shelf Road : Cactus Cliff : Blackman's Burden (5.10c)
By: Derek Lawrence When: Jan 21, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: ANCHORS ARE FIXED.
Updated the anchor again on 1/18/13 with s/s ASCA bolt and quicklinks. Added a short chain to right bolt to equalize. Anchor should be good to go for a while now.
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Location: CO : South Platte : Deckers : Little Half Dome : Just Chillin' (5.7)
By: Derek Lawrence When: Nov 26, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Put the anchors in and TRd this same year as Crack a Cold One (but later).
Both anchor sets hand drilled (3 inch holes in granite!!) Came back a year later with A. and E. Butcher when I finally got a power drill and the lead bolts were already installed (most likely by Scott S.)
Fun slab climbing. I felt the crux was prob last 20 feet to anchors.
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Location: CO : South Platte : Deckers : Little Half Dome : Crack a Cold One (5.4 PG13)
By: Derek Lawrence When: Nov 26, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: I cleaned this and put the anchors in years ago for something for my daugter to climb (on TR). The gear is there but tricky (i.e. sideways stoppers, small cams). I thought it was harder than 5.4 at the one move out of the crack near the anchors, but this is also one of the better protected moves (#2 Camalot if I remember), so it shouldn't matter.
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Location: CO : Rifle : Rifle Mountain Park : The Winchester Cave : Guns 'n Posers (5.11d)
By: Derek Lawrence When: Aug 27, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Added 2 ASCA quicklinks to anchor 8/26/12. Was previously just 2 carabiners on coldshuts in a rope-twisting configuration. Biners were in good condition, so the added quicklinks make for a much smoother lower....
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Location: NM : Taos Area : Dead Cholla Wall : Fun in the Sun (5.10a)
By: Derek Lawrence When: Aug 15, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: FA. Derek Lawrence and Bob D'Antonio 7/22/2012
I think I called it "Fun in the sun"
we were thinking 9+/10-, fun climb!
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : The Catslab : MacCavity (5.10a)
By: Derek Lawrence When: Aug 3, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Anchor replaced this evening. Due to funky rock in the original location, the new anchors are about 2 ft. lower. Big thanks to ASCA for the hardware!
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Location: NM : Taos Area : Dead Cholla Wall : Twisted Feet (5.11a)
By: Derek Lawrence When: Jul 22, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: wow - did not feel 11a to me. I'm sure the heat had something to do with it but today it felt mid-11 or harder. Can't rate it though as I came nowhere close to sending...
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : New Hipster Rock
By: Derek Lawrence When: Apr 26, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Heads up! Snakes are out. Stirred up a small rattlesnake on the way down from New Hipster this evening (dusk). Right on the trail as it goes through the brush and over the shoulder near the crag. Watch out....
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Location: CO : South Platte : Goose Creek/Molly Gulch Cam... : Helen's Dome
By: Derek Lawrence When: Mar 22, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Thanks, Darren - I've tweaked the description some more.... You oughta tag those photos as "beta" photos for this page!
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Location: CO : South Platte : Goose Creek/Molly Gulch Cam... : Helen's Dome
By: Derek Lawrence When: Mar 21, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: I tweaked the description above to add Kent's mileage to the pull-out (and remove that you can pay to park at Molly Gulch CG which isn't there anymore...).
It's been awhile since I've been back there. If anybody has any other beta (e.g. what's the current stream crossing set-up), let me know and I can update the description.
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Location: CO : Canon City : Shelf Road : The Bank : Richter Scale (5.10c) : Photo
By: Derek Lawrence When: Jan 27, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: Pretty sure it's Crab Nation....
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Location: CO : Canon City : Shelf Road : Cactus Cliff : Lats Don't Have Feelings (5.11d)
By: Derek Lawrence When: Jan 22, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: 5th and 4th bolts have been replaced. (While the 5th was the one with the rock blown out around it, after seeing how rusted it looked, I went ahead and replaced the 4th as well....)
Big thanks to ASCA for the hardware!!
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP
By: Derek Lawrence When: Dec 21, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: Terry,
This photo seems to have been taken March 2010, and I believe shows the area you're interested in....
www.mountainproject.com/v/106715969
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Location: CO : Canon City : Shelf Road : Sand Gulch : Free Form Wall : Partners in Crime (5.11c/d)
By: Derek Lawrence When: Dec 12, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: Anchors replaced 12/10/11. Big thanks to ASCA for providing the hardware!
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : Creek Side : Fool's Gold (5.12+)
By: Derek Lawrence When: Jul 19, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: Good Job, D! I can't believe that arete went at 12+! Looked much, much harder!!
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Location: WY : New Lander Guidebook!
By: Derek Lawrence When: Jun 15, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: "...previously undisclosed limestone crag near Wild Iris..."
North Country???
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Location: NM : Gallup Area : Mentmore
By: Derek Lawrence When: May 6, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: I had a fun time here this week on a business trip. Climbed with a couple cool locals (thanks Craig and Brian). Couple comments
re the anchors
Whats with the anchors at this place? The fact that you cant just lower off and move to another climb (without leaving something) is an inconvenience. But of the 4 climbs i got on here; 2 had anchor bolts placed that forced a cross-loaded biner over a bump/edge when the slings where set for lowering (or tr). One of those had been noted as h... more >>
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Location: NM : Gallup Area : Mentmore : Original Side : (03) Bivi Wall/Swallow Wall : Hookymaster General (5.10b)
By: Derek Lawrence When: May 6, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: A lot of fun! funky anchors on top
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Location: NM : Gallup Area : Mentmore : New Side : (02) The Corridor : Cameron's Coming (5.10c)
By: Derek Lawrence When: May 5, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: Super fun!! Looks harder from below but holds keep appearing. Finishing right of the last bolt as I did may be a bit harder than going left to the flake on left route
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Location: NM : Gallup Area : Mentmore : New Side : (02) The Corridor : Butter Toes (5.11a/b)
By: Derek Lawrence When: May 5, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: Fun route but got on this as my first route here hoping for a warm up (guide said easy climbing to hard move up top - 10c...) NOT 10c but still good
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Location: CO : South Platte : Deckers : Little Half Dome : Photo
By: Derek Lawrence When: Apr 14, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: I've not been on it, but Scott S. called it 11d.
EDIT: I just went to the main page and saw this comment from Scott
"In 2002, I bolted the black streak on right side, .11+/.12-"
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : The Catslab
By: Derek Lawrence When: Apr 6, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: The Oxbow Parcel on which Cat Slab sits is still in the planning stages from what I can tell. I found this link to a public meeting announcement for the site plan.
www.co.clear-creek.co.us/General/OS_Public_Mtg_Invitation_Fl>>>
There are still two meetings to go if anybody is interested....
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