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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Lumpy Ridge : Sundance Buttress : Kor's Flake (5.7)
By: Ryan Miller When: May 28, 2002

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Comments: In short one of the best 5.7s I have done.

Thanks for the to Hexes, banged them out this past Memorial Day Weekend. The rope is tattered and lost in the back of the chimney now.

Special note to new 5.7 leaders.

The run out above the 2 belay on pitch 3 might be more then liked, especially with no big gear. I had to run it out 30 feet on the anchor to the fixed hexes mentioned above. Great stemming and lie-backing can be had and once above the squeeze good gear is available. Also, do not... more >>


Location: CO : Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : Petit Grepon : South Face (5.8)
By: Ryan Miller When: May 24, 2002

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Comments: Climbing in late fall or early spring will eliminate the crowds. I climbed in late November several years back and only had one other team on the route.

Special note about raps:

When [rapping] off the north face with the intent to descending to the north through The Gash, WATCH your rope. The small ledge between the summit and the short pitch leading to The Gash will catch your rope. I spent a long cold night on that ledge after getting our ropes stuck.

As of July 2001 a new [rap] route ... more >>


Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Lumpy Ridge : The Bookmark : The 37th Cog in Melvin's Wh... (5.8)
By: Ryan Miller When: May 16, 2002

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Comments: A light rack is all that is needed, a few cams in the 00, 01, .25, .5, .75 a set of nuts and a few larger cams 1, 2, and maybe a 3 off the belay above P3. I over racked for this route when I did it last.

The west rap will run short with a 60 meter rope. However, there are some slings and rap rings slung around some boulders in the west gully at the end of the first rap (as of May 15, 2002) making for a short 50-foot rap to a walk off.