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Location: General Climbing : Expired thread, 2011 editio... : Post : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Jul 4, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: That's one way to get the belayer's focused attention.
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Location: Trip Reports : Electrical storm? : Post : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Jun 17, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: From your comment on Mishell's thread: Awesome!
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Location: General Climbing : Best Dog Photo ? : Post : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Jan 20, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: Thumbs up!
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Location: Darren Mabe : more old photos : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Jan 4, 2011 | view comment >> |
Comments: Weren't you supposed to do this on FaceBook?
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : Shirt Tail Peak : Gambit (5.8)
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Sep 5, 2010 | view comment >> |
Comments: As Dustin B and Count Chocula say, the upper face is scary: feels like enormous, puzzle-wedged, loose, vibrating blocks hold the whole face together. Don't climb it, or climb it once; the location is amazing. But you can still climb Gambit, get comparable or better location, and avoid the Jenga Russian Roulette at the top. Just use the first belay ledge on the face to cut down and left to the arete and finish on a Rewritten-quality blade.
After turning on to the face... more >>
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Location: AZ : Southern Arizona : Cochise Stronghold : West Stronghold : Sheepshead Area (Southwest) : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Feb 15, 2010 | view comment >> |
Comments: Am I the only person who thought this was the Flatirons until I looked closer?
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Location: Just Alice : Pics of me : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Jan 18, 2010 | view comment >> |
Comments: You're aware the "dog" is really an alien with death rays for eyes?
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Location: Adam Winters : ProfPic : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Jan 14, 2010 | view comment >> |
Comments: Wouch! Is that a break or dislocation? How's recovery coming?
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Location: Umph! : Barred Tiger Salamander - F... : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Dec 21, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Wonderful! My son caught one of those once in the outlet of the pond at E.B Raines Park in Thornton. They look so exotic to be lurking around suburban Denver.
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Location: CO : Golden : The Quarry Wall : The Short Tour (5.10-)
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Sep 12, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: If this is 5.9, Blind Faith on the Bastille is 5.8.
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Location: J. Thompson : New route. : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Aug 20, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: cool pic. where is it?
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Location: CA : Joshua Tree National Park : Echo Rock Area : Rusty Wall : The Maneater (5.10d) : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Aug 18, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: 10d???
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Location: CO : Boulder : Flatirons : North : Second Flatiron : Freeway (5.0)
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Aug 15, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: The Empire Strikes Back, young SkyLauffen: 38:09.
It looks like I'm fudging now or wasn't trying before. But that's the true time and I always felt like I was trying. It saved several minutes to run straight through without changing shoes at bottom and top. Beyond that, I guess you inspired me!
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Location: WI : Necedah (Petenwell Bluff) : Y-Crack Wall : Straight No Chaser (5.11c) : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Aug 15, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: EB's are one thing, but a swami belt? Wow.
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Location: CA : Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : El Capitan : Mescalito (5.9+ A3)
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Aug 12, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: June of '81. Had the luxury of watching a similar convulsive moment, secure from the belay, as Pat Brannon pulled up oodles of slack and then lie-backed to the ledge. Other party member was Rick Lynsky.
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Location: CO : South Platte : Elevenmile Canyon : Elevenmile Dome : Face Value (5.9-)
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Aug 8, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Very fun bolted face. Steep, well protected, but not sewn up. A couple runouts on moderate ground hold the attention. Well worth doing and a great climb to set a toprope for strong beginners. A 60m gets down nicely, but make sure it's the middle!
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : Capitalist Crag : Lower Capitalist Crag : Cheap Labor (5.10a)
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Aug 6, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Maybe I was off route, but I felt the crux was some thin crimps and digits up and left just before the traverse and mantle to the final fingerlock headwall.
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Location: Shawn Mitchell : TNO CCC 7/21 : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Aug 5, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: I stand corrected; which also explains the grim all-business look on your face. Someone was, at that moment, in good hands!
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Location: Shawn Mitchell : Miscellenia : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Aug 5, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Very cool Micah. Sometime we'll have to climb and compare our snakes...
Heh.
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Location: Shawn Mitchell : Miscellenia : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Aug 2, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Buildering? It's a big wall, man.
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Location: Shawn Mitchell : Miscellenia : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Jul 31, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Your local department store. :) Scuffing some cheap leather loafers was worth the experience. Some in my group freaked out, but I figured the guards in the machine gun towers were more worried about guys climbing from the other side...
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Location: CO : Golden : The East Quarry : Play With Your Balls (5.11a/b)
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Jul 30, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Established on Lowe Balls but "further inspection" revealed CAM PLACEMENTS?? Me thinks you stinted on gear and risked your neck for a smartass route name!
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Location: Dirty Gri Gri, or is it GiG... : Boot Camp : Photo
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Jul 30, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Damn determined look in those shades!
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Location: CO : Boulder : Flatirons : Central : The Box : Hand Crack (5.9)
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Jul 29, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Fun 20' grovel. Decidedly right-leaning. BETA ALERT: Offwidth humping with left leg; internal and corner edge-pulling for the hands.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Flatirons : Central : The Box : Stone Love (5.10d)
By: Shawn Mitchell When: Jul 29, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Amazing airy moves! Footwork makes a lot of difference. P 1 is grainy but fun, and entirely optional. You can scramble up to p 2 from the right, or walk around and down to it from the left.
Per the guide book...40 minutes to approach??? Put on your track shoes.
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