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| Zoraster Temple | Steve Levin : Zoraster Temple, Grand Cany... | | Jan 18, 2013 |
| Zoraster Temple | Steve Levin : Zoraster Temple, Grand Cany... | | Jan 18, 2013 |
| Hike in | Steve Levin : Zoraster Temple, Grand Cany... | | Jan 18, 2013 |
| Sundevil Chimney, Titan | Steve Levin : Sundevil Chimney, Titan | | Jan 14, 2013 |
| Sundevil Chimney, Titan | Steve Levin : Sundevil Chimney, Titan | | Jan 14, 2013 |
| Rock cairn rappel, Trail Canyon, Utah. Steve "Ram" Ramras pictured. | Steve Levin : Trail Canyon | | Oct 21, 2009 |
| Photo by Larry Hamilton. Climber: Gary Hall. FA of Track Crack, somewhere on Peanuts? | Steve Levin : Track Crack | 1 person | Jun 21, 2008 |
| No it's not Slim Pickens from Dr. Strangelove, but Dan Hickstein riding the Vertigo Rappel tree before the trundle. Photo by Steve Levin | CO : Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall | 6 people | Jul 11, 2007 |
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The Whale's Tail : NED (Nothing Except Dynamic... (5.12b PG13) : Photo
By: Steve Levin When: Jan 31, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Bob, apologies on not getting the first solo ascent correct. I'll credit you in the 3rd edition ... just saw this and we've gone to press with the 2nd.
Hope you are well!
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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Big Thompson Canyon : Combat Rock : Arkansas Patriot (aka Wonde... (5.9+)
By: Steve Levin When: Jan 28, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: There is another bolted route left of the route described in this entry and shown in the photos Ivan posted. It has 4 bolts and 1 fixed pin to 2-bolt anchor, with a 5.9 move between bolts 1 & 2.
I'm confused.
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Location: International : North America : Canada : Northwest Territories : The Cirque of the Unclimbab... : ... : Southeast Face (5.11-)
By: Steve Levin When: Dec 30, 2012 | view comment >> |
Comments: FFA Mark Robinson, Sandy Stewart, Steve Levin, August 1977.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : New Eldo Guidebook + free e...
By: Steve Levin When: Oct 15, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: The new Eldo guide is available now at area shops including Neptune and Bent Gate.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : New Eldo Guidebook - Previe...
By: Steve Levin When: Oct 14, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: The new Eldorado guidebook has arrived in Colorado!
Neptune Mountaineering has copies...
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The Wind Tower : Wind Tower - SW Face : Roofed Out (5.7 R)
By: Steve Levin When: Mar 27, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: As a side note, during research for the Eldo guide I'm now finishing up, climbers have reported doing this variation as far back as 1970. It was the standard bailout for failure on the Tagger Roof; ascents starting as far back as late-1968 (right after Erickson freed the roof) probably occurred.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The Bastille : The Bastille - N Face : Northwest Corner (5.11a)
By: Steve Levin When: Mar 17, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: The loose flake has been removed.
Note it is now more difficult (and more runout) to clip the fixed pin off the rotten band-- the flake was a foothold for the clip.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Lumpe to the to... : Grandmother's Challenge (5.10c)
By: Steve Levin When: Feb 18, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: The proposal was approved, but the anchor has not been installed. Should happen soon....
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Location: NM : New Mexico Navajolands : Ship Rock : Regular Route (5.9 C0)
By: Steve Levin When: Jan 21, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: This is one of the great classic North American rock climbs. It is up there among the best routes I have ever done, not for the climbing, but for the experience. And after all, that's what we're after, right?
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Location: CO : Boulder : Flatirons : North : East Ironing Board : Slave to the Rhythm (5.13b)
By: Steve Levin When: Jan 10, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: One of the holds is called the "Peanut."
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Location: CO : Gunnison : Black Canyon of the Gunniso... : South Rim Routes : Crystal Vision (5.11 R)
By: Steve Levin When: Dec 29, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: I thought the approach was pretty okay--6 double rope rappels and then down-gully slummin' with no poison ivy. Locate the first rap anchor the day before-- it's a bit obscure. The route itself is alright. It'll clean up a bit with more ascents, notably the chimney pitch. Still a bit of that shady-side dirtiness to it. Kind of a worker's crack climb, although the cruxes up high are both face climbing. The 5.10+ arete is definitely sketch. Get on it early in the day and it'll be a good route for w... more >>
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Location: CO : Morrison/Evergreen : Morrison Boulders : Magnum Block : Magnum Force (V5)
By: Steve Levin When: Sep 26, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: FA Dan Stone.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The Bastille : The Bastille - N Face : Northwest Corner (5.11a)
By: Steve Levin When: Jun 15, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: The Park is waiting to determine the exact location of the gas line that runs a mere few inches under the road surface. I believe RMR will do the removal once they get the go-ahead.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The West Ridge : West Ridge - part C - Pony ... : Zeros and Ones (5.11+ PG13)
By: Steve Levin When: Jun 6, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: Chris--
It's the original fourth pitch of Practice Climb 101, which tackles the huge roof left of the Sooberb crux roof. Erickson left it out of Rocky Heights, since as you know he only included free climbs. The omission was perpetuated in subsequent guidebooks.
From: "ELDORADO: A Climber's Route Guide" by Pat Ament (1975) pages 105-106:
Practice Climb Number 101. II, 5.7, A3.
First ascent in 1966 by Larry and Roger Dalke.
Find the start to the Side Wall. Immediately to the left (north) is a s... more >>
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : Sobo : Bo Diddley (5.11c R)
By: Steve Levin When: Jun 4, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: We decided to call this fantastic SoBo pitch "Bo Diddley" in remembrance of the recently-deceased rock and blues guitar great.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The West Ridge : West Ridge - part D - Xanad... : Foxtrot (5.11d PG13)
By: Steve Levin When: May 24, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: I proposed a 2-bolt anchor above Foxtrot/Crazy Fingers in 2001, and (if I remember correctly) it was approved by the FHRC in June of that year. Due to events out of my control I never followed up on the proposal, and after some thought, decided against pursuing it further. I agree that the current set-up is inconvenient, but Foxtrot is getting a lot of ascents, and the current anchor is, at least, workable. There are many examples in the canyon where a 2-bolt anchor is necessary. Is this one of ... more >>
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : Shirt Tail Peak : Serrated Jam Crack (5.10a)
By: Steve Levin When: May 2, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: This route was first described on page 124 of Pat Ament's 1975 Eldorado guidebook, so it is hardly likely that a 1983 first ascent claim is valid.
"Serrated Jam-Crack 5.9+.
Reach a sloping ledge about 40 feet below a large tree in the prominent dihedral between the two main aretes. Starting with a traverse left beneath a rotten overhang, climb 40 feet up and right to a prominent, serrated jam-crack which leads to the rotten ledge on Gambit."
No first ascent credit is given.
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