Speed Records in Eldo

Scott Bennett wrote: So the fastest runners and the boldest soloists will hold most records.

Ahh yes, but most fast runners are not bold soloists, and vice versa! So anyone who can run decently and is comfortable soloing can certainly work their way up to record times. And for these CTC (or bridge-to-bridge) times, a huge chunk of time can be made up in routefinding, which as nothing to do with running or boldness! I'd wager that just dialing in the East Slabs decent would shave 5+ minutes off a Naked Edge speed record.

Finding psyched (and able) partners is perhaps the crux of roped, safe speed-climbing efforts.

(when I asked Pat Ament if he'd ever done anything like 15 Summits, he replied "I didn't know there WERE 15 Summits"). While there was a lot of fifth class climbing involved, I decided this would be a matter of touching all the summits any which-way.

I agree with Pat, which are the 15 summits? seems like a pretty good thing to do in a day. Although I will probably be recording my speed with a calander instead of a stop watch, it would be a cool thing to try.

if i remember correctly, johnL was thinking about chasing briggs' bike to the diamond time. to me, this is probably the most impressive boulder-area feat. curious to see how he did, seems like he might have a decent chance at it.

15 Summits: Rotwand, Bastille, Hawk Eagle Ridge, Whale's Tail, Wind Tower, Tower One, Tower Two, Lumpe Tower, Supremacy, lower Peanuts (because of raptor closure), Cadillac Crag, Rincon, Shirt Tail Peak, Potato Chip, Long John Tower. This was the designate from the Celebrate Eldo event and the task taken to hand in 2hours 59m car2car. Logistics are a big part of this adventure. I took a couple dry runs working out different sections.

I heard that Dave was actually parked at the Eldo Mini Mart, making his car to car quite a feat!

Prod.

Hey Mic,

I'm happy to see all of those summits in a year. Good work and thanks for the list.

Prod.

Are you so sure Prod? I heard Dave and Bob used their superhero powers to *fly* from the house (in South Boulder) to the bridge making it a H2B2B2H time. :)

Any updates to this thread? Interested in climb and b2b times in a party of two for ys, gs, outer space, bastille, ruper, rosy, ss...any of the trade routes.

Climbing times are even better than b2b as I'm not sure I'm motivated enough (or skilled enough) for b2b.

Brandon Groza wrote:Any updates to this thread?

Back in mid-may, right after the raptor closure was lifted, Jason Wells and I had a fun run up the Naked Edge. We soloed the ramp route and cave to the start, roped up and simul-climbed the route as 1 pitch, then scrambled back down as fast as we could. We were ~8 min to the base, ~39 min to the summit, and stopped the watch at 49m44s back in the middle of the bridge.

Baller. Nice work!

Bump for work boredom. I know someone out there has some good ones. Anyone know the FKT for shirtail?

How about FKT for link-ups?