Aid - Country Club Crack

I don't Aid much, I know CCC is considered a classic aid line. Would this be A1 or A2? Can anyone recommend some easy to get to lines localy that would be A2/C2?

CCC is probably C1, though there is a tricky section down low. An 'A' rating would mean you would need a hammer. CCC definitely goes on nuts and cams so it gets the 'C' rating.

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I'd be interested to go back and try that again. Tried it as my second aid practice. The first 20 feet or so got me to back down. Then again, I'm a poor excuse for an aid climber.

There is probably lots of cracks closer to Fort Collins than CCC. Just pick a steep clean crack and go plug in cams and nuts and work on movement. Do it a bunch of times and work on removing any unnecessary movements.

Cam
CCC would be a good crack to practice on,,,but. It gets a lot of traffic. I jumped on it to practice aid for the first time in 20 years before heading out to climb some desert towers. It was a cold day not expected to hit 40 and we still saw another party come to free it. I would rather not clog up a free climb practicing aid. The bottom is harder for some than it is for others. The trick is balance to optimize your reach.
John is right finding some cracks closer to home and aid them would serve you better. I use to practice aid on granite when it was raining or had just rained and the cracks were wet. Did not loose out on regular climbing (we only had the choice of free and aid climbing how simple can it be). Aid for most belayers is boring so another plus for local shorter crags is to be able to top rope your self. You can also find out of the way un climbed seams and cracks for nailing. You get to nail nad not damaged existing climbs.
Have fun

It goes on regular nuts and a single set of cams. More gear (offset nuts and double cams) is nice if you're trying to link P1 and P2 but if you break it up and conserve gear then you don't need a huge rack to do it. Definitely C1. Makes a good solo so you don't make your belayer bored and there are some spots that will make you top step most likely for practice.

Cob rock has some shorter aid pitches that give some doable challenges for a beginner.

In the garden of the gods, triple X is fairly straight forward, but more challenging that the above. The hardest part is dealing with the rock quality. It's longer too.

evan

I would def NOT recomend Tripple Exposure as a practice aid climb

Unless you wish to practice climbing on 40 year old 1/4 bolts um er rusty studs in shitty sandstone . the belay stations are not that great ether.Micro nuts n aliens will be your friend on this one

Ive seen more than one aspireing aid man bail after the first pitchthis after taking what seemed like hours to get there .

I would only recomend tripple X to someone wishing to practice for the Fisher towers.

Clean aid Anaconda , it's clean, streight forward and fun to the first pitch . The second pitch is fun as well all belays are bomber (Thanks Stewart) I do laps on this weather/free climbers permitting all year.

Most of the time no one is on it as it's not in the public eye hence no turons to take your picture being a bad ass climber

any thoughts on the bolt boulder below the twin owls?

The route listed as "Aid Roof" on Castle Rock is a worthy objective. Might as well hop on that. Very, very few free climbing attempts on that one. ha.

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Cam,

Go check out Anaconda on the Twin Owls as an aid line. I know a number of folks who have honed some skills aiding on that thing, plus if youre feeling like having some more fun you can set it up for the TR attempt! Goes out as soon as the nesting closures begin though.

Also, if you ever make it up to the Palace a la Cache le Poudre, the route Dear Slabby is very aidable on gear, and if you get scared you can clip those bolts as you go. This would also make for an exciting gear only free climb (doesnt mean no one needs to be going out and chopping them bolts though!). As I recall its mostly micro nuts and aliens, but Id bring singles in the hand sizes too for the upper crack bit.

It's called "Old Aid Wall" for a reason.

Stich wrote:The route listed as "Aid Roof" on Castle Rock is a worthy objective. Might as well hop on that. Very, very few free climbing attempts on that one. ha.

The only time I practiced aiding CCC was in the snow and freezing temps, I wanted to make sure that nobody was going to free climb it while I was there. If someone was around to climb it I was going to aid that roof instead. I was about halfway up when a van rolls up and out jumps Matt Segal and Will Stanhope. I thought they might be jumping on CCC to do some laps or get a light workout but their objective was the Aid Roof instead.

CCC is C1 for sure, but good practic. Pick a somewhat cold weekday and no one should be around. But it really boils down to first come first serve. You ought to be able to hammer through it by the time they hike from the car to the base and gear up....

Aid Crack on Cob rock is a nice clean line as well. A little spicier than CCC with thin nuts and a hook move or 2.

Both are nice free climbs as well. If solo aiding set up a top rope and top rope solo as well. You'll enjoy it.

Prod.

Anyone want to go aid CCC Friday morning?

ive been wanting to practice aid over there...id be interested sometime

Adam I wish I would have seen your post sooner. Could have easily made it today. If you still want to head up there in the next few days let me know. I'm pretty free.

If anyone wants to get out and practice some aiding I would be up for it. Country Club or not. My partner wants to get on a wall with me but doesn't want to practice aiding.

Also wondering if anyone out there knows of a climb considered C2 in the Boulder area that isn't a roof. Thinking close to vertical or slightly overhanging.

greg, go aid the lower pitches of china doll. Very c2, more like c1 if you use the bolts. You can link the first 3 pitches in one. The upper pitches are loose and require some hooking at c2+ish.

Hey Greg,

Aid Cack on Cob rock is closer to C2 than CCC. The crux requied thin nuts and a high step hook over a #00 TCU. Felt pretty spicy to me.

Prod.

On scout rock in SSV there is a leaning aid crack that is A2. Good fun and you can blast you car stero while you are there.