Calling all south platte rats...

Thanks for the pics Olaf. Tony I agree that the Flatirons are way underrated, amazing climbing in a picturesque setting.

Now back to the Platte. It's not all cracks....

Slabby....

slabby, steep, but what about...
The knobby water streaks!
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But how could you say no to either of these cracks.

Platte Rat:

Someone who not only climbs, but lives by the mantra: A rope, a rack, and the shirt on your back because it's not about numbers or grades, or trad vs sport, or anything but the adventure and occasionally sand-bagging your partner.

Defining Charecteristics:
-6AM is a late start, gotta beat the afternoon rain
-Just as good at off-width as anything else
-Uses hexes because cams are heavy and expensive, not because they are "purists"
-Doesn't mind a "stiff" approach
-Has said at least once "You mean you don't go to the top and walk off?"
-Has said an infinite amount of times "That'd be just 5.9 at Turkey"

Monty wrote: But how could you say no to either of these cracks.

Center Route - can you say Sustained - Full Value - 5.9? I'd say that's about as perfect a 3 pitch 5.9 as there gets. You'll wish it would keep going, but you may be too waxed and happy that it doesn't.

YDPL8S wrote:Center Route - can you say Sustained - Full Value - 5.9? I'd say that's about as perfect a 3 pitch 5.9 as there gets. You'll wish it would keep going, but you may be too waxed and happy that it doesn't.

So when is the bouldering/book launch party going to happen?