Red Rocks routes to prepare for Epinephrine
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Heading out to RR in the next few weeks and am wondering if anyone can recommend some good routes to help prepare for an Epinephrine ascent maybe spring of next year. More specifically, I don't have a ton of chimney experience so I'd love to work some routes that allow me to practice those techniques at a slightly lower grade 5.6-5.8. Any reccos would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! |
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The epi Chimneys employ a lot of general crack technique and not too much pure chimney. But you will still want to do some chimney practice. Go do some wide cracks on the front range like this one up in the South St. Vrain: |
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Once you work your way through the 5.6-5.8 warm-ups, give Black Widow Hollow a shot on Mescalito in Red Rock. |
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I did epi without much chimney experience. I did lots of wall sits in preparation. That helped. The chimneys still felt pretty burly though. |
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How about Epinephrine? |
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I thought Tunnel Vision was a good intro to RR chimneys. If that doesn't feel too bad, Community Pillar is a good next step. In comparison, Epi will feel less complicated. |
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Go do some tight canyoneering to prepare for the chimney pitches. |
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Speaking of canyoneering.... |
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Beulahs Book |
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John Hegyes wrote:Once you work your way through the 5.6-5.8 warm-ups, give Black Widow Hollow a shot on Mescalito in Red Rock.Maybe the other way around; BWH has some serious squeeze on it. :) I led almost all of Epi for the first time with very little chimney experience. It wasn't so bad and you end up climbing hand and fist crack systems in the back of the chimney for a lot of it. It's a super fun route. Adding: the W Chimney on Green Mountain Pinnacle in the Flatirons would be good practice. |