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Charles Vernon

Colorado megalopolis

48 years old · Male

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Member Since

Jan 1, 2001

Last Visit: 7 hours ago

2,743 Points
Point Rank: #407 Details Drop down

26 Areas

390 pts - 15 each

158 Routes

1,580 pts - 10 each

152 Photos

760 pts - 5 each

0 Approach Trails

0 pts - 4 each

13 Page Improvements

13 pts - 1 each

Likes Trad, Sport, Tr, Boulders

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Dec 6, 2024 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Dome Cozyhang Alt. Finish 5.10 ● Contrary to Kaz's comment, this is indeed a separate route from the Cozyhang 10a Variation. That said, it i… View Comment
Nov 10, 2024 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Wind Tower > Wind Tower - SW Face I Did It My Way 5.9 R ● TLDR: despite zero stars in Levin (3rd ed.), this is a great, little pitch that can be a pretty sane lead w… View Comment
Aug 28, 2024 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Avalon > First Tier Tunnel of Love 5.9+ ● At the roof, it isn't necessary to bail left into Marquis de Sade. You can climb directly over the roof abo… View Comment
Aug 6, 2024 Las Cruces Area… > Organ Mountains > High Horns > Wedge New power cord rap anchor as of 1/17/2019 ● Do you all understand that Thomas replaced an existing (and long-standing) slung pinch anchor? On a remote,… View Comment
Jun 8, 2024 Europe > Spain > Andalucia > Cadiz San Bartolo ● Does anyone know if we could get away with a 40- or 32-meter rope here and still do a decent number of the… View Comment
May 8, 2024 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Dome Signs Of Life 5.9 ● Tony, did you do the line that's drawn in the Haas/Weidner book that goes over the apex of the roof right o… View Comment

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Partners > Colorado Partners Reply: Black Canyon Partners April 8th-19th. Mar 30, 2025 Lane Mathis wrote: A very credible source told me that climbing has been a point of contention with former superintendents and that they have indeed tried to prohibit clim… View Message
Partners > Colorado Partners Reply: Black Canyon Partners April 8th-19th. Mar 30, 2025 Harvest, I remember the discussion about cuts to SAR in the aftermath of the Great White Wall rescue, but where are you getting that he wants to ban climbing? (Sorry for t… View Message
General > Training Forum Reply: Isometric hangs for elbow tendonitis Mar 4, 2025 Thanks everyone. Lots of good thoughts and info. My elbow is still quite sore two days after doing the reverse Tyler twist sets, and I'm thinking it's "bad pain" at this point.… View Message
General > Training Forum Reply: Isometric hangs for elbow tendonitis Mar 3, 2025 Eric Metzgar wrote: This video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTPQEW1aTTIThe exercise at 4:40. After YEARS of trying everything under the sun for elbow rehab, I started d… View Message
General > Training Forum Reply: Isometric hangs for elbow tendonitis Mar 2, 2025 For those of you doing the reverse Tyler twist for golfers elbow, did it trigger the underlying pain when you starting doing it? View Message
Regional > Colorado Reply: Historical Eldo Ice Climbs? Jan 25, 2025 I saw Off the Hook yesterday. It was really quite impressive. Almost made me want to take up ice climbing. It's a bit further right of the Whittle Wall, in the vicinity of the… View Message

Route Scores View All 1,318

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 93 ● Jackson's Wall Direct (submitted… Trad 3 pitches Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Castle Rock
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 50 ● Mail Ridge Tower Link-Up Trad 4 pitches Boulder > … > W Ridge > W Ridge - part C - Po…
4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b 13 ● The Loft Route (a.k.a. Clark's A… Trad, Alpine Alpine Rock > … > Long's Peak > Palisades
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a R 517 ● Hair City Trad 3 pitches Boulder > … > Bastille > Bastille - W Face
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 284 ● Bitty Buttress Trad 3 pitches Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Bitty Buttress
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R 9 ● Whole Thing Trad 3 pitches Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Pear