The Rocky Mountain bouldering season is in full swing and with Boulder still baking we’d be crazy not to join in the fun. Following up our trip last weekend to Upper Chaos, this time we decided to visit the Lower Chaos boulders. The photos above (D-Rock) show a crux move on Skipper G (V8) at [continue reading]
Aug 072011
Jul 312011
Boulder has been mired in a heat wave for a solid month. Climbing in 95 degree heat drains you. So when a couple friends invited me to go bouldering in Rocky Mountain National Park above 10,000 feet I jumped at the opportunity. D-Rock, Ian and I wandered up to the Upper Chaos boulders where we [continue reading]
Jun 052011
Do you remember the first time feeling you had an “epic?” Maybe it was a rappel gone off course or not bringing enough quickdraws and having to figure out a way to the anchor. Maybe it was a first trad route and you felt in over your head…even though the only thing over your head [continue reading]
Camp 4 sat motionless in the dark morning cold as Kris opened the creaky cooler. I sat up, straightened my hat and reached into the depths of my sleeping bag to find my socks. We stirred the warm coals in our neighbors’ fire pit and had a silent breakfast. The 1100-foot East Buttress of Middle [continue reading]
May 262011
It’s been said that Yosemite is the soul of American climbing. The Nose, The Rostrum, Astroman and many other Yosemite classics are testpieces enshrined in the collective climber psyche just as they are frozen in The Valley’s towering walls. In the Christmas tundra of Nebraska, comfortably seated in front of hot pizza and cold beer [continue reading]
Apr 202011
The spring is in full swing and so far the season has been marked by great temps and horrible winds. On many routes it feels like evil little gnomes push me every which way while an angry, three-tooth leprechaun open-palm slaps my face, trying to peel me off the rock. Fortunately, we’ve had some successes [continue reading]
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