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stich
Trad climber
Denver, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 7, 2007 - 08:42pm PT
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August 3-5, 2007. Vedauwoo Boogaloo
At Crimpie's request, let's examine the beta for the Boogaloo. I'm thinking many people will fly into Denver or wherever they may have friends and ride to Wyoming with them. This also allows some climbing in Colorado in and around the weekend. But let's look at some other possibilities. Here's a Google map link to the turnoff on Vedauwoo Road.
http://tinyurl.com/22ojyc
You could also fly into Laramie, WY or Fort Collins. If you wanted to be self-sufficient and rent a car, that's an option. But really, someone can probably pick you up.
Laramie is 16 miles away, so you could go into town to eat if you want. Camping is $6 per night and it includes water, bathrooms, and picnic pables. It's first come first serve, so we will head up and get a good site for us all. There free camping nearby for overflow.
We will bring extra grills, ice chests, ice, solar shower, silver ware and plates, you name it. So those of you flying in just get a little food at the grocery store, maybe some meat and drinks, and just show up.
If you don't have a guide book, mountainproject has some of the routes listed. You can print them out in a batch.
http://tinyurl.com/2cs3sj
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scuffy b
climber
The town that Nature forgot to hate
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88 days? Am I getting this right?
Must maintain proper dosage of lacerations, abrasions and
bruising.
Going through shirts a little faster than I expected.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Good point, the campground is beautiful and "comodious," with a lifetime's full of idiosyncratic climbing a few minutes walk away. However, that date frame is, bullseye in, that campground's heavy season. As libertine as Wyo is, the highway patrol does respond to noise violations in that particular zone. Some of the RV-generator crew ironically insist on quiet hours as well.
For a bacchanal of this scope other options must be considered. There are some other spots within three klicks of there that I can think of and there were some people perporting to be advance scouts checking this all out. But the campground is a good starting locus, maybe the overflow, as well.
I hope I don't need to add, that in greater Vedauwoo there has, in the past, been a broken glass, off-road tire rut, kind of problem. This would be a stellar time to be one with the "Leave no trace" ethic.
I am planning to stay late and clean up. Is it too harsh to say bring trash bags or be prepared to be left out of the coolist sh#t?
mapquest style edit;
Since 1/1/77 this has been my "default location," though gawd knows, I have strayed.
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Hell on earth wondering what I did to deserve it
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I'm in. I just need to make the flight reservations. I will likely fly into Denver and figure it out from there. I'd like to spend at least a week though.
Let me know who will be around to play with. I'm an off width noob but happy to try anything.
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K. Fosburg
Sport climber
park city, ut
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This sounds great.
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Wes Allen
Boulder climber
KY
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Long sleeve shirts are key! As is tape, sturdy pants, and a wind breaker. Love Vedauwoo, spent 5 weeks there a couple summers ago, still have the scars! The normal campground is nice, but seems like you all could get one of the out of the way spots as well. Around the nats or polland hill?
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spyork
Social climber
Land of Green Stretchy People
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Well I am definitely coming out, bring with me my wide gear and what sanity I have left.
Dunno if I'm driving or flying. Seems to be a drive best shared.
I'm down for ticks also. I will pass on the Lyme's though...
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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I suspect I will be there for a time greater than a week, with wheels.
Spy, I think there is groundswell toward flying to DIA + shared car rental, details may or may noe be more congealed by thursday. er, or maybe the next thursday.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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I'll try to catch up with yous guys on Thrash Thursday (I'll be home!!)
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Got TDI? if not, it will happen, I can feel it.
Logistic note, Many stockupables (esp, booze) are cheaper in greenie land. But save some green love to spend in wyo. (gas and king ropes hats tend to be cheaper there)
Ticks; can't help thinking of the works of Maxine hong Kingston, assuming I can do enough sittups, first. A monkey adventure eh, eeyonk? bunch 'o' wide probs, too.
And somebody, locate that Scarpelli guy!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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I don't think they still climb down there, anymore.
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Scoot
Trad climber
Estes Park, CO
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I'll be there, on my two nemesis Max Factor and MaxiLash.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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As nice as the camgrounds are,
I'll have to go with Jaybro on the notion of getting our surly group into the outback where we can be ourselves late into the night.
It was Goatboy who said he'd be checking things out on sight at Vedauwoo.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Tar wrote: As nice as the camgrounds are,
I'll have to go with Jaybro on the notion of getting our surly group into the outback where we can be ourselves late into the night.
It was Goatboy who said he'd be checking things out on sight at Vedauwoo.
Chris Peisker, Kevin Bein, me and several of our friends got asked to leave the main campground back in 1981...we were asked in a nice way to never come back. Must have been a wild party...I don't remember!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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jeez, now Bob's ruined it for all of us.
I climbed a fair amount with Kevin and barbara in that time frame when they were around vedauwoo. I wonder if we ever met, back then, Bob?
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jay...Kevin and Barbara were two of my best friends. Wonderful people who would give you the shirts off their backs. I really miss Kevin. He kinda took me under his wing when I showed up in the "Gunks" in the mid-70s. I have nothing but wonderful thoughts of those times.
More than likely we have met. Did you climb with them in SD???
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BadInfluence
Mountain climber
Dak side
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After you leave Centinial right before you start going up to snowy range medicene bow peak area there was/ maybe still are awesome cabins that are off a dirt road in the woods. was very cheap but 45mins from Vedauwoo only 10 mins from snowy range which has routes. You all have to go and party at Centinial one night.
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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Vedauwoo checked outed, it got lonely and blew up to Bear Lodge.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Bob, I remember talking with them by sylvan lake once and maybe eating at that restaurant in Custer(or just going in to say hello?)but I don't think I actually climbed with them there, though.
Cryptic, even for here, goat.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Hey Riley,
When you get your plans firmed up time frame wise, given that you want to climb in Boulder, we should plan to do a mellow Flatiron route. I'll have to stay out of Eldo prior to to the Boogaloo; gotta save what little reserves I posess for a couple Vedauwoo blow outs.
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