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taco bill
Trad climber
boulder, co
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 20, 2005 - 03:14pm PT
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Climbed the Barb on Spearhead last week and wanted to post a quick trip report/photo log.
Splitter weather on the hike in. You can see Spearhead above Black Lake
Looking across the basin at the rock.
[img]http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/9821/img09101go.jpg[/IMG
Plush bivy at the base.
The route. Lotsa wandering on this one.
Simuling the first 3.
Starting 4, where the climbing gets steeper and better.
Fiddling with my nuts.
Storm clouds rolling in over Arrowhead from the top of Spearhead.
Chief's Head from the summit.
Back at the packs by 12:45. No pics from the hike out because we took the full brunt of nature's fury. Hammering thunderstorms with hail and the cool colorado rain made for some prime suffering. We actualy had storm gear and were miserable. The tourists we saw in shorts and t-shirts 6 miles from the trailhead were probably fairly hypothermic by the time they made it out. It was at least novel to be cold in July.
A couple more pics at:
http://adam510c.tripod.com/spearhead/
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flamer
Trad climber
denver
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Jul 21, 2005 - 12:09pm PT
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Hey bill,
Small world...I was one of the guys you met near your bivy site...we'd just climbed Obviously 4 Believers.
That storm was brutal!! I heard the guys on sykes had to rap the route from way up high...
josh
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taco bill
Trad climber
boulder, co
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 21, 2005 - 01:10pm PT
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Hey Josh,
Good to put a face with a name. I'm pretty fired up for high country routes right now and can usually get out at some point during the week. Drop me an email if you are ever looking for a park partner.
adam
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flamer
Trad climber
denver
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Jul 21, 2005 - 07:12pm PT
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Sorry adam!! Bill just seemed right....
Nice pic's by the way....
Drop me a line I only work a couple of days a week and have some more plans for RMNP.
josh
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flamer
Trad climber
denver
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Jul 22, 2005 - 03:37pm PT
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#1 which one?
#2 Alot of it is less than 90Degree's
#3 There are still several hard routes on both Spearhead and chiefshead
#4 NOBODY ASKED YOU, DICK....
josh
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dmitry
Trad climber
Chita, Russia
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Jul 22, 2005 - 06:02pm PT
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Hey, bestclimberever.
As much as I enjoy the Gunks, believe me, Spearhead is a whole different ball game from cragging, beginning with the approach, the difficilty of climbing (5.9 goes a looong way there), the weather etc.
cheers,
d
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Michael Moron
Social climber
Davison, MI
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Jul 22, 2005 - 06:07pm PT
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Hey worstclimberever, you would probably pee your pants on a climb like this one with a storm rolling in. That adventure looks awesome. Thanks for the pics and TR taco.
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Dave
Mountain climber
the ANTI-fresno
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Jul 22, 2005 - 09:33pm PT
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Nice one, TB. way to hit it up, and get a little suffering in to boot. looks like a good route. Have to go give Spearhead a look one of these days.
Dave
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WBraun
climber
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Jul 22, 2005 - 09:40pm PT
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Yes, it doesn’t matter whatsoever how steep or how hard it is just being up there in that environment is so wonderful. You are so lucky to be able to do this.
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spectreman
Trad climber
CO
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Nice! The Barb is one of my all time favorite routes. The crux pitch is spectacular.
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