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Standing Strong
Trad climber
the only coast
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Nov 13, 2007 - 02:38am PT
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kickass tr, worth the wait for the photos to load.
thank you, thank you!
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Nov 13, 2007 - 11:36am PT
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Nice one Roy.
Prod wrote:I think we climbed together on and off for 6 or 7 years. So more than most you know how I feel about hiking... but your post here was pretty damn inspiring. It didn't choke me up like reading the "Perfect Life" thread, but it was pretty nice.
I wrote a hiking guide to the Indian Peaks and my main hiking partner was Nala... we covered a lot of ground together in this beautiful alpine playground...thinking of taking some of her ashes to Pawnee Pass and let them float in all directions.
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Hardly Visible
climber
Port Angeles
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Nov 13, 2007 - 04:26pm PT
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Nothing beats a beautiful day in the mountains for getting to the essence of things. Nice report Roy.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Nov 13, 2007 - 05:01pm PT
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The Rockies are so rubbly, it's true.
And at the same time the high country feels sublime, if you're raised to it.
I thought I might never get back up there, but last summer, a day or two after Tarbuster's and my Eldo adventure,
I found a peak minor enough to hike up.
The hike took an hour then I stayed two on the summit, just soaking in the cosmicity of it all.
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Ricardo Carlos
Trad climber
Off center, CO.
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Nov 13, 2007 - 05:06pm PT
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Blown Out Climber Series: Ramblin’ the Rubblicious Rockies
Roy
You do more than most imagine or even wish to do.
Blown Out I say BS fondly
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Nov 14, 2007 - 06:29pm PT
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A beautiful ode the the genuine joys of the mountains. It touched some a long-forgotten but precious memories for me; all my earliest mountain experiences were in Wyoming and Colorado.
Here's a relevant shot from the way-back machine, 1960 or 1961:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2007 - 10:25pm PT
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Navajo & Apache!
Seen from Lake Isabelle: very nice.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2007 - 10:02pm PT
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Thanks for postin' up folks, nice stuff!
Well shoot,
I pretty near hit my stride on that last run.
‘Nice to have a witness, so thanks for comin’ along & takin’ a peek!
Now for something a bit more pedestrian.
This next bit chronicles the drive along Highway 9 from Silverthorne to Steamboat Springs, where you get an excellent view of the eastern escarpment of the Gore Range.
As Werner said, all that scrambling can be hard on the knees, thus the car.
Not sure what the mountain bikes are all about:
A view into the Indian Peaks as we leave home:
Always a good sign:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2007 - 10:03pm PT
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This might be Keller Mountain of the Gore Range, just North of Silverthorne, Eagles Nest Wilderness:
More Gore Range tasty treats:
While this is the regal Powell Peak, the Gore Range monarch, from a safe distance:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2007 - 10:04pm PT
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Green Mtn Reservoir:
Eagles Nest Mtn:
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Tarbuster
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2007 - 10:05pm PT
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On toward Rabbit Ears Pass:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2007 - 10:06pm PT
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Things that in Steamboat, very northern Colorado, that make you go, Hmmm:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2007 - 10:07pm PT
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Lisa, pumpin’ for 1st place Masters, up the shoulder of Mt Werner:
A little “out west” activity to round out & wrap up the trip:
And Charger, he says to me, "You ain't no real kuh-boy, are ye?"
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Nov 16, 2007 - 10:10pm PT
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Life looks fine!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2007 - 10:18pm PT
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Just keep things well anchored out there on the right coast Chiloe, and with a little help from our friends, we'll git' by.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Nov 16, 2007 - 10:33pm PT
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Well unlike your wide-open mountain views, I spent the day standing in lines and sitting in small chairs, traveling 6 time zones back home to where the power had gone out so we fired up the woodstove and oil lamps.
Got another look at the comet again though, that was peaceful. Jack loves it when we go outdoors at night. He sits as sentinel on high ground, taking in all the sounds of the forest.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2007 - 11:28pm PT
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That Jack, he's got it goin' on, yo.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2007 - 01:43pm PT
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Here's a quick scramble, with ample access.
I gobbled this sweet lil' snack in July, utilizing my typical frenetic pace to complete the loop.
You can summit Mt Evans in your car, 14k+, then drop off the shoulder on foot and do a loop up onto Mt Bierstadt's SE Ridge, over the Sawtooth, then back up onto Mt Evan's Summit.
My knees were feeling a bit shagged this year in midsummer and Lisa was training on the upper slopes of Evans each week, running to the top from Echo Lake.
I kept getting all my stuff ready to do this scramble, never feeling right. Then we left fairly late one morning for her work out. I droped Lisa off at Echo Lake and once I drove on up to the shoulder of Evans, I was totally unprepared, yet I felt I was okay, so I spontaneously decided to bust the traverse, starting at 10am.
The Black Wall, seen from the car during the "approach":
Mount Evans, viewed from Summit Lake:
The Boiler Plates, on Evan's eastern flanks, provide some good slab routes:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2007 - 01:47pm PT
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Just above the point of departure, on Evan's southern shoulder, with Bierstadt's summit in view:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2007 - 01:52pm PT
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A drop of about 1000' feet puts you into lush meadows below Bierstadt's SE Ridge:
Some good 3rd class rock crowns the ridge:
And after summiting Bierstadt, a descent to the connecting ridge, The Sawtooth, is traversed en route back up to Evan's Summit:
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