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Black Velvet Canyon


Red Rocks, Nevada USA


Trip Report
Double Dose of Epinephrine
Tuesday March 17, 2015 4:16pm
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epinephrine
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Credit: Jaysen
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New post up on climbing Epinepherine, I know its not el cap, but i'll post one of those this summer!

http://www.jaysenhenderson.com/new-blog/

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Jaysen
About the Author
Jaysen is a bigwall climber from NYC.

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Jones in LA

Mountain climber
Tarzana, California
  Mar 17, 2015 - 05:16pm PT
Nice write-up and photos, @jaysen! Thanks for sharing your experience.

Rich Jones
Larry Nelson

Social climber
  Mar 17, 2015 - 05:35pm PT
TFPU. Nice job all around.
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
  Mar 17, 2015 - 05:41pm PT
One of the best routes ever.
NutAgain!

Trad climber
https://nutagain.org
  Mar 17, 2015 - 05:41pm PT
Good stuff
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
  Mar 18, 2015 - 08:10am PT
One of my all time favorite routes thanx for sharing, Yeah !!
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
  Mar 18, 2015 - 09:02am PT
Nice TR! Great climb, i've done it several times and i'll likely do it again.
Tork

climber
Yosemite
  Mar 18, 2015 - 09:16am PT
Yeah, great route, all time favorite! Also did it with one of my best climbing partners ever.
Jaysen

Big Wall climber
NYC
Author's Reply  Mar 18, 2015 - 10:46am PT
yeah for sure, it looks way scarier than it was. cant imagine doing that thing BITD without the bolts. Makes for an adventure climb for sure
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climber
Just livin' the dream
  Mar 18, 2015 - 03:57pm PT
Nice TR.

Loved your description of the descent and naming the cairns.
whitemeat

Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
  Mar 20, 2015 - 10:02pm PT
OOGGHH! still gotta do that one! nice job!

TFPU
johnboy

Trad climber
Can't get here from there
  Mar 20, 2015 - 10:33pm PT
Nice write-up and pics.

Thanks.

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Black Velvet Canyon - Epinephrine 5.9 - Red Rocks, Nevada USA. Click to Enlarge
Epinephrine ascends the ominous 600-foot-tall chimney.
Photo: Greg Barnes
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