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anykineclimb
Jun 4, 2007, 3:31 AM
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Ok, so this pretty much began with some of the Colorado Springs folks talking about a gathering...
heres the rough plan:
Where? Eleven Mile State Park
When? July 21, 22
Why? its been TOO LONG since a gathering.
lets meet up for some climbing, and waaaay too much partying
whos in??
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Jun 4, 2007, 6:14 PM
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I'm in! Let's see; beer,climbing shoes, fishing pole...exactly what I need for the villiage idiot.
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Jun 4, 2007, 6:17 PM
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Yup...I'm in.
josh
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Jun 4, 2007, 7:04 PM
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Sweet Im in as well..
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Pludos
Jun 4, 2007, 7:09 PM
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Right On! I'm There!
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I'm already there. No seriously, where are you guys.... I'm waiting. :) haha.
Can't wait. Mind if I invite some out of staters? I promise they don't bite....hard.
Erica
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bigfatrock
Jun 4, 2007, 8:30 PM
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I'm for Texas but I actually might be there around this time with a couple of friends on our way to Boulder. We may have to stop in if you guys don't mind.
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charley
Jun 4, 2007, 10:30 PM
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Dawm, bad time. That is the same time as the rumney ruckus which I can't go to cause I'm supposed to be in wv. Some climbing friends and their relatives in wv. said, come on down. Let's climb a little rock, drink some beer, and shoot some guns. What could I say. I would put a laughing smiley in here but they are all so ghey. I hate to miss it though.
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reno
Jun 5, 2007, 1:00 AM
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A big, big, big "maybe."
That time frame is about 4-5 weeks post surgery. It will depend greatly (ok, entirely,) on how the neck feels, if I'm up to driving that far, and if I have any time off from work.
I won't be climbing, that's a certainty, but I might show up to drink beer, catch up on news, and escape the heat.
Might even bring fixings for chili.
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anykineclimb
Jun 5, 2007, 6:20 PM
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charley wrote: Dawm, bad time. That is the same time as the rumney ruckus which I can't go to cause I'm supposed to be in wv. Some climbing friends and their relatives in wv. said, come on down. Let's climb a little rock, drink some beer, and shoot some guns. What could I say. I would put a laughing smiley in here but they are all so ghey. I hate to miss it though.
Isn't the Rumney Ruckus in JUNE?
we're meeting up in JULY ;)
Hey Jeff, Fly into the Springs and I'll take care of ya. That sgotta be cheaper than all that gas.
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Jun 6, 2007, 11:46 PM
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reno wrote: ...if I'm up to driving that far, .... Might even bring fixings for chili.
anykineclimb wrote: Hey Jeff, Fly into the Springs and I'll take care of ya. That's gotta be cheaper than all that gas.
**ahem**
Why does this remind me of the scene in "Blazing Saddles" when numerous cowboys are sitting around the campfire eating chili? Maybe it's reno's special recipe. I might even try to put up a new route over the weekend and name it in honor of said chili -- "A Break in the Wind".
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Jun 7, 2007, 12:33 AM
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Damn! I'll be in YOS that week. Oh well..maybe I'll hook up with Y'all at the 4th Shelf Shindig in Sept.
-Lee
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Hmmm. Maybe. Sounds like fun
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macherry
Jun 7, 2007, 2:18 PM
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gotta think about this one. had a great time when i was out there two years ago
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shorty
Jun 11, 2007, 2:12 PM
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macherry wrote: gotta think about this one. had a great time when i was out there two years ago
marge -- I'm shocked!!!!!1111 Colorado? You'd come back? What are you thinking? Why would you want to climb South Platte granite? Surely there must be a good supply of crumbly limestone in the Great White North.
Woohoo, break out the cold Kokanee, eh. Shoot, I'll even through in an FA at he-who-shall-not-be-named if you make it down this way.
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Jun 15, 2007, 5:26 PM
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when, where? I've never been but will be cruisin' by from Durango to Denver that weekend and would love to stop by. See what you coloradians do for fun.
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reno
Jun 15, 2007, 7:35 PM
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anykineclimb wrote: Hey Jeff, Fly into the Springs and I'll take care of ya. That sgotta be cheaper than all that gas.
Done. I fly into COS on Friday, depart COS on Monday.
Will PM you with flight info. You're gonna pick me up from the airport, give me a place to crash Sunday, and drop me off at the airport Monday, right?
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anykineclimb
Jun 16, 2007, 2:07 AM
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reno wrote: ... You're gonna pick me up from the airport, give me a place to crash Sunday, and drop me off at the airport Monday, right?
how picky are you on a place to crash? ;)
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Jun 16, 2007, 5:18 AM
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anykineclimb wrote: reno wrote: ... You're gonna pick me up from the airport, give me a place to crash Sunday, and drop me off at the airport Monday, right? how picky are you on a place to crash? ;)
I prefer something that doesn't involve lightning strikes, marmots, or rattlesnakes. Other than that....
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reno wrote: anykineclimb wrote: reno wrote: ... You're gonna pick me up from the airport, give me a place to crash Sunday, and drop me off at the airport Monday, right? how picky are you on a place to crash? ;) I prefer something that doesn't involve lightning strikes, marmots, or rattlesnakes. Other than that....I'd like a really cute sheep or two. Preferably young, lamb is fine; domestic works, although a little wild bighorn strange is also OK. But make sure he/she/it has been recently sheared and washed. Ewe never know where those sheep have been.
Well allrighty then. Be afraid, be very afraid.
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reno
Jun 16, 2007, 8:04 PM
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shorty wrote: Well allrighty then. Be afraid, be very afraid.
Which brings us to Shorty's theme song:
"Imagine me and ewe, and ewe and ewe, and ewe and ewe and ewe..... so happy together! La la la la..."
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reno
Jun 21, 2007, 3:10 PM
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Hey, which campground in 11 Mile are we going to use? I've a friend from Ft. Collins that might be joining us later on Saturday, and want to be able to give decent directions.
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anykineclimb
Jun 21, 2007, 4:05 PM
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We'll be at the riverside campsites. I've reserved sites 15 and 17. Others can reserve sites here:
http://www.recreation.gov/...TabIndex=CampingSpot
sites are $10/ night plus $9 reservation fee.
Also keep in mind that you have to either pay the $5 fee to get in or the $35 annual pass. Although this is a State park, the regular CO state park pass in NOT valid here. Camp sites are also limited to 8 people and 2 vehicles so some car pooling at the park entrance may be in order.
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cologman
Jun 22, 2007, 3:01 PM
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Climbing..... Partying..... Climbing....... Partying?????? I'll crawl out from under a rock somewhere!
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reno
Jun 25, 2007, 3:29 AM
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If cologman can be talked into bringing his dutch oven, I can be talked into making chili.
I'm just sayin', ya know?
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cologman
Jun 25, 2007, 2:36 PM
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Hell, I bring that anchor every where I go.... it'll be there!!!
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anykineclimb
Jun 27, 2007, 2:42 AM
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Will do. Need to pick up the Patron too ya know1
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cologman
Jun 27, 2007, 2:20 PM
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Patron? Patron? Did someone say Patron? Hummm...... sounds like gooood tastin trouble.
Reno the dutch is a 12".
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Jun 30, 2007, 12:04 AM
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I've really been enjoying Elevenmile in the last month or so. Did some cool cracks, bootied some gear, you know the, usual. I can definitely recommend stuff to out of staters.
Those of you bored with the usual climbs can go seek out Mt. Tom just down Springer Gulch. Not in the guide books and it has both trad and sport I hear.
Arch Rock, home to many nice cracks and moderate routes.
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Jun 30, 2007, 10:56 PM
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Hey Stichy -
Yea, Elevenmile is pretty cool, with the right partner. Nice photos ! Where'd ya steal the nearly new gear? And what makes you think those cracks are NICE? They are not called the MEANIE (two in particular) cracks for nothing!
Gira
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anykineclimb
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redpointron wrote: anykineclimb wrote: Will do. Need to pick up the Patron too ya know1 toast your absent homies... 
DUUUDE!!
you coming over in september?
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redpointron wrote: anykineclimb wrote: Will do. Need to pick up the Patron too ya know1 toast your absent homies...
It will be done:
"Absent Comrades!"
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anykineclimb wrote: redpointron wrote: anykineclimb wrote: Will do. Need to pick up the Patron too ya know1 toast your absent homies... DUUUDE!! you coming over in september?
sorry steve. no dice this year. running in the heartland 100 in october. can't afford to do anything but run nowadays....
okay...so i do climb too, but i can't make it out. you WILL see me in ouray. 
regards.
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redpointron wrote: anykineclimb wrote: redpointron wrote: anykineclimb wrote: Will do. Need to pick up the Patron too ya know1 toast your absent homies... DUUUDE!! you coming over in september? sorry steve. no dice this year. running in the heartland 100 in october. can't afford to do anything but run nowadays.... okay...so i do climb too, but i can't make it out. you WILL see me in ouray. regards.
WOW! 100 miles??
good luck brotha! see ya in January.
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anykineclimb
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One week until the Gathering!!!
whos in?
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reno
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In.
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Jul 13, 2007, 10:17 PM
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Nice verbose response, home boy.
Saturday's still no go for me. Good chance I can swing by Sunday morning and roust a few hungover souls from their tents, but I might be climbing "somewhere else" in the Platte.
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reno
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shorty wrote: Nice verbose response, home boy.
Emerson I am not.
In reply to: Saturday's still no go for me. Good chance I can swing by Sunday morning and roust a few hungover souls from their tents
Bring breakfast burritos and coffee. Not necessarily in that order.
It should also be noted, for the record, that cologman won't be able to make this get-together. I think he's getting his panty line waxed or a pedicure or something.
Anyway, since he can't make it, and I can't get the cast iron dutch ove past TSA, I won't be making chili for this gathering.
I will, though, be driving to Shelf, and will do the chili then.
That is all.
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Jul 14, 2007, 1:51 AM
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So, get-togethers in July and September but not August, when I'll be there?
[cartman]Weak[/cartman]
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climbsomething wrote: So, get-togethers in July and September but not August, when I'll be there? [cartman]Weak[/cartman]
You so have to call me when you're here. I've got an old pile of Playgirl and a whole tube of KY. It will be sooo fun.
Er, I meant we should go climbing. I'll be in CA next week too.
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angry wrote: climbsomething wrote: So, get-togethers in July and September but not August, when I'll be there? [cartman]Weak[/cartman] You so have to call me when you're here. I've got an old pile of Playgirl and a whole tube of KY. It will be sooo fun. Er, I meant we should go climbing. I'll be in CA next week too.
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reno wrote: I won't be making chili for this gathering.
Speaking of food, the funky little family restaurant at the Lake George turnoff to Elevenmile (Shadow Mountain Inn, I think), seems to be closed. For those of us who did the easy way out for cooking in the past, this isn't an option anymore. Sad -- they had some decent items at great prices, plus an unbelievable selection of home-made pies.
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anykineclimb
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climbsomething wrote: So, get-togethers in July and September but not August, when I'll be there? [cartman]Weak[/cartman]
So I guess we need one in August also!
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As Reno alluded to in his ever so eloquent way I won't likely make it. A couple of things have conspired against what otherwise would have been for sure. See you at Shelf in September otherwise.
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cologman wrote: As Reno alluded to in his ever so eloquent way I won't likely make it.
Hey, Cologman, you know I was just poking fun at you and meant no offense, right?
Looking forward to Shelf. I'll be driving up to that, and will bring my dutch oven, too. We'll cook up a storm.
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Sheeeat, I know thaaat!
was a matter have ya worried?
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anykineclimb wrote: climbsomething wrote: So, get-togethers in July and September but not August, when I'll be there? [cartman]Weak[/cartman] So I guess we need one in August also!
Cyndy provides the 7-layer dip. Shelf provides the limestone. I provide the hotness. 
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climbsomething wrote: anykineclimb wrote: climbsomething wrote: So, get-togethers in July and September but not August, when I'll be there? [cartman]Weak[/cartman] So I guess we need one in August also! I believe another zozopalooza is in order! Maybe one out in the field? Cyndy provides the 7-layer dip. Shelf provides the limestone. I provide the hotness.
woah, Shelf in August? It'll provide its own hotness.
Although yours is more than welcome
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Reno, it's cool you be makin' it! We got us a tent site as well, so see you Friday night. No snowstorms like in Ouray.
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I have to bail on the weekend climbing, have fun.
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anykineclimb wrote: climbsomething wrote: anykineclimb wrote: climbsomething wrote: So, get-togethers in July and September but not August, when I'll be there? [cartman]Weak[/cartman] So I guess we need one in August also! I believe another zozopalooza is in order! Maybe one out in the field? Cyndy provides the 7-layer dip. Shelf provides the limestone. I provide the hotness. woah, Shelf in August? It'll provide its own hotness. Although yours is more than welcome
OK fine. I can go summer sport-epic by myself ;) Mayhaps the "everybody give climbsomething attention" get-together could be somewhere less toasty? Ideas? I'm open to 'em. (the higher elevation parts of Boulder Canyon later in the day, mebbe?)
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climbsomething wrote: I've been there in the summer at least a couple times and didn't die. August isn't ideal but dammit, I will have my Shelf. In the shade. Snivelling about how hot it is.
Baybee, you're used to Tucson summer, which is one step short of Phoenix summer (which, in turn, is one step shy of a chicken pot pit, which is one step shy of nuclear fusion.... but I digress.)
You must remember you're talking to mountain folk. They're not "comfortable" until there's fluffy white stuff on the ground and you need AT skis or snowshoes to get to the MAILBOX.
Getting them to climb Shelf in August has as much chance of success as getting me to climb McDowell's in August. Just ain't happening, knowwhatimsaying?
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reno wrote: climbsomething wrote: I've been there in the summer at least a couple times and didn't die. August isn't ideal but dammit, I will have my Shelf. In the shade. Snivelling about how hot it is. Baybee, you're used to Tucson summer, which is one step short of Phoenix summer (which, in turn, is one step shy of a chicken pot pit, which is one step shy of nuclear fusion.... but I digress.) You must remember you're talking to mountain folk. They're not "comfortable" until there's fluffy white stuff on the ground and you need AT skis or snowshoes to get to the MAILBOX. Getting them to climb Shelf in August has as much chance of success as getting me to climb McDowell's in August. Just ain't happening, knowwhatimsaying?
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I hope all ya'll had fun. I was thinking about you and wishing I was there. I'll be out in mid october.
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We got pummelled by hard rains and hail on Saturday afternoon. Our tent got soaked pretty good, so we spent the night in the Springs. Did a pretty cool unnamed crack on Pinecone Dome. Trying to figure out where it is in the Mountain Project beta photo.
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That was a HAIL of a storm.
(Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the veal.)
Good times all around, actually. Made it to COS a few minutes late, thanks to a mix-up at DIA, but got to the campground before nightfall, set up the tent, and enjoyed a fine burger and a cold beer with new friends. Slept the sleep of the just, and woke with the sun.
Got my first climb in months (since May?) on 11 Mile Dome, following anykineclimb up Moby Grape (a route I've led before.) Felt good, if a bit sloppy with the footwork. Followed timstich up Overleaf, and then moved on to Arch Rock, where I took on the lead of Hollow Flake (another route I've led before.... recall that this is my first chance to climb since the surgery, and I'm feeling kinda worried about falling.) Did that fine, did the 5.10(?) sport route just right of Hollow Flake on TR, hangdoging twice, and cleaned Captain Fist, a 5.8 just a few yards right of that.
Then came the hail.
In my tent, with a beer, a cigarette, and waiting things out.
Anykineclimb calls "Uh, Reno? You want to go to the house?" (He lives about 20 minutes from the canyon.)
*a half second pause while I consider this offer....*
"Hell yeah, let's go."
While the storm played out, we dined on grilled buffalo steaks, fresh salad, and cold beer. Yeah, it's a rough life, being a hard-core alpinist and all, but someone has to do it, right?
Storm petered out, we head back, the campfire is roaring (whoever started a fire with wet wood.... big props!) and the beer is flowing almost as fast as the stories and jokes. Good stuff.
Another night of blissful slumber in cooler weather (at this point, I'm really NOT missing Phoenix at all,) and we rise for another day of climbs. Off to Arch Rock, where we dispatch three quick pitches, then get lazy. Something about sitting in the shade, talking, and relaxing just took the "Let's Climb!!!" mentality right out of us.
Break camp, crack a beer, meet Cindylou and Holly while they finish a last pitch on Arch Rock, and head to Woodland Park for Mexican food and margs.
Fly out of COS on Monday morning, back to triple digits by 3 pm, and here I sit..... wishing I was sleeping on the banks of the South Platte River again, wrapped in a sleeping bag, and waiting out the hail.
I miss Colorado and my Colorado friends.
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shorty
Jul 25, 2007, 5:34 PM
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Good to see you, hoser. Definitely good news that you're back on the rock.
reno wrote: Another night of blissful slumber in cooler weather (at this point, I'm really NOT missing Phoenix at all,) and we rise for another day of climbs. Off to Arch Rock, where we dispatch three quick pitches, then get lazy. Something about sitting in the shade, talking, and relaxing just took the "Let's Climb!!!" mentality right out of us.
**ahem**
(What -- not enough coffee to offset the gut-bomb effects of the uber-large breakfast burrito?)
Jeepers, dude, I roll in after 8am, hang around 'til 9-something, and what appears to be eyes are just barely opening for most campers. By then I've been on the road for 2 hours, up for 4 hours, and freakin' ready to climb. "Up at the crack of noon" must have been the day's motto. Shoot, by noon I had rope soloed 2 pitches, hauled the drilling gear, and sat down on a ledge for lunch and kingdom surveying.
reno wrote: Break camp, crack a beer, meet Cindylou and Holly while they finish a last pitch on Arch Rock, and head to Woodland Park for Mexican food and margs.
Lemme guess -- you made up for the late start with and early finish. I hope you at least ate at Carlos Miguels in Woodland Park.
reno wrote: I miss Colorado and my Colorado friends.
Yeah, well bite me, buddy.
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anykineclimb
Jul 28, 2007, 6:49 AM
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Good times last weekend. nice climbing with Reno and meeting some new peeps. not too big of a RC.com showing but oh well.
bummed I didn't get to climb with Shorty on Sunday.
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