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My wife and I after finishing the fun first pitch of The Groove. Lover's Leap is a great place for beginning / intermediate trad climbers, many many 'classic' moderate routes to do there.
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My wife Jody following me up the fun first pitch of The Groove, Lover's Leap CA.
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Diane starting up the 5.9 second pitch of Over The Hill. Super fun thin crack / face climbing on a steep slab. This can also be used as the second pitch for Emerald City (5.9) or Over and Out (5.8), both of which are fun lines.
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Doing my best impression of an autistic Shackleton.
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After a cozy nights bivvy dawn broke over the mountains, lighting up our intended route. Tom is looking amped and ready to romp up the Sharks Tooth.
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Diane following Kevin after he strung together p1 and p2 of the Bastille Crack.
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Diane, as usual, making it look pretty easy as she cruises up Mr. Natural.
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Kevin casually plugging in his second piece of gear on p1 of Bastille Crack.
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A shot of me suffering through my first honest to goodness off-width, Mother#1 (5.7+) at Vedauwoo, WY. Owwww. A few million years ago this was probably a sweet splitter, but Father Time and Mother Nature have turned it into a nice rounded butt crack.
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Tom (Petro) putting a hex on the start of Edward's Crack (5.7). I believe this is the most traveled route at Vedauwoo, and with good reason - it's an excellent moderate lead with a lot of fun, easy climbing and good pro. Photo taken by David Lawrence.
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Tom (Petro) wrestling an alligator on the crux off-width start of Middle Parallel Space (5.9) on the Nautilus, Vedauwoo, WY.
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Diane cruising the easy lower section of Deception (5.9) on the Nautilus, Vedauwoo, WY. Deception is probably one of the easiest 5.9s at Vedauwoo since the crux doesn't involve a chimney or off-width climbing ;-)
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Diane Abendroth showing the boys how it's done on the first pitch (5.9+) of Rincon.
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This photo shows most of the routes on the Monkey Skull.
1. Fringe Dweller(10b/c)
2. Casual Corner (8+)
3. Hollow Be Thy Name (10d/11a)
4. Unknown (10b?)
5. Sunshine Dihedral (10b)
6. Upside The Cranium (10c)
7. Fever Dance (10c)
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A pic of me climbing Fogline (5.10a) on the Sentinel, along the St Vrain river near Lyons, CO. Taken by my buddy Tom (Petro).
Lyons is a relative backwater in the Colorado climbing scene, mainly because there are so many other great climbing areas nearby. This suites us just fine - you're hard pressed to even see another climber, let alone have to fight a crowd.
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Unknown climber rappelling off of the backside of the Parabolic Slab on the Nautilus, Vedauwoo, WY. The slab is an easy (5.3?) but unprotected finish to several nice routes on the north side of the Nautilus (Baldwin's Chimney, Mother #1, etc).
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My buddy Tom Pietrykowski about to reach the anchors after battling his way up Supercrack at Indian Creek.
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