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grayhghost

May 16, 2006, 5:20 PM
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The Rainbow Pride Parade: May 13th & 14th 2006

It all started when the Handsome Boy Modeling School allowed two of its students to check out early and head down to Las Vegas.
We had decided on the Original Route of the Rainbow Wall in RedRocks because it was a proud line and the timing could not have been better,
Las Vegas was just breaking 100 degrees.

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We passed through Filmore and Beaver and I have to say that Beaver is a very tight-knit community of warm and friendly people.

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We blazed on down to Vegas and arrived a little past Midnight. Blast-off was at 5:00 am the next morning.

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Shit. 5:30 am rolls around and it is already 95 degrees. We had better start hiking quick.

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Two hours later we are at the base of the route, only to find it in the sun.

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Three hours of napping and waiting finally allow us to start up, but we soon realize that a team of four has scooped us.

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They allow us to get a head-start and Perkey onsights the first pitch and the second pitch with a sideways dyno.

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I onsight the third, enduro pitch and here Perkey onsights the fourth pitch.

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Perkey also onsights the fifth pitch with a roof traverse that ends up being easier than it looks.

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I onsight the sixth and seventh pitches which bring us to the Over the Rainbow Ledge System.

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We look down and find our friends making good time in the lower Dihedrals.

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We take a quick lunch and Perkey admires the fact that we are only 10 miles from a pool and a Pina Colada at the Luxor.

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A quick traverse off of the bivy ledge leads into the Red Dihedral where Perkey onsights the tricky and dynamic pitch.

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I pump out on the next pitch and fall. Perkey takes the lead and flashes the pitch.

By now darkness is creeping down and we must bail without doing the final crux pitch in the Red Dihedral. Bummer.

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Rapping the route goes smoothly and we are back at the base un under an hour.

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I find a small, flat spot to ponder the hike down.

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Reversing the slabs approach in the dark proves to be fun and we thrash downward towards cold beer.

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After drinking our last water several hours ago Perkey tries to cool down in Pine Creek.

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Luckily Perkey finds a friendly toad and after a few licks the rest of the descent just flies by.

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Back at the car we admire RedRocks under a full moon.

The next day was spent climbing Frogland as a casual cruise.

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One of the stranger objective hazards I have ever seen.

Home. Sunburned. Planning.

j_ung

May 16, 2006, 5:26 PM
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Woo-hooooo! Now that's a trip report. Got some kick-ass shots in there, grayhghost. :)

phaedrus

May 16, 2006, 5:29 PM
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sungam

May 16, 2006, 5:46 PM
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Scha-weeeeet
that looks f*ing awsome!
good trip report, too.
that boulder freaks me out a bit, but still looks quite fun to sqeeze past.

-Magnus

treez

May 16, 2006, 6:02 PM
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Nice pics! Were you leading on a single ice line or did they make a single in the same color? Just curious.

saxfiend

May 19, 2006, 1:34 PM
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Nice TR, and great pictures! I've got to get to Red Rocks someday soon.

JL

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May 19, 2006, 2:23 PM
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Great TR.

Exelent photography to compliment the scope of the climbing. Didn't need all that ass though. :)

grayhghost

May 19, 2006, 2:56 PM
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Didn't need all that ass though.

Yeah, I know butt shots make for a pretty lame T.R. but we were going for the fast-n-light method of documentation, just a simple point-and-shoot Canon.

Thanks for all the positive feedback!

esoteric1

May 19, 2006, 3:11 PM
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i was hesitant to click this thread....curiosity doesnt always kill the cat.
GREAT TRIP REPORT!
I always thought you were an old trad dad for some reason....grey-ghost eh...
anyways...cool shots man, ive always wanted to know what those pitches looked like up close...the frog shot and the one where its red in the foreground are wicked....rock on
mark

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May 20, 2006, 3:29 AM
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omg, awesome. i want.

epic_ed

May 20, 2006, 5:47 AM
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Great photos! Very nice TR.

Ed

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May 21, 2006, 5:46 AM
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Oh man that has me so stoked on going out there memorial day weekend....that is if my elbow feels better.

Jason

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