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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 18, 2010 - 07:15am PT
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hey there say, all... man oh man... i love hearing about the south platte... never seen pictures... thanks so very much!...
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great pics, decko, (just saw yours last, rest have not all downloaded for me yet)...
saw levy's though...
wonderful share, here!...
also, thanks for the share, crimper, of the trip... :)
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Feb 18, 2010 - 07:22am PT
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Hey Bob D., if you use your feet where you have your hands Psycho Babble goes from 12b to 10c/d.
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k trout
Social climber
Golden, Colorado
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Feb 18, 2010 - 09:51am PT
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I thought I knew the South Platte until Mike Carr showed me this.
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goatboy smellz
climber
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Feb 18, 2010 - 10:40am PT
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dummy domes, kitty litter rock & long approaches, nope there's nothing down there.
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Impaler
Trad climber
Munich
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Feb 18, 2010 - 10:51am PT
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Are June and July good for climbing at south platte or is it too hot?
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goatboy smellz
climber
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Feb 18, 2010 - 11:37am PT
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Impaler, you can climb in either a t-shirt or a fleece during the summer, sometimes both in the same day.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Feb 18, 2010 - 11:45am PT
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Tim..there is a new guide coming out by Fixed Pin...don't know when it will be in the stores. Huge project with so many different areas.
Donni...being a Gunks climber I never really learned how to use my feet.
Thanks for the advice. :)
You in Colorado?
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goatboy smellz
climber
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Feb 18, 2010 - 11:55am PT
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What happened to the "Brown Book of Bullshit" at the Bucksnort?
Last time I was down there it was gone.
Did someone at Fixed Pin snatch it up for the new guidebook?
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ct
climber
CO
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Feb 18, 2010 - 12:13pm PT
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The Splatte is awesome. I think that Thunder Ridge has the most unique granite in the state. Awesome pink and brown stone with chickenheads, flakes, cracks, and seams.
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WallMan
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Feb 18, 2010 - 02:33pm PT
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Decko - Secret Crack - can you say where it is and how hard?
Ken - what is the name of that route? Where is it?
We don't need to keep secrets, do we?
Impaler - most of us avoid the South Platte in the summer. Typically too hot. Lumpy, Vedauwoo, alpine routes in Rocky Mountain National Park, Independence Pass - better summer destinations.
Wally
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xkyczar
Trad climber
denver
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Feb 18, 2010 - 08:35pm PT
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Decko and Ken's pics are of the same crack.
Apparently it is pretty popular.
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Decko
Trad climber
Colorado
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Feb 19, 2010 - 12:10am PT
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The Mega Classic Ramblin Rose.....
Helens Dome/Acid Rock...
Yea there isn't much to climb here.........
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
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Feb 19, 2010 - 02:58am PT
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Thank heavens the Governor of Colorado didn't let the Army Corps of Engineers build that dam they wanted to erect back in the 80's. a lot of routes would have been unerwater.
Bruce
ps - welcome to Ken Trout. The consummate South Platte climber.
pps - Straw Turkey is the best route at Turkey Rocks, even better than Whimsical Dreams.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Feb 19, 2010 - 09:19am PT
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Bruce...I don't think so.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Feb 19, 2010 - 09:36am PT
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Here's one from the wayback machine that I don't think I've posted before.
Summit of Cynical Pinnacle in 1971. Yep, that's a goldline.
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goatboy smellz
climber
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Feb 19, 2010 - 09:51am PT
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Nice shot Larry, you can see the Bishop in the background, home of a couple of the finer cracks in the splatte.
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Decko
Trad climber
Colorado
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Feb 19, 2010 - 09:56am PT
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Yea Ken and I were on the same trip into Secret Crack for the first set of photo's, it has a name but I don't recall.
Mike, Ken, and Mikes brother Tom went in a week or two later and took the second picture.
I believe Crusher climbed the line but didn't finish it up high.......
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Feb 27, 2010 - 05:50pm PT
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Big Rock...1984
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skychild
Trad climber
Birmingham, Alabama
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Feb 28, 2010 - 02:14pm PT
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I'm with the Cali freaks. The platte is great in an otherwise useless state. I climbed Sheeps dare at Sheep nose it was nice. My late freind Chalie Dorfield and I summited a Dome via the Moon or something, The climbing is stellar... {for Colorado} it's definately not nearllly as good as cali and the weather sucks. Break down your camp each night or you might not have a warm place to sleep, as the theivery in Colorado is legendary. Just sayin' from an impartial hillbilly.
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chill
climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
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Feb 28, 2010 - 03:10pm PT
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Gonzo,
I started climbing back in the '80s in the splatte. Since then I've climbed all over the West (as far west as Australia) and Turkey, Sheeps nose, Pikes Peak and Cynical are still among my all-time favorite crags.
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