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thebravecowboy
climber
Greyrock, CO
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Mar 29, 2015 - 08:01pm PT
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Aww, Mike I'd brave the highways on up to the Tower when and if-it-works and you are about. And yeah, FoCo is home for now. Seven more weeks at least.
You've got a place to crash here (coupla 3rd story, built-in 1882 rooms if you dare), and I would be honored to meetchya, and/or hop on some stuff at Greyrock or Vedauwoo if you pass through with time to climb.
Lots of rock here. Maybe not the diversity of stone as at Rapid, but lots of Dakota, Pike's Peak Granite, and Meta-rock.
(D'Oh, Veed rock is Wyo Craton, older, stuff)
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Mar 29, 2015 - 11:36pm PT
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Love the shots of the Tower. Some day, we hope to get out there and up the thing.
No climbing for me this weekend, but had two fun-filled days of setting up ropes and helping Ammon and Dave Allfrey teach aid and big wall at the Rendezvous. Had a great time and got some awesome swag, and got to help some folks out which I always really enjoy, even with the circus atmosphere.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Mar 30, 2015 - 03:04am PT
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Good stuff! tower is special place.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Yesterday. I'm a bit of a bike record on this route, I know, but yesterday we got first tracks, and I like the light in this image.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Rope-soloed the Bastille Crack which was my first roped-solo forty years ago - like being in a frigging time machine.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Was the Bastille Crack black and white like it is in those old pictures?
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Still as colorful as ever. People seem to think it's gotten slicker over time, but it seems unchanged from '75 to me. Always love seeing Ivy Baldwin's tightwire cable up top. Installing and tensioning it between the Bastille and Wind Tower must have been an epic tale.
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Jones in LA
Mountain climber
Tarzana, California
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Woo hoo, @healyje! Way to get after it!
May I ask: which belay gadget did you use on the Bastille?
Rich Jones
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Did someone say "boulder sesh"?
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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hard tellin not exactly knowing but most likly done with ice for the season. scrambled up to one of my local crags and soloed this 75ft 5.7 finger crack judgeing from the tracks in the snow I was 1st rock climber of the year.. Micro spikes most definatly are Not as good as real crampons. getting to the climb almost counted as an ice climb ;)
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thebravecowboy
climber
Lost Park
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three new (?) cracks.
The serpents are out and about in these parts... Time to switch to the shady-side crags.
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Apr 11, 2015 - 09:16pm PT
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Apr 12, 2015 - 03:59am PT
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soloed a 100ft grade 3 and a 60ft grade 3 ice climb yesterday. down climbed a 60ft grade 2. No camera...
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Apr 12, 2015 - 03:51pm PT
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Headding for that little white spot up high 5.1 miles away a whole lot of this an finally you see this still over a mile away annother mile of skinning gets you here the last little bit to the top view from the top getting ready to ski back down allong this ridge Good day:)
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Apr 12, 2015 - 03:58pm PT
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On
..... Actually I chickened out on the onsight freesolo, it would have meant down climbing the route....
But I'm going back!
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thebravecowboy
climber
Lost Park
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Apr 12, 2015 - 06:47pm PT
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Jay, if that's what I think it is, I am pretty envious. It was always one of those routes that really drove me wild as a gumby thumbing DR III. I mean, it sounds easy, and there are totally pro pins in the chim...NOT! Talk about a f*#ked-up thing to print...although I suppose that was perhaps just Bjornstad's idea of a joke.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Apr 12, 2015 - 07:54pm PT
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Yesterday a friend of mine who has done it made it sound pretty fun! We were driving by it and my enthusiasm meter redlined!
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