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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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May 25, 2013 - 08:35pm PT
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So can you set those crash pads up for me?
By the way nice pics WML.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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May 25, 2013 - 08:53pm PT
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Aha I knew I had one. Topless, beanied & tattooed- yikes you'd think I was bouldering.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Feb 23, 2014 - 02:21pm PT
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Feb 26, 2014 - 08:35pm PT
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Remember the old camping scene?
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 26, 2014 - 08:45pm PT
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One night a humid hot breeze awoke me from a sound slumber.
My eye opened to the view up a burrow's nostril.
my stir startled him.
He brayed.
I did not know that it is possible for the human body to levitate a foot off solid ground while in a completely horizontal position.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 26, 2014 - 08:53pm PT
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The Wilson CG sucked, but the car camping out by Black Velvet was primo,
except for the Burros.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Feb 26, 2014 - 09:03pm PT
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The spot pictured was right off the road, the start of the old road to the Pimple.
In the early to mid 90s, when I was spending time there, it was cool, BLM freeforall. BV camping was sweet, just a little too far from the Gallery :-)
When this spot got the axe it was on to the Gypsum mine. Shitty.
I hadn't been back in years, since all the "improvements". That new campground sucks ass.
Lovell or motel is where it's at, it seems.
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Splater
climber
Grey Matter
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Feb 26, 2014 - 10:49pm PT
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First went there in about 1986 or 87 when we got rained out of Yosemite. The Urioste guide was out, but we only saw a few other climbers. Met the Dean, climbed Chicken Eruptus, watched Jenni doing the splits on some steep nearby crack, did Dream of wild turkeys, slept in a silt-storm at Black Velvet - got covered in fine red dust even inside car. On later trips with a van, we often camped along the old dirt road that went north from the flood control basin, across Charleston from the shooting range. Pre-Summerlin it was open desert. Recently did Jubilant Song & lot's more great routes still to do!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Oct 25, 2014 - 10:56pm PT
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Bump
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Oct 26, 2014 - 02:19am PT
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RIP
.....RH
,.,,,,,,,,BUMP
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Steven Hughes
climber
Rooseville, MT
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Dec 28, 2015 - 02:39pm PT
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kid friendly climbing at red rocks
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Dec 28, 2015 - 06:02pm PT
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Gobi
Trad climber
Orange CA
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Dec 28, 2015 - 06:16pm PT
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I love Red Rocks! I just wrote this a few days ago and thought I'd share it here. Sorry for the poor grammar and spelling.
An epic after work adventure
I had spent the winter living in Las Vegas with my girl friend Taleen. We had a cheap place away from the strip and I had a part time job working at The Red Rock Casino. The job sucked but it was by far the best winter I had ever spent. Red Rocks is a world class climbing destination. It offers some of the tallest sandstone rock climbs around. Many of these climbs involve long approaches and soring faces that take most of the day (or longer) to climb. It’s a desert environment that insures fantastic adventure. This past winter I realized many of these all day climbs could be done a lot quicker if I was willing to climb them alone without a rope. It just so happened my work schedule allowed me to get off at 3pm. That offered a perfect opportunity for epic after work adventure!!!
The day started off pretty normal. I was stacking food shipments in the massive kitchen of the Red Rock Casino trying to figure out what I was going to do after work. If I got out late I would probably do some gym training but if I got out on time I would probably run up a short multi pitch route in one of the canyons. However, it just so happened that on that day the manager let me out an hour early. This was unexpected and I was filled with sudden excitement as I realized that maybe I could do something a bit longer! I walked out into the parking lot and looked out west toward the massive sandstone mountains of Red Rocks. There stood Mount Wilson, the proudest rock face of them all. You can see it from anywhere Vegas, a massive mountain of stone that towers two thousand feet above the desert floor. Pine trees sprout out from the few rock ledges on the face and it holds bits of snow for most of the winter. I glanced at the clock and it showed 2:15. Could I possibly go round trip before it got dark? It was game on!
I raced my car down the desert highway after grabbing some cliff bars at the grocery store. The temps were perfect and there was a pleasant breeze in the air. I pulled the Civic into the dirt lot and threw my shoes and chalk bag into a small pack. The east face of Mount Wilson is massive and I couldn’t help but feel a little intimidated as I set off down the trail. I decided that I would climb Inti Watana and then take the upper part of The Resolution Arête to the summit. It’s certainly one of the longest sandstone climbs in the world. The approach to the base is extremely long and complicated so I maintained a slow jog so as not to waste time getting lost. After an hour of trail jogging and technical gully scrambling I was at the base of the route. Inti Watana goes straight up the center of this massive tower that leans out from the main mountain. It gets steeper and more narrow as the tower sores hundreds of feet up. At the very top its only about 20 feet across and overhangs just slightly. It’s a thousand feet of small juggy crimps. Crack systems pop up here and there but most of the route is face climbing. I hesitated at the base for just a moment and thought that if I was going to bail this was my last chance. Once I started climbing I was committed to the summit. I touched the stone and looked up. After taking a deep breath I was off.
The climbing went super smooth. I didn’t race up the route but rather maintained a steady pace. I would occasionally stop and admire the spectacular exposure the climbing offered and then be off again. The climbing got better and better the higher up I went. On the last hundred feet I could hardly believe where I was. The position was amazing. A cool wind swept up from the base of the mountain and offered a cold but refreshing chill. The air felt colder in the higher elevation. After an hour of climbing I pulled over the top of the tower. The view was incredible and I couldn’t have been more psyched. I was on schedule but certainly not at the top. Hundreds of feet junky terrain guarded the summit. This was the upper portion of The Resolution Arete. The rock was awful and the climbing was very easy to get lost on. I’m pretty sure I was off route almost the entire time. After almost an hour of wondering I was on the summit.
The 360 view was spectacular and it almost felt like I was in the high mountains. The shadows of the massive cliffs stretched far east across the desert floor. The watch showed 6 pm. I was still on schedule. The decent seemed to go on forever and ever. It’s extremely complicated and easy to get lost. It was very quite and I felt completely along amongst the huge cliffs that grew dim in the fading light. By the time I had popped out of First Creek Canyon the sun had almost fully gone down and the moon had come up. It was almost full and it allowed me to walk across the open desert without a headlamp. By 8 o’clock I was back at the car. Five hours round trip. The face of Mount Wilson looked almost like a beautiful painting in the soft moonlight. It was hard to believe I was alone on that thing only a few hours ago. Twenty minutes later I met up with Taleen at Chipotle and we ate massive burritos. That was a day well spent!
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Dec 28, 2015 - 07:23pm PT
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POD
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gumbyKing
Trad climber
Vancouver, BC
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Dec 29, 2015 - 04:57pm PT
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Bump for making me consider Red Rocks instead of skiing for my big March trip.
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toejahm
Trad climber
Chatsworth, CA
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Dec 31, 2015 - 08:49am PT
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Happy New Year!
One of my favorite climbes in RR.
Brass, great photos of Rainbow. For those who haven't seen BrassNuts [TR] on Rainbow Wall it's well worth looking up.
Peace,
KR
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Texplorer
Trad climber
Sacramento
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Oct 24, 2016 - 11:56am PT
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Remembering some great times dancing across virgin crimps . . .
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