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philo

Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
May 15, 2014 - 10:58am PT
bumpin for the Black.
eeyonkee

Trad climber
Golden, CO
May 27, 2014 - 06:37pm PT
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Ken Trout and I high up the Scenic Cruise 9 days ago. And then, at the top (Ken on the right).

Ken was on the FA of The Flakes and probably did the 5th ascent of The Cruise. He hasn't been back since the 1980s.

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ydpl8s

Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
Aug 8, 2014 - 11:14am PT
Bump for great climbing content (and last entry has Greg and Ken showing that silverback swagger)
o-man

Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
Aug 9, 2014 - 01:40pm PT
That's a great photo of Greg and Ken on the north rim after their send of Scenic Cruise.
Here's one of Ken and I in the same place back in the 80's after doing ether the Cruise or Scenic Cruise. I forget which.
Rhodo-Router

Gym climber
sawatch choss
Aug 17, 2014 - 01:33pm PT
Pretty high up there for still in the sunshine Grug! I think I've always been in the shade by that point.

And uh, no. Philo.
eeyonkee

Trad climber
Golden, CO
Aug 17, 2014 - 04:39pm PT
Sheesh, I'm getting the Black Canyon Jones's. It starts like this for me...and there's only one cure. Vedauwoo is "fun", and it's amazing how maybe 300 feet of climbing can work you. But it's not the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. That's my holy place.
Rhodo-Router

Gym climber
sawatch choss
Sep 11, 2014 - 08:30pm PT
The season is upon us! Although I have a non-ambitious agenda planned for next week, I'm still a teensy bit nervous.
Sonic

Trad climber
Boulder, Co
Oct 28, 2014 - 12:09pm PT
Black Bump!
thebravecowboy

climber
The Good Places
Oct 30, 2015 - 02:19pm PT
I wonder how much Grug had to pay for that bearpaw enhancement. But damn if those things aren't twice the mitts of mine - and mine immediately got the "oooh, my girlfriend wishes I had fingers that thick" thing from my 300lb lesbian co-worker
philo

climber
Oct 30, 2015 - 09:32pm PT
Stories? We don need no stinkin' stories!
We need pics, stinkin' pics.
Lots and lots of stinkin' pics.



eeyonkee

Trad climber
Golden, CO
Feb 4, 2016 - 02:56pm PT
Missed this post, Philo. Very nice! Love that last drawing. Beautiful. I've been getting flabby. Going to the gym, or Boulder Canyon, or even Eldorado isn't gonna do it for me. I need a Black Canyon fix. But first, let's say 10,000 Seal Jacks. An inspiring story would be nice.
fragglerockjoe

Trad climber
space-man from outter space
Feb 7, 2016 - 11:01pm PT
overwatch

climber
Feb 8, 2016 - 07:13am PT
Pics are great but I really love scary stories too.

That drawing is beautiful, reminiscent of Van Gogh, Starry Night

never much liked his posting style but a very talented guy
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
May 17, 2016 - 06:39pm PT
eeyonkee

Trad climber
Golden, CO
Jun 13, 2016 - 06:52pm PT
Like those last pics! Here's my girl, who loves hanging out with me at the Black.

This is some of what she does apparently while waiting for me to climb out of the canyon.
bob

climber
Jun 13, 2016 - 07:57pm PT
Rhodo-Router

Gym climber
sawatch choss
Jun 14, 2016 - 10:40am PT
Nice Bob! Cheap Hooker?

We snuck down to the Crystal Vision and Blackjack last week.... no real stories to report, I'm afraid.

Well, maybe one. We decide to haul the packs for the P6 'fists roof' (which turned out to be NBD hands) on Crystalvision.... so homie in the lead trails the line, which the second had been trailing until this point. Maybe 90' up I watch the end of the trail line lift off the ledge and frantically yell up for him to wait up! Turns out the line had been mysteriously chopped, I guess by rockfall, somewhere beneath this point. So somewhere down there is about 110' of blue trail line waiting for the next party to come along...sorry folks.
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Jun 14, 2016 - 07:35pm PT
Headiing there Thursday with George Lowe....training for our return to the Latok area in August.
Gonna be hot so we'll be chasing the shade. The Black rules!
wayne w

Trad climber
the nw
Jun 14, 2016 - 11:44pm PT
No photos in my possession, but in between storms I got in a 14 hour push of Astrodog, on May 25th, with my friends Timmy O Neil and Dave Chewy. A 24 hour flu bug made it a bit spicier than it would have been normally, but it rained like hell the next day, so any bile on the wall was washed away quickly.

I'm with Jim, the Black rules!
ydpl8s

Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
Aug 31, 2016 - 11:30am PT
Just thought I would bump this with a picture from the wayback machine (early to mid 70's) of some of the Black's finest dirtbags.

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