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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 1, 2015 - 10:42am PT
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Pictures from RMNP to get some Alpine Stoke going for the summer rock season!
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2015 - 10:48am PT
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2015 - 11:00am PT
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snakefoot
climber
Nor Cal
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way to get after it, beautiful pics also.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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All those photos were taken in Florida. There is no climbing in Colorado.
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2015 - 11:09am PT
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Gorgeous area! Thanks for posting up!
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WallMan
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Jeff - cool!!! - thanks for the stoke.!!
What date was the Birds of Fire (Chiefshead) picture taken. I hope not recently . . .
If you don't mind sharing the specific location of the bivy picture, would be curious to know. Of course many of us have our secret bivy locations we don't want to put out on the internet - understand if you prefer to stay mum.
12a on Spearhead - pretty damn hard! Good work!!
Wally
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2015 - 12:40pm PT
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Not a recent photo of Chiefs Head! That was after an early September storm a few years back.
The bivy is in glacier gorge but I don't want to give out the details on the intraweb!!
I sent you a PM with some specifics on how to find the bivy. I've used that bivy many times and it's one of my favorite spots to hang out. I've done 31 technical ascents of spearhead, so I know that area pretty well :)
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2015 - 12:52pm PT
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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I'm not near a scanner,
In the March/April 1986 Rock & Ice, there is a great segment on the Diamond, with a Mini-guide to "Longs Peak Free Climbs" by Roger Briggs, & Eric Guokas, (rip)
The. June 1994 issue of Climbing is home to the classic piece
Written by Jeff Achey, "Longs Strange Trip" with great pictures and a
Logistics break-down, and a poster pic, topo.
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2015 - 04:38pm PT
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Keep the photos coming....great place!
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Gagner
climber
Boulder
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Man, makes me sad.....was suppose to go up to Glacier Gorge for four days starting tomorrow, but the weather is suppose to suck. Plan B instead. Super cool pics!!
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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I have my eye set on the Diamond later this year.
I passed a chance by in 1981 to get on it, and I don't think waiting another 34 years would help my chances.
Two weeks ago. VVVVVVVV
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2015 - 08:49pm PT
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 2, 2015 - 06:55am PT
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MikeL
Social climber
Seattle, WA
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Great images. Nice looking rock. Super bivy.
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ddriver
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Thanks for the photos. Great place with superb rock quality. Have bivied a few times back in that Glacier Gorge in more than one nice spot. The base of Longs is a bit more challenging, but there.
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 2, 2015 - 11:42am PT
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Awesome photo Guy! What an amazing wall
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 2, 2015 - 05:24pm PT
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Grippa
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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YESSSSSS!!!!!! Bring on the alpine!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Beautiful, sadly we've only been there once with promises of a return trip. What a great place, thanks for posting.
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
sawatch choss
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June was nice.
A lot more moisture in the air now.
Early season got squeezed pretty hard between the leftover snow and the rains coming in. Get up early people!
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Hey Edge,
Don't put it off! It gets harder every year.
I wish that I was out in your neck of the woods; although it is perfect in Wolfeboro, as well. I remember flying right over the Diamond, and regret that I never climbed it.
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steve shea
climber
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I spent a lot of time in RMNP back in the day. First climbed on Lumpy in1967. The J Crack. We used to be able to parking lot bivy below Twin Owls.
Went back to the J Crack with Chris Landry to practice a hanging bivy for our first trip up the Diamond in '68 I think. D7 via North Chimney. Of course we almost got chopped on NC. Then Curving Vine in '69.
In 70/71 Chris and I got the idea to do an enchainment of sorts and climbed Overhang Dihedral to the Yellow Wall. That was fun, got hit with a big snow storm half way up but finished the route. 5 days up there. Lot 'o snow for Aug but then again you are at 13 to 14 thousand feet.
Over the years climbed it several more times. The last being '78 with Michael Kennedy, Pervertical Sanctuary. By then the Chasm Lake Shelter was gone and the wall was getting new routes and a lot of traffic relative to the solitude of the late sixties and early seventies. We used to go up in winter for ice and skiing. I can say looking back I got more total Alpine experience in the Park than any where else. My last ever climb there was Crack of Fear with Steve Kentz. RMNP, what a place!
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2015 - 05:59pm PT
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Awesome stories Steve!
You can still find adventure and solitude but not like back then.
I remember training at horsetooth (a bouldering area) in the 70's for an
Attempt on D7. I never made that attempt, two broken ankles at Lumpy
Stopped that dream for awhile! I have managed 14 other trips up the
Big D and every one has been incredible.
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 6, 2015 - 05:31am PT
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Nice Diamond photos!
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 25, 2015 - 08:10pm PT
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 26, 2015 - 12:06pm PT
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August West
Trad climber
Where the wind blows strange
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Jul 26, 2015 - 02:22pm PT
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No thunderstorms in any of those pictures? They must be fake, because that doesn't look like the RMNP I know and love...
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Jul 26, 2015 - 03:07pm PT
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Jul 26, 2015 - 03:17pm PT
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Jul 26, 2015 - 03:19pm PT
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Jul 26, 2015 - 03:20pm PT
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Jul 26, 2015 - 03:21pm PT
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wayne w
Trad climber
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Jul 26, 2015 - 03:22pm PT
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 26, 2015 - 05:10pm PT
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Denver CO
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Jul 28, 2015 - 12:35pm PT
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^ wow those views of the pervertical sanctuary make me want to run off and solo something like Derek Hersey. At least, it looks like the snow has mostly melted off the final part of the Longs Peak trail.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jul 28, 2015 - 02:30pm PT
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Beautiful place.
Post some more photos!
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 28, 2015 - 06:36pm PT
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 28, 2015 - 06:37pm PT
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Jul 28, 2015 - 08:52pm PT
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Jul 28, 2015 - 10:40pm PT
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Jul 29, 2015 - 01:20am PT
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Michael Haag photo credit
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 29, 2015 - 03:04am PT
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hey there say, jeff G... wow, i really love this...
thanks for a great!!! share... :)
happy good eve... going to sleep, over here now... :)
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Denver CO
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I was just up on Longs Peak yesterday, doing a hike up the Loft Couloir. Here are some pictures I took of fabulous rock along the way - it has the look of being unclimbed but who knows?
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 2, 2015 - 02:06pm PT
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Nice photos guys!
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 2, 2015 - 02:07pm PT
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 2, 2015 - 02:11pm PT
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 2, 2015 - 02:14pm PT
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Great photos of the Diamond! I've only done Pervertical and the Black Dagger....both excellent, must get back!
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Jeff G
Trad climber
Fort Collins
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 2, 2015 - 02:27pm PT
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