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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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