Trip Report
Johnny Vegas, Wedding climb
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Friday November 2, 2012 12:10pm
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October 27th was an incredible day for myself and my new wife.
Back in May of 2012 we decided that our wedding vows would be exchanged in a place that held a special place in our hearts. The first place we could think of was Red Rock, and so the planning began...
On our first visit to Red Rock together we had climbed Johnny Vegas and have always loved the route, that would be our climb! Knowing the logistics of the ledge before starting Solar Slab and the fact that there are three moderate routes right there, we chose our rope teams. There would be six groups of two, twelve people total. Two groups on Beulahs Book, two on Johnny Vegas and two on Solar Slab Gully. We would all meet at the top and have our special day.
I was amazed at 5:30am that everyone had made it and was on-time! Considering that this is a popular area and the weather was perfect, we needed to start early. We hoped to be first in line for the routes, climb quickly and stay ahead of any other parties. All of our groups made it to the ledge at 500 feet within 1.5 - 2 hours, nothing compared to El Cap speed acsents, but we were happy with the time!
Everyone made it to the ledge and most changed clothes for the occasion. We had our moment in time; our love for each other and our love of climbing. We exchanged our vows in the presence of some of our best friends. This is the way we'd envisioned our wedding day and our incredible friends helped us with making it happen.
AzRockDawg
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About the Author AzRockDawg is a climber from Mesa, AZ. |
Comments
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Prod
Trad climber
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That is awesome!!!
Congrats.
Prod.
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T Hocking
Trad climber
Redding, Ca
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Very Cool, best wishes to both of you!
Tad
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eKat
Mountain climber
Less than a second shy of 49 minutes
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CONGRATULATIONS!
TFPU!
WONDERFUL!
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Mikemcee
Social climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Love it...congrats!
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Very cool guys, awesome idea, glad this all worked out and had a wonderful time.
That huge polka dotted tie in the last picture is the bomb. Gotta get one of those.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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How cool! I know that John Rosholt (Johnny Vegas) would be proud. This climb was put up in honor of him, he always wanted to put up lines that people loved to climb. You guys climbed to love!
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Jeremy
climber
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NICE RACK! CONGRATS!
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Hmm "Our climb"
Sounds cooler than "our song"
Grats to both of you
Keep being happy!
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WML
climber
Edge of the Electric Ocean Beneath Red Rock
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Congrats, and what a cool ledge to say "I do" on! Awesome! I love it up there.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
WA, & NC & Idaho
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Awesome , what a great day!!!! B
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moosedrool
climber
Stair climber, lost, far away from Poland
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Congratulations! Very cool!
Andrzej
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Far out! and that guys tie is crazy!
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MisterE
Social climber
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Very nice TR! Love the barefooted suits in the later shot.
Congratulations!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Beautiful!!
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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How cool! I know that John Rosholt (Johnny Vegas) would be proud. This climb was put up in honor of him, he always wanted to put up lines that people loved to climb. You guys climbed to love! Well said Ydpl8s.
This TR made my day. How wonderful.
So jazzed you had your day, your way.
Congrats and best wishes.
Thanks
Ffor
Posting
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Congrats.......!
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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What a sweet idea. So glad it all came together for you! Congratulations!
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AzRockDawg
Trad climber
Mesa, AZ
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Author's Reply
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Nov 4, 2012 - 09:49am PT
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Thank you everyone. It really was a great day and we couldn't think of a better place for our vows. Now we get to plan our Anniversay Climb!!
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moacman
Trad climber
Montuckyian Via Canada Eh!
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Keep climbing and being happy together..........Cheers....
Stevo
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Cosmiccragsman
Trad climber
AKA Dwain, from Apple Valley, Ca. and Vegas!
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AWESOME!!!
My wife got married at the Base of the Rocks at Devils Punchbowl
and after we TIED the KNOT, we did a Wedding climb.
She has, and always will be, my BEST belayer and Partner in LIFE!!!!
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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Congratulations!!!
Furreakin awesome. You got some good friends on your team too.
Best of all worlds in your future together.
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Zander
climber
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Congratulations!
Climb On!
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thedogfather
Trad climber
Somewhere near Red Rocks
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It was a great day, Joe. Incredible that we had the entire ceremony time without any other climbers coming up to disrupt it. Glad to be a part of this historic event.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Cosmic,
Devil's Punchbowl, I went there last year with my wife for the first time, cool place geologically but man! talk about choss! I was bouldering up about a 35 ft low angle slab and almost every hold was breaking off as I used it. My wife had to turn away and said "come find me when you're done or you need to call for a stretcher".
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Cosmiccragsman
Trad climber
AKA Dwain, from Apple Valley, Ca. and Vegas!
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Ydpl8s
did you go to old area or new area?
The old area is the one where you walk down into the canyon.
We got married there in 92.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Cosmic,
I guess it must have been the "old" area. When we got to the bottom of the trail there was this crazy looking thing hanging over us (hard to tell from the angle I took this photo but that dihedral looking thing is actually severely overhanging). You can see part of the aforementioned slab on the lower right.
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AzRockDawg
Trad climber
Mesa, AZ
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Author's Reply
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Nov 5, 2012 - 02:00pm PT
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It was a great day, Joe. Incredible that we had the entire ceremony time without any other climbers coming up to disrupt it. Glad to be a part of this historic event.
Thanks Dick, it was such a great day! So glad that we had the area to ourselves when we started and didn't crowd other climbers from doing their climbs. Thank you and Natalie for being a huge part of our day!!
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Dirka
Trad climber
Hustle City
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Congratulations!
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