Archive for July, 2011

Rock Climbing – Icarus in Eldorado Canyon

Saturday, July 9th, 2011

Climbergirl on Icarus (5.6)
I climbed Icarus (5.6) with Ryan on Saturday. He was the ropegun and did an excellent job! I was aiming to lead the higher up pitches, but when some wind and questionable clouds broke out…I caved. Glad Ryan was willing to step up and take the sharp end.

We did the walk off the East Slabs. He said later that the first time he did it, he thought, “Never again!”. But I guess he changed his mind.

What an adventure we had getting down those slabs! I think we topped out around 1pm but it took us 2 hours to get back to the car. Crazy!

That way is not, in my mind, a viable option. Just think if there was a storm, it would turn into a veritable near vertical slip-n-slide! Those slabs feature serious downclimbing and should not be done unless one knows where to go. Thankfully, we were able to figure it out.

We celebrated our success at Old Chicago with some cold ones and lunch. Just as we toasted, there was a crash/boom and the heavens let loose! Whew!

Rock Climbing – Bakerdango (5.6) – CMC

Friday, July 1st, 2011


I climbed Bakerdango, a combination of Baker’s Way and Fandango, for the third time. The climb is part of an effort to become a rock climbing leader with the CMC Boulder group. It was my first co-lead and I have one more to go. Rick followed Brenda and Dave followed me. We ladies were the ropeguns…boo-ya! (more…)