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Wall: North of Ice Cave
Weather: perfect, a little warm midday in sun
Distraction Factor: Medium (lots of hikers gawking)
Serenity: Medium, the creek filters out most traffic from the road, but the loud shouting from climbers rises above everything.
Parking: Purchase a Day Use Permit & Write Legibly or they will ticket you. I was warned by a local park guy!
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Climbers: Dylan, Doug, Sean, Dennis, Clare

Crag: Ironside at Ironclads

Lunch: Home-made Apple Pie and yummy Dolmus (sight of which made Sean cringe)

Climbs:
Port Side 5.6 (Wet & Dirty, L)

First Half of Fire Widow 5.8 (I did it twice, L)

Alloy Madness 5.10d (sustained & difficult face climbing & well protected-scary traverse-hung once on TR)

Fire Widow 5.10c (awkward moves, sequency, helpful if you’re tall-hung twice on TR)

Unknown 5.9+ (overhanging fun! No hangs on TR).

Weather: Cold & cloudy in the am (numb fingers!), sunny in the pm (tee-shirt). Wall gets afternoon sun.

Dinner: Mexican restaurant in Lyons, Cilantro Mary’s is good food, but no alcohol!

Check out Dylan’s Post

June 1st, Climbergirl turns 30! To celebrate, Dylan, Dennis & I headed out to Holy Saturday Wall and climbed two routes. We did Hide-A-Way Chimney 5.5, and Flake 5.8+. Both felt harder than the grade (normal for Vedauwoo), especially the crack which had a thrilling crux, and a very exposed finishing move.

We had the whole wall to ourself all day, and were blessed with wonderful weather. We even saw beavers swimming in the adjacent beaver ponds!

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Finally, we get a day to climb! The Vedauwoo gods smiled upon us. So, we set off for Jurassic Park wall.

On the way, we spotted a pair of dinosaurs…
…oh wait, nevermind, they’re climbers! (more…)