Wayne and I climbed the third flatiron on Friday. We had lovely fall weather and came across very few people. It was great to swing lead with Wayne. He hadn’t led this route before, so it was fun for him too. I did the odds and he did the evens.
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Gary was kind enough to help lead a group of my Basic Rock Students up the First Flatiron. We climbed the Fandango Variation route in two teams of three.
I had Michael and Chris (Team Rich Chile Caramels).
And, Gary took Ian and Erin (Team Yearning Air).
Team names were generated using our names plugged into an anagram machine (found online somewhere!).
Alex Finishing Twofers (5.8)
On my flex Friday, I took a group of CMC folks out rock climbing. Brenda was my trusty co-leader for this trip (Thanks, Brenda). Rounding out our posse were: Michael, Michelle, Slava, and Alex. Alex had led on other CMC trips and so it worked out really well for him to be an on-the-spot-co-leader (Thanks, Alex).
With 3 groups of 2, we were able to do a super nice tour of the Happy Hour Crag moderates… (more…)
Lauren and I climbed the classic route, Rewritten, on Friday. It was a toasty day on the rock, but we still had a fabulous time. I led the easy pitches and Lauren battled with the harder ones. We had a very pleasant hike back down to the packs; no problems with routefinding. (Sometimes, in Eldo, the crux is in the descent). Pictures are courtesy of Lauren. Unfortunately, I don’t have higher resolution images…sorry!
Brenda and I climbed in Eldorado Canyon on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon. She led Flakes to Whistlestop, a super fun 2 pitch route on the sunny south side of the Redgarden Formation. We then moved into the shade and she put up Werk Supp. Boy, does she have that one dialed! I enjoyed both routes immensely. (more…)