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Spray-A-Thon and Rifle wrap

Well, Rifle was terrific.Check your ego at the door and prepare to be humbled. That's the approach that works best. If you send - woohoo. If you fail - good training! :)Highlights of my two week trip are as follows (I've gone with the euro grades as, after all, this is sport climbing):Spray-A-Thon 8a+ - 5th shot (super steep with one tough crux. My first grade 30 on foreign soil.)The Anti-Phil 8a - 4th shot (gently overhanging with brutal campus-snatching around a low roof)The Beast 7c+ - 4th shot...

The Rifle Kneepad Ritual

A quick pictorial demonstration of what you have to do to climb here at Rif...

Updated P-wall topo

Dan and Brian getting out while the getting was still good. We went to climb at the P-wall and in the morning, the clouds left and gave us a beautiful day. But by lunch time, our luck was up and it was time to get out! Brian and I still able to see each other in the thick cloud that covered Mt Evans. Me, just hanging around on my latest new route, A Vacation from Your Problems. Taylor came out to check out the P-wall and liked what he climbed on. Here he is at the top of Rocky Mountain High. The...

A Vacation From Your Problems 5.13

Dan Gambino took another round of photos the other day.They really let you see the wall and where the heck we are climbing on the P-wall.Enjoy them and if you like contact Dan and buy one up!http://www.dangpix.com/pwall%20traverse%202/index.htmlpiz :...

Rifle USA - home of the kneebar?

Rifle Mountain Park, Colorado USA. Where the strong come to send (eventually) and the weak come to weep.First impressions? Way more beautiful than I expected. Rifle is a long canyon with 60-80m high limestone walls on either side (which means there's always shade, even in summer) and a rushing alpine stream running through the middle. The stream is conveniently filled with brown trout so you'll share the campsite with fisherman and camping families. Bring your fishing gear or buy a complete setup...

New Route at the P-Wall

I have not named the line yet, but it traverses on bolts from Back to the Earth out to the the finish of my mega project named Hopeless (aka High Hopes).The wall is steep and the traverse is really pumpy. Getting to the finishing moves is a real bear that is for sure and I have taken some fun whippers at the end of the route.It feels like its 12+ or 13- for sure and I am really excited to have this quality addition to the wall.I am currently taking ideas for route names. Keep them appropriate please.There...