tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5991490592904738512024-02-19T21:40:13.339-08:00It's a Big SkyKendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-39561109082112502772018-01-02T11:57:00.000-08:002018-01-02T12:01:10.690-08:00Gerry Roach's Top 10 Flatirons Classics in a Day with Peter Bakwin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Well, I guess it’s better late than never. I started writing this shortly after Peter and I completed this little project on 11/26/2016, but somehow never got around to actually finishing it. So it goes…</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Here's a link to the Strava route in case anyone cares:</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><a href="https://www.strava.com/activities/787464275" target="_blank">https://www.strava.com/activities/787464275 </a></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><b><i>(The first three paragraphs were written in December 2016. Everything else was written in January 2018.)</i></b></span><br />
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<span class="s2">It’s always funny how one project inevitably leads to another. Peter Bakwin and I have been working together off-and-on all year on our individual pursuits of the Longs Peak Project—a year-long endeavor to summit Longs Peak by a different route each calendar month. For our November ascent I called in sick (cough, cough…) to take advantage of the last decent weather day before the long-term forecast went to shit. After a longer-than-expected ascent of the North Face in less than ideal conditions we found ourselves once again casually making our way back to the car on the all-too-familiar descent trails.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="s2">Peter now had twelve consecutive months of Longs Peak ascents via twelve different routes and I had eleven months. With only one month remaining between me and a successful completion of the LPP it only seemed logical to start thinking about the next project. Eleven months into the LPP I had almost become annoyed with North Face descents. So, I knew my next project would likely not involve Longs Peak.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="s2">Without really thinking I blurted out that I’d been tossing around the idea of climbing Roach’s Top 10 Classics in a day. To my surprise, Peter seemed to think this was a good idea. So, what exactly are Gerry Roach’s Top 10 Flatirons Classics? I’m glad you asked. Here they are…</span></div>
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<li class="li3"><span class="s3">1st Flatiron—Direct East Face (5.6)</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">3rd Flatiron—Standard East Face (5.4)</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">3rd Flatiron—Friday’s Folly (5.7)</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Green Mountain Pinnacle—Takin’ Care of Business (5.5)</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Ridge 1—Stairway to Heaven (5.3)</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Backporch—East Face (5.6)</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Pellaea—East Face (5.5)</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Fatiron—East Face (5.5)</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">The Maiden—North Face (5.6)</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">The Matron—North Face (5.6)</span></li>
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<span class="s2">So, the next weekend we began with a three-day scouting mission in which we climbed nine of ten routes (all but the east face of the 1</span><span class="s4"><sup>st</sup></span><span class="s2"> Flatiron, which we have both climbed over 100 times). Prior to our scouting weekend I had only climbed four of the routes in Roach’s Top 10.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="s2">Our scouting looked like this:</span><br />
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<span class="s1"><b>Friday 11/11/16:</b></span><span class="s2"> 3rd Flatiron (East Face) > 3rd Flatiron (Friday’s Folly).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><i>Notes: This was a short outing after work. I climbed FF twice: once on lead and once on top rope. Peter climbed twice on TR.</i></span><br />
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<span class="s1"><b>Saturday 11/12/16:</b></span><span class="s2"> Backporch (East Face) > Pellaea (East Face) > Ridge 1 (Stairway to Heaven) > 4th Flatiron (East Face) > Green Mountain Pinnacle (Takin’ Care of Business) > Stairway to Heaven (again, but we downclimbed)</span></div>
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<span class="s2"><i>Notes: I led Backporch through the crux, then we simul-climbed. We soloed up to just below the crux of Pellaea then I placed a #2 or #3 to anchor Peter while he belayed. I then led the short crux and placed a janky #000 in a flake (there’s absolutely no way this piece would hold, but it provided a little comfort) to pull the few thin moves. After that we just went ahead and simul-climbed to the top. We climbed up Stairway to Heaven to get to the 4th Flatiron. We climbed the 4th Flatiron because it was in the way of GMP. I “led” TCOB, which is basically soloing it since there’s one shitty cam placement about 3/4 of the way up.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter makes his way up the 4th Flatiron</td></tr>
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<span class="s1"><b>Sunday 11/13/16:</b></span><span class="s2"> Fatiron (East Face) > The Maiden (North Face) > The Matron (North Face)</span></div>
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<span class="s2"><i>Notes: We soloed the Fatiron with two rappels. I led The Maiden’s North Face then we simul-climbed the east face. The east face is a breeze and can easily be soloed. I led The Matron and we simul-climbed as soon as I reached the end of the 35 meter rope. Peter decided that during our attempt at the Top Ten in a Day I should bring him up to me at the top of the North Face then we should either solo or simul the remaining East Face.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downclimbing to the Crow's Nest on The Maiden (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter enjoying some air on The Maiden's rappel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice view of The Maiden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My turn to enjoy some air on The Maiden (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<span class="s1"><b>Sunday 11/20/16:</b></span><span class="s2"> Pellaea (East Face) > The Regency (El Camino Royale) > Royal Arch (up East Face, down West Ridge) > 4th Flatiron (East Face) > Green Mountain Pinnacle (Takin’ Care of Business)</span></div>
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<span class="s2"><i>Notes: There was lingering snow on the ground. So, we decided on another short scouting day. I roped up and led the short crux of Pellaea again. Next time the rope will stay in the bag. I tweaked my back rappelling with a backpack and shrugged it off. We scrambled The Regency, Royal Arch, and 4th Flatiron because they were all on the way to our second objective of the day, TCOB. I led up TCOB, placing my one janky came nearly at the top, and brought Peter up to me. We rapped to the ground and then I could barely crawl back to the car because my lower back hurt so bad.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter on The Regency during a perfect November day</td></tr>
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After throwing out my lower back I did absolutely nothing for the next five days; hoping that it would feel better. It didn’t…</div>
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<span class="s2">In an act of desperation, I decided to get a last minute (the day before Peter and I hoped to attempt the Top 10 in a Day) acupuncture/body work appointment with Brent Apgar to see if he could work miracles. Brent said that all of the damage appeared to be muscular and that if I attempted the route and things went wrong the worst thing that would happen would be me returning to see him in the same condition I was before. I can live with that.</span><br />
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<span class="s2">So, I decided that if I woke up the next morning and felt OK I would attempt the linkup with Peter. If not, we’d call it off. Unfortunately, it would have to be a game time decision at the parking lot.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="s2">I woke up feeling surprisingly good, but I’m a realist. So, I didn’t get my hopes up too much. We decided to just head towards the first route of the morning and take the day route-by-route as my back allowed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">So, at 6:31am November 26th, Peter and I set off towards the 1</span><span class="s4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><sup>st</sup></span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> Flatiron. I really had no idea what to expect from the day with my back issues, but there was only one way to find out. Looking back, we likely could have left the Chautauqua parking lot about 30 minutes earlier, hiked up to the 1st Flatiron in the dark, and the sun would have been up right when we started scrambling. However, it was pretty chilly (maybe in the 30’s) at 6:30am and Peter isn’t a very big guy. So, we waited a bit longer to minimize the scrambling we’d do with cold hands and rock.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise as we made our way through the talus en route to the 1st Flatiron</td></tr>
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We soloed the 1st and made it to the top in about 18 minutes (Route #1)—a rather pedestrian effort. Throughout the day none of our times would be fast by Minion’s standards, but would be considerably faster than your average person. Scrambling with backpacks full of gear and water was a good way to keep the effort in check. Per usual, we downclimbed the standard 1st Flatiron downclimb, the Southwest Face, and were on the ground in a few minutes. So far, so good for my back…</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First route of the day in the bag</td></tr>
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Once on the ground we made our way over to the 3rd Flatiron’s East Bench via the usual shortcut. Again, we soloed and after the casual walk up the east face (Route #2) we rappelled down to the top of Friday’s Folly and set up a top rope. We took turns TR’ing Friday’s Folly (Route #3) while the other person belayed from above. This allowed us to bring less gear and to TR the route with just one 35 meter rope. After we both climbed, Peter rapped on the single rope then I tied our two half ropes together and rapped down. Three routes finished and the back was still feeling great!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our scouting of Friday's Folly</td></tr>
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With feet on solid ground we took the shortcut around the south side of the 3rd Flatiron down to the Royal Arch trail and followed it to the 4th Flatiron. Here, we veered off trail and began the steep grunt up to Green Mountain Pinnacle. The thought of scrambling the 4th Flatiron for our approach to GMP actually did cross our minds. Not really sure which way would be faster, but I know which one is more enjoyable. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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<span class="s2">We dropped our packs at the base of GMP and scrambled up into the West Chimney—Takin’ Care of Business (Route #4). I shimmied up the chimney, trailing both ropes below me, and placed the usual janky #1 cam about 3/4 of the way up for peace of mind. Once on top, I brought Peter up on TR and we used our two half ropes to rappel back to our packs on the ground. With the exception of routes #9 and #10, TCOB is probably the most potentially strenuous route on my lower back. It was a pretty big relief to get through this route with my back still feeling fine.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Takin' Care of Business (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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From here, Peter led the way on a nice little shortcut over to the top of Ridge 1. When linking the Top 10 from north-to-south it makes sense to downclimb Stairway to Heaven. So, that’s what we did. After a short scramble up to the summit of Ridge 1 we began our descent of the route (Route #5). Stairway is a pretty painless downclimb that’s just slightly harder and steeper in a few spots than downclimbing the 2nd Flatiron’s Freeway route. This is probably the most questionable route in Roach’s Top 10 list, especially with so many other great routes in Skunk Canyon. To each their own, I suppose…<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The short scramble to the summit of Ridge 1 (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scouting out Ridge 1 (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<span class="s2">At the bottom of Skunk Canyon we bopped up-and-over the ridge to the south and Peter led another direct route to the base of the Backporch (Route #6). We roped up for this route. I feel that if we had got in a few more practice runs on this route we’d both be comfortable soloing it. Regardless, I led up through the crux, which required a short bit of simul-climbing to stretch the 35 meter rope that far. </span>Once through the crux I just braced myself and hip belayed Peter up to me. We soloed the rest of the way to the summit. To get down we tied our two half ropes together and had two rappels. The first rappel is easy to get into, but it’s a little difficult to find the rap anchors for the second rap. The second rappel is awkward to get down into and free hangs for 80 feet to the ground.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter topping out on Backporch during a scouting run</td></tr>
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Now, all we had to do was pull the ropes and be on our merry way to route #7. I guess that would have made things too easy. Of course, our ropes got stuck on the second rappel. We yanked and pulled for 10-15 minutes from every angle you could imagine. I was able to scramble a little bit up the hill behind the Backporch and get a glimpse of the rope and how it was stuck. Somehow, the tails from the knot got trapped underneath the rest of the rope and would just tighten as we pulled on the rope from below. Shit…</div>
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<span class="s2">As the last person to rappel, I was kicking myself for not checking that the ropes were untangled before rapping to the ground. This was my fault. Now, with our ropes stuck we had two options—call it a day and get the ropes later or one of us jug up the ropes on makeshift prussics to get them down. Peter was going to take one for the team and do the dirty work of jugging up the rope because of my back issues. However, Peter is a self-proclaimed non-climber and lacks much upper body strength. I had a feeling that if Peter got the ropes down his upper body would be too spent to climb The Maiden and The Matron later in the day. Since my back had been feeling great all day I decided to take the risk of throwing it out again in order to jug up and free the ropes. I’m considerably bigger and stronger so it just made sense for me to do it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="s2">I used two long runners (one for each hand) to form prussics and took the long tails of the runners to make foot loops. A third, shorter runner was used for another prussic that I attached to the belay loop of my harness. I was able to weight the third prussic and take rests while jugging up the rope. Peter put the loose ends of the rope through his belay device and kept the rope as tight as possible so that I could slide the prussics up it easier. I’m not sure how legit this setup is, but it seemed OK to me.</span><br />
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<span class="s2">Jugging up 80 free-hanging feet on shitty gear in the middle of a long day certainly wasn’t anywhere on the agenda. The entire process was frustrating since the prussics didn’t really slide smoothly up the ropes. So, I had to stop to rest quite a few times along the way. With about 20 feet left to go I noticed that when I weighted the belay loop prussic to rest that all of the prussics would slowly slide back down the rope. This motivated me to grit my teeth and grunt through one last push up to the rap anchor. After a few minutes I reached the anchor, had the rope free, and was back on the ground. To our relief, the rope pulled easily. Crisis averted…</span><br />
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<span class="s2">The entire ordeal from the summit of the Backporch to both of us being on the ground with the ropes unstuck lasted an hour and fifteen minutes. We basically lost an hour, but luckily my back still felt fine and I knew my upper body would be recovered by the next route. Now, the likelihood of finishing before dark didn’t look too good. During our scouting we were pretty slow on The Maiden and The Matron and we also roped up for the crux on Pellaea. If we wanted to finish before dark we’d have to climb these routes quicker…</span><br />
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<span class="s2">We made our way over to Pellaea (Route #7) after the Backporch shitshow. Today, we decided to keep the rope in the bag and solo the entire route. Overall, Pellaea is a very easy route with just one “heads up” crux—a steep, thin bulge—that requires a few minutes of concentration. Keeping the rope stowed for this route probably saved us about ten minutes or so. A short rappel had us on the ground and descending Fern Canyon. We were able to enjoy a brief stretch on trail until we arrived at the Shadow Canyon-Mesa Trail junction.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crux of Pellaea. One of the few photos we actually have from our TTIAD (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summit of Pellaea</td></tr>
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Here, we veered off-trail and made our way up the steep terrain to the base of the Fatiron (Route #8). Fatigue from the day was starting to set in, but we just kept our heads down and slowly pawed our way up as we soloed the bottom section. A short rappel had us ready to cruise up the top section of the formation. I kept the rope tied around my waist heading up the top section so it would be quicker to set up the second rappel.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter heading up the Fatiron during a scout</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making our way up the second piece of the Fatiron during scouting (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the Fatiron with our next objective, The Maiden, in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of The Maiden from the Fatiron</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking north from the Fatiron summit, I think. Cool arch in the upper-left </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool tunnel en route to The Maiden</td></tr>
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After the Fatiron we had a short bushschwack over to The Maiden. Getting to the Crow’s Nest of The Maiden involves a short up-and-over scramble on typical Flatirons slab. We left our packs at the Crow’s Nest, roped up, and I led the traverse across the North Face (Route #9). I think I started with one really short pitch to a tree, brought Peter over, then went all the way to a little alcove just below the east face, which stretched the 35 meter rope to its limit. The supposed 5.6 crux is on the first short pitch I did, but in the few times I’ve done this route I haven’t been able to find anything that feels 5.6. The second pitch is basically a top rope for the lead climber as you do a descending 5.4’ish traverse that doesn’t offer much opportunity for pro to protect the follower.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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Once Peter got to the alcove we stashed the gear and soloed up the east face to the summit. Perhaps the single most spectacular moment of the Top 10 in a Day is rappelling back down to the Crow’s Nest—about 100 free-hanging feet onto a tiny perch! We gathered our gear at the Crow’s Nest and opted for a second rappel down the south face. I’m not sure if the second rappel puts you in a better position to get on the Shadow Canyon Trail, but it does eliminate the up-and-over scramble back from the Crow’s Nest.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter doing one of the coolest rappels in the Flatirons</td></tr>
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We descended some steep, lose talus and boulders down to the trail and followed it down to the southern-most fork before veering off trail one last time. It was about 4:30pm when we reached the base of The Matron’s North Face and the sunset was 4:37pm. So, we roped up, put on our jackets, and got out our headlamps. When gearing up I realized that I lost my ATC somewhere between the last rappel off The Maiden and the base of The Matron. Shit…<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter descending towards Shadow Canyon between The Maiden and The Matron</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice perspective on The Matron from a scouting run</td></tr>
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Anyways, I led up the North Face as quickly as possible, but spent a little time placing an extra piece or two due to being tired. We opted not to simul-climb the North Face. So, I anchored myself to a small tree near where the North Face meets the East Face and brought Peter up on hip belay. From there we simul-climbed the rest of the East Face in the dark to the summit.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nearing the top of the North Face of The Matron during scouting (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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Two short rappels were all that kept Peter and I from an easy hike down into Eldorado Springs. Unfortunately, we only had one ATC between us. I did the first rap with Peter’s ATC and he came down on a Munter hitch. For the second rap we decided that he would go down first on the ATC, tie it to the end of the rope, then I’d pull it up and use it. We weren’t really in any hurry at this point.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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<span class="s2">We stowed our gear one last time and began the 30+ minute hike down the Old Mesa Trail to my friend Jim’s house in Eldorado Springs. He treated us to some warm soup and a ride back to Chautauqua. Naturally, I headed to the West End Tavern on Pearl Street to have some food and a few drinks before retiring to the back of the Taco for the night. A well earned sleep…</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter doing the second rap on The Matron during scouting</td></tr>
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To this day, I still can’t believe that my back held up for the entire linkup and that I never had any problems/pain in the days following. Massive thanks to Brent Apgar for the work he did and allowing me to have this great day in the mountains with one of my favorite adventure partners. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Roach’s choices for his Top 10 are just that, his choices. I don’t necessarily agree with all of his choices, but I agree with most of them. Anyone can easily substitute any of his chosen routes for routes that they prefer. However, his selection of routes does lead to a pretty impressive tour of the Flatirons. Mega-classic east face routes, chimney climbing, steep climbing, bushschwacking, and spectacular rappels all add up to one great day in the Flatties!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Splits hh:mm:ss (Location: Split Time: Elapsed Time):</b></span></div>
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<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">START at Chautauqua: 00:00:00 (6:31 am)</span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Base of 1st Flatiron: 00:21:22—</span><span class="s5"><b>00:21:22</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Top of 1st Flatiron (Route #1: Direct East Face): 00:18:16—</span><span class="s5"><b>00:39:38</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Downclimb off 1st Flatiron: 00:3:12—</span><span class="s5"><b>00:42:50</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">East Bench of 3rd Flatiron: 00:09:13—</span><span class="s5"><b>00:52:03</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Top of 3rd Flatiron (Route #2: Standard East Face): 00:12:32—</span><span class="s5"><b>01:04:35</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Both of us on Friday’s Folly ledge, TR setup, 1st climber on ground: 00:14:32—</span><span class="s5"><b>01:19:07</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Both finished FF, on ground, gear stowed, and on the move again (Route #3: Friday’s Folly): 00:28:04—</span><span class="s5"><b>01:47:11</b></span><span class="s3"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Arrive at base of Green Mountain Pinnacle: 00:39:31—</span><span class="s5"><b>02:26:42</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Climbed TCOB, rapped to ground, stowed gear, and moving again (Route #4: Takin’ Care of Business): 00:19:51—</span><span class="s5"><b>02:46:33</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Arrive near top of Ridge 1: 00:26:11—</span><span class="s5"><b>03:12:44</b></span><span class="s3"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Scrambled to the summit of Ridge 1: 00:02:49—</span><span class="s5"><b>03:15:33</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Bottom of Ridge 1 (Route #5: downclimbed Stairway to Heaven): 00:22:21—</span><span class="s5"><b>03:37:54</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Arrive at base of Backporch: 00:16:45—</span><span class="s5"><b>03:54:39</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Summit of Backporch (Route #6: East Face): 00:32:43—</span><span class="s5"><b>04:27:22</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Both on ground, rope unstuck, gear stowed, and moving again: 01:14:46—</span><span class="s5"><b>05:42:08</b></span><span class="s3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Base of Pellaea: 00:40:00—</span><span class="s5"><b>06:22:08</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Summit of Pellaea (Route #7: East Face): 00:13:00—</span><span class="s5"><b>06:35:08</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">On ground, gear stowed, and moving again: 00:07:04—</span><span class="s5"><b>06:42:12</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Base of Fatiron: 00:44:44—</span><span class="s5"><b>07:26:56</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Summit of Fatiron (Route #8: East Face): 00:25:42—</span><span class="s5"><b>07:52:38</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">On ground and moving again: 00:04:49—</span><span class="s5"><b>07:57:27</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Beginning of scramble to Crow’s Nest: 00:07:27—</span><span class="s5"><b>08:04:54</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Summit of The Maiden (Route # 9: North Face):<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>00:55:39—</span><span class="s5"><b>09:00:33</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Rapped down Crow’s Nest/South Face and moving: 00:22:51—</span><span class="s5"><b>09:23:24</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Base of The Matron’s North Face: 00:41:03—</span><span class="s5"><b>10:04:27</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Summit of The Matron (Route #10: North Face):<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>00:57:47—</span><span class="s5"><b>11:02:14</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">Rapped to ground, gear stowed, and moving: 00:39:14—</span><span class="s5"><b>11:41:28</b></span></li>
<li class="li3"><b></b><span class="s3">FINISH at Old Mesa Trailhead in Eldorado Springs: 00:33:36—</span><span class="s5"><b>12:15:04</b></span><span class="s3"> (6:46pm)</span></li>
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<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Ultimate Direction Fastpack 35<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">La Sportiva TX2 approach shoes</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">La Sportiva Cirrus Tights</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">La Sportiva Stratosphere long-sleeved shirt</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">La Sportiva Primus 2.0 Hoody</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">La Sportiva Circle Beanie</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Smartwool no-show socks</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Suunto Ambit watch</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Julbo sunglasses</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Black Diamond Spot headlamp</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Black Diamond Couloir Harness</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Black Diamond ATC Guide</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Black Diamond Camalots</span></li>
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<li class="li3"><span class="s3">#0.5</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">#0.75</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">#1</span></li>
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<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Runners (x5)</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">Half Ropes</span></li>
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<li class="li3"><span class="s3">35m</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">30m</span></li>
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<li class="li3"><span class="s3">1 Liter water</span></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s3">2 Epic Bars</span></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Disclaimer: </u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I
wrote some parts of this shortly after each summit attempt and other parts
about eight months later. So, I go into a lot of detail when talking about some
aspects and very little detail when talking about others. Sorry…</i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>December 19<sup>th</sup></u></b>—Keplingers
Couloir with Peter Bakwin (Bailout)</div>
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Car-to-car time: 12 hours 27 minutes</div>
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The weather had been absolute crap up to this point in
December. With the forecast for today looking slightly less shitty I decided to
take a sick day (cough, cough) and attempt to finish the project with Peter. It’s
now August 2017 as I write this. So, the details are fuzzy at best. I remember
the postholing being deep from the very beginning and the winds being fierce
above treeline. Peter and I would walk for a bit, turn around, and our tracks
would already be blown over. Around a thousand vertical feet from the summit we
decided to bail. We could have made the summit, but we would have descended in
the dark. I struggled throughout the day for some odd reason and honestly didn’t
think I could ever make it back to the trailhead. When we reached the cars I
was left completely wrecked physically and mentally. There have only been a few
times in my short lifetime of mountain pursuits where I didn’t know for certain
that I’d make it back to the car under my own power. This was one of them.
Every step took every ounce of energy I could muster and it continued this way
from the moment we turned around all the way back to the parking lot.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter dropping me like I was standing still...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gearing up for the slop up Keplingers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The winds were pretty fierce. Not sure this photo really conveys that. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bailing out in hopes of getting back to the "trail" before dark. </td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>December 29<sup>th</sup></u></b>—Up/down
Keplingers Couloir with Justin Simoni and Charlie Nuttelman</div>
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Car-to-car time: 12 hours 58 minutes</div>
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After bailing on this route with Peter I had accepted that
my LPP was over. That attempt left me mentally and physically defeated. The
last time I was that wrecked after a day out in the mountains was when I
traversed all of the Elks Range 14ers in a single 44-hour sleepless push. I had
zero motivation to get back out there and try Keplingers again. </div>
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Fortunately, I have some amazing people in my life. Even
though I had just met Mandy I think she could sense how important this project
had been to me throughout the year. She provided endless words of encouragement
and was the primary source of motivation for me deciding to give Keplingers
another attempt. Once Mandy convinced me to give it another go I reached out to
Satan’s Minions to see if anyone wanted to join. After the first attempt I
dreaded the thought of going at this alone. I kept thinking back to how
devastated that day left me and didn’t want to potentially experience that all
alone. </div>
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Unfortunately, with the holidays I was left with only one
day that worked—the 29<sup>th</sup>. This meant that Peter couldn’t join for my
last month of the LPP. Peter and I had teamed up to tackle seven of twelve
months together for our LPP’s. We also climbed all of Gerry Roach’s Top 10
Flatirons Classics in a day on a whim; an idea I expressed to him during one of
our “routine” North Face descents. Several years ago Peter took me scrambling
for my first time ever on The Regency and Royal Arch. Eventually, he took me up
the 1<sup>st</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> Flatirons one morning for my first ever
ascents of those slabs. Needless to say, through the last five years Peter has
become one of my most trusted adventure partners. So, it was a bit hard to go
into this second attempt without having him along. </div>
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I was lucky enough to get interest from Justin Simoni and
Charlie Nuttelman. Justin is always pursuing some badass project(s) and Charlie
completed the LPP last year with Bill Wright. Justin also joined Peter and I
for our May ascent of Notch Couloir. So, I was happy to have these two great
guys along for the day. The level of stoke these guys bring with them is
contagious. </div>
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After some emailing back-and-forth we finally decided to
just go ascend and descend Keplingers. My heart was set on ascending Keplingers
and descending the North Face where Mandy would be waiting to drive us back to
the Wild Basin TH. I just kept thinking about how much effort it took me to
slog back out of Wild Basin with Peter and didn’t want that experience again.
The North Face was familiar and routine, dare I say. Charlie was against this
idea. He had been caught up in an avalanche descending the North Face, which is
about the best reason I could think of for wanting to avoid that route. The
thought of ascending with Charlie and Justin then descending TNF solo had
entered my mind as well. Eventually, I decided that saving 1-2 hours on my
descent time by exposing myself to potential avalanche dangers just wasn’t
worth it. Regardless of which route I descended I was going to have a pretty
lady waiting for me at the TH. So, I might as well descend the route that has
less potential to kill me and make sure I actually get to see her at the end of
the day, right?</div>
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We decided to meet at the Wild Basin TH a little before 5am
with the goal of hitting the trail as close to 5am as possible. On the 29<sup>th</sup>,
Mandy and I woke up at 2:30am in Fort Collins and began slowly moving around
after less than two hours of sleep. I began the process of “suiting up” in all
of my layers, scarfed down somewhere between 500-1,000 calories, downed some
coffee, and loaded my gear into the Jeep. Shortly after 3:30am we were on the
road. I’m not sure what it is, but I love alpine starts. Maybe it’s because I
rarely sleep more than 3-4 hours a night already? So, what the hell else should
I be doing at 2:30 in the morning?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early morning start. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awesome sunrise as we neared treeline. </td></tr>
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I still had my doubts going into the day; stemming mostly
from my most recent aborted attempt with Peter. Mandy was quick to rid my mind
of any negative thoughts. By the time we reached the Wild Basin TH my stoke
levels were pretty high and seeing Charlie and Justin drive up made me even
more excited. It’s an amazing feeling to have friends willing to wake up
ridiculously early to enable you to finish some stupid project you decided to
do way back in January. </div>
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As we took off from the parking lot there was still some
doubt in my mind whether or not we would summit. To be honest, I like not
knowing if I’ll reach the top when I set out on the trail. There should be some
uncertainty (even on easy routes like this). Again, the uncertainty likely
stemmed from my failed attempt with Peter. I kept going back to that, but it’s
hard not to considering how shattered it left me. Shortly after hitting the
trail my mind was at peace and all of the uncertainty was gone. I was going to
finish this goddamn project. There was no other outcome I’d accept on this day. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Everything above was written way back in January. Everything below was
written in August 2017. </i></b></div>
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I don’t recall anything standing out on the ascent/descent.
I remember the weather being rather nice and the effort feeling mellow all day
long. The three of us took turns breaking trail, but the postholing wasn’t
nearly as bad as when Peter and I attempted the route. The biggest thing I
remember about the day out was looking at my watch as we neared the trailhead
and getting excited at the thought of seeing Mandy waiting for me. I also
remember thinking that we could sneak in under 13 hours if we hurried just a
bit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlie busting ass</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlie and Justin making their way up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not too much longer until the summit. (Photo: Charlie Nuttelman)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We've reached the top! (Photo: Charlie Nuttelman)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Traversing from the Homestretch to Keplingers (Photo: Charlie Nuttelman)</td></tr>
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When the three of us reached the parking lot there was one
pretty redhead who I barely knew at the time waiting on us with the kitchen of
her teardrop camper wide open and lit up. She gave me a big hug and kiss then
told us that she had hot soup, coffee, doughnuts, and champagne for us to
devour—she’s definitely a keeper! </div>
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Of all of the ascents I did during the LPP this one had the
most memorable finish. Typically, Peter and I would take off our shoes in the
parking lot, hop in the car, and ride back to Boulder in the most anticlimactic
of fashions. It was great to have a short while to reflect on the day with
Mandy, Charlie, and Justin while we warmed ourselves with hot food and drink. </div>
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Mandy and I eventually got in the car and she proceeded to
drive from the Wild Basin TH to Glenwood Springs. We had planned several days
in the area that included a snowmobile ride to the Maroon Bells where she would
photography sunrise on New Year’s Eve. We knew each other less than two weeks
at this time and she already went beyond all expectations to help me achieve my
dreams. What a woman…</div>
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For the most part, this is an attainable project for anyone
with a moderate amount of mountaineering experience. It’s possible to do this
entire project and never use a rope for any ascent (a rope is appreciated for
North Face descents in winter). The difficulties arise mostly from the weather.
If one is working a normal job for 40’ish hours/week it becomes a crapshoot for
getting good weather days to line up with your days off. I guess that’s what
sick days are for? </div>
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Words can’t really express the amount of appreciation I have
for everyone who helped me along the way during this year-long project. You all
know who you are…<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yay Champagne and hot soup! (Photo: Mandy Lea)</td></tr>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-17706518930477230352017-03-15T07:26:00.001-07:002017-03-15T07:33:44.392-07:00Longs Peak Project (November) -- The North Face<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>November 3<sup>rd</sup></u></b>—Up/down
The North Face with Peter Bakwin</div>
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Car-to-car time: 7 hours 48 minutes</div>
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With the forecast on November 3<sup>rd</sup> looking perfect
and everything after that in the extended forecast looking like complete shit I
decided to use a sick day and try to get a November ascent early in the month.
Peter and I decided to finally use The North Face as one of our routes after saving
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We hoped for some decent snow conditions on the Cables
section to make for a nice, easy snow climb. Unfortunately, snow conditions
were quite terrible. The Cables section was slabby rock covered in a thin layer
of shit ice with 1-2 feet of sugar snow on top—not exactly ideal for an easy
solo. So, we decided to rope up even though we didn’t have any pro with us. We
each had a harness, a personal anchor, and a belay device. I tethered my anchor
around the lowest bolt while Peter climbed up a ways without pro. He eventually
reached another bolt and tethered in with his anchor. I climbed up to him,
continued up through the top of the Cables where I exited the slabs (crux), and
tethered into the highest bolt to bring up Peter. After exiting the Cables we
easily made our way up to the summit and into the sunlight. </div>
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This would be our last descent of The North Face for the
LPP, which was a great feeling. Descending this route had become a chore more
than anything over the course of the year. A short descent/traverse over to the
eye bolts, two quick raps, and then one last hike back to the Longs Peak
Trailhead. The crap conditions on the Cables made this ascent take several
hours longer than anticipated. Oh well…</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>September 4<sup>th</sup></u></b>—Up/down
Keyhole Route solo'ish</div>
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Car-to-car time: 8 hours 14 minutes</div>
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Pretty uneventful day on the mountain. I didn’t really feel
like going hard. So, I just decided to hike up-and-down at a casual pace. When
I reached the Keyhole I caught up to another hiker; a guy from Canada, I
believe. Since I had no agenda I decided to just hang around with him to the
summit and back to the Keyhole. This added 1-2 hours to my day, but he was good
conversation and he said that if I hadn’t stuck with him that he would have
turned around. So, it was a good feeling to help someone get to the top of
Longs for their first time.</div>
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Conditions were a little snowy, but I was able to get
up-and-down in Microspikes and an ax. I had crampons with me just in case, but
didn’t really want to mess with them. When we made it back to the Keyhole we
parted ways and I began to speed hike/trot back to the trailhead. </div>
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Not a bad day on the mountain at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-91223274823425711622017-01-09T06:26:00.002-08:002017-03-15T07:34:01.696-07:00Longs Peak Project (September) -- Mary's Ledges<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>September 4<sup>th</sup></u></b>—Mary’s
Ledges (Bailout) with Peter Bakwin</div>
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Car-to-car time: 5 hours 34 minutes</div>
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The forecast was good: sunny, clear skies, no precipitation,
and low winds. That's not what happened. We started from the TH with a light
drizzle, which eventually faded to blue skies. Once at the boulderfield we were
greeted with snow, rain, cold, and wind. We took shelter under a big
overhanging boulder for a little over an hour before deciding to bail and come
back tomorrow.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>September 5<sup>th</sup></u></b>—Up
Mary’s Ledges, down North Facewith Peter Bakwin. Also, descended to the top of
the Trough and re-summitted via SW Ridge to scout for October.</div>
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Car-to-car time: 9 hours 39 minutes</div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">After yesterday, Peter and I returned
determined to reach the summit. So, we brought almost full-on winter clothing
to ensure that shit weather wouldn't stop us again. The hike up to the boulderfield
went a little quicker than yesterday. We started making our way towards the
buttress between the Cables and the Keyhole. This buttress is right along the
Left Dovetail, I believe. There are two ways to start Mary's Ledges: from the
right (which requires crossing a significant stretch of the Dovetail snow
field) or to the left (which requires some easy scrambling). We went to the
left and found ourselves on a nice ledge on top of the buttress. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We busted out the rope and gear here. A frigid
wind was hammering us from the east. So, we decided to put on all of our
clothes for the climb. Neither of us knew the route and I couldn't feel my
hands, which could make for slow going on the climb. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">So, I began up the first pitch (really the only
pitch of actual climbing) and eventually reached a step that I had trouble
committing to. Then I realized I was off route and moved into this nice little
dihedral with a fixed pin. From here the climbing was easy (5.6-7?) and
well-protected (not sure why this route has an R rating). Since I couldn't feel
my hands the entire pitch I just stitched it up and hoped that at least a few
of the pieces would be OK. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I reached a small ledge and belayed Peter up. I
still had about 15 feet of rope left, but didn't know what was above me. When I
took off on the second pitch I realized that I should have just kept going and
had Peter start simul-climbing. The second pitch just ended up being easy 4th
class scrambling where I didn't place any pro. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Once we stowed the gear it was an easy walk to
the summit through the upper North Face talus. At the summit we decided to head
down the Keyhole route to the top of the Trough to scout out our planned route
for October--SW Ridge--and see if we'd be comfortable soloing it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We ended up scrambling up a bunch of 5.easy
terrain until we got to a ledge with a hand-to-wide-hand crack that went for
about 10-12 feet. Here, we decided to rope up and I led again. We really only
needed the rope for 1-2 moves in that crack (5.6-7) before the terrain relented
back to 4th Class/5.easy scrambling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">After topping out on the summit again we began
our customary descent of the North Face. We rapped the Cables because we had a
rope with us, but it wouldn't have been horrible to downclimb. I've downclimbed
it with way more ice before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The hike out has become one of the most tedious
parts of the project. I don't think Peter and I will be "enjoying"
another North Face descent for a while after December...</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>August 14<sup>th</sup></u></b>—Up
via Ship’s Prow Port Side/Clark’s Arrow, down via Loft</div>
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Car-to-car time: 5 hours 59 minutes</div>
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Sort of an obscure route, but a pretty easy hike, overall.
Basically, just head up like you’re doing the Loft and keep an eye out for an obvious
ramp heading up across the Ship’s Prow (on climber’s right side of Loft
Couloir). The ramp maybe has a few hard 3<sup>rd</sup> class moves on it, but
is pretty mellow. Once off the ramp it’s an easy 2<sup>nd</sup> class ascent on
some boulders before traversing under a slabby section of rocks. After the
slabs I eventually fired straight up a gully with a short 4<sup>th</sup> class
crux. From here, it was pretty smooth sailing to the Loft. The rest of the
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I descended the Loft/Clark’s Arrow route. On my way down I
ran into a couple of idiots from Jersey who decided they were going to “climb”
Longs Peak barefoot on their first day here from sea level. Needless to say,
their feet got raw and bloody and then they had to hike in clunky boots the
rest of the day. They looked like death. The rest of the day was pretty
uneventful. I mostly hike the descent until I got back down to the Chasm Lake
area. </div>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-84459801002964104402016-08-07T16:04:00.000-07:002016-08-07T16:04:00.550-07:00Longs Peak Project (July) -- A Walk in the Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>July 9<sup>th</sup></u></b>—A
Walk in the Park (Glacier Gorge Traverse) with Peter Bakwin. </div>
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Half > Storm > Longs Peak (via Keyhole Ridge) >
Pagoda > Chief’s Head > McHenry’s > Powell > Thatchtop</div>
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Car-to-car time: 10 hours 53 minutes</div>
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I definitely rank this right up there as one of the best
days I’ve ever had in the mountains. Such a great route! Peter and I hit the
trail hiking at first light and found ourselves ‘schwacking up Half in no time.
As Peter recalled, we were dead even on his previous splits for Half and Storm
when he did this route with Buzz and Tina previously. Everything up to the
Keyhole was pretty chill 2<sup>nd</sup> Class terrain. </div>
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The real fun began once we reached the end of the mellow
ramp at the beginning of the Keyhole Ridge route. Here, we began a steep ascent
of a flake/crack system for what felt like 100’ish feet. The scrambling was
fairly steep and exposed, but solid. Once we reached the top the terrain eased
for a bit. I probably should have done this write-up shortly after completing
the route since I don’t really remember too many details almost one month later.
I do remember a super exposed side traverse on small ledges to skirt around one
of the more vertical cruxes. I also remember an awkward step around a corner
(right by the off-width crack) that led to a 10-15 foot 5.6 cruxy section on
solid holds. This step around and 5.6 section was spectacularly exposed, much
like most of this route. Eventually, the difficult terrain relents into a 2<sup>nd</sup>/3<sup>rd</sup>
Class hike to the summit. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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From the summit of Longs we headed down the Homestretch for
a short while before veering off and heading towards Pagoda. The key to the
descent to the Longs-Pagoda saddle is finding a break in the cliff band that
allows for an easy descent. We found this easily and trudged up to the summit
of Pagoda rather quickly. </div>
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Next, was the second crux of the day—the descent off Pagoda.
If you have a rope to rappel or you’re a more ballsy solo downclimber than
Peter or I then you can just downclimb the 5.7 west ridge of Pagoda. Otherwise,
you can sneak and meander your way down through a series of low-5<sup>th</sup>
Class downclimbs and ledges. We opted for the easier descent. The route finding
on this descent option isn’t obvious, but isn’t terribly difficult either. Once
through the difficulties we found ourselves on a nice ledge over to Chief’s
Head. </div>
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From Chief’s Head to McHenry’s was pretty easy,
straightforward terrain. A chilly wind picked up around this point and lingered
until we began our descent off Thatchtop. Everything we had read about the
descent into McHenry’s Notch had us prepared for another cruxy part of the day.
However, we managed to find our way down into the Notch without ever exceeding
4<sup>th</sup> Class. </div>
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McHenry’s to Powell was another cruiser section. From Powell
to Thatchtop was quite enjoyable 3<sup>rd</sup>/4<sup>th</sup> Class terrain
that kept us engaged enough to forget that we had been on our feet for over
eight hours. The only negative about this stretch was that it proved to be
pretty slow going due to a knife-edge traverse, several slabby downclimbs, and
a couple of lichen-covered sections. </div>
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Once on Thatchtop we were left with a talus hopping descent
down to Solitude and Shelf Lakes, which passed by quickly. The worse part of
the final descent was the section from Shelf Lake to the main trail running
along Mills Lake and back to the trailhead. This was steep, loose, and covered
in downed trees, which sucked to run down in dot rubber approach shoes. </div>
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When we finally reached the main trail we just ignored how
tired we were and ran all the way back to the trailhead. We wanted to see if we
could finish in under 11 hours, but mostly we just didn’t want the last few
miles to drag on forever because we were being lazy and walking. We ended up
reaching the trailhead in 10 hours 53 minutes and felt satisfied with our
effort. </div>
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It felt good to be back at the car and to get the
shoes/socks off. It felt great to stop at Oskar Blue’s for food and beer on the
way back home. It felt even better to get back to the Taco and pass out for a
few hour nap. </div>
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Half—1:13 (1:13)</div>
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Storm—2:30 (1:17)</div>
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Longs—4:00 (1:30)</div>
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Pagoda—4:43 (0:43)</div>
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Chief’s Head—6:04 (1:21)</div>
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McHenry’s—7:15 (1:11)</div>
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Powell—8:00 (0:45)</div>
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Thatchtop—9:20 (1:20)</div>
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Trailhead—10:53 (1:33)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The route--going clockwise</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter leading the way at sunrise</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the summit of Storm with a glimpse out what awaits us for the rest of the day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coming off of Half and catching our first views of Keyhole Ridge up Longs Peak</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unobstructed view of Keyhole Ridge. Such a sweet route!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keyhole Ridge starts out easy enough on this ramp </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then escalates rather quickly on this steep scramble up a flake/crack system (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a short 10-15 foot 5.6'ish crux section right after an awkward step around a corner. Both are very exposed. (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look closely and you can see Peter making his way up the huge ramp. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Embracing the exposure on this side traverse (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down is fun (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter making his way to Pagoda, I think</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think this is on the descent of Pagoda, but I can't remember</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the 5.easy sections of the Pagoda downclimb (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sweet ledge system from Pagoda to Chief's Head</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making my way across the nice, big ledges (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back at Pagoda. If you look closely on the right side of the ridge you can see the grassy ledges that we used for the downclimb. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a small taste of the route</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter making his way into McHenry's Notch, I think</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The knife-edge between Powell and Thatchtop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter on the knife-edge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back on our route from the knife-edge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me on the knife-edge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fun finger crack/dihedral downclimb</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panorama of our route from the last summit of the day, Thatchtop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from Thatchtop</td></tr>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-70758446376636930032016-08-07T13:53:00.000-07:002017-03-15T07:27:22.944-07:00Longs Peak Project (June) -- Kieners<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>June 25<sup>th</sup></u></b>—Ascended
Kieners, descended North Face with John Greedy</div>
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This ascent went a lot smoother with the route fresh on my
mind. John hadn’t been up Longs in several years. So, his stoke was pretty
high. We made good time up to Lamb’s Slide where we put on crampons and got out
our axes. There were a few groups above us so I hauled ass to try to get to the
top before they started the traverse over to Broadway and knocked rocks down on
my helmetless head. John had a helmet so I didn’t feel too bad dropping him
here. The few snow spots that were on Broadway last week had all melted leaving
Broadway a cruiser alpine sidewalk. We quickly made our way through the short
crux sections of lower Kieners and found ourselves on mellow terrain in no
time. We actually stayed on route for upper Kiener’s, which made for a much
more pleasant experience compared to last week. We spent almost an hour on the
summit chatting with Peter Bakwin (who had ascended Keyhole Ridge) and a few
others before making our way down the North Face waterfall route. After 8 hours
4 minutes we found ourselves back at the trailhead enjoying a few beers. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our route: Up Lamb's Slide, traverse Broadway, up Kiener's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise above treeline</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Longs Peak in the distance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty awesome place to be</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skirting around Chasm Lake (Photo: John Greedy)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking up at Lamb's Slide and all of the people that will be potentially knocking rocks on us from above once they start the entry to Broadway (Photo: John Greedy)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready to shimmy up Lamb's Slide (Photo: John Greedy)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John heading up Lamb's Slide</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pulling around the crux bulge on Broadway (Photo: John Greedy)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Greedy making his way across Broadway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cruising up the easier upper Kiener's route (Photo: John Greedy)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John on upper Kiener's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loitering on the summit for over an hour. Hard to beat weather like this at 14,000+ feet! (Photo: John Greedy)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back at the descent. </td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>June 19<sup>th</sup></u></b>—Ascended
Kieners, descended North Face with Derrick Clemmenson</div>
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I had only done Kieners once prior to this and it was almost
a year ago. So, my knowledge of the route was very limited. However, I did at
least know where the start was. Derrick and I made good time up to Broadway
where we removed our crampons and stowed our axes. There were a few patches of
avoidable snow and the snow that was above the ledge had frozen ice axe holes
in it, which provided great hand holds. When we reached the Notch Couloir there
were two climbers hanging out and belaying a lead climber who was heading up
Kieners. Those guys didn’t seem too thrilled to see two guys in running shoes
come past them with intentions of soloing the route they were pitching out. Fortunately,
the lead climber was much nicer and let us pass quickly. After scrambling
through some of the crux section we found ourselves in some sort of gully that
appeared to have two exits: one directly to our right and one straight ahead.
The footprints in the snow led us to believe that straight was the correct way.
So, I scrambled up and some stuff that felt a little harder than 5.4 and
noticed several pieces of webbing along the way. I should have realized that
these were likely for parties that bailed out, but I didn’t. I eventually
topped out and noticed that the exit was going directly into Notch Couloir.
After downclimbing a bit I made my way back to our second route choice, the one
of the climber’s right, and we easily exited the gully onto cruiser terrain. The
rest of the ascent was harder than expected since we stayed way left of the
route. We ended up scrambling up shitty, lichen-covered slabs with some old
fixed gear before finally topping out. Another routine North Face descent and
hike out saw us back at the car in 8 hours 10 minutes. Not bad, considering our
bounty of route finding mistakes. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise at Chasm Junction</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer is finally here!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Broadway without snow is much less sketchy than with snow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cruising along the sidewalk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is right before making our first route finding error of the day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summit shot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Descending the Cables waterfall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One great thing about all of these descents on the North Face is that there's always a sweet view of the Diamond waiting at the bottom</td></tr>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-86692665686189412722016-08-07T12:29:00.001-07:002017-03-15T07:34:35.430-07:00Longs Peak Project (May) -- Notch Couloir<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>May 28<sup>th</sup></u></b>—Ascended
Notch Couloir/Clark’s Arrow, descended The North Face with Peter Bakwin and
Justin Simoni</div>
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start to see if we could get up the Notch Couloir and Stepladder. The approach
to the base of Lamb’s Slide passed by quickly. We stopped to gear up (more
layers, harnesses, crampons, axes, etc.), down some calories, and get ready for
the rest of the ascent. We made our way up Lamb’s Slide and traversed over
towards Broadway where we roped up. Justin took the lead while Peter and I
simul-climbed behind. I was surprised at how serious Broadway is in the winter
versus summer. Justin set up a belay at the climber’s right-hand side of the
Notch Couloir where we regrouped for the climb. Again, Justin took the lead and
headed up, while Peter and I followed. This was slightly steeper and higher
consequence than Flying Dutchman, but the crux of Notch Couloir felt
significantly easier than that of the FD. This could have been because the ice
on FD was absolute shit when I led it and the short section of ice on NC was
perfect. When we topped out at the Notch it began snowing on us. Justin was
done leading for the day, Peter knew the route on the Stepladder but isn’t
really comfortable lead climbing, and I had zero prior route knowledge. In
summer conditions I would have went questing up the route, but I’m not exactly
the most confident climber while wearing crampons. I had also talked to Stefan
Griebel about this route and he told me that he fell while following Bill
Wright. So, with none of us willing to take the lead we decided for the anticlimactic
Clark’s Arrow finish. After our North Face descent, which only required about a
15 foot rappel, we quickly hiked out to get back to the car in 14 hours 54
minutes. What a long day…</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>May 21<sup>st</sup></u></b>—Ascended
Lamb’s Slide/Clark’s Arrow, descended The North Face with Peter Bakwin and
Justin Simoni</div>
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Unfortunately, the sun was out in full force and led to some dangerous snow
conditions on Broadway. So, we bailed on that idea and continued up Lamb’s
Slide/Clark’s Arrow instead. Pretty straightforward ascent route. A descent of
the North Face and hike out saw us back at the car in 9 hours 15 minutes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter making his way towards the bottom of Lamb's Slide</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Diamond covered in rime ice</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice view of MLW from Broadway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter threw the rope over a horn for a little extra protection when I scooted around this bulge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter and I following up Broadway. (Photo: Justin Simoni)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Justin beginning up the Notch Couloir</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First ice beard of the LPP</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summit shot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter charging down the North Face</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Justin downclimbing the Cables</td></tr>
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via The Trough from Glacier Gorge Trailhead with Peter Bakwin</div>
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Pretty uneventful outing. Peter and I met at the bus stop at
a reasonable hour for once. We hit the trail around first light and began the
approach hike. Conditions on the Trough were absolutely perfect. Someone had
kicked steps in the entire way up, which allowed us to get to the summit in
nothing more than Microspikes and trekking poles. After lingering around the
summit for a while we decided to begin our descent. We got out our axes for the
glissading descent and were down on level ground in no time. The hardest part
of the day was the return hike since the strong sun had softened the snow
significantly. Eventually, we reached treeline and the snow was a little
firmer. This was definitely the easiest ascent of the LPP so far; only taking
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<![endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>March 3<sup>rd</sup></u></b>—Ascended
via Flying Dutchman to The Beaver to Clark’s Arrow, Descended via The North
Face with Peter Bakwin<br />
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Our original plan was to ascend via the <a href="http://charlienuttelman.blogspot.com/p/flying-beaver-traverse.html" target="_blank">Flying BeaverTraverse</a> that Bill Wright and Charlie Nuttleman used during their May ascent in
2015, but we ended up deviating from that plan. </div>
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We started out the day from our usual meeting spot—The Bus
Stop. On the drive up to the Longs Peak Trailhead we could feel the wind
whipping the car around pretty good, which let us know that we might be in for
a long day. Fortunately, the winds were fairly tame at first. The approach hike
to Chasm Junction went by fairly fast. While traversing to below Chasm Lake we
had to get out our axes due to unbroken snow. This was my first time walking
across Chasm Lake when it’s solid ice. Peter and I both were in favor of
hugging the shore of the lake just in case. We reached the base of the Flying
Dutchman in 2:18 and decided to stop here to put on more clothes, crampons, and
get in some calories. </div>
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Snow conditions on the Dutchman were actually pretty good.
Peter has a lot more experience/confidence than me on snow so he just stuck his
front points in and cruised up the snow. I’m much more timid in the snow since
I’ve done minimal snow climbing. So, I took forever to ascend while kicking
steps in the entire way. Eventually, we reached the crux section of the FD,
which was mixed rock and shitty, thin ice/snow. We decided to rope up here. If
the ice would have been good or the rock dry we would have just soloed up it,
but with conditions looking less than ideal and a rope in our bag we opted for
a protected climb. </div>
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Peter built an anchor that was protected from rock fall and
I got on the sharp end. I’ve never climbed ice. I’ve never climbed in crampons
on rock or ice. I’ve never used ice tools. So, this was an interesting
experience to say the least. Getting out of the snow and onto the rock at the
base of the crux was somewhat difficult since all of the snow and ice kept
collapsing underneath me. I eventually figured it out and found a place to
shove a cam on the climber’s left side of the gully. I carefully shimmied up
little-by-little using an ice tool in my right hand and keeping my left hand
free to grab features/cracks on the left wall. Getting purchase with my front
points was difficult since the ice was so thin. Everything I touched with my
crampons shattered. I managed to get in three solid pieces of pro within the
first 15-20 feet of this mixed climbing section and then continued on another
30’ish feet without another piece of pro. For the most part, I was sticking my
ice tool in shitty rubble (rocks, dirt, grass) somewhat held together by snow
and ice. So, I dislodged several small rocks and sent them down the snow field
towards Peter. During this crux section I only really got two good sticks with
the ax and two with my front points. I eventually reached some webbing and used
this as an anchor to bring up Peter. First, I had to spend 5+ minutes thawing
out my hands that were frozen solid. </div>
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With my first ice climbing experience out of the way and
Peter up the crux section we took off our crampons and made our way up to The
Beaver to check out the rappel into The Notch. Winds were howling through The
Notch. We weren’t 100% certain that our rope would get us to the ground and the
wind was blowing our rope horizontally. So, we couldn’t get a visual of the
rope ends touching. Neither of us really was thrilled with the possibility of
having to jug back up the rope in the event that the ends didn’t hit the
ground. So, after a little talk we decided to bail on the rappel/Stepladder and
finish our ascent via Clark’s Arrow. </div>
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The rest of the ascent seemed to take every bit of energy I
had. I’m not sure if being gripped during the FD crux took everything out of me
mentally and physically or what, but it was a slog to the top. We summited in
about 8:10, ugh…</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter gearing up for the Flying Dutchman</td></tr>
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Fortunately, we’ve descended the North Face in winter
several times now and were able to cruise down to the eyebolts, quickly rappel,
and be on our way. I coiled the rope around my neck and kept it there until we
reached the end of the snow and could take off our crampons. This eliminated an
extra stop. We stowed the rope, harnesses, and crampons then quickly began our
hike back to the parking lot. We eventually had to stop one more time to shed a
bunch of layers so that we could push the pace without sweating our asses off. </div>
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The entire descent took around three hours, which made this
our longest ascent so far at 11 hours 10 minutes. We managed to make it to the
car before dark (just barely), but we were both pretty exhausted at the end of
the day. </div>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-48091471622745358312016-02-19T15:55:00.000-08:002017-03-15T07:33:00.977-07:00Longs Peak Project (February) -- Northwest Couloir<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>February 11th</u></b> with Cordis Hall and Peter Bakwin</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>BAILOUT</b>: Attempted NW Gully/Keyhole Ridge ascent and North Face descent</span></span><br />
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Peter
Bakwin, Cordis, and I set off with intentions of ascending the NW
Couloir/Keyhole Ridge and descending The North Face. Unfortunately, the winds
had other plans. We were in an all-out battle with sustained 50+mph headwinds
and 70+mph gusts. After struggling to get just below the boulder field Peter
and I looked at each other and decided to call it. Cordis was making his way up
a little ways in the distance. I looked at him and just pointed back down with
my trekking pole. He nodded in agreement. </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter smiling when we thought we still had a chance at reaching the summit</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><u>February 17th</u></b> with Peter Bakwin</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ascen<span style="font-family: inherit;">d</span>ed via NW Gully/Keyhole Ridge descended via North Face</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our ascent route in blue (Photo taken from video on <a href="http://www.alanarnette.com/co14ers/longspeaknorthwestcouloir.php" target="_blank">Alan Arnette's site</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our descent, except covered in a lot more snow (Photo from <a href="http://www.coloradomountaineering.com/2012/08/featured-route-longs-peak-north-face.html" target="_blank">Colorado Mountaineering</a>)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">My original plan for Wednesday to get out and
ski, but then I saw an email from Peter about giving Longs another go. Of
course, that trumps all other plans. Unfortunately, Cordis had class that he
couldn’t skip. So, Peter and I rolled out from The Bus Stop at 5:30am in hopes
of a February ascent. </span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">There was a slight wind at the TH, but nowhere
near as windy as our previous bailout. As we kept going on the approach we
could tell that the wind wasn't going to be THAT bad. Just below the boulder field
(where we bailed last time) the winds were actually pretty calm. While
scurrying across the boulders there was the occasional gust, but nothing too
bad. We stopped at the shelter by the Keyhole to gear up for the rest of the
day; both of us putting on every article of clothing we brought in addition to
harnesses. Sitting here out of the wind and in the sun was surprisingly pleasant. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All smiles in the absence of 70+mph winds (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter leading the way to the Keyhole shelter</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">While sitting by the shelter we could hear the
wind roaring through the Keyhole and see snow flurries near Lady Washington.
After getting in some calories we decided to step through the Keyhole and see
if the winds would let us pass. To our surprise, conditions were pretty stellar!
No winds, blue skies, and decent snow. The only downside to the Keyhole route
is that it's in the shade, but luckily we had all of our clothes on. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We continued along the Keyhole route for a
little while before heading up the NW Couloir. The lower section was one of two
places where I got uncomfortably cold during the day. Both Peter and I couldn't
really feel our feet due to slogging through deep snow. Eventually it gave way
to ice/snow-covered rock and our feet began to warm up not being buried in the snow. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We scurried up some 3rd/4th class ice-covered
rock while wearing Microspikes—definitely an awkward feeling. There were a few
big steps here-and-there that presented me problems due to the lower back pains
I've had the past few weeks. So, not being able to make the full step I just
used my knees to jam into the cracks and wallow my way up very gracefully. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally getting out of the snow and onto rock! (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">There were two kind of shitty ice-filled
chimney-type things that we squirmed up before arriving at the base of the crux
cave. We already had our harnesses on and had a rope and gear with us. So, we
roped up and I led through this section. I clipped a draw into the fixed pin
then looked around for other places for pro, but didn't find anything obvious.
So, I shimmied through the cave and came out the other side to a rime ice
wonderland. I made my way up the rime-covered rubble, being careful not to
knock a rock loose on Peter, and eventually slung a big boulder to belay up
Peter. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This was the only other time I was
uncomfortable during the entire day. While setting up belay and bringing up
Peter I left my mittens off and just wore a small pair of gloves that provide
great dexterity. My left hand got painfully cold. As soon as Peter got up I put
on my mitten, groaned a time or two, and regained warmth in no time. We coiled
up the rope and continued the 3rd/4th class scrambling up to Keyhole Ridge;
fully anticipating ungodly winds. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coiling up the rope with rime-covered rock overhead (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Again, we were surprised to gain the ridge and
find perfectly still conditions just to the climbers left of the ridge. It felt
great to finally be back in the sun again, too. The views were spectacular as
we rode the ridge to the summit. We had made it from the car to the summit in
just under five hours using only Microspikes. Summit conditions were pleasant
enough that we spent 10-15 minutes up there eating and drinking. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Putting it in cruise control on Keyhole Ridge to the summit (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter on the summit</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Initially, we took off our spikes for the North
Face descent. Peter did just fine in his La Sportiva Crossovers with their
sticky'ish rubber. I was wearing some shitty Salomon winter boots that slipped
on anything and everything. So, I put my spikes back on quickly. We encountered
some really hard snow that made us uncomfortable enough to break our axes out
again. After a few near slips I stopped to put on my crampons. During this a
gust of wind ripped one of my mittens off my arm (even though it was leashed
around my arm) and sent it blowing away to Kansas. Goddamnit...</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">After descending a little more hard-packed snow
I caught up to Peter who had the rope ready to rappel. We did two rappels down
and then continued hiking back down to the end of the snowy slopes where we
stopped to take our crampons, harnesses, etc off and stow them. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Not too long after we found ourselves rock
hopping back in the glorious sun! The rest of the day was an easy hike back to
the parking lot, which we reached in 8 hours 16 minutes roundtrip. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">I'd say that we got about the most perfect
conditions one can ask for in a February ascent of Longs Peak.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><u>February <span style="font-family: inherit;">21st</span></u></b> with Cordis Hall and Peter Bakwin</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ascen<span style="font-family: inherit;">d</span>ed via NW Gully/Keyhole Ridge descended via North Face then summited Mt Lady Washington</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cordis had class on
Wednesday and couldn’t join Peter and I. So, we decided to join Cordis for
another lap of the same route. Otherwise, there was a possibility of Cordis
just ascending via the Keyhole and we didn’t really want him to waste our “gimme”
route this early in the project.</span></span><br />
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little later at The Bus Stop (6am) this time. I woke up at 4am to start putting
on all of the layers, eat a big breakfast, and hopefully let the coffee do its
mojo. The temperatures were supposed to be colder, but the wind wasn’t supposed
to be as bad. Mountain-Forecast predicted temperatures around the single digits
with a wind chill around -10F. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dressing for these
conditions is a tedious affair. First I put on the knee-high merino socks, next
the merino long john’s, next the waterproof socks followed by thick wool socks
(I added an extra layer of socks since my feet got pretty cold on Wednesday).
Now it’s time for the La Sportiva Stormfighter GTX pants (best Craigslist find
ever!). Then it’s time to put on the shoes. Finally, I cap off my lower body
attire with some OR knee-high gaitors. The upper body is much easier. I put on
my long-sleeve Smartwool shirt with wind protection on the front and a mid-weight
smart wool jacket with insulation on the front. Top things off with a Buff,
some gloves, and sunglasses and I’m ready for the trailhead.</span></span></div>
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colder at the trailhead this morning, but the complete absence of wind more
than compensated. During the first mile
my hands were painfully cold to the point where if they didn’t get better by
treeline I didn’t think I could continue. Fortunately, as the sun came up I
felt its warm touch and was more than comfortable in no time. I actually
unzipped the sides of my pants to below my knees, unzipped my jacket and shirt,
and completely removed the Buff and gloves. I guess when there’s a 22 year old
setting the pace I warm up really fast. </span></span></div>
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upon us today. When we reached treeline there was still pretty much no wind.
Gradually, some gusts started to show up here-and-there. Around the boulder
field I finally stopped to put on my hard shell jacket. Peter and I ended up
reached the Keyhole shelter a little over 30 minutes faster than Wednesday and
Cordis was there about ten minutes later. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cordis and Peter busting out of treeline with our objective straight ahead</span></span></td></tr>
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thought about not putting on our puffies, but common sense took over. So, once
again we put on everything we brought. I now had my long-sleeve shirt,
mid-weight jacket, a big puffy down jacket, and my hardshell on my upper body
along with the addition of a balaclava and wool hat on my head. I went ahead
and put on my harness as well even though I wouldn’t need it until the Cables
descent. I always like to put on my harness when I have feeling in my hands
since I don’t know what the conditions will be like on the summit or descent. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
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said-and-done Peter and I were probably at the shelter sitting for 20+ minutes—long
enough for my hands and feet to get frozen. It took the better part of the
Ledges for my extremities to warm up, which made for really slow going on my
part. Peter and Cordis were flying ahead and I was cautiously planting each
foot and my ax in an effort to not slip in my Microspikes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the base of the NW
Gully I finally started to warm up a bit, though was still moving slow. I had
to buy a new pair of mittens since losing one on Wednesday. My dexterity in the
new gloves left a lot to be desired since I couldn’t really feel the rock I was
trying to grad. So, I kept removing the gloves for a move here-and-there then
put the gloves back on and warm my hands up again. The most miserable stretch
on the ascent was going through the little crux cave when I left my gloves off
for about five minutes. We opted to keep the rope stowed for the crux this time
since it was a little overkill last time. I was a bit disappointed to get to
the crux and discover than all of the rime ice was gone. I was really hoping
Cordis would be able to see that. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cordis and Peter shimmying up some of the 4th Class NW Gully<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter and I nearing the cave (Photo: Cordis Hall)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The scrambling/climbing/whatever-you-want-to-call-it
all seemed much easier today, but for some reason it felt like I was crawling
along. That could possibly be due to the addition of speed scrambler Cordis
just making me feel slow by comparison. Luckily, my lower back pain is
beginning to subside, which made all of the big steps from the other day much
easier.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once again, we
crested Keyhole Ridge to blue, sunny skies and zero winds and proceeded the
cruise to the summit. We reached the summit in 4 hours 20 minutes—40 minutes
faster than Wednesday. Most of that time difference came on the approach to the
Keyhole, with about 10-15 minutes coming on the stretch from the Keyhole to the
summit. It was an absolutely gorgeous day on the summit, which enticed us to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closing in on the summit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Chasm Lake from the summit</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Conditions on the
North Face descent were much better than on Wednesday. The snow had softened up
a bit and the route had seen a little more traffic. After making our way
through the exposed talus Cordis and I stopped to put on our crampons. We probably
could have got by with Microspikes, but we lugged the crampons around all day
and figured we may as well use them. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We caught up to Peter
at the first eyebolt and he was rigging the rope up for a single-rope rappel.
Peter and Cordis would do one rappel down to the bottom of the Cables then I would
bring the rope up and do two rappels down to the bottom. I’m not sure how long
it took to do this, but it definitely seemed to take a while with my cold
hands. From the moment I anchored into the top bolt to the moment I reached the
ground and coiled the rope I left my gloves off the entire time. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter rigging up the rope while Cordis tries to figure out how a harness works</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rare sight. Cordis wearing a harness and crampons, while sporting a backpack with an ax and poles. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making my way down the two rappels to the bottom of the Cables (Photo: Cordis Hall)</td></tr>
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the group I decided to just leave the rope hanging around my neck until we
reached a good point to remove my crampons. On our way down we hugged Chasm
View trying to get a glimpse of potential routes for next month. We decided to
bop over Mt Lady Washington real quick on our descent since I have
never actually summited it. We hit the summit in 6 hours 15 minutes. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Standing at the top of Chasm View</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cordis sending out the vibe on the summit of MLW</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter on MLW</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cordis and I split
from Peter on the descent. I followed Cordis since he said his descent was less
steep and easier. That may have been true, but Peter’s descent was way faster
and more direct. When we caught up to Peter I removed everything but my base
layer shirt and we casually meandered back down to the parking lot for a round
trip of 7 hours 46 minutes. Not too shabby… </span></span></div>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-72758123526180857712016-02-19T11:34:00.001-08:002017-03-15T07:33:28.454-07:00Longs Peak Project (January) -- The Loft<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>January 6th</u> with <a href="http://cordisimo.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cordis Hall</a><br />
Up/Down The Loft and Clark's Arrow<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lower portion of our route in blue, but covered in snow (Photo from <a href="http://www.14ers.com/route.php?route=long2&peak=longs+peak" target="_blank">14ers.com</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upper portion of our route. The yellow line joining with the red line. (Photo: <a href="http://www.summitpost.org/users/mountain-jim/30137" target="_blank">Mountain Jim)</a></td></tr>
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Cordis and I caught word that Peter Bakwin and Tina Lewis just
went up Longs via the Loft and down the Keyhole on the 5<sup>th</sup>. So, we
decided since the trail was already broken we might as well give it a go. I had
been back in Boulder for all of two days after spending two weeks in Missouri.
Prior to the two weeks in Missouri I spent a little over two months in the
desert primarily climbing. With little-to-no running in nearly three months and
a lack of altitude acclimation keeping up with Cordis proved to be impossible. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cordis making his way across the snowy slope just above Chasm Junction</td></tr>
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We hit the trail at 5:15am and hiked every step of the
ascent. Around day break we reached to snow slope just past Chasm Junction and
started getting some amazing views. Ascending the Loft proved to
be more of a slog than anything. The snow was pretty good, though deep in a few
places. I only had one of my BD Z-poles since I snapped the other one in half
last summer during my Elks Traverse. So, when the snow got a little deeper I
busted out my mountaineering ax to supplement the one pole. Near the exit ramp
for the Loft Couloir I spotted Tina Lewis’ trekking poles that she left the day
before. I decided to leave them and pick them up on the descent. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back towards chasm Juntion at sunrise</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approaching the base of the Loft Couloir</td></tr>
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Conditions were perfect on the Loft—no wind, no problems. We
made our way across the Loft, found some exposed rock, and downclimbed to Clark’s
Arrow—maybe 4<sup>th</sup>/5.easy’ish with slight exposure for a move. The
route we took was a little harder than the usual downclimb because we wanted to
avoid snow. Neither of us is very competent on snow. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making my way to the Loft exit ramp (Photo: Cordis Hall)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nearing the Loft with Longs in the distance</td></tr>
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From here, the hardest part was the ramp taking us from
Keplinger’s to the Homestretch, but calling it hard would be pushing it. The
snow was sort of hard, but I was still getting by in my Microspikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Homestretch was a mix of snow and rock,
which made it pretty cruiser. It ended up taking up a sloth-like 6 hours 11
minutes to reach the summit. I was hurting pretty bad both from lack of fitness
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We decided to listen to the advice of Tina and avoid descending
the Keyhole. So, we retraced our steps back down the mountain. Downclimbing the
ramp from the Homestretch to Keplinger’s in Microspikes proved to be a bit
trickier than ascending it. When we reached Tina’s poles I stowed my ax and
started using those. Cordis flew down the Loft Couloir, while I trudged along.
I probably weigh 20+ pounds more than Cordis. So, he would barely make a print
on the snow and I would fall through to the thigh. The entire descent proved to
be frustrating for me. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cordis enjoying the views and good weather on the Loft</td></tr>
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When we eventually reached treeline we were treated to
well-packed snow on all the trails. I finally quit punching through and we were
able to cruise back down to the trailhead. All said and done, this day took a
ridiculous 10 hours 18 minutes. I can’t wait to get fit and acclimated again to
shave a few hours off these winter ascents. </div>
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While descending we began discussing the Longs Peak Project
that Bill Wright and Charlie Nuttleman had completed in 2015. The conclusion
was that we might as well keep ascending Longs every month until we either
complete the project or run out of routes that are within our capabilities.
Bill has been an amazing source of inspiration for mountain endeavors. So,
attempting to follow in his and Charlie’s footsteps will be an amazing
experience. Let’s see how this goes…</div>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-10061978282783653332015-10-05T06:42:00.000-07:002015-10-05T06:42:37.548-07:00Endless Choss—A Solo, Supported Elks Range 14ers Traverse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</xml><![endif]-->As I staggered my way down from the summit of Capitol Peak
the hallucinations seemed more and more real. They started out simple enough in
the form of other hikers on the mountain, which I began to see well below
Capitol’s summit in the Pierre Lakes Basin. Then, I saw what appeared to be a
giant turtle—perhaps of the Teenage Mutant Ninja variety? Eventually, I made it
below treeline and saw a giant bull that looked straight out of a Texas rodeo.
Next, was a woman in a bikini at a campsite less than twenty feet off the trail
(why couldn’t this one have been real?). Most trippy of all were the detailed
faces that materialized out of splotches in the trail or in the bark on the
sides of Aspens. It’s pretty amazing what forty-plus hours (mostly) alone in
the mountains can do to a person. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was
almost positive that I was losing my fucking mind…
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It had been almost two days since I woke up in the Capitol
Creek horse trailer parking lot and prepared my gear for a second attempt at
one of the burliest routes around—a single push enchainment of the seven Elks
Range 14ers. The Elks Range is well-known for its awe-inspiring beauty, which
is probably only matched by its mostly shitty rock quality on some of the most
technical 14ers in the state. Even the more stable rock around Snowmass and
Capitol is still surrounded by shockingly unstable boulder and talus fields and
steep, loose scree slopes held in place by rock hard dirt. The recurring theme
is that everything seems to move in the Elks. All of these factors probably
have something to do with the traverse only being completed twice prior (in
1996 by Neal Beidleman and Jeff Hollenbaugh and in 2013 by Jason Antin and
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I spent the day of August 8<sup>th</sup> (my birthday!)
preparing my food and gear for the long outing I’d begin early the next
morning. Bacon/bagel sandwiches, pretzels, dried fruit, trail mix, cookies,
gels, coconut water, Gatorade, and canned espresso drinks would be fueling me
through these 60+ miles and 25k feet of vert—in total, about 10k calories or
more. My buddy John “Homie” Prater and I had decided to link Capitol through
Pyramid together, which allowed me to pack a drop bag for his van that would be
at the Maroon Lake trailhead. My intent was to keep going from there and tag
the summits of Castle and Conundrum to complete the Elks 14ers traverse.
However, on the drive to Aspen Homie realized that he possibly wasn’t fit
enough to do the planned route. After some thinking, I decided to revert back
to my original plan of an east-to-west traverse starting from Castle Creek and
have Homie meet me at Maroon Lake with my drop bag. The route begins with the
easiest terrain and gets increasingly difficult, but allows for an up-climb of
the cruxy sections on the Maroon Bells Traverse. My primary fear going into
this traverse was downclimbing the Bells Traverse since I had only completed it
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On the morning of August 9<sup>th</sup> I woke up around 1AM
after an unexpectedly decent 2-3 hours of sleep. About thirty minutes later I
was dressed, caffeinated, and ready to roll. I hopped into Homie’s adventure
mobile and we drove to the Castle Creek trailhead. I used the drive time to
fully charge my phone (camera), down about 1,500 calories, and guzzle the
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At 2:25AM I took off from the end of the paved road heading
up Castle Creek. The morning was pleasantly warm down low allowing me to be
comfortable in shorts, a t-shirt, and arm sleeves. When I reached the end of
the jeep road and began ascending the snow field to upper Montezuma Basin there
was a noticeable breeze and chill in the air. I used this as an opportunity to
put on my wind pants and heavy shell before cruising up the snow in
Microspikes. During my first failed attempt three days prior I found myself
wishing for Microspikes as I carefully climbed up the icy snowfield as though
it were a Flatirons slab. From the upper basin it’s a relatively painless trip
up to Castle’s Northeast Ridge, which deposits you on the summit before you
know it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A nice view of essentially the entire Elks Traverse from Castle's summit. Taken during a scouting run.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conundrum from Castle's summit. Another scouting run photo.</td></tr>
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Without wasting much time, I began the short traverse over
to Conundrum. The talus was covered in a thin layer of frost leaving me a bit
concerned for the shitty descent down into Conundrum Valley. Exercising a bit
of caution led me to the summit of Conundrum about 26 minutes after leaving
Castle—over ten minutes slower than normal. These first two summits were cold
and windy, which motivated me to get my ass off of them as fast as possible. I
turned around almost immediately and headed to the Castle-Conundrum saddle for
my descent into the valley.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise view from Conundrum looking towards Castle. Photo taken during the Traverse.</td></tr>
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At 3:16 hours into the day I began my first big descent of
the route. During my first attempt I ended up staying way too far to the north
(descender’s right) and got tangled up in a bunch of cliffbands and steep,
loose gullies. Once clear of the cliffs and gullies I found myself on seemingly
endless steep, loose talus and boulders. I certainly didn’t want a repeat
performance of that descent this time. So, I made sure to swing way out to my
left (south) in an effort to avoid the cliffbands and stay on the less steep
talus/boulders. Apparently this worked because I found myself on the trail
leading to Conundrum Hot Springs in 4:58 hours versus 5:55 on my first
attempt—almost an hour difference.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a dip in Conundrum Hot Springs during a scouting run.</td></tr>
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Once on the Conundrum Hot Springs trail I was greeted with
over 13 miles of cruiser singletrack over to the Maroon Lake trailhead. The
initial few miles were a bit chilly being in the shaded creek bed, but later on
in the day I would have traded anything for those chilly conditions. I mostly
power hiked up to Triangle Pass where I relaxed for 5-10 minutes to soak up the
sun and enjoy a bacon and ham bagel sandwich. From Triangle Pass to Maroon Lake
was a pleasant mix of trotting with short walking breaks every now-and-then.
Near Maroon Lake, I took a wrong turn on the trail that brought me out to the
main road by the West Portal trailhead. I stayed on the road and hiked up to
the lake parking lot.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pyramid's east face. During my first attempt at the traverse (three days prior to my successful attempt) I spent almost eight hours trying to force my way up this nightmare. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting a little chossy on Pyramid's east face during my first attempt.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the Bells while ascending Pyramid's west face during a scouting run.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goats everywhere on Pyramid's west face during a scouting run.</td></tr>
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After 9:02 hours on my feet I was happy to sit down at
Homie’s van to refuel, resupply, and change shoes. To this point, I had been
wearing Hoka Rapa Nui’s for the easier terrain. Now, I would change into La
Sportiva Bushido’s for some stickier rubber on the more technical portion of
the route; mainly the Bells Traverse. I spent about 40 minutes at the van,
mentally preparing for the rest of the route, eating anything in sight,
guzzling Gatorade, two cans of coconut water, and two doubleshot espressos.
Homie and I discussed how realistic it would be to get off the Bells before
dark; it would be possible assuming I didn’t bonk, but difficult. </div>
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When I finally hit the trails again I set off towards
Pyramid like a man on a mission. In my attempt to finish Pyramid as quickly as
possible I neglected keeping up with calorie intake and hydration. I managed to
get up Pyramid in under three hours and back down to the South Maroon climber’s
trail in 2:39 from Pyramid’s summit. These times even included stopping to talk
to 3-4 groups of people along the way. During one of these conversations I was
told that a helicopter rescue just occurred on the Maroon Bells Traverse, which
didn’t exactly put my mind at ease.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading up Pyramid's standard route during the traverse.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approaching the last grunt up to Pyramid's summit during the traverse.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some goats guarding Pyramid's summit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Standard Pyramid summit shot with the Bells in the background.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying a few minutes of rest on Pyramid's summit during the traverse.</td></tr>
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The east slopes of South Maroon are a devilish grunt on
fresh legs. Today, it seemed to take everything in me to get up to the south
ridge of the peak—the heat and lack of calories/water were finally starting to
take their toll. Every step of the way left me wondering what the hell I was
doing out there. I wanted to quit so badly, but the best option I had was
returning to the Maroon Lake trailhead and sleeping in the bathroom for the
night. That bathroom smells like a cattle lot on a good day. So, I continued
onward and upward.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQu3BvqsLC2bMDvv22p8J_dCBdBUoN4cGuP6SvhxS-aZEoBz5C2ODy-PVCcQ9M9yfTsjd0ld2aIJn_9kamuqbROuD8iPai8F_kNvRhvSGCXPQL_ANT19GD3-04ReZSoXdIx9HPVpsVcA/s1600/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQu3BvqsLC2bMDvv22p8J_dCBdBUoN4cGuP6SvhxS-aZEoBz5C2ODy-PVCcQ9M9yfTsjd0ld2aIJn_9kamuqbROuD8iPai8F_kNvRhvSGCXPQL_ANT19GD3-04ReZSoXdIx9HPVpsVcA/s320/16.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making my way towards Crater Lake during the traverse.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A nice view of my next two objectives--The Maroon Bells.</td></tr>
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About halfway up the slopes I talked to a climber whose
partner was the person rescued on the traverse. He told me their original plan
was to just climb North Maroon, but on the summit they met an Aspen mountain
guide who talked them into joining for the traverse. It seemed that maybe the
guide was a little too encouraging on one of the crux downclimbs and eventually
the climber just fell. With the thought of falling on the traverse fresh on my
mind I began questioning my motives for doing this route. What was I trying to
prove, anyways? On the summit of South Maroon it became evident that should I
choose to continue I would be doing the Maroon Bells Traverse entirely in the
dark—only my second time ever doing this traverse.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Hamilton making his way up South Maroon during a scouting run.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiko0jhdVCr8D_68XLPuVlaNCvMt3TGKmH76VIoxQlg0z_OWcKu6FyppONX2WWppj1PwJtqLAFlMTGUCxRL3ILipVT3gd5zzq5yG-RUDqc26hqgW_cFdS0FWWkVH_CDLmc157-rJNPeoOY/s1600/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiko0jhdVCr8D_68XLPuVlaNCvMt3TGKmH76VIoxQlg0z_OWcKu6FyppONX2WWppj1PwJtqLAFlMTGUCxRL3ILipVT3gd5zzq5yG-RUDqc26hqgW_cFdS0FWWkVH_CDLmc157-rJNPeoOY/s320/19.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capitol and Snowmass off in the distance as I make my way up South Maroon during a scouting run.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun setting as I ascend South Maroon during the traverse. </td></tr>
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I took a little time on the summit to really think about the
upcoming terrain. A fall on the Bells Traverse is bad enough, but falling at
night seemed much, much worse. No one would be around to help and I would be
counting on friends watching my progress on the Delorme GPS thingy to realize
that something happened. After some deliberation I decided to push on with the
traverse at least until the base of the first crux and see how I felt. I stood
at the base of the crux for a while trying to clear the negative thoughts from
my mind. I was finally able to relax and focus on the immediate task with a
clear mind and relaxed body. I followed this process for the next two cruxy
sections and was on easy terrain in no time.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszD9hd7nVYJBmtR1WgVjM4ltCX1lR7xVPLFz0lOD5e2YZwHmj8vPyFLPR-lNLompa-vB9nYLOfKMDBJT0EwuoWUm7abvr257637fyt9ZBQR-KsaTpS8MMuBuOEhV8jFmk5JFyEygD8bU/s1600/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszD9hd7nVYJBmtR1WgVjM4ltCX1lR7xVPLFz0lOD5e2YZwHmj8vPyFLPR-lNLompa-vB9nYLOfKMDBJT0EwuoWUm7abvr257637fyt9ZBQR-KsaTpS8MMuBuOEhV8jFmk5JFyEygD8bU/s320/21.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ascending one of the cruxy sections of the Bells Traverse during a scouting run. (Photo: Paul Hamilton)</td></tr>
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I was rather pleased with myself at being able to get
through this section when it seemed that circumstances were plotting against me
(or at least in my mind it seemed that way). Sometimes it’s easy to convince
yourself that the universe is conspiring against you and that you were doomed
to fail from the start. The tricky part is overcoming those thoughts when
you’re all alone. </div>
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On the summit of North Maroon I was still confronted with
negative thoughts. This was basically my last logical bailout point. Descend
the standard Northeast Ridge route and I can bail back to Maroon Lake. Descend
the Northwest Ridge towards the Gunsight and I’m in it for the long haul. There
was still a shit load of tedious terrain between me and the summit of Capitol,
but the truly dangerous terrain was behind me. Which way I descended basically
just boiled down to how far I was willing to go mentally and physically—how
much exhaustion was I willing to endure?<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiG6n394wgFRS1Pb1yXw3XTnfphNJr1QnFcL9ZvB3sFh23e5AVVXMsGGjUF4tmTSwKv5w6YVFW0_hwtFL3zUTGtPeSaEHyduiZ_IDe3ZY3XSKozFnqQE1rvhb-8d79GcitPRfwufJfDs8/s1600/22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiG6n394wgFRS1Pb1yXw3XTnfphNJr1QnFcL9ZvB3sFh23e5AVVXMsGGjUF4tmTSwKv5w6YVFW0_hwtFL3zUTGtPeSaEHyduiZ_IDe3ZY3XSKozFnqQE1rvhb-8d79GcitPRfwufJfDs8/s320/22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back at the summit of South Maroon from North Maroon during a scouting run.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLIBxeVWzKPA8gY3L0fCfvmXL3jYSMmEAbXDvOKjyEDKJK2CsiKxYsSMMlXp9hPZS2E3EY1HFoXY5MrN53LRGXdLNp5hLwR9tb90ll22UkxqK-aS78jnBpzYMR_we6d5kKK2Iw7sBypE/s1600/23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLIBxeVWzKPA8gY3L0fCfvmXL3jYSMmEAbXDvOKjyEDKJK2CsiKxYsSMMlXp9hPZS2E3EY1HFoXY5MrN53LRGXdLNp5hLwR9tb90ll22UkxqK-aS78jnBpzYMR_we6d5kKK2Iw7sBypE/s320/23.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back down at Crater Lake and Maroon Lake from North Maroon during a scouting run.</td></tr>
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Of course, I descended towards the Gunsight. I had already
made that decision almost twenty hours prior when I set off from the Castle
Creek trailhead. After bailing on my initial attempt a few days earlier I had
decided that any second attempt would either end successfully or with my
friends hiking in to retrieve the gear I borrowed off of my mangled body. Maybe
that’s a bit overly dramatic, but I was certainly willing to take more than the
usual amount of risks to finish this line. </div>
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The segment from North Maroon’s summit to just above
Snowmass Lake had me a bit worried. I was totally unfamiliar with the entire
portion of the route. Things started off alright with my onsight descent to the
Gunsight going much smoother than anticipated. From here, I started dropping
towards Snowmass Creek where I would begin a large contour around the basin
trying to stay around 11,600’ elevation most of the way. Homie warned me about
a cliffband below the Gunsight, which I successfully avoided. Near the creek I
spotted about 5-10 ghostly white objects that seemed to hover in the air; eyes
glowing brightly as my headlamp hit them. Frightened, I stared at these things
for a solid five minutes before realizing they were just mountain goats. Whew…</div>
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In the pitch black darkness I missed the small pass to the
south of Snowmass Lake and continued contouring around for a while. The GPS
route on my watch wasn’t working at all as it kept pointing me in the wrong
direction. Maybe I needed to recalibrate the compass? With no real idea where
the hell I was I decided to quit wasting energy wandering around lost and just
lie down. I opened the space blanket that I’ve owned for four years, yet have
never used, and curled up in the fetal position on the ground to shiver
uncontrollably for a few hours. In all, I rested about two hours, though sleep
never actually came. </div>
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When the sun finally showed I felt a renewed energy, but
that could have been the bacon and bagel sandwich I ate. I could finally see
where I was and where I needed to go. It’s hard to describe the relief one gets
when he’s lost in the mountains for several hours at night and then finally
realizes where he’s at, but it’s one of the greatest feelings in the world. Invigorated
and with a newly found sense of purpose I began making my way to the west side
of Snowmass Lake for the shittiest ascent of the day.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8bgtQj4Dt58mPxv-3qlvHRnhxbUAt58AXyaUamcO_uAN8sTVc7WSQdbG12Ikt_eIQH7XfQ99vzlsK399eHpB6KdhaRG6q48GzULmHMv0wb_lG-jxYk-iGpvniyVysFmU1dH47gWdx7Y/s1600/25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8bgtQj4Dt58mPxv-3qlvHRnhxbUAt58AXyaUamcO_uAN8sTVc7WSQdbG12Ikt_eIQH7XfQ99vzlsK399eHpB6KdhaRG6q48GzULmHMv0wb_lG-jxYk-iGpvniyVysFmU1dH47gWdx7Y/s320/25.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Snowmass Lake during a run of the Four Pass Loop.</td></tr>
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The east side of Snowmass Mountain sort of sucks, especially
if you opt to ignore the standard trail and choose a more direct line straight
to the summit. This direct line puts you on a generous helping of snow and steep,
loose scree and talus that results in the old one-step-forward- two-steps-back
progress up the mountain. Morning temperatures were quite warm, resulting in
crappy snow that I kept punching all of the way through. After a few hours of
enduring this slow progress I found myself on the summit enjoying the company
of a few guys who were the first people I had seen in fifteen hours. One of the
guys broke out a pipe and offered me a hit, which I was tempted to take. My left
Achilles had been hurting since heading up South Maroon and I wasn’t really
eating anything at this point, but one toke would probably have knocked me out
cold as tired as I was.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoFPxIIqIn8OgAW9UOjzjIhF8nxtS3rUesC9Mq3vPNUnaXlCtq70mitc0G1Ui-Fs6H66w5TijN_uHI7PqYripzX_ChWpiwGQDCxlWH7ZXf46mfMXdgVUzv3maMyT6A7xo_ll6Lf1oNkw/s1600/26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoFPxIIqIn8OgAW9UOjzjIhF8nxtS3rUesC9Mq3vPNUnaXlCtq70mitc0G1Ui-Fs6H66w5TijN_uHI7PqYripzX_ChWpiwGQDCxlWH7ZXf46mfMXdgVUzv3maMyT6A7xo_ll6Lf1oNkw/s320/26.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Near the summit of Snowmass with Capitol in the distance. Photo taken by Paul Hamilton during a scouting linkup of Capitol and Snowmass.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Capitol from the summit of Snowmass during the traverse.</td></tr>
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The exercise in frustration continued as I descended the
loose pile of shit that is the west side of Snowmass. Rather than trying to
contour to the north on extremely loose boulders I decided to descend to where
the boulder field evens out a little bit. This allowed for some easier travel
towards my ascent of a pass just to the west of the Snowmass-Capitol ridgeline.
At this point any progress at all (up or down) seemed to take an extraordinary
amount of time and effort. From the summit of Snowmass to my crossover point on
the Snow-Cap Ridge took 2:36 hours. </div>
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I probably chose the worst route possible down and across
Pierre Lakes Basin. This was likely due to confusion/disorientation on where I
needed to go for access to the Wandering Dutchman. I wandered around confused
on where the hell I was for about an hour-and-a-half before finally getting my
bearings. During that time, I ascended a couloir that led to a route called The
Cleaver—apparently a 5.8 route that looked rather terrifying. Realizing that
this was definitely NOT the way, I retreated back down the couloir and
proceeded to have a mild panic about how I would find my way. I debated
messaging Gerber with the Delorme to see if he could tell me where to go, but
decided against it. After some thought I decided to try the GPS waypoint on my
Ambit and see if that would work. Turned out that even though the route
navigation was screwed up I was able to successfully navigate to a specific way
point. </div>
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Finally, standing at the base of the Wandering Dutchman
couloir I knew that the end was getting closer. The slog up the Dutchman, to
K2, and on to Capitol’s summit took 1:53 hours, which surprises the hell out of
me because it seemed to take so much longer when I was doing it. I didn’t
linger on the summit long with my main goal being to get down to the campsites
near Capitol Lake before darkness. I opted for a direct ridgeline decent back
to the Capitol-Daly saddle versus trying to follow cairns on the standard route.
Although this is a harder decent than the standard route I felt it provided fewer
opportunities for disorientation in my state of extreme exhaustion.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVzW0p5TrJainBV294dyddLyBg-B60NsHP7gK3kTByrSRwOhpz9QhKh1kc8eJuhwTQMtSWexauvmeoNLj7MZVC6419h1MK6hyphenhyphenesVuyXrQ3grdx7_AKf4CciHZccUna2HYRO8cwQBPwvQ/s1600/29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVzW0p5TrJainBV294dyddLyBg-B60NsHP7gK3kTByrSRwOhpz9QhKh1kc8eJuhwTQMtSWexauvmeoNLj7MZVC6419h1MK6hyphenhyphenesVuyXrQ3grdx7_AKf4CciHZccUna2HYRO8cwQBPwvQ/s320/29.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All that remains between me and the summit of Capitol after topping out in the Wandering Dutchman. Photo taken during the traverse. </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2o1M3oUAKDQ4whmvnQoy9y2eqDwHyJ8Vd1dKyJSOStwaC8HG9SxnO_Ogy2Yu2-LLecjUqWwuN3ZUiCHd7gtLnJIPHf0LuTnulL8pI_-yctiF7cTKEyd46Eir9FDVOkeur9NJDN9caNJ0/s1600/28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2o1M3oUAKDQ4whmvnQoy9y2eqDwHyJ8Vd1dKyJSOStwaC8HG9SxnO_Ogy2Yu2-LLecjUqWwuN3ZUiCHd7gtLnJIPHf0LuTnulL8pI_-yctiF7cTKEyd46Eir9FDVOkeur9NJDN9caNJ0/s320/28.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ridge leading to Capitol's summit. Photo taken during scouting run.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Hamilton scoping out the Pierre Lakes Basin from just below Capitol's summit. Photo from scouting run.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmpUEqXD-FJ6BhKKmFxmY4rDGKlG_ObDErTB2DHgWdb6ppJnTpjGu2Jh4mrlnhiabcdCipsSwXZD8imy6gKakwM3XW0DsHqM-XbjTdsxGdyiKtgEuxwycA4B71Wn1BkHAwqWeyvQeQeA/s1600/31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmpUEqXD-FJ6BhKKmFxmY4rDGKlG_ObDErTB2DHgWdb6ppJnTpjGu2Jh4mrlnhiabcdCipsSwXZD8imy6gKakwM3XW0DsHqM-XbjTdsxGdyiKtgEuxwycA4B71Wn1BkHAwqWeyvQeQeA/s320/31.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally sitting atop the summit of Capitol 39 hours after leaving Castle Creek Trailhead!</td></tr>
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I began to experience mild hallucinations between the summit
and saddle; seeing people who weren’t there, mostly. The loneliness that comes
with a solo 40+ hour effort in the mountains is hard to suppress and seems to
manifest itself through seeing these people who aren’t there. I proceeded to
stagger drunkenly for way longer than necessary, reaching the saddle in 2:04
from the summit. Looking back, it seems that my body chose the summit of
Capitol to begin shutting down almost entirely. I tried running the descent
from the saddle, but my completely trashed quads weren’t having any of it—they
were finished running for the day.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally on smooth trail just below the Capitol-Daly saddle. Photo taken during the traverse. </td></tr>
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From the saddle to the Capitol Creek trailhead proved to be
6.5 of the longest miles of my life. My average pace ended up being less than
1.8 miles/hour for this stretch. The fatigue and hallucinations continued to
get worse. I kept seeing more and more people camping alongside the trail and
even began seeing detailed faces on the sides of Aspen trees. There were at
least a few times where my body was so overcome by exhaustion that I actually
fell asleep while hiking. </div>
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Less than two miles from the trailhead I saw a headlamp
looking back at me. Initially, I wrote this off as another hallucination.
However, as I got closer I could hear a voice. When I finally realized that
this was a REAL person I almost lost it; it had been over 12 hours since my
last human interaction below the summit of Snowmass. Joe, the hiker, saw my
headlamp coming down the trail and decided to wait for me to have company for
the hike out. He was out taking photos of the sunset and stars and just assumed
I was another hiker out for a casual stroll. Honestly, I have never been
happier to see another person out in the mountains. </div>
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With less than a mile to go, Joe and I came across two other
hikers and chatted for a few minutes. As much as I wanted to linger and talk I
could feel my body on the verge of a complete shutdown—everything was starting
to tighten up. If I stayed there too much longer I wouldn’t even be able to
hike another step. </div>
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So, I pushed on until I finally began to recognize certain
parts of the trail. I could tell the end was near and even began to hike with a
little more pep in my step. It wasn’t much longer until Joe and I found
ourselves at the trailhead. I’m still not certain what the better feeling was:
hitting stop on my watch after 44+ hours on the move, knowing that Joe was
there to give me a ride to my truck two miles below the trailhead, or finally taking
my shoes/socks off?</div>
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It certainly wasn’t pretty or easy, but after 44+ hours of
slogging along I found myself at the Capitol Creek Trailhead with the third
known completion (fifth person to complete the route) and potentially the first
person to complete it solo. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Without a doubt, this was the hardest thing I’ve ever done…</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Splits</u></b><u>—<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Location—Total Time (Split from Last
Location):</i></u>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Start </span></b>(Castle
Creek Trailhead)—0:00</div>
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<b>Castle Peak</b>—2:35</div>
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<b>Conundrum Peak</b>—3:01 (0:26)</div>
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Castle-Conundrum Saddle—3:16 (0:15)</div>
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Conundrum Hot Springs Trail—4:58 (1:42)</div>
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Triangle Pass—5:57 (0:59)</div>
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Copper Pass—6:20 (0:23)</div>
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Maroon Lake Trailhead—9:02 (2:42)</div>
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Pyramid Peak Trail Turnoff—10:13 (1:05)</div>
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<b>Pyramid Peak</b>—12:42 (2:29)</div>
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Pyramid Peak Trail Turnoff—14:38 (1:56)</div>
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South Maroon Peak Trail Turnoff—15:21 (0:43)</div>
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South Maroon’s South Ridge—17:06 (1:45)</div>
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<b>South Maroon Peak</b>—18:02 (0:56)</div>
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<b>North Maroon Peak</b>—19:48 (1:46)</div>
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Gunsight—20:58 (1:10)</div>
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Snowmass Creek—21:54 (0:56)</div>
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Pass Leading to Maroon-Snowmass Trail—28:13 (6:19)</div>
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Beginning of Snowmass Ascent from Above Snowmass Lake—29:14
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<b>Snowmass Mountain</b>—31:26 (2:12)</div>
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Pass Leading to West Side of Snow-Cap Ridge—33:43 (2:17)</div>
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Snow-Cap Ridge Crossover—34:02 (0:19)</div>
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Pierre Lakes Basin—34:34 (0:32)</div>
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Base of Wandering Dutchman—37:09 (2:35)</div>
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Top of Wandering Dutchman—37:33 (0:24)</div>
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K2—37:57 (0:24)</div>
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<b>Capitol Peak</b>—39:02 (1:05)</div>
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K2—40:08 (1:06)</div>
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Capitol-Daly Saddle—41:06 (0:58)</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Finish</b> (Capitol
Creek Trailhead)—44:10 (3:04)</div>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-87310290513905212202015-08-16T16:16:00.001-07:002015-08-16T16:16:33.602-07:00Photos from June 1 - August 2 (4 of 4)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Hamilton eyeing the route through Pierre Lakes Basin and on to Snowmass Mountain</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ben Clark getting a little muddy on Kendall Mountain</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me climbing a crux on the Maroon Bells Traverse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A relaxing river near the Foot Bridge aid station at the Bighorn 100</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rabbit Ridge with Harvard in the distance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild flowers in Conundrum Valley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Hamilton taking off once we reached some runnable terrain on the North Maroon descent</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Album cover artwork for the Paul Hamilton-Cordis Hall duo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cordis Hall, Bill Wright, and Peter Bakwin making their way up the 2nd Flatiron</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rush Combs and I climbing up Fandango on the 1st Flatiron (Photo: Bill Wright)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Running through the fire damage on South Boulder</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crater Lake with the Maroon Bells</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back at my descent path on El Diente...Straight down...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good morning, Boulder!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking at the crux of the Rabbit Ridge Traverse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stopping to smell the flower on my El Diente descent</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the cruiser trails from the summit of Harvard back to the Taco</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Hamilton charging up South Maroon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice view of Turquoise Lake from Hagerman Pass Road</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet view of Conundrum from Castle</td></tr>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-71753433122036154992015-08-16T16:05:00.000-07:002015-08-16T16:05:09.535-07:00Photos from June 1 - August 2 (3 of 4)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beginning Torrey's Kelso Ridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice view of the Maroon Bells as I made my way up Pyramid's west face</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mountain goats guarding the summit of Pyramid</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Satan's Minions making their way up the 2nd Flatiron</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes I forget just how nice the Mesa Trail really is...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down one of the crux sections of Free for All</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Continuing my way up the west face of Pyramid</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approaching the Maroon Bells</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For some reason this is always one of my favorite views of Pyramid</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the summit of Harvard, looking at the Rabbit Ridge leading back to Columbia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot from the Four Pass Loop--Between Trail Rider and Frigid Air</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mid-run soak in Conundrum Hot Springs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rather tedious descent on the Sierra del Ramon traverse in Santiago, Chile</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Satan's Minions on The Slab</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road running in the San Juans near Silverton</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading up to Conundrum Hot Springs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tempo workout up to nearly 12,000' elevation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Climbing at The Pool Wall in Ouray, CO with Rush Combs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nearing the summit of Snowmass after linking up Capitol and Snowmass (Photo: Paul Hamilton)</td></tr>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-55828178525969262172015-08-16T15:53:00.000-07:002015-08-16T15:53:12.353-07:00Photos from June 1 - August 2 (2 of 4)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cordis Hall and Max Keith sitting atop the 1st Flatiron</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some nice flowers along the Mesa Trail</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading up Columbia with Yale in the distance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summit of Pyramid--Bells in the distance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Boulder sunrise</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snowmass Lake on the way up Trail Rider Pass</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of North Maroon and the traverse that lies ahead</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some Minions getting ready to do a morning scrambling session (Photo: Bill Wright)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A podium finish at the Hardrock Beer Mile</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Running through Eldorado Canyon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Island Lake from Grant Swamp Pass</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max Keith knows the finish line is close at the Bighorn 100</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the Elks Range from Castle Peak</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready to descend Trail Rider Pass on the Four Pass Loop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot of Island Lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Wyoming sunset as seen through Taco Vision</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early morning scrambling on The Spy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ben Clark enjoying a 15 mile shakeout run in the San Juans</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The initial ascent up Pyramid's west face</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aspen wasn't really thinking when they named this city park...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready for the last descent of the Sierra del Ramon traverse</td></tr>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-442193119317798992015-08-16T15:43:00.000-07:002015-08-16T15:43:23.730-07:00Photos from June 1 - August 2 (1 of 4)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max Keith taking in the sunset views on the way to Bighorn 100</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max at the Bighorn 100 finish. Top 10!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flowers at Twin Lakes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Descending El Diente after conditions deteriorated</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rabbit Ridge traverse from Columbia to Harvard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snowmass Lake while running the Four Pass Loop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Hamilton descending North Maroon after completing the Maroon Bells Traverse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a break from Hardrock trail work to climb atop a pile of choss</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Hamilton and Cordis Hall running along Hayden Ridge near Ouray, CO</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A crisp morning in Santiago, Chile</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me climbing on of the cruxes of the Maroon Bells Traverse (Photo: Paul Hamilton)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Descending El Diente</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back at Snowmass Lake from Trail Rider Pass during the Four Pass Loop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some rabbit ears on the Rabbit Ridge traverse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild flowers on the Devil's Thumb/High Lonesome Loop with David Ponak</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Resting on Harvard after doing the Rabbit Ridge Traverse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of the day's objectives--the Maroon Bells</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look closely and you can see Paul Hamilton making his way up Capitol Peak</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Traversing the Sierra del Ramon in Santiago, Chile</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guy Love shaking off the fatigue of the Bighorn 100 on The Regency and Royal Arch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying some nice singletrack between Frigid Air Pass and West Maroon Pass on the Four Pass Loop</td></tr>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-25781864551814114492015-08-12T09:25:00.000-07:002015-08-12T09:25:11.037-07:00Lots of Catching up to do... June 1 - August 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><u>Week in Review:
July 27-August 2<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, July 27<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—4.5
Miles—1:09—700’—West Snowmass Trail<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Really mellow shakeout run/hike. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>PM—8
Miles—1:10—200’—Rio Grande Bike Trail<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Another easy run on pretty flat bike paths. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, July 28<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—18 Miles—3:58—3,050’—Conundrum
Hot Springs<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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My legs still felt pretty tired, but I wanted to get in some
decent miles. So, I ran up to the hot springs, soaked for a bit, and ran back
down. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Wednesday, July 29<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—9
Miles—2:35—1,300’—East Maroon Creek<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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My original plan was to find a way up the east face of
Pyramid and descend the standard route. I ended up leaving the trail too soon,
which resulted in the single worse bushwhack of my life. Willows, thorn bushes,
water crossings with shoe sucking mud, ankle breaking rocks completely hidden
by the thick willows, and Stinging Nettles. Those goddamned Stinging Nettles
that I had never even heard of until after this “run.” When I finally emerged
from the bushes I stood at the base of the talus slope to scout out a route.
Then I looked at my legs and arms and they were covered with hives. Not knowing
if I was going to break out into a full-blown allergic reaction I decided to
play it safe and bail. The rest of the day was full of tingling extremities and
horrible itching. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday, July 30<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—26
Miles—12:05—8,400’—Capitol Peak (14,130’) and Snowmass Mountain (14,092’)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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With Paul Hamilton. We both car camped at the Maroon
Snowmass TH. In the morning I whipped up some coffee and drove us to the
Capitol Creek TH. We hit the trail a little after 7:15AM and made our way
towards Capitol. At the Capitol-Daly saddle we chose to stay directly on the
ridge to K2 and continued staying on the ridge to the summit of Capitol. Next,
we retraced our steps back to K2, ventured down the K2-Clark ridge, found the
Wandering Dutchman Couloir, and descended into Pierre Lakes Basin. This all
ended up going much smoother than anticipated. The terrain from Pierre Lakes
Basin to the Snow-Cap Ridge crossover was a bit tedious with shifting
talus/boulders being present the entire way. At the base of our ridge crossover
it seemed that our route might involve some 4<sup>th</sup> (maybe 5<sup>th</sup>?)
Class terrain, but we managed to keep it extremely loose 3<sup>rd</sup> Class
all the way to the ridge. We then had to cross over a small pass on the west
side of the Snow-Cap Ridge before contouring south to the West Ridge of
Snowmass. There were no visible cairns, which led Paul to keep looking around
to the South for signs of a known route. Ultimately, we returned to the base of
the West Ridge and began our ascent here. This route finding error ended up
costing us about 45 minutes or more. As we began our ascent of Snowmass I could
tell that it would be a slog for me. My legs just didn’t seem to want to move
upward. Eventually, I reached the summit and joined Paul for a few minutes of
calorie intake. We decided to drop almost directly off the summit and make our
way towards Snowmass Lake. Not too long into the descent, I stepped on a wobbly
rock and cut my left Achilles pretty good. So, I decided to just walk in on
down to Snowmass Lake with the intention of starting to run as soon as I
reached the trail around the lake. Of course, I had to sneak in a few more
route finding errors before reaching the lake. I was a bit bummed to discover
that the trail around the lake was overgrown with willows and rather difficult
to run, which led me to walk all the way around it. When I finally reached the
main trail heading back towards Maroon Snowmass TH I was able to run fairly
well for a few miles. However, in the last 3-4 miles back to the trailhead my
left Achilles started hurting pretty bad forcing me to inject spurts of limping
into my running. After a little over 12 hours I was happy to finally end the
brutally burly day…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday, July 31<sup>st</sup>
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<b>PM—5
Miles—1:12—1,400’—Sunnyside Trail<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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My left Achilles was really tight, but loosened up about a
mile into the run. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday, August 1<sup>st</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>PM—13.5
Miles—4:06—5,150’—Castle Peak (14,265’), Conundrum Peak (14,060’), and Castle
Peak<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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The five mile grunt up the jeep road seemed to never end. From
there, it’s a pretty easy ~1,500’ up to the summit of Castle. I bopped right
over the summit and began the short 17 minute trip over to Conundrum. Another
23 minutes later and I was back on the summit of Castle. Here, I chatted with a
guy named Shawn for about 30 minutes or so before beginning my descent. Once
off the ridge I was treated to a nice 500’+ glissade back down to the road. The
five mile road back to the Taco passed by rather quickly. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, August 2<sup>nd</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—9 Miles—2:36—4,300’—Mount
Elbert (14,433’)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Easy ascent with mostly power hiking. Reached the summit in
1:39. It seemed like everyone on the mountain wanted to talk to me on the
descent. Since I wasn’t really in a hurry today I obliged. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>PM—8 Miles—1:21—600’—Hagerman
Pass Road<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Easy run that was likely just as much about chasing numbers
as anything else…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Miles—101<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Time—30 hours 15
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Elevation Gain—25,050
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review:
July 20-26<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, July 20<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>OFF—Legs still sore
from Power of Four<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Tuesday, July 21<sup>st</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>PM—2
Miles—0:30—450’—Colorado Trail<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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After a day of being shuttle driver for Ben, Gavin, and
Timmy while they scouted part of the Nolan’s route I finally got out to see how
shitty my legs felt. They felt shitty…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wednesday, July 22<sup>nd</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—14
Miles—5:14—6,500’—Mount Columbia (14,073’) and Mount Harvard (14,420’) via
Rabbit Ridge<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I decided to connect Columbia and Harvard via the Rabbit
Ridge traverse. To avoid onsight downclimbing the 5.7 crux crack I opted to
ascend Columbia first. I ascended via the standard Nolan’s route. Once I got
into the wind I questioned why I didn’t bring more clothing. The wind was
frigid. At the summit of Columbia I considered bailing due to the cold winds,
but after about 10-15 minutes sitting in a wind shelter with the sun shining on
me I was warm enough to push on to Harvard. The ridge proved to be about as
much fun as one can hope for in the Sawatch. With the exception of the short
5.7 crux, the ridge was a fun section of 3<sup>rd</sup>/4<sup>th</sup> Class terrain.
I was standing on the summit an hour-and-a-half after leaving the summit of
Columbia. From here, it’s a pleasant run all the way back to the trailhead. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday, July 23<sup>rd</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—4
Miles—0:41—150’—Turquoise Lake<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Really easy run along the lake with Jamie. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday, July 24<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>PM—10
Miles—4:59—5,000’—Pyramid Peak (14,018’)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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My original plan was to ascend the West Face and try to
descend the East Face. I tediously made my way up the West Face. The route
ended up being fairly straightforward, though full of loose boulders and chossy
gullies. The crux of the route ended up being about a 20-30 feet tall choss
dihedral that I climbed to gain the south ridge. Reading other reports it seems
that this is likely avoidable. Who knows? I got cliffed out while trying to
descend the east face and then it started raining pretty hard. So, I trudged
back up to the standard route and took it all the way down. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday, July 25<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>PM—28
Miles—6:29—8,200’—Maroon Bells Four Pass Loop<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Gorgeous loop on a really hot day. After three years of
having this loop on my “to do” list I finally got out and ran it. I woke up not
really feeling up for any off-trail route finding shenanigans, which made the
loop a good option. I chose to run counter clockwise. My legs never really felt
good. So, I walked an awful lot of runnable terrain throughout the day. I
enjoyed a decent stretch of trail from Buckskin Pass to just below Trailrider
Pass without seeing anyone. When I reached Frigid Air Pass I was greated to the
masses of people and it just got worse between there and Maroon Lake. The
descent from West Maroon would be difficult on a good day, but throw in tons of
people who aren’t willing to budge an inch for a runner and it sucks a lot. Guess
that’s what I get for running this loop on a weekend. Other than the beautiful
scenery, the highlight of the day was taking a swim (well, bath) in Maroon Lake
at the end of the run. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, July 26<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—12
Miles—4:53—5,600’—Maroon Bells Traverse: Maroon Peak (14,156’) to North Maroon
Peak (14,014’)</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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With Paul Hamilton. My legs were pretty crappy all the way
up the east slope of Maroon Peak. About halfway up we ran into a dopey looking
father/son duo that seemed to have the balance of a giraffe on roller skates.
The son rolled his ankle while ascending, causing them to bail on the summit.
On the way down the son slipped again and slid like 20 feet down the side of
the mountain where he proceeded to slice his shoe and foot open on a sharp
rock. After telling him to just sit on his ass and scoot down the mountain we
proceeded with the grunt up to Maroon’s south ridge. From here, it’s an easy
trip up to the summit of South Maroon, which we covered in 45 minutes. We
downed a few gels and assessed the weather while on the summit; determining
that the weather would hold for at least the hour we assumed we needed for the
traverse. The traverse ended up being easier than we both expected with
surprisingly solid rock in all the places you needed it. As expected, we
encountered a few route finding errors here-and-there, but it took us exactly
one hour to complete the traverse. From the summit of North Maroon we descended
via the standard route and were back at the Taco in under five hours. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Miles—70<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Time—22 hours 48
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Elevation Gain—25,900
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review: July
13-19<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, July 13<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—9.5
Miles—2:48—4,300’—La Plata Peak (14,336’)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Went up/down the standard route with Paul Hamilton. I still
have a lot of work to do with acclimation. About 500 feet below the summit I
encountered a mountain goat. Initially, it was in an awesome position and I
thought could snag a great photo, but then he kept coming closer and closer.
Before I knew it, I was standing about four feet away from this huge, horned
beast with football –sized rock in my hand. Yelling at it didn’t seem to bother
it much. After a few minutes of yelling I finally just gave him the “get out of
here” sign with my hand and he took the hint. When I reached the summit I
lingered around for 15-20 minutes. Any time I can hang out shirtless at 14k
feet I take advantage. After my loitering session I turned around and trotted
back down to the Taco for breakfast. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, July 14<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—14
Miles—3:50—4,800’—Mount Massive (14,421’)</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
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With Paul Hamilton. We set up a shuttle between Fish
Hatchery and the Elbert TH. The planned route was to ascend Massive via the
East Ridge, descend the SW Slopes to North Halfmoon TH, ascend Elbert’s West
Face, and descend the standard NE Ridge back to the truck. I was sucking wind
pretty bad on the way up Massive. So, when we finished the descent I decided to
bail on Elbert and run back to the truck. I gave Paul the route beta and he set
off to explore. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Wednesday, July 15<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—15.5
Miles—2:24—1,800’—Hagerman Pass (11,925’)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Ten minute warmup followed by 10x3 minute intervals with 4
minute uphill jogging rests up to Hagerman Pass. I finally felt sort of decent
while running uphill at elevation today. I started at the beginning of the dirt
road to Hagerman Pass (where it splits off from the paved road around Turquoise
Lake). I reached the summit in 1:17, but could probably take a considerable
amount of time off that later in the summer when I’m better acclimated. I just
jogged back down to the Taco. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday, July 16<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—5 Miles—0:58—800’—Conundrum
Creek Trail (Aspen, CO)</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Easy jog up and down a few miles in Conundrum Valley. This
looks like a gorgeous area that I’d really like to explore a bit more. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday, July 17<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>PM—5
Miles—1:01—1,400’—Sunnyside Trail (Aspen, CO)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Easy run up the Sunnyside Trail to the radio towers. Reached
the towers in 33:13 then did an easy jog back down. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday, July 18<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>OFF</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, July 19<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—33.5
Miles—7:04—10,550’—Audi Power of Four 50k<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I wasn’t feeling terribly fit or acclimated coming into this
race. So, I just approached the entire day with a mellow effort and focused
mainly on enjoying the course. I got off-route for a bit and added 15 minutes
to my day. I definitely enjoyed last year’s course considerably more. In an
attempt to cram as much vert into 50k as possible they omitted several sections
of nice runnable singletrack ascents and replaced them with non-scenic routes
straight up ski slopes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Miles—82<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Time—18 hours 07 minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Elevation Gain—23,650
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review:
July 6-12<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, July 6<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—6
Miles—2:35—2,800’—Grant Swamp Pass (12,920’)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Hardrock 100 trail work. I ran a little on the ascent to
catch up to the crew since I was talking with Rick Trujillo, which let the rest
of the group get a 30 minute head start. Hiked all the way down. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, July 7<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>OFF—Resting my knee a
little more<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Wednesday, July 8<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—9
Miles—1:50—2,900’—Kendall Mountain Bailout<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Easy run with Ben Clark. We bailed due to storms. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday, July 9<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—15
Miles—2:32—1,200’—Alpine Loop Road <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Mellow run with Ben. We began near the turnoff for
Cunningham, ran out 7.5 miles, and turned around. Not a bad place for a road
run if you can handle the smell of diesel fuel and the sound of fat Texans
riding jeeps/ATV’s…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>PM—1
Mile—10:28—0’—Hardrock 100 Beer Mile<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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This was my second beer mile ever. Last year Justin “The
Lip” Luttick kept me off the podium. This year was different. My moving time
was 6:31, which makes my drinking time 3:57. I need to practice drinking more,
but at least I took 3<sup>rd</sup> place!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday, July 10<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>PM—12
Miles—5:19—4,300’—El Diente (14,159’)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Up/down South Slopes from Kilpacker TH. Peter Bakwin asked
me to help Brett Maune out with his 14er speed record attempt since Ophir Pass
was closed due to a rock slide. The original plan was for me to meet him on the
Ophir side of the pass, have him walk across the rock slide, give him a ride to
the TH, and join him for El Diente and Mount Wilson. The pass was cleared
before his attempt, but I decided to tag along anyways. Brett was moving fast
up El Diente and my unacclimated ass was having a hard time keeping up.
Eventually, we hit a big snow field and I decided to get out my ice ax. On the
ascent I could look at the south side of Mount Wilson and the descent I would
face should I continue on with the traverse. It didn’t look too appealing. The
snow quality was crap at best and the sound of rockfall was nearly constant.
So, I decided to just bag El Diente and return back to Kilpacker. Still, not a
bad day at all…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday, July 11<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF—Celebrating
Hardrock</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, July 12<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>PM—6.5
Miles—2:30—3,700’—Hayden Mountain North (13,139’) and Point 12,864’<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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With Paul Hamilton and Cordis Hall. We set up a car shuttle
with the intent of ascending via the Hayden Trail, traversing Hayden Ridge, and
making our way down the Richmond Trail where the shuttle awaited. However,
storms and some technical/chossy looking terrain caused us to bail down a
grassy scree slope shortly after hitting Hayden Mountain North. Above treeline
the descent was pretty easy, but once we hit the trees it became a little more
of a shit show. We eventually hit a trail on the west side of Crystal Lake and
took that back to the car. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Miles—49.5<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Time—14 hours 58
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Elevation Gain—14,900
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review:
June 29 – July 5<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, June 29<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM1—2.5
Miles—0:50—1,250’—Mount Sanitas<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Easy early morning hike/jog with Deb. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM2—3
Miles—2:31—2,400’—1<sup>st</sup> Flatironette, The Spy, 1<sup>st</sup> Flatiron
(North Arete), Sunset Flatironette (Chase the Sun), 2<sup>nd</sup> Flatiron
(Free for All)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Finally felt confident and on-point with my scrambling. Had
a little scare on the lower crux of Free for Hall where my foot slipped and I
had to catch myself before falling, but that didn’t seem to do much to shake my
confidence. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, June 30<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—13
Miles—3:27—4,800’—South Boulder, Bear, and Green<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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From Chautauqua, down Mesa to Shadow Canyon, to
SoBo/Bear/Green, with a descent of the front side of Green. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Wednesday, July 1<sup>st</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM1—21.5
Miles—4:48—5,600’—Backside Loop<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Green Mountain via front side>west ridge> Flagstaff
Road>Meyers Gulch>Walker Ranch>Eldorado Canyon>Old Mesa>Mesa.
This is always a fun loop and a great fitness test. I have some work to do on
fitness…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM2—5.5
Miles—3:10—2,500’—Green Mountain Hike<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Met up with Kristina for a hike up Green Mountain after my
run. Went up the NE Ridge and down the front side. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday, July 2<sup>nd</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—7.5
Miles—1:43—2,550’—Royal Arch, Flatirons Access Loop, and Hill Repeats<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Met up with Josh Uhl with the intention of scrambling, but
rain forced us to do an easy jog up to Royal Arch. After closing the Flatirons
Access Loop I hit Bluebell Road for 5x2 minutes hill repeats. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday, July 3<sup>rd</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—15
Miles—3:51—3,400’—Devil’s Thumb/High Lonesome Loop<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Ran this with David Ponak. This was my first time on the
loop and it certainly didn’t disappoint. With a few miles left to go I fell and
busted my knee. The swelling eventually forced me into a bit of a limp back to
the Taco. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday, July 4<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Climbing at The Pool
Wall in Ouray, CO with Rush Combs<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
My knee still hurt pretty bad when walking. So, running
wasn’t really an option. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, July 5<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—5
Miles—2:42—1,700’—Chief Ouray Mine Hike <o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I did trail work for Hardrock 100 in order to get an extra
ticket in the lottery next year. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b></div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Miles—73<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Time—23 hours 06
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Elevation Gain—24,200
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review:
June 22-28<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, June 22<sup>nd</sup>
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—8.5
Miles—2:09—2,900’—Green Mountain and Flagstaff Mountain<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Up front side, down West Ridge/Long Canyon and over
Flagstaff Mountain <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>PM—5.5
Miles—3:48—2,650’—2<sup>nd</sup> Flatiron (Freeway), The Regency, Royal Arch<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I decided to head out for an easy hike/scramble up the
Freeway. When I returned to Chautauqua I ran into Rush, Logan, and Guy making
their way to The Regency and Royal Arch. I decided to join them for a little
more easy scrambling. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, June 23<sup>rd</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—11
Miles—1:52—1,850’—Flagstaff Mountain<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
From Ebin G Fine park. After a little warmup I did 5x5minute
intervals on Chapman Drive and returned to the park via the Creek Path. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Wednesday, June 24<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—10
Miles—1:19—200’—Boulder Bike Paths<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Just an easy run along the bike paths. Terrible planning on
my part as it was bike to work day. What a shit show…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday, June 25<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—11.5
Miles—2:37—3,500’—Bear Peak<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
From Chautauqua, up Fern Canyon, down Bear Canyon with 4x30
seconds hill repeats on Bluebell Road at the end. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday, June 26<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—5
Miles—2:32—1,900’—The Slab (Sygyz) with Satan’s Minions<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Another interview scramble with the Minions. This was a
sweet route with a fun, sneaky downclimb. Stuart, Cordis, and I went on to
climb some random rock with a big, gated-off cave on the SE face of it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday, June 27<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM1—2.5
Miles—1:38—1,600’—1<sup>st</sup> Flatironette, The Spy, 1<sup>st</sup> Flatiron
(North Arete)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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A quick morning scramble before meeting up with Deb to head
into the mountains. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM2—14
Miles—5:29—4,800’—Torreys Peak (14,267’) via Kelso Ridge and Grays Peak (14,270’)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Whew…First time at altitude since October sure was a kick in
the ass. This took way longer than anticipated and I got some pretty bad sun
burn…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Sunday, June 28<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—6
Miles—1:08—800’—North Tenmile Trail (Frisco, CO)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Just an easy run with Deb before heading back down to the
Front Range. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Miles—74<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Time—22 hours 36
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Elevation Gain—20,200
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review:
June 15-21<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, June 15<sup>th</sup>
<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>PM—5.5
Miles—1:37—2,500’—Green Mountain<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Up/down front side at sunset after the long drive from
Missouri. Ran into Eric Lee and Cordis Hall on their descent. Felt the altitude
a little bit on this one. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Tuesday, June 16<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>PM—4
Miles—2:22—2,150’—2<sup>nd</sup> Flatiron (Freeway), 1<sup>st</sup>
Flatironette, The Spy, 1<sup>st</sup> Flatiron (North Arete)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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With Max Keith and Cordis Hall. First time scrambling in
about 7 months. Lacked confidence. <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Wednesday, June 17<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—3.5
Miles—1:51—2,000’—2<sup>nd</sup> Flatiron (Tunnel Route), 1<sup>st</sup>
Flatiron (Atalanta), Sunset Flatironette (Chase the Sun) with Satan’s Minions<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I felt a little better on the slabs today, but still didn’t
trust my feet totally. Always a fun day with the Minions…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday, June 18<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF—Climbing at
BRC/Travel to Sheridan, WY<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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Friday, June 19<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF—Resting for
pacing duties<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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Saturday, June 20<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—34
Miles—7:52—5,700’—Bighorn 100 Pacing for Max Keith<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I paced my friend Max from Santiago, Chile for the last 34
miles of his second 100 miler. He ran strong and finished in 22:42, which was
good enough for 10<sup>th</sup> place. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, June 21<sup>st</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>PM—3
Miles—1:35—1,600’—1<sup>st</sup> Flatironette, The Spy, 1<sup>st</sup> Flatiron
(North Arete)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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After the long drive from Sheridan to Boulder I decided to
hit the slabs to stretch out my legs. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b></div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Miles—50<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Time—15 hours 19
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Elevation Gain—13,950
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review:
June 8-14<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, June 8<sup>th</sup>
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—6
Miles—0:58—200’—Santiago Roads<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Still sick. Miserable run. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Tuesday, June 9<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF—Sick/Travel to
United States<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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Wednesday, June 10<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—5
Miles—0:45—0’—Orrick Roads<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Still battling a fierce sinus infection.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Thursday, June 11<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF—Sick<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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Friday, June 12<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—11 Miles—1:29—0’—Orrick
Roads<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Saturday, June 13<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF—Still sort of
sick<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Sunday, June 14<sup>th</sup>
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF—Feeling a little
better</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b></div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Miles—22<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Time—3 hours 14
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Elevation Gain—200
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u><br /></u></b></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review:
June 1-7<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, June 1<sup>st</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—15 Miles—2:31—2,600’—San
Cristobal Trails/Roads<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Tuesday, June 2<sup>nd</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—18
Miles—7:57—9,700’—Traverse of Sierra del Ramon<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Provincia > Tambor > San Ramon > La Cruz<o:p></o:p></div>
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Started feeling pretty sick this morning. So, figured I
would try out this sweet route before I was too sick to function in the
mountains. <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Wednesday, June 3<sup>rd</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF—Sick<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Thursday, June 4<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF—Sick<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Friday, June 5<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF—Sick<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Saturday, June 6<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF—Sick<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Sunday, June 7<sup>th</sup>
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF—Sick</b><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Miles—33<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Time—10 hours 28
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Elevation Gain—12,300
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-31508035048228408802015-06-04T12:43:00.003-07:002015-06-04T12:43:32.958-07:00Week(s) in Review: May 11-31—Trying to Get Back in the Groove<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><u>Week in Review: May
11-17<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, May 11<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—38
Miles—8:40—4,900’—Easter Island Circumnavigation <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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After talking to a few locals I found out about a faint
trail that circumnavigates the entire island. Naturally, I decided that a
run/hike of this trail would be a great way to scope out the area. Most of the
route can be seen by renting a car/bike since the paved roads are never really
that far from the coast. The notable exceptions are the northwest portion of
the island (from Hanga Roa to Anakena Beach) and the Poike peninsula. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The daytime high was to be around 76F, which sounded miserably
hot to me after four months of wearing a down jacket in the extreme southern
reaches of Patagonia. With the total absence of water along the route, I opted
to wear my Osprey Rev 18 pack to utilize its 3-liter water bladder and bring
along some calories. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I hit the road from Camping Mihinoa around daybreak to avoid
the need for carrying a light. About fifteen minutes into the day I was already
sweating my ass off. The stretch from town to Anakena was gorgeous, but
tedious. The path is a horse trail (at best) and is constantly littered with
fist-to-head-sized lava rocks. So, one must be mindful of essentially every
single step. At one point I came across a gaucho herding some cattle and had
some fun racing alongside him on his horse. <o:p></o:p></div>
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After 2:40 I found myself running along the white sand of
Anakena Beach and fighting the urge to strip down and jump in. I kept trucking
along and about twelve minutes later found myself descending to Ovaja Beach—a
glorious semi-hidden gem. From Anakena to the north side of Poike peninsula was
noticeably more technical than the previous stretch of path, but once I reached
Poike the lava rocks disappeared to yield some pleasant running. On the north
coast of Poike is a high point (one of two or three little bumps north of the
Poike volcano) that I could have skirted around, but opted to go up-and-over
instead. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Circling around the peninsula seemed to take forever. The
heat and constant exposure to the strong sun were beginning to take their toll
on me. I had been fiercely rationing my water all day, but still felt as though
my supply was nearing its end. So, on the south side of Poike I stopped for a
few minutes to get some applesauce packets out of my pack and check on the
level in my bladder. To my surprise, I still had a little over 2.5L remaining. One
benefit of my minimal approach regarding the use of food/water in my daily
running is that I can get pretty damn good miles per gallon of water…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Eventually, I reached the southern end of the Poike
peninsula and was faced with a choice: drop down a steep, grassy/rocky slope to
the beach just east of Tongariki or add on extra distance to take a more
round-about (but safer) way down. I decided to just drop straight down the
slope. The view from the top of the slope was rather intimidating. I still had
15’ish miles separating me from the town and could see Rano Kao WAY off in the
distance. Ugh…<o:p></o:p></div>
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By the time I reached Tongariki I was somewhere around a
marathon in distance and feeling pretty spent. My legs still had some pep, but
it was just way hotter than I anticipated. I tried sticking to the trail on the
coast for a mile or so, but it was even worse than the north side of the
island. So, I stuck mainly to the road back to Hanga Roa. The major downside to traveling along the road
was the heat coming from the pavement. I could run along at 10-11 minute pace
for about ten minutes before I felt like I was overheating and would stop to
walk in an attempt to cool down. When I finally neared the volcano of Rano Kao
I decided to skip it and just head straight back to town. I already ran up Rano
Kao a few days prior. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I would love to come back some day and run this with proper
heat acclimation. I would definitely start significantly earlier and try to
cover about half of the miles before sunrise. <b><o:p></o:p></b><br />
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Tuesday, May 12<sup>th</sup> </div>
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<b>AM—32 Miles—3:00—1,750’—Easter
Island Road Cycling<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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My legs were still a bit sore after yesterday’s run around
the island. So, I decided to rent a bike and tour the island. I set out on the
bike today with two goals: never have to walk the bike and never have to go
into the lowest gear. I met both of the goals. After about 20km I stopped at
the beach one last time for about three hours of sunworshipping and playing in
the ocean. After drying off a bit I took off to complete the loop around the
island. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Wednesday, May 13<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>OFF—Just enjoyed my
last day in Easter Island and returned to Santiago<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Thursday, May 14<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—10
Miles—1:16—500’—Santiago Roads<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I had several errands to run today. So, I decided to
literally run them. I set out from my hostel at Plaza de Armas and ran to a
store where they could fix the band on my Suunto Ambit. My band basically just
fell apart after three years of heavy duty wear-and-tear, which left me piecing
it together with whatever I could find. First, I used duct tape. Then, when
that quit working I used a fancy purple ribbon, which lasted for all of the
Dientes de Navarino Circuit. Eventually, I settled on using zip ties. The
obvious problem with most of these fixes was that I could never remove the
watch. After getting my watch fixed I stopped by Outsoul (a running store that
has Ultimate Direction, Kahtoola, and various other products from The States)
to chat with the owners about getting out for a run up one of the local peaks.
From there, I just took the Metro back to my hostel since the streets were too
busy for any enjoyable running. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday, May 15<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>OFF—Still taking
several off days per week as I pump up the volume slowly</b> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Saturday, May 16<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—20 Miles—4:35—6,700’—San
Cristobal (x2), Cerro Manquehue, Cerro El Carbon<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I hit the roads at 8:45am from my hostel at Plaza de Armas
with intentions of meeting Max for some miles around San Cristobal. I think we
were both waiting on the other person in different places since we ended up
never seeing each other. After two trips up-and-down San Cristobal yelling
Max’s name I finally gave up and started making my way towards Cerro Manquehue.
When I finally started ascending the trail heading up these peaks I had already
covered eight miles and 1,400’ of vert. The ascent was HOT. I don’t know if 75
degrees has ever felt as hot as it does here. I stuck to the Southwest Ridge (I
think?) for both my ascent and descent. This route offers up a few short
stretches of 3<sup>rd</sup> Class terrain and also avoids people on the 1<sup>st</sup>
Class trails leading to the summit. With about 15 minutes of loitering on the
summit under my belt I took off towards Cerro El Carbon and a little less than
thirty minutes later was standing on the summit with a bunch of Boy Scouts or
something. I downed the rest of my water on the summit and began the horrible
descent. These trails are all nothing but bald dirt, which leads to a lot of
slipping-and-sliding while descending. Once I reached the bottom I stopped at a
kiosko for a drink and some plums. The old lady who runs this place gave me a
bunch of water and three apples for free about a week ago when I was bonking
hard from the heat. She seems to think I’m crazy for running around in the
mountains. After my little break I hit the pavement for a bit of the way back
up San Cristobal before veering onto a nice contouring trail. Once I made it
back down to Bellavista I decided to just walk back to Plaza de Armas due to
the hordes of people on the sidewalks. Not a bad morning at all…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, May 17<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>OFF—Resting up to hit
the trails running tomorrow</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Miles—68<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Time—14 hours 33 minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Elevation Gain—12,100
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review:
May 18-24<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, May 18<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—11
Miles—2:08—2,800’—San Cristobal Hill Repeats (x4)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I wanted to get in a decent amount of vertical today, but
without the 18-22 mile commitment of El Carbon or Manquehue. So, I just decided
on repeats of San Cristobal. The ascent is about 0.7 miles and gains 600-700
vertical feet—100% runnable. My first lap came in just under fourteen minutes.
Then, I turned around and used the descent as a recovery. I proceeded to do
three more laps this way with each being faster. The last ascent was right at
thirteen minutes. I decided to call it quits here since I have plans to ascend
Cerro Provincia on Wednesday with friends and want a little energy in my legs. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, May 19<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>OFF—Decided to rest a
day before heading up Cerro Provincia<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Wednesday, May 20<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—12
Miles—3:37—6,300’—Cerro Provincia<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I left the hostel early to get on a packed Metro car to my
meeting point with Renzo and Katherine. The slight drizzle had me a bit
concerned with what the weather would be like up high even though the Mountain
Forecast site said it would be sunny and perfect. The route begins with a nice
rocky section before pretty much just heading straight up to Alta de Naranja. A
lot of vertical is gained here. Less than fifteen minutes into the day and I
was stripped down to skimpy shorts and nothing else—it was damn hot. To my amazement,
Renzo and Katherine were in tights and long sleeves the entire day. I’m almost
positive if I tried wearing that it would have been the end of me. After we
reached Alta de Naranja we had a few kilometers of rolling hills that offered
some much welcomed runnable terrain. Eventually, the steepness picked back up
and we found ourselves power hiking up to the false summit before really being
able to run again. Occasionally, I would let a gap develop between us just so I
could run to catch up. Just beneath the false summit is a short stretch of 3<sup>rd</sup>
Class terrain that breaks the monotony of just power hiking up to the summit. As
usual per trails in Santiago, the descent can be a death trap. It hasn’t rained
in this area for seven months. So, you can imagine how dry and hard the trails
are. My footwork felt spot on, but some annoying pain in my left shin caused me
to slow down a bit on the descent. During the rocky, technical sections I would
fly through them, but then slow way down on the hard dirt. Before too long we
found ourselves back down at the car. This was a great route and even better
company. Renzo was charging up the mountain really well and Katherine was
flying down the mountain pretty damn fast. Great day out!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday, May 21<sup>st</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—18 Miles—3:32—4,900’—Cerro
El Carbon<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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With Max Keith. Max and I tried to run together last
Saturday, but we couldn’t find each on the trails. So, this time we made sure
that we had a good meeting point. I ran the 4-5 miles to our meeting point
really easy since my legs were a bit tired from yesterday. It was a struggle to
get below 9-minute pace those first few miles. Fortunately, Max seemed OK with
taking a casual approach to the day. We ran a short stretch of road/trail
before getting to the trail up El Carbon. Here, I was happy to see Max fall
into a power hike—my legs were too tired. We took a rather direct line up the
mountain that avoided all of the switchbacks. As we neared the saddle between
El Carbon and Manquehue we began running a little more and proceeded to run
most of the way up to the summit from the saddle. The perfect weather on the
summit enticed us to linger around for 15-20 minutes before trotting back down.
At the end of the run I showed Max the route I used to ascend/descend San
Cristobal since he has never really used it. Hope to share more miles
(kilometers?) with Max when I get back from Mendoza. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday, May 22<sup>nd</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>OFF—Travel to Mendoza
to renew my Chilean tourist visa<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Saturday, May 23<sup>rd</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—3
Miles—0:25—100’—Mendoza Roads<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Decided to head out for a little road run. After a handful
of near-misses with getting run over by cars I decided to go back to the house
and call it a day. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, May 24<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>OFF—Just sat in bed
all day watching movies. Wish Mendoza were closer to some mountains. </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Miles—44<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Time—9 hours 43
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Elevation Gain—14,100
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review:
May 25-31<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, May 25<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>OFF—Not really
feeling motivated to run in Mendoza. Just using this as some rest days. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Tuesday, May 26<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—17 Miles—2:50—1,400’—Mendoza
Roads and Foothills<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I was planning to just do a mellow run on roads and around
the park. When I reached the west end of the park I found some dirt roads
heading up a small hill and made my way up. From the top of the hill I could
see off in the distance and spotted a few trails meandering out into the
foothills. So, I made my way to these and quickly found myself on a nice ridge
connecting several bumps along the way. Eventually, the absence of water and
the presence of extremely brown’ish urine made me turn around and start making
my way back. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Wednesday, May 27<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>OFF—Long day on the bus
back to Santiago. Chilean border patrol was on strike. So, it took us 4.5 hours
to cross. When I got back to Santiago I was too exhausted to run. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Thursday, May 28<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>OFF—Kind of a nasty looking
day in Santiago. Didn’t do much of anything. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Friday, May 29<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—26
Miles—6:11—7,000’—Cerro El Carbon, Cerro Manquehue, Cerron El Penon, Cerro
Montegordo, Cerro La Region, and San Cristobal<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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When Max and I ran El Carbon last week he pointed out a linkup
of several summits in the area. So, I took his recommendation and decided to do
that today. I took the Metro to Escuela Militar to avoid the usual eight miles
of running just to get to La Piramide. This cut the approach run to about three
miles on roads through the city before beginning the ascent of El Carbon. I
hiked most of the ascent and reached the summit in 51 minutes. Next, I made my
way up Manquehue via its more direct southwest ridge and enjoyed a little 3<sup>rd</sup>
Class terrain. On the way to El Penon I got on the wrong trail and started
descending, but after a little off-trail meandering I found myself on the
correct path. While ascending El Penon the views looking back on Manquehue were
pretty stunning. At the summit of El Penon I made a pretty big mistake that
cost me ~15 minutes. I didn’t have a very good view of the ridge from the
summit and somehow ended up descending a pretty awful, steep slope towards some
little bump of a mountain between Montegordo and El Carbon. After some
bushwhacking (lots of cuts and blood from this one) I was able to contour
around and catch a glimpse of the correct path. Eventually, I made my way there
and was treated to a nice stretch of cruiser trails to the summit of Montegordo.
The ascent of La Region was the last big climb of the linkup, but passed by
rather quickly. Once on the summit of La Region the real shit show began. The
descent began innocently enough with some steep, loose trails and eventually
transitioned into a dirt road. Somehow, I got off the road and started going
straight down the hill on horrendously dry, loose, steep terrain before
reaching some cow trails that contoured around below the highway. After several
miles of cow trails I found myself in a slummy area that reminded me of
Brazilian favela scenes in movies. While running through these areas I trotted
along slowly in an effort to save some energy for an all-out sprint should the
need arise. I just kept moving while avoiding eye contact with all of the
people giving me the
what-the-hell-is-this-Gringo-in-short-shorts-doing-running-here look. Soon
enough, the buildings started looking a little nicer and I found myself in a
rather rich-looking part of town on the north side of La Piramide. Once in a
comfortable feeling area I consulted the map on my iPhone and realized that
getting back to La Piramide wasn’t going to be easy at all. So, I ran by a huge
cemetery, crossed a major highway, and finally found myself at one of the paved
roads up the north side of San Cristobal from Los Turistas. Overwhelmed with
relief I made my way up the hill. Somehow my legs felt pretty good, which led
to me giving this ascent a reasonable effort. I knocked out the3.6 miles and
1,000 feet in just under 34 minutes before casually descending and trotting
back to Plaza de Armas. Whew…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Splits:</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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Start—Escuela Militar Metro Station—0:00:00<o:p></o:p></div>
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La Piramide—20:20 total<o:p></o:p></div>
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El Carbon—1:11:46 total (51:26 from La Piramide)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Manquehue—1:50:42 total (38:56 from El Carbon)<o:p></o:p></div>
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El Penon—2:22:05 total (31:23 from Manquehue)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Montegordo—2:59:33 total (37:28 from Penon)<o:p></o:p></div>
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La Region—3:28:27 total (28:54 from Montegordo)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Favela Neighborhood Roads—4:11:16 total (42:49 from La
Region)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>La Piramide to Favela
(Trail Section)—3:50:56<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Saturday, May 30<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—10 Miles—2:04—3,400’—Salto
de Apoquindo<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Great run with Renzo, Katherine, and another friend of
theirs. My legs were noticeably tired after yesterday’s run, but overall I felt
pretty decent during the outing. The waterfall is a nice, hidden gem of
Santiago and is surrounded by some rather gorgeous scenery. On the way back we
had a little fun on some of the descent trails and picked up the pace a little.
Maybe 6:30’ish minutes/mile? Not terribly fast, but fast enough considering how
easy it is to lose control on the super dry trails. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, May 31<sup>st</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>OFF—BBQ at Renzo’s</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Miles—53<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Time—11 hours 6
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Elevation Gain—11,800
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-13905656142793351292015-03-30T08:33:00.000-07:002017-12-18T07:53:09.626-08:00Dientes de Navarino FKT Run (March 1st)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Time—8:32:02 (hours:minutes:seconds)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Distance—28.5 Miles<o:p></o:p></div>
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Vertical Gain—8,600 feet<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b><u>Strava Link:</u></b><br />
<a href="https://www.strava.com/activities/262550251">https://www.strava.com/activities/262550251</a></div>
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Two years ago I was in Puerto Williams to run the Dientes de
Navarino circuit at the recommendation of Peter Bakwin and Buzz Burrell. I did
a pretty long-winded write-up of that experience, which can be found <a href="http://kendrickallan.blogspot.com/2013/04/running-at-end-of-worlddientes-de.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Long
story short, it was a bit of a shit show that involved two separate attempts
and multiple times of getting extremely off-route. After the experience I had
dreamed of returning to Navarino to give the circuit a proper effort. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What my shoes looked like less than half-way through my attempt in 2013</td></tr>
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Well, once again I found myself in the sleepy little town of
Puerto Williams—beyond the end of the world—with intentions of running the
Dientes circuit. Fortunately, I had the GPS track from my previous debacle to
study on Google Earth and was able to compare my incorrect route with the
circuit map. I was quite surprised with how much of the route I could visualize
in my mind after two years away. After about an hour of studying the maps I
felt rather confident that I could minimize the time spent route-finding while
running the circuit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map of the Dientes de Navarino Circuit with mistakes from my first attempt in 2013 written in blank ink</td></tr>
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The weather on February 28<sup>th</sup> was nothing short of
perfect; leaving me wondering why I didn’t run the circuit that day. Instead, I
did a pretty hard effort up Cerro Bandera. Later in the day I went to the
library to check the weather forecast. It seemed that the next few days would
be OK, but not great. A front was coming in the next few days and the overnight
low temperatures looked like they would drop from mid-to-upper 30’s down to
below freezing. The last time I ran Dientes I remember the talus descent to
Laguna del Salto being an icy nightmare. With this on my mind, I decided to
pack my Rev 6 for an attempt on March 1<sup>st</sup> (before the front moved
in) and if my legs felt good in the morning then I’d give it a go.<br />
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My alarm went off at 4am. I was in a room by myself, which
allowed me to hit the snooze button until 5 or so before dragging my ass out of
bed. About five minutes later I was dressed and ready to go. I whipped up four
fried eggs and a cup of strong Nescafe coffee for breakfast and sat around for
a few minutes contemplating the big day ahead. A little after 6am I finally hit the road
running. The cool morning air left me wondering whether I should put on another
layer, but I decided to wait and make my final decision on wearing a jacket
once I got to Plaza de la Virgen. I made a quick detour to the police station
to let them know I was heading out (supposedly this is required), but they were
closed. So, I began the ~1.25 mile warm-up jog to Plaza de la Virgen. <o:p></o:p></div>
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At the plaza I felt plenty warm without a jacket. So, I took
off up the gentle incline of the road leading to the trailhead. After about 12
minutes I felt warmed up and ready to tackle the steeper ascent of Cerro
Bandera. There are two trails leading to the summit of Bandera: one is longer
and more gradual and the other is quite direct. I’ve found that both trails
take me about the same amount of time to reach the summit from the trailhead.
So, I chose to run the more gradual trail and enjoy a few extra miles of
running since the overall ruggedness of the Dientes Circuit doesn’t offer too
many opportunities for actual running. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I started/stopped my watch for the circuit at this street sign</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reaching the summit of Cerro Bandera on a beautiful, crisp morning</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading up Cerro Bandera</td></tr>
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From the summit to Laguna del Salto was a gorgeous stretch
of trail in the early morning light. Here, the trail contours along the
mountainside as you head farther away from civilization and closer to the heart
of the Dientes. The increasing feeling of remoteness combined with the first
stellar views of the Dientes makes this one of my favorite parts of the circuit—plus,
it’s actually runnable! When I began the descent to Laguna del Salto I was
pleased to find the talus completely free of frost, which made the descent significantly
more pleasant than I remembered. I saw two tents on the north shore of the
laguna and this would be the only signs of civilization I would see until
reaching the main coastal road for the last few miles to close the loop.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Contouring towards Laguna del Salto</td></tr>
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The ascent of Paso Primero was less muddy than I remember,
but still steep and muddy enough to make for slow going. On the way up Paso
Australia I stopped to refill my UD handheld water bottle—this would be the
only time I had to refill my bottle during the day. Once I topped out on Paso
Australia and began contouring around Laguna del Paso I encountered my first
little error. There was a small snowfield to traverse, which was still solid
enough that my shoes weren’t getting any purchase. So, I dropped below and
skirted around the snowfield. This put me a little ways below the trail and had
me moving slowly on loose talus for a brief period. Eventually, I glanced up
and saw a cairn that I headed towards to get back on-trail.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View near Paso Australia (Photo from my 2013 attempt)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo from Paso Austrailia</td></tr>
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From Paso de los Dientes (Marker 15) to Laguna de los
Dientes (Marker 17) went by without a problem. I wasn’t really expecting any
route-finding issues here since this was one of the few stretches of trail that
I negotiated without a problems during my last attempt at the Circuit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from Paso de los Dientes</td></tr>
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One of my three major route-finding errors from my previous attempt
occurred while skirting around the north shores of Laguna de los Dientes. In 2013,
I lost all signs of the route and made a decision to ascend a low point in the
ridge to the north of Cerro Gabriel before dropping down the other side. Looking
back I realize how incredibly stupid this was, but sometimes you just make bad
decisions when trying to do long, challenging routes in short amounts of time. Fortunately,
this time around I was able to stay on the route and make it to Marker 20 on
the south shore of Laguna Escondida without a problem. Somewhere near Marker 21
I headed slightly off-route to the north towards what I thought was Paso
Ventarron. It seemed like a lot of cairns were haphazardly placed around here
making it a bit easy to veer off-route. Luckily, this little mistake only cost
me about 5-10 minutes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I actually took the correct route this time. The route skirts along the left side of Cerro Gabriel and is pretty flat and easy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In 2013, I made a huge route-finding error and decided to go up-and-over the ridge to the right (north) of Cerro Gabriel. I was treated to this shit show of a descent down to Laguna Escondida. </td></tr>
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After topping out on Paso Ventarron the wind picked up for
most of my descent. It wasn’t terrible wind, but it was pretty cold. This was
one of two or three times that I debated putting on my jacket, but I fought the
urge and kept on moving. I spent a few minutes at Paso Ventarron eating my
chocolate bar, which would be the only calories I consumed all day.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading west after Paso Ventarron</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking to the south towards Cape Horn from Paso Ventarron</td></tr>
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At the base of the short ascent of Paso Guerrico was where
my second big route-finding error occurred in my previous attempt. Here, I lost
the route and made my way up a steep, sketchy slope that was a mix of snow and
scree. When I reached the ridge I could see Laguna Martillo on the other side
and negotiated a shit show of a descent down to its shore as head-sized rocks
tumbled down all around me—ugh. Once again, my studying of the route allowed me
to avoid this costly error and I made it from Paso Ventarron to Laguna Martillo
without a problem.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laguna Martillo</td></tr>
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The stretch from Laguna Hermosa to above treeline on the
ascent of Paso Virginia is probably the muddiest stretch of trail for the entire
circuit. One benefit of doing the circuit in a day is that you just don’t care
how wet and muddy your shoes get. This makes the muddy, boggy sections significantly
easier. From Marker 31 to 32 there are some steep-as-hell sections with “steps”
cut into the mud, which required a lot of pulling on trees just to get up the
crap. I wouldn’t envy anyone doing this with a heavy backpack…</div>
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Around Marker 33 you reach a huge, flat’ish rocky area that
seems to go on forever before finally reaching Paso Virginia. My legs were
finally starting to feel the fatigue of the day and I proceeded to walk most of
the way to the pass. The descent from the pass to Laguna Guanacos is probably
my favorite part of the entire circuit. Here, you’re treated to a steep,
straight-line descent on the most perfect scree you can imagine. In no time I
found myself on the south shore of the laguna and trotting along its west side.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the Beagle Channel from Paso Virginia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back up at the scree descent from Paso Virginia (Photo from 2013)</td></tr>
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After Marker 36 the route becomes increasingly harder to
follow. First, a few boggy areas must be crossed. Then, it just short of turns
into a choose-your-own-adventure slog back to the coastal road. I was able to
stay on-route fairly well, surprisingly. Somehow I managed to find Marker 37,
which the people at the tourist information office say no one ever finds.
Marker 38 was too elusive for me, though. When making my way back to the road I
opted to stay slightly above the stream running from Laguna Guanacas to the
road versus making the typical mistake of traveling alongside the stream. This
seemed to be the correct route as I kept seeing the red-paint trail markings on
trees every now-and-then. The amount of downed trees in this area have led to
people (and animals) taking every possible combination of routes to get to the
road, which leads to many well-beaten paths taking off in all directions—none of
them really the “correct” path.</div>
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Once I got out of the woods and into the cow/horse pastures
I spotted the ex-pesquera MaClean (old fish factory) down near the Beagle
Canal. This is the target you want to pursue when trying to get back down to
the road. Again, there are countless paths in all directions, but most of them
dead end at huge areas of Calafate bushes (these are like rose bushes, but with
little berries instead of flowers). I basically had two choices for negotiating
this terrain: avoid the bushes and take forever to get down or run in a
straight line through the bushes and make the descent quicker. I opted to run
straight through the goddamn things and reached the road in pretty good time—7:57
total time. My legs looked like they were in the middle of a cat fight…<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting closer to the Beagle and the coastal road. Near Marker 37, sort of...</td></tr>
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Now, the only thing between me and a warm shower was ~4
miles of hilly gravel road. This stretch proved to be more difficult than
expected. My legs were tired from eight hours of travel, but they were still
quite capable of running quickly since I hadn’t really done much running all
day. So, this stretch was more mental than anything—making my legs run at a
quicker pace when all they really wanted to do was walk. After about 35 minutes
I finally caught glimpse of the Plaza de la Virgen and street sign on the
corner where I started my watch over 8.5 hours ago. When I reached the street
sign and hit stop my watch read 8:32:02—a new FKT by almost 3 hours. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally done after 8.5 hours...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My scratched up legs after running through calafate bushes. They were worse than they look in the photo...</td></tr>
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<b><u>Some Thoughts:</u></b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">After
doing this route a few times I feel that I could probably give it another solid
effort and take an hour or so off the time. Even though I knew the route
significantly better this time I was still running the entire day with the map
in my hand and glancing down at it every 5-10 minutes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The
route markings are WAY better than two years ago</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The
circuit seemed much more adventurous the first time without any knowledge of
the route</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">If
someone wants an adventure they should go run the route without a GPS track. If
someone wants an FKT they can easily run much faster than what I did by taking
my GPS track off Strava or something.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This
circuit is still rugged, remote, and awesome. I didn’t see a single other
person the entire day!</span></li>
</ul>
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<b><u>Splits:</u></b></div>
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<u>Location—Split Time (hr:min:sec)—<b>Total Time</b><o:p></o:p></u></div>
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Start at Plaza de la Virgen—0:00:00—<b><u>0:00:00</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Trailhead—0:12:24—<b><u>0:12:24</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Cerro Bandera Summit—0:34:02—<b><u>0:46:26</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Marker 12: South Shore of Laguna del Salto—0:55:04—<b><u>1:41:30</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Paso Primero—0:06:23—<b><u>1:47:53</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Paso Australia—0:16:52—<b><u>2:04:45</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Paso de los Dientes—0:14:22—<b><u>2:19:07</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Marker 17: Laguna de los Dientes—0:25:44—<b><u>2:44:51</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Paso Ventarron—1:05:00—<b><u>3:49:51</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Paso Guerrico—0:38:58—<b><u>4:28:49</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Paso Virginia—2:07:12—<b><u>6:36:01</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Marker 35: Laguna Guanacos NE Shore—0:23:06—<b><u>6:59:07</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Coastal Road Near Ex-Pesquera Maclean—0:58:10—<b><u>7:57:17</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Finish at Plaza de la Virgen —0:34:45—<b><u>8:32:02 (New FKT)</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Gear List:</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Wearing:</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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Salomon Fell Raisers<o:p></o:p></div>
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Smartwool anklet socks<o:p></o:p></div>
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Brooks windproof briefs<o:p></o:p></div>
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Brooks running shorts<o:p></o:p></div>
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Helly Hanson t-shirt from Power of 4 race in Aspen<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pearl Izumi arm sleeves<o:p></o:p></div>
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Marmot wind/water resistant gloves<o:p></o:p></div>
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Buff wrap<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ultimate Direction handheld water bottle<o:p></o:p></div>
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Suunto Ambit<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Osprey Rev 6 Backpack:</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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iPhone 5 (for photos)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Map of route<o:p></o:p></div>
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GoLite puffy jacket<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mountain Hardware wind/water proof jacket<o:p></o:p></div>
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Marmot wind/water proof pants<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pocketknife<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lighter<o:p></o:p></div>
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Emergency blanket<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ham/cheese sandwich (didn’t eat)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Chocolate bar (ate all of it)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-27419195551011243252015-02-21T07:56:00.001-08:002015-02-21T07:56:47.098-08:00Disfruta Tu Vida -- 2014 Highlights<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lots of miles, lots of vertical, lots of time on feet, and
lots of great memories…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yes, 2014 was a good year for me. To be honest, the last
three years have been the best of my life. As I continue to put off rejoining
the work force and a “normal” life I can’t help but feel a sense of dread
building within me. But for now, I’ll just drink a beer, not think about that stuff, and
continue focusing on little more than enjoying the present. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I don’t have much more to say than that. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So, here’s a list of what I feel were my Top 10
running/climbing/life highlights of the previous year, in no particular order… <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Top 10 Highlights
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<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Finished
the ranked Colorado 14ers and all but one unranked 14er (Sunlight Spire)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Led
my first sport climbing routes (still need to lead trad)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">First
(and second) Flatiron Quinfecta</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Did
20+ Easy Flatiron Climbs in a Day (98 total pitches)</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Celebrated
two years of living out of my Toyota Tacoma</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Finished
my 2<sup>nd</sup> 100 miler (The Bear 100) and ran a 50 miler the next week</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Took
part in my first race with Satan’s Minions</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Little
Bear-Blanca-Ellingwood traverse and Crestones traverse in back-to-back days</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Did
my first snow climb (Longs Peak via Keyhole route)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Running
the Pikes Peak Ascent and pacing Dave Mackey for 25 miles of Leadville 100 in
the same day (It was awesome to watch Dave slowly work his way up from 90’something
place and eventually finish in 5<sup>th</sup>. School was definitely in session
that day and it was great to be the student in the front row.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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Of course, it wouldn’t be a year-end post without listing a
bunch of numbers that don’t really mean anything to anyone but me. But hey, I
enjoy using spreadsheets and tracking numbers. Guess I’m still an engineer at
heart…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>2014 vs Previous Years:</u></div>
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<u>Miles:</u></div>
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<li><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2014</span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">—3,001</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">2013</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">—2,227</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">2012</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">—2,500</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">2011</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">—1,841</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2010</span></u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">—561</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2013</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—705:09:13</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2012</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—514:40:05</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2011</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—331:26:06</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2010</span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—90:53:43</span></li>
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<li><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2014</span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—830,000'</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2013</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—663,900'</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2012</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—524,200'</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2011</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—245,900'</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2010</span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—4,700'</span></li>
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<li><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2014</span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—342</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2013</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—246</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2012</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—255</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"><u style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2011</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—237</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">2010</span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;">—95</span></li>
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Oh yeah, no year-end post is complete without a crapload
of pictures…</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cruising on the Freeway (Photo: Random Scrambler)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxMY05lpZyAc_ph4E4UBRKvHT-1AOYOhD9TQ05kp-UZgXnHkablouS9ZoYpzfw9XpFOZPTHirHXDt8-v7vxWanwqVnqNn0PkxOtcvpudZhaxkv9Yc6RwE0_mld5BpNEG7Ra1f-2bh5iA/s1600/IMG_0011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxMY05lpZyAc_ph4E4UBRKvHT-1AOYOhD9TQ05kp-UZgXnHkablouS9ZoYpzfw9XpFOZPTHirHXDt8-v7vxWanwqVnqNn0PkxOtcvpudZhaxkv9Yc6RwE0_mld5BpNEG7Ra1f-2bh5iA/s1600/IMG_0011.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stairway to Heaven (Photo: David Ponak)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Satan's Minions after a Tour de Flatirons scramble on the 3rd (Photo: Mike Wardian)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old friends and new friends. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset on the 1st Flatiron</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Topping out on The Spy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Admiring the 3rd from afar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise on the 1st</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another sunrise scramble of the 1st</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just another Orrick, MO sunset</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scrambling with Legends. Bill Wright leads the way up The Regency-Royal Arch-5th Flatiron as Peter Bakwin and I follow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sitting atop Stairway to Heaven after 10 Easy Climbs in a Day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Admiring Boulder during a 3rd Flatiron downclimb</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stairway to Heaven reaching high into the heavens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Bakwin and I doing some early AM scrambling (Photo: Bill Wright)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An early start on some obscure routes near the 4th Flatiron with Tony Bubb and Stuart Paul</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tony Bubb seems to know every rock in The Flatirons. I think he does...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cordis Hall wrapping up an exhausting day on his first (my second) Flatiron Quinfecta</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trotting along through the burn area of Bear Peak's west ridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An early morning start to my 20+ Easy Climbs in a Day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying a white Green Mountain</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angels Landing is probably one of the best sub-hour runs I've ever done. Gorgeous. (Photo: Random Hiker)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stuart and Rocco making their way back from Torreys</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cordis Hall negotiating the 5th Flatiron's arete</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The usual Flatiron scramble up-short shot on the 1st (Photo: Cordis Hall)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing around Zion (Photo: Ben Clark)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More fun on the Zion Traverse (Photo: Ben Clark)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hidden Valley, one of my favorite trails around Moab</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from Angels Landing in Zion NP</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Based on the posters all over the Grand Canyon one would think that going down to the river would lead to certain death. So, after running down South Kaibab, up Bright Angel, and back to Kaibab along the Rim Trail I had to celebrate being alive with a PBR below the rim of the canyon. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A flat 100km in Kansas. Brutal...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When I go home to visit family the only thing I want while running is a hill. Just one hill...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer in the Sawatch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green in winter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some down time during a photo shoot near Estes Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes trail/mountain running hurts...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look up when you're walking along the streets. You just might see a double rainbow. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunnyside Loop in Aspen with Luke Stephensen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crestone Peak, Northeast Crestone, and Crestone Needle with Paul Hamilton and Brendan Trimboli (Photo: Paul Hamilton)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Traversing from South Little Bear to Little Bear (Photo: Britt Jones)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back at Little Bear, Blanca, and Ellingwood</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes beards get caught in ATC's while rappelling (Photo: David Ponak)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Avoiding the shit show of ice/water/loose rocks in the Hourglass of Little Bear by climbing up beside it (Photo: Paul Hamilton)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Standard Green Mountain summit shot (Photo: David Ponak)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise in Nederland</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cornet Falls in Telluride</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You never know where inspiration will strike. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David Ponak gazing at Queen's Way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Island Lake. Yes, this place really exists...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise in the Sawatch. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down on Frisco from Peak One</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first ever summit of the 1st Flatiron with Peter Bakwin leading the way (Photo: Peter Bakwin)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spring in the Indian Peaks Wilderness</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sun's out, guns out on the summit of Mount Sneffels (Photo: Random Hiker)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Island Lake and Ice Lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Northeast Crestone. When I first looked at this peak in summer 2013 it terrified me. In summer 2014 I returned with Paul Hamilton and Brendan Trimboli for the Crestone Traverse. When I looked at NE Crestone it looked way easier than I remembered. Maybe a year's worth of climbing/scrambling experience had something to do with that? Regardless, Paul took off towards the peak and I followed. The most difficult part was traversing over to the base since it involved some snowy/icy terrain. Once we reached the base it was a quick cruise up to the summit on a route that doesn't feel as exposed as it looks from afar. It took us less than 10 minutes to get from the summit of Crestone Peak to the summit of NE Crestone. This helped me realize that peaks aren't always as hard as they may seem...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Running around Capitol Peak (Photo: Luke Stephensen)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another white Green Mountain</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If there's one thing I know about Telluride, it's this...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exploring around Spearfish Canyon before the Black Hills 50</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Island Lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David Ponak during Bighorn 100. Running 100 miles isn't all rainbows and sunshine...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beard envy (Photo: Jeremy G.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brendan Trimboli and I doing some Crestone traversing (Photo: Paul Hamilton)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sure is a sweet ridge separating Little Bear and Blanca (Photo: Paul Hamilton)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Storm's a comin' in Spearfish, SD</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A leisurely stroll in the San Juans with Gerbster, Eric, and Kari before Hardrock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An amazing sunrise on my way to a successful completion of Colorado ranked 14ers. Operation Dark Snake was my last ranked 14er... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back at the traverse Paul Hamilton and I had just done. Left-to-right, Ellingwood, Blanca, and Little Bear. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capitol Peak and some nice wild flowers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's to more scantily clad days at 14k+ feet!</td></tr>
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Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-5581255406478630642015-01-14T03:54:00.000-08:002015-01-14T03:54:45.776-08:00Week(s) in Review: December 8 - January 4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><u>Week in Review: December
8-14<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, December 8<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>PM—3
Miles—1:11—1,600’—1<sup>st</sup> Spyronêtte <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Easy up and down…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, December 9<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—8
Miles—7:11—5,400’—Torreys Peak (14,267’) from Loveland Pass<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Point 12,915’ >
Point 12,714’ > Cupid Mountain (13,117’) > Point 12,756’ > Point
12,936’ > Grizzly Peak (13,428’) > Torreys Peak (14,267’)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Easy hike with Stuart and his dog, Rocco. It felt good to
feel the burn of high altitude for the first time since October. Surprisingly
beautiful day up high. If I were pushing the pace I probably could have got by
with running tights and a long-sleeve shirt. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Wednesday, December 10<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—13
Miles—3:19—4,700’—2<sup>nd</sup> Flatiron, Green Mountain, Bear Peak, South
Boulder Peak<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I started off the day with an easy ascent of Green Mountain
via the Freeway and NE Ridge. On the summit I ran into TK and Jason. After a
brief conversation, I continued on towards Bear and SoBo. My legs never felt
great, but they seemed to keep moving on the ascent up Bear Peak’s West Ridge.
The weather was pleasant enough and I was moving quickly enough that I shed my
shirt—sun’s out guns out! I eventually reached the summit of South Boulder Peak
in 1:58’ish. From the summit, I began a casual meander back to Chautauqua via
Shadow Canyon and Mesa Trail. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday, December 11<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—9
Miles—6:39—6,000’—Royal Flatiron Quinfecta<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Royal Arch > 5<sup>th </sup>> 4<sup>th </sup>> 3<sup>rd
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<a href="http://cordisimo.blogspot.com.ar/" target="_blank">Cordis</a> and I decided to get out for a Flatiron Quinfecta. He
had never scrambled the 4<sup>th</sup> or 5<sup>th</sup> Flatirons and I had
only done them once. So, we decided to go descending order to get the unknown
routes done with sooner rather than later. I was REALLY slow on the 5<sup>th</sup>
due to my left knee hurting considerably more than previous days. During our
ascent, I spotted the downclimb off the south side of the slab and made mental
note of it. We went back to the Royal Arch and descended back to the base of
the 4<sup>th</sup> Flatiron. To me, the lower slab provides the best scrambling
on the 4<sup>th</sup>. The upper two slabs are somewhat forgettable and seem
more frustrating than anything else. I suppose my opinion of the 4<sup>th</sup>
Flatiron might change over time as I get more experience on the route. Cordis
seemed pretty happy to reach the summit of the 4<sup>th</sup> after nearly
taking a fall as we approached the gully between the summit of the second slab
and Green Mountain Pinnacle. Descending from the summit of the 4<sup>th</sup>
back to the Royal Arch Trail was the worst descent of the day. The 4<sup>th</sup>
and 5<sup>th</sup> Flatirons took quite a bit of time, but I sort of expected
that since neither one of us knew the routes. The 3<sup>rd</sup> Flatiron was
nice and straightforward. I showed Cordis up the Free for All route on the 2<sup>nd</sup>
Flatiron for his first time. The slightly harder scrambling near the Pullman Car
has made this one of my favorite routes. After a quick downclimb off the 2<sup>nd</sup>
we made our way to the base of the 1<sup>st</sup>. Our scrambling pace up the
Direct East Face was painfully slow as we were both feeling the fatigue of the
day. A slow downclimb and a trot back down to Chautauqua was all that separated
us from being able to chug some water. It’s hard to beat a day of scrambling
with good company.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday, December 12<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Climbing in Eldorado
Canyon with Evan<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Evan and I decided to get out on another classic multi-pitch
route in Eldo. After a brisk morning, we were fortunate enough to make our way
up Long John Wall (5.8+) in perfect t-shirt weather. A few fun rappels had us
back down on solid ground. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday, December 13<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—13
Miles—8:40—8,700’—20+ Easy Flatiron Climbs in a Day<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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A few weeks ago I did Ten Easy Climbs in a Day after getting
a little inspiration from Mark Oveson’s “Top Ten Easy Climbs in a Day” list in
Haas’ Flatirons guidebook. I completed my list of ten climbs with relative
ease, which left me wanting to pursue an even bigger day of scrambling. With no
idea of how long this day would take, I headed up the hill around 7:30am with
my Osprey Rev 6 full of water, food, a puffy jacket, running tights, gloves,
and a headlamp. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I sent out an email to the Minions to see if anyone wanted
to join for part of the day. Dylan Cousins arranged to meet me at the base of
the 1<sup>st</sup> Flatiron for the Direct East Face. He joined me for every one
route after the DEF. Having Dylan along for the day made things considerably
easier. I was already feeling pretty spent by the time we started up the
Freeway (route 10) and was thinking about calling it a day. I just kept my nose
down towards the rock and slowly made my way up. After the Freeway I led the
way up Free for All; a route Dylan had never scrambled. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A quick up-and-down on the 3<sup>rd</sup> Flatiron had me at
14 routes for the day. This is where I let Dylan lead the way and take me on a
few new-to-me routes around Mallory Cave that were part of the Tour de
Flatirons this year. Front Porch, Dinosaur Rock, and Der Zerkle all proved to
be pretty sweet routes. Fatigue was starting to set in as we made our way up
Dinosaur Rock, which left both of us struggling on even the easiest terrain. <o:p></o:p></div>
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After we finished the routes around Mallory Cave we began a
laborious trot back towards The Regency. The run out and back from Mallory Cave
was actually a strange bit of a relief during a day filled with nothing but
slab scrambling. My legs somewhat welcomed the running cadence. Now, an easy
scramble up The Regency and Royal Arch were all that separated us from
completing the big day. We were both hurting pretty bad at this point, but
managed to eventually get up The Regency. Shortly after summitting The Regency
we found ourselves sitting atop the Royal Arch and taking in the views. A brief
downclimb and a little over a mile trot were all that kept us from the water
and food that awaited us in the comfort of our vehicles. The run back to
Chautauqua definitely hurt, but was over as soon as it started. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Not a bad day at all… <o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Totals:</u></div>
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<u style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Different Routes</u><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">—21</span></div>
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<u style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Total Guidebook Pitches of Scrambling</u><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">—98
Pitches</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">-</span><u>Ascending</u>—79 pitches</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">-</span><u>Descending</u>—19 pitches</div>
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<u style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Total Feet of Scrambling on Rock</u><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">—11,910
Feet</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">-</span><u>Ascending</u>—10,570 Feet<u><o:p></o:p></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">-</span><u>Descending</u>—1,340 Feet<u><o:p></o:p></u></div>
<ol style="text-align: left;">
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">st</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Flatironette—Southeast Ridge</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The Spy—East Ridge</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">st</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Flatiron—North Arête</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">st</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Flatiron—Southwest Face
(Downclimbed 5 Times)</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Sunset Flatironette—Chase the Sun</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">st</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Flatiron—Direct East Face</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">st</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Flatiron—East Face North Side
with North Arête</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">st</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Flatiron—Baker’s Way</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">st</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Flatiron—Atalanta</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">2</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">nd</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Flatiron—Freeway</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">2</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">nd</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Flatiron—Free for All</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">2</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">nd</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Flatiron—West Face (Downclimb)</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">3</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">rd</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Flatiron—Standard East Face</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">3</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">rd</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Flatiron—Southwest Chimney
(Downclimb)</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Front Porch—Tiptoe Slab</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Dinosaur Rock—East Face Right</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Dinosaur Rock—West Face (Downclimb)</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Der Zerkle—Sunny Side Two</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Der Zerkle—Northwest Corner (Up-and-down Climb)</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The Regency—El Camino Royale</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Royal Arch—East Face (Up-and-down Climb)</span></li>
</ol>
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Sunday, December 14<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>OFF—I decided to give
myself a little rest by just hanging around the climbing gym today</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Miles—46<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Time—27 hours 1 minute<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Elevation Gain—26,400
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review:
December 15-21<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, December 15<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—12
Miles—3:24—4,450’—Green Mountain and Bear Peak<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Easy effort with David Ponak. My legs felt like hell all
day. There was a bit more snow than I anticipated, which had me regretting my
shoe/sock choice. Things got a little chilly on the ascent of Bear and the
initial descent down Fern Canyon to the saddle. Once we hit the saddle things
warmed up a bit. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, December 16<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—3
Miles—0:29—1,200’—Treadmill<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Easy run to see how my knee was feeling…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wednesday, December 17<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>OFF—Endurance Lead
Climbing Day at BRC with Phillip</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday, December 18<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>PM—3
Miles—1:32—1,600’—Flatiron Access Trails<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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The original plan was to scramble up the Freeway on the 2<sup>nd</sup>
Flatiron with Stuart. I got about 30 feet or so up the face when I slipped and
started sliding all the way down to the bottom. When I was 15-20 feet from the
bottom I hit a bump in the rock that caused my hands to come off the face. With
the possibility of doing a backflip down the rock seeming somewhat likely, I
decided to turn around and ran down the remainder of the face. Near the bottom,
I did some fancy footwork and avoided total disaster. I decided to just hike up
to the Freeway walk-off and meet Stuart there. Today I learned that it always
pays to make sure your shoe soles are free of mud when you arrive at the base
of a scramble. Later on in the night I realized that my right heel was pretty
damn bruised and I was walking with a noticeable limp. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday, December 19<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—3
Miles—0:30—1,200’—Treadmill<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I bruised my right heel in yesterday’s fall on the 2<sup>nd</sup>
Flatiron. So, I decided to do a test run on the treadmill in case the pain
proved to be unbearable. Turns out that running and climbing down really hurt,
but I’m walking around with a bit of a limp. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday, December 20<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—8
Miles—1:10—1,400’—Mesa Trail<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I met up with Marco from Rock & Resole at his house near
the lower Skunk Canyon Trailhead. We headed up towards the Mesa Trail at a
casual pace. My legs are still tired from my 20+ climbs a week ago. At the Bear
Canyon split-off we turned around and headed back. Once we got on less
snowy/icy trails we were able to enjoy a few miles at 6:00/mile pace. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, December 21<sup>st</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Climbing in Eldorado
Canyon and BRC<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Evan, Tony, Stuart, and I headed up to the West Ridge around
10am with the intention of climbing several multi-pitch routes, but brutally
frigid winds quickly put an end to those plans. After climbing Mesca-line (5.7)
I was content to call it a day and head to the nice, warm climbing gym. Evan,
Stuart, and I got in several pitches of leading at BRC. The gym session was a
productive one for me—I led a 5.11- and took a couple of nice lead falls
(falling is fun!). <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Miles—29<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Time—7 hours 7
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Elevation Gain—9,850
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review:
December 22—28 <o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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<b><br /></b></div>
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<b>OFF</b>—I took this
week almost completely off from any physical activity. I climbed one route in
Eldo and at the gym a few times. Absolutely no running, though. For some reason
when I go back to Missouri I feel incredibly lazy and unmotivated to do any
running…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><br /></u></b></div>
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<b><u><br /></u></b></div>
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<b><u><br /></u></b></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review:
December 29 – January 4<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, December 29<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>OFF</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, December 30<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—15
Miles—3:20—1,300’—Stocksdale Park (Liberty, MO)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I needed 15 miles to hit my mileage goal for 2014. So, I ran
15 super easy miles in the freezing cold. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Wednesday, December 31<sup>st</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>OFF</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Thursday, January 1<sup>st</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—9
Miles—2:51—2,800’—Green Mountain</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
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A New Year’s snowy slog up the front side of the mountain
with a Bear Canyon descent. The front side was broken really well, but the snow
was still a little unpacked. The descent trails were still in need of some
heavy foot traffic to pack the snow down a bit better. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday, January 2<sup>nd</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>PM—7
Miles—0:57—200’—Bike Paths</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Easy run on the bike paths from BRC. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday, January 3<sup>rd</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM1—5
Miles—0:49—1,300’—Treadmill <o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
A nice hill workout. I enjoy running on the treadmill a bit
in winter since crappy snow sometimes makes running uphill outside terribly
inefficient. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><br /></b></div>
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<b>AM2—5
Miles—1:49—2,500’—Green Mountain</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Easy up and fast descent on the front side with Stuart and
Rocco. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, January 4<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—4
Miles—0:36—1,000’—Treadmill <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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A mellow day on the treadmill. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><br /></u></b></div>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b></div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Miles—45<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Time—10 hours 23
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Elevation Gain—9,100
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cordisimo.blogspot.com.ar/" target="_blank">Cordis</a> making his way down the 5th Flatiron downclimb</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cordis finishing up a long day on his first (my second) Flatiron Quinfecta</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Royal Arch in all its glory</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down the arete leading up to the 5th's summit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making our way into the gulley between the second slab of the 4th and Green Mountain Pinnacle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cordis topping out on the 4th Flatiron</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downclimbing the 3rd Flatiron's SW Chimney</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nearing the end of a long day by crawling up the DEF of the 1st Flatiron</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nearing the North Arete of the 1st</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cordis and I taking comfort in the fact that we just have a short downclimb and run back to Chautauqua</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bear Peak's West Ridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just topped out on Long John Wall in Eldo. Thanks to Evan for taking me up another Eldo classic. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sweet early morning view of the 3rd during my "20+ Easy Climbs in a Day"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice view of some of the ridges in Skunk Canyon, I think</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking up at Dinosaur Rock and not really feeling motivated</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading up Green Mountain in fresh snow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slabs as far as the eye can see...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me heading up the 5th's arete (Photo: <a href="http://cordisimo.blogspot.com.ar/" target="_blank">Cordis Hall</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Standing on the 3rd, debating if I have the 2nd and 1st in me (Photo: Cordis Hall)</td></tr>
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Well, this is probably a new record for me—almost two months
since I last updated this blog. I’ve still been getting out and doing something
almost every day, but I haven’t been running as much due to persistent pain in
my left knee. So, I’ve been climbing and scrambling considerably more than
usual. Since the first week of November I’ve been climbing at BRC about five
days per week and have been scrambling in the Flatirons almost as much. I’ll
get the past two+ months of photos up here, eventually…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Week in Review: December
1-7<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, December 1<sup>st</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, December 2<sup>nd</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>PM—5 Miles—2:32—2,700’—South
Boulder Peak </b> <o:p></o:p></div>
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After driving back from Missouri all day I went straight to
Stuart’s place in Eldorado Springs for an easy trip up-and-down South Boulder
Peak. I always have to do something after driving all day to stretch the legs
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Wednesday, December 3<sup>rd</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—3 Miles—1:47—1,600’—1<sup>st</sup>
Spyronêtte<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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A slow, sunrise scamper up to the summit of the 1<sup>st</sup>.
Cold rock made for cold hands.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday, December 4<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Climbing in Eldorado
Canyon with Stuart<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Stuart and I decided to get together to go over some big wall
climbing technique. After jumaring for a bit we decided to climb up the
Bastille Crack. Great climb, but a little nippy outside. Brrrrr….We descended
in darkness with the flashlights from our iPhones. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday, December 5<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Miles—2:19—1,900’—Lost Flatironette and Last Flatironette<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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An easy early morning outing with Tony Bubb and Stuart.
Flatiron excursions with Tony are always great because the routes are obscure
and he knows every square inch of the terrain. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>PM—Climbing in
Eldorado Canyon with Evan</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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During our morning outing Stuart got a call from Evan
seeking a climbing partner for the day. He offered my belaying services. Evan
and I climbed my second uber-classic Eldo route in as many days—Rewritten. This
ended up being an awesome climb with great exposure and a few memorable
sections, such as the hand traverse into a nice finger crack. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday, December 6<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, December 7<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>AM—3.5 Miles—3:07—3,850’—1<sup>st</sup>
Spyronêtte, Sunset Flatironette, 2<sup>nd</sup> Flatiron, 1<sup>st</sup>
Flatiron <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I just got a newly resoled pair of scrambling shoes back
from Rock and Resole here in Boulder. The rubber has slightly more aggressive
lugs than a dot rubber, but still seemed like it should provide for sufficient
surface contact on the rock. So, I had to test them out on these routes:<o:p></o:p></div>
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1<sup>st</sup> Flatironette>The Spy>1<sup>st</sup>
Flatiron (North Arête)>Sunset Flatironette (Chase the Sun)>2<sup>nd</sup>
Flatiron (Free for All)>1<sup>st</sup> Flatiron (East Face North Side)<o:p></o:p></div>
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The rubber handled quite well on all routes with the
exception of the DEF of the 1<sup>st</sup>. I slipped a couple of times within
the first 10-15 feet, which made me decide to head over to the north side of
the face. Overall, the rubber wasn’t too bad considering it’s made for fishing
shoes…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>PM—3 Miles—1:50—1,600’—1<sup>st</sup>
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<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Miles—18<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Time—11 hours 37
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November 24-30</u></b></div>
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<b>Basically took the
entire week off. I did one dinky little two-mile run on the roads of Orrick,
but that’s it…Felt lazy all week…<u><o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, November 17<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, November 18<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—8
Miles—1:14—2,000’—Treadmill </b> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Left knee is hurting a bit. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Wednesday, November 19<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>AM—13
Miles—2:36—3,250’—Mesa Trail</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Easy day on sometimes snowy and icy trails. Pretty much an
even split out-and-back. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday, November 20<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—3
Miles—0:31—1,100’—Treadmill <o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Left knee still hurts…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><br /></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>PM—6.5
Miles—3:18—1,050’—Sourdough Trail Snowshoe</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Got out for a nice late afternoon snowshoe outing with Val.
We ended up finishing in the dark. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Friday, November 21<sup>st</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—5
Miles—0:48—2,050’—Treadmill <o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Left knee is still nagging me a bit…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><br /></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>PM—4
Miles—2:40—1,800’—SE Ridge of North Shanahan Crag</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Went out with Tony Bubb and Stuart Paul to tackle the
next-to-last route in Roach’s “Flatiron Classics” book for Tony. It was a snowy
approach and descent, but the rock was fairly dry for the most part. There were
a few nice spots with exposed moves, but overall it was a pretty mellow
scramble. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday, November 22<sup>nd</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—3
Miles—0:26—1,000’—Treadmill <o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Damn knee is starting to hurt a little worse…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, November 23<sup>rd</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—11.5
Miles—2:40—3,000’—Green Mountain<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Up via Bear Canyon and down the West Ridge/Flagstaff
Road/Flagstaff Trail. Lots of icy trails today. I took a pretty good fall
descending into Skunk Canyon. Ran into Wendy around Bear Canyon and Justin up
on the summit. I decided to descend via the West Ridge and road to avoid the
inevitable ice on Ranger. Eventually, I veered onto the Flagstaff Trail once
the ice disappeared and continued down to Chautauqua. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u><br /></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Miles—54<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Time—14 hours 16
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Elevation Gain—15,250
feet<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u>Week in Review:
November 10-16<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, November 10<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—2.5
Miles—0:56—1,600’—Flatiron Access Trail</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I ran into Britt at Chautauqua and joined her for an easy
day up the access trail to the top of the 1<sup>st</sup>. Always great to see
her smiling face and have good company. The temperature dropped like a rock
during our brief run. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, November 11<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Wednesday, November 12<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday, November 13<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>PM—5.5
Miles—1:50—2,700’—Green Mountain</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Up NE Ridge and down backside. This was a slow, snowy trudge
to the summit. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Friday, November 14<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Saturday, November 15<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—10
Miles—3:18—1,500’—4<sup>th</sup> of July Road and Trail<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
After a mile or two the snow started getting pretty deep—up
to mid-calf in places. Once I reached the trailhead the snow was knee-deep most
of the way. It was a pretty serene morning as the snow was hammering down. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday, November 16<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—7 Miles—3:44—1,300’—Lost
Lake Snowshoe<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
First snowshoe outing of the season. Went out with Val and
braved the cold, windy weather. By the time we finished both of us were pretty
frozen. I was glad that I decided against heading up Audubon today. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><br /></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Miles—25<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Time—9 hours 49
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Elevation Gain—7,100
feet<u><o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u>Week in Review: November
3-9<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Monday, November 3<sup>rd</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—3 Miles—1:10?—1,600’—1<sup>st</sup>
Spyronêtte<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Not really sure what my time was on this since I lost the
GPS track. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday, November 4<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>PM—3
Miles—1:10?—1,600’—1<sup>st</sup> Spyronêtte</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Not really sure what my time was on this since I lost the
GPS track. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Wednesday, November 5<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Thursday, November 6<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—5.5
Miles—6:30’ish—4,200’—Flatiron Quinfecta’ish<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The Regency > Royal Arch > 5<sup>th</sup> Flatiron
> 4<sup>th</sup> Flatiron > 3<sup>rd</sup> Flatironette > 3<sup>rd</sup>
Flatiron > 2<sup>nd</sup> Flatiron > 1<sup>st</sup> Flatironette > The
Spy > 1<sup>st</sup> Flatiron via North Arête <o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
Pretty mellow approach to the Quinfecta. Started off the day
heading up The Regency/Royal Arch/5<sup>th</sup> Flatiron linkup with Bill
Wright and Peter Bakwin. Peter and I parted ways with Bill and continued up the
broken 4<sup>th</sup> Flatiron. We then made our way up to the 3<sup>rd</sup>’s
East Bench via the 3<sup>rd</sup> Flatironette. After downclimbing the SW
Chimney we parted ways and I continued on toward the 2<sup>nd</sup> where I met
Nicole. She was standing at the base, debating her first solo scramble in the
Flatirons. I invited her to follow me up to the point where Free for All splits
off from Freeway. She walked off the Freeway and came up to the West Face to
join me on the summit. This was only my second time doing Free for All and I
was pleased with how easy it seemed. Nicole and I then made our way down to the
base of the 1<sup>st</sup> where we eyed the Direct East Face. She didn’t seem
too keen on this route today. So, I took her up via the Spyronêtte route. I
parted ways with Nicole at the shortcut to the base of the 2<sup>nd</sup> and
made my way back to the Taco at the lower Skunk Canyon Trailhead. Pretty
dehydrated at the end of it all… <o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday, November 7<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>OFF</b><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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Saturday, November 8<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>PM—3
Miles—0:53—1,600’—1<sup>st</sup> Spyronêtte <o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Everything felt really on point tonight, especially the
descent run. From the point I hit the ground after the downclimb to the
trailhead took me 13:27, which surprised the hell out of me considering how
busy the trails was. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Sunday, November 9<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—9 Miles—5:32—6,300’—Ten
Easy Climbs in a Day<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I took a page out of Mark Oveson’s list in Haas’ guidebook
and created my own list of ten easy climbs to do in a day using routes that I
had already done before. Here’s the list that I followed: <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
</div>
<ol style="text-align: left;">
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">st</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Flatironette > South Ridge</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The Spy > East Ridge</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1<sup>st</sup> Flatiron > North Arête</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Sunset Flatiron > Chase the Sun</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1<sup>st</sup> Flatiron > Direct East Face</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">2<sup>nd</sup> Flatiron > Freeway</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">2<sup>nd</sup> Flatiron > Free for All</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">3<sup>rd</sup> Flatiron > Standard East Face</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Royal Arch > East Face</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Ridge One > Stairway to Heaven</span></li>
</ol>
When it was all said and done, this list ended up being
around 7,000’ of scrambling with almost 1,000’ of downclimbing. I was quite
surprised at how easy this day ended up feeling. I didn’t take any food or
water with me and never really felt too thirsty or on the verge of a bonk. I PR’ed the 1<sup>st</sup> Flatiron downclimb
(3:37) and the Freeway (8:30).<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><br /></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Miles—23<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Time—15 hours 16
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Elevation Gain—15,300
feet<u><o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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</div>
Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470643702089068805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599149059290473851.post-1114584210905969272014-11-03T07:56:00.001-08:002014-11-03T07:56:47.531-08:00Week in Review: October 27-November 2—In Search of Slabs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Monday, October 27<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—4 Miles—1:42—2,700’—2<sup>nd</sup>
Flatiron and Green Mountain<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
An easy morning lap since David couldn’t get out for a run
until this afternoon. Descended via NE Ridge. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><br /></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>PM—10.5 Miles—2:00—3,000’—Green
Mountain<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Up the middle route and down Bear Canyon with David Ponak.
We kept a pretty easy pace for the ascent. On the descent my footwork was spot
on, which led me to open up the pace a bit on the more technical parts of the
trail. It’s always a great feeling when you can cruise down rocky trails and
not even snag your toe once. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Tuesday, October 28<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—2.5 Miles—0:49—1,500’—2<sup>nd</sup>
Flatiron<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Just an easy trip up today. I was planning to take David up
the Freeway after he got done climbing the Lost Porch, but his climb took
longer than anticipated. So, I just used this as a nice, easy day before an
afternoon acupuncture session. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Wednesday, October 29<sup>th</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—4 Miles—3:36—4,000—2<sup>nd</sup>
Flatiron (x4), 1<sup>st</sup> Flatironette, 1<sup>st</sup> Flatiron<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I started the day off with two timid trips up the Freeway
before my legs finally felt decent. Then, I knocked out a sub-10 minute lap
followed by a 9:03 fourth lap. With my legs feeling good I decided to head over
to the 1<sup>st</sup> Flatironette to keep the day going. The wind was gusting
enough that I decided to pass on The Spy’s narrow ridge and just went straight
up to the North Arete of the 1<sup>st</sup>. Any time I was exposed to the west
I was greeted with a howling wind. I spent about 30-45 minutes on the summit
waiting for the wind to die down a little before beginning the downclimb. It
never did. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Thursday, October 30<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—6.5 Miles—3:49—4,500’—Flatiron
Trifecta (3<sup>rd</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, 1<sup>st</sup>) and Green Mountain<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Fun day out with Cordis Hall. I was considerably hungover
and sleep deprived, but somehow managed to pull myself together to meet him for
a 9am start. The hardest part of the day for me was definitely the Southwest
Chimney downclimb on the 3<sup>rd</sup>. I spent a good 3-5 minutes it seemed
standing at the chockstone and figuring out how the hell to get down. On the
descent trail I slightly rolled my left ankle. From then on, it was pretty
smooth sailing. We took our time on the East Face Direct of the 1<sup>st</sup>
and after getting back to solid ground made our way up to Green Mountain. I took
the descent really mellow since I felt half-dead and didn’t want to roll an
ankle again. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Friday, October 31<sup>st</sup> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—14 Miles—3:50—5,900’—2<sup>nd</sup>
Flatiron, Green Mountain, Bear Peak, Green Mountain<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Up Green via 2<sup>nd</sup> Flatiron and NE Ridge, down Bear
Canyon, up Bear via Fern Canyon, another trip up Green via Bear Peak West Ridge
and Green Bear, and a final descent between the 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup>
Flatirons. Should have been closer to 3:30, but for some reason I decided to descend
between the 2<sup>nd</sup>/3<sup>rd</sup> Flatirons rather than the usual 1<sup>st</sup>/2<sup>nd</sup>
descent. Then I rolled my ankle slightly on some off-trail terrain and took it
easy back to Chautauqua. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Saturday, November 1<sup>st</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—11 Miles—3:33—5,200’—2<sup>nd</sup>
Flatiron and Green Mountain Loop (x2)</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Two laps of ascending Green via the 2<sup>nd</sup> and NE
Ridge and descending the back side. Another hungover and sleep deprived
morning. First lap was nice and easy since I was taking Shad up the Freeway and
he hasn’t really climbed in a while. There were a few spots that got his
attention, but he managed to shimmy up the slab pretty quick and with little
cause for concern. We then headed on up to Green and caught the Basic runners
and they reached the summit. After a mellow descent we reached Chautauqua in
2:16. Chris Gerber called me and said his group was near the summit of the 4<sup>th</sup>
Flatiron. He challenged me to a race to the summit of Green. So, I put my shoes
back on and charged back up the hill to the face of the 2<sup>nd</sup>—reaching
the base in a hair over 10 minutes. I zig-zagged between a few roped parties
and walked off the top in about 10 minutes. After 47 minutes I was sitting atop
Green Mountain wondering where Gerber and Mark were. Some random hiker said he
saw a couple of big guys running down the back side about ten minutes prior. I
took off and tried hunting them down, but never saw them. Oh well, I made it
back to the Taco for a 1:17 loop. An hour or so later I got a text from Gerber
saying they just reached the summit. Guess I won?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Sunday, November 2<sup>nd</sup> <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>AM—3.5 Miles—2:51—3,200’—Flatiron
Trifecta (1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, 3<sup>rd</sup>)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The day started out with me treating Eric Lee to his first
ever soloing experience in the Flatirons. I took him up the 1<sup>st</sup> Spyronêtte
route, which provides an easy way to reach the summit of the 1<sup>st</sup>. On
the summit we ran into Peter Bakwin who was on his first summit of a Trifecta.
He invited us to join along for the 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup>
Flatirons, which I certainly couldn’t pass up. Peter and I parted ways with Eric
at the shortcut to the 2<sup>nd</sup> from the access trail and a few minutes
later we were on our way up Free For All. This was my first time reaching the
true summit of the 2<sup>nd</sup> in one continuous east-facing line versus
scrambling up the Freeway and walking around to the West Face. This route
provides a couple of fun, vertical sections with easy, yet exposed moves to get
onto the face of the Pullman Car (I think the cruxy sections might be 5.6?). Once
on the East Face of the Pullman Car it’s back to more 4<sup>th</sup> Class
scrambling up to the summit before the exposed downclimb off the West Face. When
we reached the 3<sup>rd</sup> Flatiron’s East Bench we were both breathing a
sigh of relief that we were soloing rather than roped up because there was a
line of roped climbers from the summit all the way to the bottom with a few
more groups waiting to even get on the rock. So, we stayed well to the right of
the standard East Face route that the climbers were using and avoided the
traffic jam completely. From the summit of the 3<sup>rd</sup> we could count at
least eight people soloing the 1<sup>st</sup> and those were just the ones
visible on the upper portion of the North Arete. It honestly looked like a
Minions race was going on...The Southwest Chimney downclimb went considerably
easier for me today versus the other day with Cordis. I spent less than a
minute remembering the sequence of moves at the chockstone today. With a few
more downclimbs under my belt I should have this sequence down pretty good. <b> </b> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u><br /></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u><br /></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u>Weekly Totals</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Miles—56<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Time—22 hours 14
minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Elevation Gain—30,000
feet<u><o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
This was my first 30k feet week since the first week of
September. It felt great to finally get steep again. Right now I’m torn between
chasing a few numbers. With some decent pushes through the end of the year I could
possibly reach a million vertical feet of ascent for the year. I could also
reach 3,500 miles for the year. The mileage goal would be more attainable for
sure, but the vert goal is more appealing. We’ll see if I decide to chase after
either one…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Western view of 1st Flatiron and Sunset Flatironette</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where all the fun begins...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some climbers on the 3rd as seen from the 1st</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eric Lee heading up The Spy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eric heading up the 1st Flatiron's North Arete</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downclimbing the 1st Flatiron</td></tr>
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