Comments on: RMNP

By: Eliott

Eliott — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:12:36 +0000

You know .. I came home from CO psyched for hallball climbing only to find that my home boulders were relatively tiny. So I started cleaning and sussing out a tall arete that had stood trailside for years with no serious attempts to boulder it. After cleaning the loose holds and sussing out the beta a key foot broke while I was topping out putting me face first into the matt. So I decided to wait until I had a spotter and an extra mat to send. Unfortunately some chuffer named Adam Markert (you know who you are punk) told a friend of his about my proj, some young disrespectful punk, and it seems with a spotter and an extra pad he was able to top out. Of course he used an alternate jug start .. but I digress. The point is he SWEARS he thought that I had already sent, but in my heart I know what his true intentions were. Frankenstein is now Young Punk Arete. I’m not really bitter tho’. I haven’t climbed since loosing the FA and I have been drinking alot, but thats not the point. The point is, it’s just a damn rock.

Or is it??

I’m coming for you Adam!!!

By: campusmang

campusmang — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:27:31 +0000

i would like to formerly applogize to you slabdyno, i am sorry for making fun of and not showin any respect to you at all

its just the internet though

By: campusmang

campusmang — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:19:21 +0000

dude, get with the program already!!!

By: slabdyno

slabdyno — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:09:41 +0000

don’t post as me (criz) campusmang, its disrespectful , but ur right 8a.numberchaser.

By: climbingnarc

climbingnarc — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:58:36 +0000

don’t you know that Bob Horan sent that line 20 years ago??

By: payne

payne — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:10:54 +0000

who is lee? cause my only comment is that I showed this line to Jamie like 4 years ago…Vision, psh.

Lee

By: campusmang

campusmang — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:33:35 +0000

A Colorado dude that lives in Detroit sent this huge dyno in Grand Ledge. This was in 2005.
He was climbing with Aaron Hager. Its a tight dyno, aaron never said he named it, I saw a crow after i did it and it knocked down some snow off a tree.
The crow v8 Stiff, strong dynoers say that the feet are awkward.

By: criz

criz — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:22:32 +0000

OMG @ 8A.OLD TC WOOD HAVE D MOST POINTS

By: sidepull

sidepull — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:09:10 +0000

This is likely the best climbing blog. I really appreciate the attention to the process of bouldering/climbing as well as the concern for stewardship. I hope it’s required reading for noobs in CO.

By: das bpc

das bpc — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:59:07 +0000

to give the benefit of the doubt, seems like the competitive race for FAs is becomming commonplace in rmnp and perhaps lil andre got caught up in that vibe? e.g. when dave found what would become ‘top notch’, it is my understanding that he worked it for a bit and then paul and ty descended upon it quickly to get the FA. it was a race, to be sure, though perhaps dave didn’t spend much time on the project or perhaps he was leaving to go spurt root climbing and said ‘have at it, kids.’ with that situation going on, perhaps standard ethics were lost in the shuffle… the cleaner wasn’t afforded the typical courtesy of a number of good sessions on a project before the others gave it a whirl and that became acceptable. if that’s true, perhaps it wasn’t clear that this situation was different, and so, if this comes down to a misunderstanding, then oh well… some missteps by friends is no big deal in the grand scheme. however, if there’s a malicous or competitive streak between good friends in the scene nowadays, then this bud needs to get nipped.

i find it difficult to believe the latter is the case.