Battle Mountain, which forms the northern shoulder of Longs Peak

Olson agonizing close on Freaks of the Industry 8B

Justin Jaeger, That Baby Don’t Look Like Me V2

The Not Bacon Wall V5

This great traverse is in the V7 range and lies just uphill from The Not Bacon Wall. As far as I know it was FAd by Paul Otis around 2001-02

Ryan and I revisited an old sector I had scoped in 2002 and put up a couple of nice problems, the Leg Breaker and Harpoon V10.

Leg Breaker V9

Olson on Leg Breaker V9

OLSON!!!

The majestic Hallet’s Peak towers over Tyndall Gorge

Emerald Lake is a small area, but there are some classic testpieces. The south side of the drainage is home to Whispers of Wisdom, The Kind Traverse and The Kind. The north side has one boulder with several problems. Large and Real Large are the best, but there is also Tommy’s Arete, which climbs a nice overhanging prow, Hi Fi V10, which climbs the obvious seam to the right of Real Large, and Conquest V12, which starts to the right of the Larges as well, but climbs high from some crimpy underclings to a hard match.

This was my first trip to the Park this year, and I have conservatively estimated that I have bouldered in RMNP over 400 days. I was exhausted from all the climbing on Saturday. I climbed only one boulder, the classic V9 Real Large. Here is Ryan Olson making a quick send.

Ryan Olson, Real Large V9