After spending a couple days sick on the couch, I decided to check out some boulders I've never visited in Castlewood. A couple look REALLY good.
The big cave. Could be very chossy. I didn't pull to find out.
This block could have two or three warm-up problems.
This one looks good, but HARD. A few good holds leads to blankness before another good hold and a sloping topout.
OMFG. This felt solid and the features were super cool. A bit of a landing, but nothing some organic foam can't fix.
I think this is listed as "Jonah and the wale" (V5) in the benningfield guide. It looks freaking amazing.
In short, if we get a dry couple days in the coming weeks, I would like to drag someone up to do a couple of these. Has anyone been up there before?
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i was up there on an after work ivy session three years ago. didn't get a chance to do jonah, though i'd very much like to sometime. i was trying a tricky hard traverse downhill from jonah and blew some flappers climbing its sharp sharp arete [called "the thirst" due to its vampire nature]
i'd be keen on getting back there this winter for sure.
not sure when i can sneak out, but should be easier do do c-wood than elsewhere.
the monster monster cave down a tier from there would be one of the coolest climbing joints in colorado if it had decent rock. unfortunately, our exploration only turned up deathchoss. i'd be really psyched if someone got something clean and stable going out that cave or traversing it or whatever.
actaully, on second viewing, the thirst is the arete to the right in your third photo [with the pack in it]. the traverse starts on that arete and cuts left through the hantavirus cave [cruxing in an insane hueco feature] then finishing on the super fun victory buckets pictured in your fourth shot.
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