Upping their game...

Rich and Alexa both sent their hardest problems to date at our after-work session at Morrison South today! Good work kids!

Rich sent Dasani V7 quickly, having worked the moves at a previous session.

Dynamic Beta for LIFE!

Alexa finished off Squirming Coil V6 after almost calling it a day. Instead she took a power spot to get to the lip and work the top out moves. She was psyched after learning she was so close and went on to send. Nice job!

No doubt it will be the shenanigans they remember more than anything, but it still feels good to be progressing and getting better at something that brings you so much joy and satisfaction.

CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!

Don't you hate that installment

Don't you hate it when you are very careful not to get your shoes wet before pulling on and then come off, landing both feet directly in the snow bank? Apparently Kevin doesn't either.

If Marcelo were a cartoonist installment...

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A glimpse of the madness within

Wouldn't it be wicked cool if humans had fingers like Geckos? Imagine how sticky even the warmest smarmy sloper would feel!

Then again, maybe it would make climbing too easy? These things are called Tarsiers. Don't their fingers look like the people's who have been climbing in the black hole for the past 30 years? Creepy.

Hope the crushing is going well today kids!

Proof Positive Installment

Dissent lies within the group.

Beautiful new organic pads lie at home as their masters gallivant about the tall stones, tied together with string.

It will not do kids. In the words of Ben Folds, "This shit just will not fly". I present you with evidence of the dissenter's treachery. HELMETS!

BRIGHTLY COLORED STRING IN PLACE OF ORGANIC FOAM!

Judging by their casual stance, this is not the first time.

All jokes aside (well, most) John and Karyn enjoyed the excellent weather last weekend and braved the tall stones at Lumpy Ridge.

In John's own words:

Last weekend i climbed the Sundance buttress twice! Unfortunately Aris bailed on me for Hallett but the sundance buttress in lumpy is super rad. Maybe I'll find someone this weekend to go up to hallett with. This past Saturday I climbed turnkorner with my buddy bruce and sunday Karyn and I climbed Mainliner, both were super classic. Some pictures if you're interested...

I expect no small amount of hard times in their future.

Guanella Moderates

The main cluster of boulders at Guanella Pass is a V0 to V5 playground. Sunday was all about the moderates baby!

Diggs on a deceptive sloper problem. Kevin on a super fun dyno. The mantle to exit is also VERY cool.

Marcelo using thin feet to complete the new circle of life.

Diggs was psyched to find out that BOTH of the start holds for this line are VERY loose chock stones that are barely hanging in their cradles.

Still a line worth doing. How good is the stone here? AMAZING.

Situner on a squeezy line at the end of the day. I'm so glad the rock is so sticky! Even on warm days!

If you climb in the 0 to 5 range, you would have an AMAZING day of climbing in this boulder garden. If you climb harder than that, this would be a high-mileage day of good times. Oh, and did I mention its GORGEOUS!?!

Another C-Wood installment

Thomas on Cam's Arete (Choss Arete) Dello, Choss Arete

Mark on Scary Monsters

Diggity working Scary Monsters

Mini-Diggs (aka Alexa) on Scary Monsters

Kevin, Scary Monsters

This would have been a nice shot of the crew if some chick hadn't stuck her head in the middle of the shot. Oh well.

Yes, yes. Castlewood IS wicked. Yes, you can join us for the Tuesday night session there tomorrow. Yes, you should bring beers, psyche and shoes.

You can also scope out alternate angles of scary monsters HERE Courtesy of Straight Outta Bedlam.