The Happiest Place on Earth...

No, not Disneyland...Red Cliff! Rich, Matt, Fiona and I had a great weekend camping trip. What does Red Cliff have that Disneyland doesn't?

Crash pads to sit on...with a beer...

hammocks...with a beer... Subaru tailgating...

big boulders to stand on...and no one's mom telling Rich hip thrusts are inappropriate...

OK - the number one thing Disneyland doesn't have is climbing. Fiona warms up on the boulder in the campsite...

Rich nabs a sick FA on the boulder...

Matt needs tall man beta for Immortality...

Mercedes came up late Saturday afternoon to work Return of the Jedi - she's super close to linking it from the bottom.Dave Wahl is back in the game, working projects again.

And...Red Cliff is my happiest place because...

Diggs sent Minturn Mile!

Projects....

Short sessions to work on projects... Matt is getting close on "Laying in Wait" at Mt. Evans...this thing is trecherous! Cooler temps would be better...

Asher getting the moves dialed on "Live Strong" at the double wide boulder, Guanella Pass.

Lucas working "Mind Matters", Guanella Pass.

Diggs, still trying to get the heel hook to stick on "Ninja", Guanella Pass.

Proof that Alexa does climb - a flapper stopped the send of Pineapple Express, Newlin Creek.

We've come to the conclusion that this is the summer of "I'm not climbing that much" and that equates to "my project feels hard"... but it's always fun!

It Matters...

Rylan sent Mind Matters (V11/12?) at Guanella pass! Really cool, REALLY tall, proud line! Congrats!

The rest of us went for the opposite end of the height spectrum and tried the lowest of lowballs, the ninja pony... (seriously, does anyone know what the original name of this problem is? Amy Carden remembers it having the word ninja in the name, and it evolved to include pony when people were topping it out and sitting across the horn...)

the pad is for show, we actually pushed it back so we could roll in the dirt and still dab.

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful 4th of July weekend!

Watch out for Rylan...

Rylan made me run down the fire trail to aviod the tourists. The damage that resulted:

Rylan will also suffer damage next time I see him: (it's really not very painful, but I still blame Rylan for the cankle)

the update you've all been asking about...

Between weather and work schedules, we've had far fewer climbing days than we'd like, but here are some shots from Colorado's most beautiful alpine climbing areas.

Matt on Mind of a Goldfish, Evans Area B.

Diggs, trying to figure out the short-person beta for Mind of a Goldfish. Steph, crushing as usual, repeating the climb to show how it's done.

Matt decided Seurat, Mt. Evans Area A, is an es-stupid problem and pulled on this far...

Rylan takes time to sit and "reflect" under Dark Horse, Guanella Pass.

Ben on Dark Horse

Rylan, working Dark Horse.

Rylan focusing on the crimp, in spite of whatever Ben is doing laying under the reflector at Matt's feet...

WTF?!?

Matt seemed to enjoy it (or at least think it was funny!)

Asher crushing the Kind, RMNP, right before he sends Mr. Wimpy, the harder, righter variation.

Tommy, the hilarious Tennessee guy, working Whispers of Wisdom, RMNP

Rylan cruising the sequence on Whispers of Wisdom - this problem is going to go for him very soon!

Diggs working the Kind - continuing the trend of falling even closer to the end, just when you thought I couldn't get any further without actually finishing the climb.

There you have it! I did it all by myself. I will try to update more often - Matt has been spending ridiculous hours at work, and barely has time to climb, let alone update a climbing blog. I hope he knows how much everyone misses climbing with him!

Getting out a little...

As most of us on the front range know, the weather lately has been less than stellar. That combined with an epic work schedule has kept me off the rock.

However, the ladies have been getting out...

Diggs on Warm-up, Dino Mtn.

Diggs with some tomfoolery at the Woo. Diggs on the back-side of the warm-up, Dino Mtn.

Sara preparing to launch in the Woo.

Fiona Enjoying the Organic Slab, The Woo.

A rare "Conner-saur" sighting, Dino Mtn.

Alexa starting into the Organic Slab, The Woo.

Tuna on Edging Edgio. Dino Mtn.

Alexa riding high on the organic slab, The Woo.

More flailing on Edging Edgio, Dino Mtn.

Alexa Working the Squirrel, Dino Mtn.

Kristen also working the Squirrel, Dino Mtn.

Alexa enjoying the last hold before the mantle, The Woo.

Sarah enjoying what is quite possibly the best problem in the Woo.

Pray for sunshine kids.

Weather blues

It seems that Colorado has been in an unfortunate weather pattern for the last few weeks. Gorgeous all week, and then rainy yuck throughout the weekend.

A few brave souls have still got some sessions in though. And this is their story.

In an effort to resurrect the C-Wood after work sessions, I met up with Derek Highland to give a tour of the Font area at the wood.

He enjoyed pulling on some grade-A choss and I had some fun repeating old lines and chewing up the tips on everyone's favorite conglomerate turds. It was a fun session and we ended up meeting Belkon and Diggs for a lovely Tick-Infested session at the Punani boulder. Good times were had by all.

That weekend, some brave souls rolled the dice and ended up down at Newlin Creek for some wicked bouldering on less-chossy rock.

Here, Diggs warms up on the "old guard" boulder in preparation for a session that was absolutely going-off!

Here, Fiona can be seen working the "Uncivilized" line and enjoying what turned out to be a beautiful day.

Beyond this, it has been Morrison's black hole for me. But alas, even that has been productive! Good times and getting psyched for alpine season.

Anyone know how Evans is looking yet?!?