After leading a hike up Mount Parnassus and my third trip to The Castle, joining a CMC trip to Jacque Peak where I didn’t have to think about routefinding or group dynamics would be a nice way to finish up the weekend. Today’s leader was Dominique who I last hiked with on her East Partner [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Jacque Peak
Posted in hiking, tagged Colorado Mountain Club, hiking, Jacque Peak on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Castle, yet again
Posted in climbing, hiking, tagged climbing, Lost Creek Wilderness, The Castle on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For the third time this month I found myself climbing The Castle. I had the climbing route down pretty well by now (the approach hike was another matter entirely), but my challenge would be getting 5 other people to the summit. I had just enough ropes for us all to climb caterpillar style and looked [...]
Mount Parnassus
Posted in hiking, tagged Colorado Mountain Club, hiking, Mount Parnassus on October 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In preparation for becoming a CMC trip leader I went through a two night class covering the basics including scenarios you might encounter while leading a hike. Before finalizing my leadership status, I’d need to serve as an assistant leader for two hikes (Leader-In-Training). Wanting to move through the formalities as soon as possible, I [...]
The Castle, again
Posted in climbing, hiking, tagged Lost Creek Wilderness, rock climbing, South Noddle Head, The Castle on October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After climbing The Castle a few weeks ago, I’d offered to go again and help some other climbers check this one off their list. Kevin took me up on the offer and also wanted to add some other peaks into the day. So after meeting outside Castle Rock, we headed west to attempt the strangely [...]
MountainFilm
Posted in film, tagged film festival, MountainFilm, The Beckoning Silence on October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MountainFilm, the Telluride-based film festival, came to Golden on Friday night. The event was a fundraiser for the Alpine Rescue Team, a volunteer rescue group serving some of the nearby counties. Reversing the standard order of films, the event opened with the feature title, The Beckoning Silence. I’d already seen this a week ago at [...]
Hand Cut
Posted in film, skiing, tagged Bent Gate, Hand Cut, ski film on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bent Gate’s latest community night was screening the movie Hand Cut, a film by Sweetgrass Productions. The event also served as a fundraiser for the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. Over $1000 dollars were raised for the CAIC with the sale of raffle tickets. I grabbed a t-shirt thrown out into the audience but otherwise didn’t [...]
CMC Toproping
Posted in climbing, tagged American Mountaineering Center, Colorado Mountain Club, rock climbing on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a volunteer shift at the AAC Library I walked up the stairs and joined a CMC group in top roping the climbing wall. I’ve walked by this wall 100′s of times on my way to shifts at the library, films, classes and presentation. About time I finally tried it out! Around 14 people came [...]
Mt Bancroft – East Ridge
Posted in climbing, tagged climbing, East Ridge, Mount Bancroft on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mount Bancroft’s East Ridge is a route I’d had my eye on for a while. It’s listed in both of Cooper’s guidebooks (Scrambles and Snow Climbs) and I had a great view of it during the Tour de James back in July. For a Columbus Day ascent I posted my plans online and John agreed [...]
