Pete’s call woke me a minute before my alarm went off. “I don’t think I can hike today” came his words and the little bit of information to indicate he was dealing with another bout of Fletcheritis. Backpacker and author, Colin Fletcher, invented the term to describe the constant pre-trip sickness that always cropped up [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Clear Creek Trail
Posted in hiking, tagged Clear Creek Trail on March 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Supercrack Buttress
Posted in climbing, tagged 3AM Crack, crack climbing, Indian Creek, Supercrack Buttress, Twin Cracks on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Another 26F night at Bridger Jack camp ground, but I slept soundly after our first day climbing in Indiana Creek at Donnelly Canyon. I woke up before sun-hit again, but used the time to prep the kitchen rather than take a walk. The eggs and blueberry pancakes were a hit again and after doing dishes [...]
Donnelly Canyon
Posted in climbing, tagged Bridger Jack camp ground, Chocolate Corner, crack climbing, Donnelly Canyon, Dos Hermanos, Indian Creek, Mr. Peanut on March 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I thought I was going rock climbing. But so far, I’ve been in a car and a Starbucks, and a car and a gas station, and a car and a Starbucks and a car. Indian Creek. We’d been talking (and getting stoked) about this trip for months. A spring snow storm delayed our travel by [...]
Lincoln Falls Minor
Posted in climbing, tagged ice climbing, Lincoln Falls, Lincoln Falls Minor on March 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The outdoorsy sect of Colorado’s weekend warriors devotes itself to the weather forecasts as Saturday draws nigh. With thousands of feet of topology and hundreds of miles of playgrounds each region is scanned for sunny blue bird days or deep fresh snow. So it was foreordained that I’d find myself enjoying rock in Eldorado with [...]
West Ridge at Eldo
Posted in climbing, tagged Dandi-Line, Duh Dihedral, Eldo, Eldorado State Park, Mesca-Line, rock climbing, Srinagar, West Ridge, Whale's Tail on March 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With another great weather day forecast for Saturday, Jonathan and I made plans to head to Eldorado State Park’s West Ridge for some rock climbing. We thought we’d met early enough to beat the crowd, but we found people already on the first couple climbs we aimed for. Thankfully, the 5.7+ Dandi-Line was open and [...]
Hindman Dome
Posted in climbing, hiking, tagged 7516, 7741, Hindman Dome, Hindman Gulch, rock climbing on March 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to a bit of digging around by Pete and the generosity of a fellow FourteenerWorld member, we were armed with some enticing photos of a 7,000 foot peak in Fremont county that required 5th class climbing to reach the summit. Photos made the formation look like a dome in the Elevenmile Canyon and I [...]
