On Monday we finally got a real, if short, day of climbing in. We fooled around a little at Emerald Lake where Weston and Tim had quick sends of The Kind Sit V7. After warming up we headed over to Whispers of Wisdom, a classic V10. Tim made quick progress, but though he did all the moves, he was getting to pumped and will have to wait until we return for the send. I tore my hand up pretty quickly on one of the holds, so I went over to try The Kind, a soft V11 traverse. Surprisingly, after quickly sussing the moves I finished the climb on my second go from the start, perhaps 10 min of work total.
Tuesday we ventured back to Rocky Mountain intending to check out the Lower Chaos canyon area, but out lack of directions ended us around 11,000 feet, near the Upper Chaos canyon area. Luckily we found the proper bouldering area shortly after though it was a day laden with hiking. Tim proceeded to climb Tommy's Arete (V7) and worked on some other problems. Weston worked out the moves on Tommy's and will certainly send next trip. I did the top portion of Tommy's and worked on a traverse called the Automator (V13). Having done the crux several times, I hope to complete the problem next time. Our adventurous hike prevented us from getting to much climbing in, but fortunately the weather was the best we've yet had and we successfully identified several problems for later trips.
Today we took a rest day, and just hung out and wandered around the town. We ate lunch at Half-Fast Subs, 'Barack Obama's favorite sub shop'.
Afterwards we headed to the pearl street mall and watched street performers such as this contortionist:
Our plan is to head to Mt. Evans tomorrow and cash in on our last day of benevolent weather.
Hopefully we'll post up tomorrow night. Cya.
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