Red Rocks weekend
December 5-6, 2009

Last minute trip to Vegas to see Dow & Stacy and meet up with Melissa who was there for a conference. On Saturday, Dow and I were hoping to do a longer climb on Windy Peak. Sadly the roads are pretty rough and I had rented a Mustang for some reason... after scraping it a bit, and then getting it stuck in some sand (rear wheel drive), we extracted it and thought better of continuing... plan B was the 13-mile loop, a road that the rental car could make it on. Note to self: when the rental agency offers you a $5 upgrade from a Kia that you got dirt cheap via priceline next time, try to go for the Escalade, not the Mustang. :)

We started with Beulah's Book and continued on to Sunflower, an awesome combination given the high of 40 degrees F. It was great fun, and we actually had sun for the second part of the day after the clouds lifted!

On Sunday, all 4 of us went sport climbing in the sun. It was 35 degrees in the parking lot at 10:30am, not particularly inviting! Thankfully, the sun made it OK and maybe it warmed up a by a few degrees too. Melissa did her first lead, with no fuss! There was a big snowstorm forecast for the evening & following week, and at 4pm some mean-looking clouds started rolling in... time to go home! Great weekend climbing and hanging out with some awesome friends!

  Dow starting up Beulah's Book Higher up the first pitch of Beulah's Book  
  Dow starting up Beulah's Book Higher up the first pitch of Beulah's Book

  The highlight corner of Beulah's Book Party on Johnny Vegas  
  The highlight corner of Beulah's Book Party on Johnny Vegas

  Dow starting up Sunflower  
  Dow starting up Sunflower

  The 5.9 finger crack of Sunflower me on the crux of Sunflower  
  The 5.9 finger crack of Sunflower me on the crux of Sunflower

   
 

  Dow higher on Sunflower On the other fun pitch, 5.9 slab  
  Dow higher on Sunflower On the other fun pitch, 5.9 slab

  Last pitch of Sunflower  
  Last pitch of Sunflower

  Seeking out the sun on Sunday Starting up one of the climbs at Magic Bus  
  Seeking out the sun on Sunday Starting up one of the climbs at Magic Bus

  on Magic Bus  
  on Magic Bus

  Dow at The Gallery  
  Dow at The Gallery

  Me in The Gallery Melissa cruising on a route in The Gallery Lots of folks out there!  
  Me in The Gallery Melissa cruising on a route in The Gallery Lots of folks out there!

  Sunset at Red Rocks  
  Sunset at Red Rocks

   
 

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