tlinn Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Trip: Red Rocks - Various Date: 3/11/2007 Trip Report: Here's a quick photo trip report of my spring break trip to Red Rocks. I climbed the first half of the trip with a good friend of mine and former roommate from Vancouver, Pete. Pete had only climbed a few times before but he caught on really quickly. The second half of the trip I climbed with Krystil and Chris from Vancouver (friends from UBC). It was a well deserved vacation after the months of cold and snow in Ontario. Not to mention the two weeks of solid exams leading up to my break. Memorable moments included nights at the campfire with Pirate Ted and Captain Dan, our new friends from the bay area. Trashing the rental car on the road into Black Velvet. $1.99 breakfasts at the Red Rock Casino. Getting stuck behind the slowest party imaginable on Frogland and then deciding to retreat to the Black Corridor for drinking silliness. Great times around the campfire. If you were at our fires you probably loved us and if you were trying to sleep you probably hated us. Met Kevino and co. one night passing around a bottle of JD. Best routes were Prince of Darkness, Dark Shadows, and Dream of Wild Turkeys. Will be back again next year! avast ye scurvy sea dog! yes that is a beer bottle in that chalk bag! Olive Oil Ted on the second pitch of Prince of Darkness Line ups on Crimson Chrysalis...thank goodness for walkie talkie entertainment! rapping from POD Dirtbagging the $1.99 breakfasts at the Red Rock Casino! Pitch 2 - Dream of Wild Turkeys Pitch 3 - Krystil on Dream of Wild Turkeys Pitch 4 - Krystil at the crux slab moves on Dream of Turkeys Krystil and Chris Chris on pitch 7 of Dream of... Did you know that bolt hangers are designed to open bottles? Dark Shadows...FUN!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevino Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Awesome pictures. Glad you got one of the van and ted's feather! Good meeting you guys too, sure we'll be seeing you around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
111 Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Thanks for the pics, I am headed down there in 2 weeks and after seeing POD I am definitely hitting that up. looks like money. How is dark shadows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlinn Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share Posted March 27, 2007 Thanks for the pics, I am headed down there in 2 weeks and after seeing POD I am definitely hitting that up. looks like money. How is dark shadows? POD is awesome! Would definetely recommend it! You can also continue above POD and do pitch 7, 8, 9, and 10 of Dream of Wild Turkeys which are also quite good quality. Bring 15 (or 16?) draws and a few tcu's, #0.75, #1 camalot for POD. For Dream of Wild Turkeys you will need a full rack with double TCU's through #3 camalot. Dark Shadows is awesome as well. If you look carefully in the photo you will see the small pond at the bottom of the climb. Good luck keeping your ropes dry! We tried using a stick with little success. If you don't mind downclimbing 5.6 you can also clip the first bolt on rappel to save them from getting wet but you have to climb back up afterwards to retrieve your draw. have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithisheaven Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 dark shawdows is cool a 5.8 gear route that can turn 5.11 if you continue all the way up over the roof. we did it on our rest day. finish up and throw your ropes out into the sun. By the time we had hiked up oak creek canyon for lunch and come back, ropes dry and ready for the brass wall. rr is sweet multi pitch country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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