[TR] Red Rocks - Rainbow Wall Original Route 4/17/2010

[beaconben]

Trip: Red Rocks - Rainbow Wall Original Route

 

Date: 4/17/2010

 

Trip Report:

Did the Rainbow Wall Original Route, or Herbst/Hamilton Route. Sweet route, has the classic route quality of being a striking line when veiwed from afar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 8, 2010 by beaconben

[geoff]

[beaconben]

having problems adding photos

[Sherri]

Trip: Red Rocks - Rainbow Wall Original Route

 

Date: 4/17/2010

 

Trip Report:

Did the Rainbow Wall Original Route, or Herbst/Hamilton Route. Sweet route, has the classic route quality of being a striking line when veiwed from afar.

 

 

We were up at Brownstone Wall around April 10th(give or take) and admired a couple folks making steady progress up Rainbow. Looks like a spectacular line. Congrats!

[denalidave]

Schaweeet!

[billcoe]

Nice - Ben, on the photos, you probably just need to resize them smaller to a 8 x 10 or 12 x 15 or what ever.

[letsroll]

I want pictures darn it Need something to get me through the day

[stevetimetravlr]

WAY to get it done Ben!

[ivan]

I want pictures darn it Need something to get me through the day

when waiting on ben, it's generally a good idea to bring a book, a tall frosty drink w/ an umbrella sticking out of it, and a benevolent sense of patience!

 

good jorb dood! i admire how you always get the shit done w/o missing a chance to sniff every flower upon the way!

[beaconben]

Nice - Ben, on the photos, you probably just need to resize them smaller to a 8 x 10 or 12 x 15 or what ever.

 

Does the resolution matter?

[geoff]

Here's some photos.

 

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=916727

[alexbaker]

good jorb dood! i admire how you always get the shit done w/o missing a chance to sniff every flower upon the way!

 

 

Perfect!

[billcoe]

Here Ben.

 

 

 

 

[beaconben]

thanks Bill. Hopefully will get the other pics up someday

[Doug Smith]

Nice.

[JosephH]

Good going Ben...

[jhamaker]

Great Fun! That wall does not get near enough attention.

What beta did you find most useful? Would you still call it A4 w/ all the added bolts??

Edited May 19, 2010 by jhamaker

[MarkMcJizzy]

Did it in 1993, right after it had been bolted all to hell. First pitch had one hard move, then A1 to the top

[turn_one]

Great Fun! That wall does not get near enough attention.

What beta did you find most useful? Would you still call it A4 w/ all the added bolts??

 

A1-4 for some, 5.12 for others, and then there's this freak...

Alpinist

[eldiente]

Alex's solo of that route is hard to comprehend, those cruxes are slick.

 

A few bits of beta: Keep your climbing shoes on and French Free this route. I was fortunate not to have to aid any of the pitches, but I was watching closely to see if it would be doable by French Freeing, yes it looks doable that way. Many of the cruxes are followed by easier moves, in many cases the cruxes are near bolts, you could aid off a few bolts and then free climb to the anchors.

 

Hauling doesn't seem worth it, the route isn't that long. Being in the shade I bet you could climb in the late Spring when the days are long and have plenty of time for a aid/french free. The descent is easy raps right down the wall, even in the dark it would be easy to do.

 

As for the bolts. I've heard aid climbers complain about them. My feeling is that the bolts were a good idea, this is a high traffic area on soft sandstone. Without the bolts the only option for climbing (free or aid ) was nailing the seam. With the bolts in place the whole route is doable on clean gear that won't damage the rock.

 

-Nate

 

 

Edited May 19, 2010 by eldiente

[wayne]

I am headed there next week! Thanks for the stoke Ben!

[beaconben]

hey, thanks everyone for looking at this lame tr. I pretty much agree with Nate's beta, especially the french free part. We did sleep at rainbow ledge, i'll try to get a photo up someday. its a great bivy.

 

Wayne, how did it go?

[wayne]

It got too hot to go that far south, Next time.