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2020


SEPT 2020-... KNEE SURGERY + RECOVERY + SCHOOL ONGOING RECOVERY TRIP REPORT
	ARROWHEAD (+ AIRLIFT)	Goldfinger (5.11d, 3p) (+Blown Knee)	CO	Aug
	McHENRYS Peak	Dream of Babylon Burning (5.10, 7p)	CO	Aug
	ARROWHEAD	Warhead (5.10a, 5p)	CO	Aug
	The SPEARHEAD	Age Axe (5.10b, 6p)	CO	Aug
	The DIAMOND	D1 (5.12a, 7p, ~1200')	CO	Aug
	HALLETT Peak	Better Than Love (5.9, 7p)	CO	Aug
	Mt. ALICE	Central Ramp (5.8, 6p)	CO	Aug
	The DIAMOND	D7 (5.11c, 5p) + Kiener's Route (3rd/4th to summit)	CO	Aug
	YPSILON Mountain	Blitzen Ridge (5.4)	CO	Aug
	MARY'S BUST	The Brown Palace (11a, 6p, sport) + The Broadmoor (5.10b, 4p, sport)	CO	Aug
	The DIAMOND	Casual Route (5.10a, 8p, ~800') + Kiener's Route (3rd/4th to summit)	CO	Aug
	Two Climbs on The SPEARHEAD		CO	Jul
	All Two Obvious	5.11d, 8p
	Scimitar +Stone Monkey	5.12a, 5p
	VEDAUWOO Summer 2020	various routes (2 days)	WY	Jul
	ESTES SKYLINE High Route	Mummy to Meeker (~50 miles, rock to 5.4, 3.5 days)	CO	Jul
	ROCK OF AGES	The Wasp (11d, 1p), Greensleeves (11b, 1p), Days of Heaven (10d, 200')	CO	Jul
	ARROWHEAD	Airhead (5.11d, 5p)	CO	Jul
	CHIEFS HEAD	Birds of Fire (5.11a R, 9p)	CO	Jul
	The DIAMOND	Yellow Wall Pitches 1-4 + Forrest Finish (5.10, 6p, ~800') + Kiener's Route (3rd/4th to summit)	CO	Jul
	"A Walk in the Park" Traverse (aka "The Great Wheel")	Thatchtop - Powell - McHenrys - Chiefs Head - Pagoda - Longs - Storm - Half (15 miles, rock to 5.4, 13 hours)	CO	Jul
	The SPEARHEAD	Sykes' Sickle (5.9+, 7p)	CO	Jul
	CATHEDRAL Wall	Kor Route (5.9 R, 7p)	CO	Jul
	The DIAMOND	Casual Route (5.10a, 8p, ~800')	CO	Jun
	Two climbs in Chasm Lake Cirque		CO	Jun
	LOWER EAST Face LONGS Peak	Kor's Door (5.9-, 6p)
	SHIP'S PROW	Portal (5.9, 4p)
	ESTES SKYLINE High Route (attempt)	Mummy to Powell (~50 miles, 3rd class, 3.5 days)	CO	Jun
	Random Cragging Summer 2020		CO	Jun-Aug
	WIZARD'S GATE (The Crags)	various routes (2 days)
	JURASSIC PARK (Lily Lake)	various routes (4x0.5 days)
	PALISADE MTN	various routes (0.5 day)
	LOWER GREAT FACE (The Crags)	various routes (3x0.5 days)
	CROSSWINDS (The Crags)	various routes (0.5 days)
	• HP	various routes (1 day)
	UPPER GREAT FACE (The Crags)	various routes (0.5 days)
	ARROWHEAD	The Godfather (5.11b, 5p)	CO	Jun
	CATHEDRAL Wall	Tourist Tragedy (5.9, 5-8p)	CO	Jun
	FREMONT CANYON	various routes (2.5 days)	WY	Jun
	Two climbs on the Petit Grepon		CO	Jun
	PETIT GREPON	Southwest Corner (5.9, 9p)
	PETIT GREPON	South Face (5.8, 8p)
	The DIAMOND	D7 (5.11c, 5p, 800')	CO	Jun
	ROCK OF AGES	Nameless Demons (5.10b, 2p), Center Dihedral (5.10c/d, 2p), Heavenly Daze (5.12b, 1p)	CO	May
	LUMPY RIDGE Spring/Summer 2020		CO	May-Jun
	The BOOKEND	Climb of the Ancient Mariner (5.10a, 3 pitches)
	The BOOMARK	Fantasy Ridge (5.9, 4p)
	The BOOMARK	Sidewinder P1&2 + Joy and Tribulation P3 (5.8, 3p)
	LEFT BOOK	White Whale (5.7, 3p)
	The BOOKEND	The Sorcerer (5.8+, 4p)
	The BOOK	Femp w/ The Cavity start and Hemp finish (10b, 3p)
	The BOOK	Cragging: Endless Crack P1, Mission Impossible P1, Mission Accomplished, Fascist Drill in the West, Road Kill, Living Dead, Dead Boy Direct
	The PEAR	Right Dihedral (5.9, 2p) & Dextrous Digits (5.9+, 1p)
	The CITADEL	Heart of Norway (5.10c, 2p)
	BLACK CANYON OF GUNNISON Spring 2020		CO	May
	The Odyssey	5.10+, 8p, ~1500 ft
	Cloaked Interpretation	5.11-, 6-10p, ~1500 ft
	Buzz Cut	5.9, 4p, ~500 ft
	Blackjack	5.9+, 4-8p, ~1000 ft
	Last Payment	5.11, 4p, ~400 ft
	Escape Artist + LBC	5.10-/11c, 7-9p, ~1500 ft
	VEDAUWOO Spring 2020	various routes (1 day)	WY	May
	INDIAN CREEK Spring Break 2020	various routes (6 days)	UT	Mar
	Random Weekend Cragging Winter/Spring 2020		CO	Jan-May
	1st time cragging at NORTH TABLE	various routes at Winterfest Wall (1 day)
	• SHELF ROAD	various routes at Cactus Cliff and The Bank (2 days)
	1st time cragging at COMBAT ROCK( Estes Park Valley)	various routes (2 days)
	• Crag near Lyons	various routes (1 day)
	1st time cragging at HORSEHEAD ROCK (Estes Park Valley)	various routes (8 days)
	• BOULDER CANYON	various routes at Happy Hour Crag (1 day)
	1st time cragging at MIKEY'S ISLAND (Estes Park Valley)	various routes (1 day)
	1st time cragging at FRYING PAN (Carbondale)	various routes (1 day)
	SOUTH PLATTE Winter/Spring 2020		CO	Jan-Apr
	• THUNDER RIDGE	various routes at Brown Wall (1 day)
	BLOCK Tower (Cathedral Spires)	Hurt Dance (5.10a, 3p)
	SHEEP NOSE	Lost in Space (5.9, 3-4p) + cragging at base
	• TURKEY ROCKS	various routes at Turkey Rock S Face and Leftovers and Turkey Perch (4 days)
	SUNSHINE Wall (Cathedral Spires)	Gonzo's Lament (5.9, 4p) + Standard Route Pitches 1-3 (5.11a, 2-3p)
	The BISHOP (Cathedral Spires)	Bishop Offwidth (5.11a, 1-2p) & Bishop Crack (5.12b, 1p)
	LUMPY RIDGE Winter 2020		CO	Feb-Mar
	SUNDANCE Buttress	Sidetrack (5.9, 4-6 pitches)
	SUNDANCE Buttress	Kor's Flake (5.7+, 5p)
	The BOOKEND	Hot Licks (5.9, 4p)
	The BOOMARK	Melvin's Wheel (5.8+, 3p)
	The BOOMARK	Backflip (5.9, 3p)
(no TRs)	ELDORADO CANYON Winter/Spring 2020		CO	Jan/ Apr
	• West Ridge	Pony Express Pitch 1 (1p, 5.9); Sister Morphine (1p, 5.9-); Pygmy Pony (1p, 5.9); White Lightning (1p, 10a); Funeral March (1p, 5.9-); Zap Snack (1p, 10c); Terminal Velocity (1p, 11b); Fine Line (1p, 5.9); Duh Dihedral (1p, 5.6); Chiante (2p, 5.8+); Washington Irving P1 (5.6); The Unsaid (1p, 5.9-); Break on Through (2p, 10b)
	• Redgarden	Green Spur (5p, 5.9); Yellow Spur (6p, 5.9+)
	• Wind Tower	Calypso (1p, 5.6), Reggae (1p, 5.8), Across the River From Butt Hair Pitch 1 (1p, 5.8), Tagger Pitch 1 (1p, 5.9), Recon (6p, 5.6), West Overhang Pitch 2 (1p, 5.7)
	Winter Break 2020: 1 Day in MOAB and 4 Days in SEDONA		UT AZ	Jan
	1 Day Cragging at RIVER ROAD (Moab)	Terma (5.9, 3p) & Spear of Destiny (5.9, 1p)
	TRUNDLER'S Buttress	Trundler's Club (5.11-, 4p, 350') + Pussy Mind Trick (5.12-, 3p, 350', toproped on rappel)
	MERRY GO ROUND	Arch Enemy (5.11+, 6p, 500')
	ERASERHEAD Spire	NE Face (5.11+, 1p, 60') & SE Face (5.10+, 1p, 60')
	MIDDLE Mesa	The Pirate (5.10+, 3p, 300')
	NORTH Mesa	Rusty Cage (5.10+. 1p, 70')
	SUPER CRACK Tower	The WIndows Route (5.10, 3p, 250')
2019 (June-Dec)
(no TR)	• ZUPJOK Peak	snow-covered trail	BBCC	Dec
	Random Weekend Cragging Fall 2019		CO	Oct- Dec
	1st time cragging at SHELF ROAD	various routes at Cactus Cliff, Gallery, Sand Gulch, Spiney Ridge, The Vault (2.5 days)
	1st time cragging at CLEAR CREEK CANYON	various routes at The Graveyard (1 day)
	MOAB & INDIAN CREEK Thanksgiving 2019		UT	Nov
	The RECTORY/NUNS	Where Have All the Wild Things Gone (5.11, 3p)
	INDIAN CREEK	2 days of climbing + snowstorm!
	1 Day Cragging at WALL STREET	various routes
	SOUTH PLATTE Fall 2019		CO	Nov
	CYNICAL Pinnacle (Cathedral Spires)	Center Route (3p, 5.9+) & Wunsch's Dihedral (4p, 5.11b)
	1st time cragging at THUNDER RIDGE	various routes at Alligator Lounge & Quarry Wall (1 day)
	SUNSHINE Wall (Cathedral Spires)	Turkey Foot Crack (all 3 toes) + Rip Van Winkle + summit block (5.10b, 4p + extra toes)
	LUMPY RIDGE Fall 2019		CO	Sep, Nov
	TWIN OWLS	Cragging: various routes
	The BOOKMARK	Romulan Territory (5.10b, 3p)
	The BOOK	Fat City (5.10c, 4p)
	BLACK CANYON OF GUNNISON Fall 2019		CO	Sep, Oct
	Scenic Cruise	5.10+, 10+p, ~1800'
	Russian Arete	5.9+, ~8p, ~1800'
	Checkerboard Wall	5.10+, 5p, ~650'
	Journey Home	5.10, 6p, ~1200'
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	5.11, 6p, ~800'
	2 Climbs at COLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT		CO	Oct
	SENTINEL Spire	Medicine Man (5.12a, 4p)
	INDEPENDENCE Monument	Otto's Route (5.8+, 4p)
	The CRAGS	Golden Staircase (5.9-5.11, 14p, sport)	CO	Sep
(no TRs)	ELDORADO CANYON Summer/Fall 2019		CO	Jul-Nov
	• The Bastille	Bastille Crack Pitches 1 & 2 (2p, 5.7+) + Outer Space (2p, 10b); Werk Supp (2p, 5.9+) + March of Dimes (1p, 10c); March of Dimes P1 (1p, 5.9); West Buttress (4p, 5.9+); Breakfast in Bed (1p, 5.8+); Sunset Boulevard (1p, 11b)
	• Mickey Mouse Wall	Captain Beyond (4p, 10c); Perversion (3p, 5.9)
	• Peanuts Area	Peanuts (1p, 5.9); Star Wars (2p, 5.8+); Heavy Weather (4p, 5.9)
	• Quartzite Area	Supremacy Crack (1p, 11c)
	• Redgarden	Vertigo /w Vertigo Roof (4p, 11b) + Body Tremors (1p, 5.8 R) + Smoke and Mirrors (1p, 10a); The Cave (1p, 5.8) + The Naked Edge (6p, 11b); Suparete (1p, 11b) + Doub-Griffith (3p, 11c) + Yellow Fellow (1p, 11d) + Mellow Yellow P2 (1p, 11c) + Yellow Spur P5+P6 (2p, 10b); Ruper (6p, 5.8+); T2 (6p, 11a); Psychosis (3p, 10d); Yellow Spur (6p, 5.9+); Touch and Go (2p, 5.9-) + The Cave (1p, 5.8) + The Naked Edge P1+P2 (2p, 11a) + The Diving Board P2+P3 (2p, 11b); Super Slab (4p, 10d); Grandmother's Challenge (2p, 10c); The Grand Course (1p, 10a); Disappearing Act (1p, 11a); Darkness 'Til Dawn Pitch 1 (1p, 10a); The Great Zot + Rewritten P2-P4 + Rebuffat's Arete (5p, 5.8); Ruper (6p, 5.8+); Rosy Crucifixion (3p, 10a) + Alice in Bucketland (3p, 5.8+); Grand Giraffe (6p, 5.9+)
	• West Ridge	Long John Wall (4p, 5.8+)
	• Wind Tower	Wind Ridge (3p, 5.6)
	CHASM VIEW Wall	Red Wall (5.10b, 6p)	CO	Sep
	CHASM VIEW Wall	Directissima (5.10b, 4p)	CO	Sep
	The DIAMOND	D7 (5.11c, 5p, 800')	CO	Sep
	Second + First + Third FLATIRON link-up	Second Flatiron: Freeway (4th, 800'); First Flatiron: Direct East Face (5.6, 1000'); Third Flatiron: Standard East Face (5.4, 950')	CO	Aug
	The DIAMOND	D1 Pitches 1-4 (5.11, 4p)	CO	Aug
	HALLETT Peak	Northcutt-Carter (5.10b, 7p)	CO	Aug
	CHIEFS HEAD	Cowboys and Indians (5.11c, 11p)	CO	Aug
	The DIAMOND	Curving Vine (5.11a, 6p) + Forrest Finish above Table Ledge (5.9, 2p) to top	CO	Aug
	PETIT GREPON	SW Corner (5.9, 9p)	CO	Aug
	LUMPY RIDGE	Sundance Buttress: Turnkorner (5.10b, 7p)	CO	Aug
	The DIAMOND	D7 P1&P2 + Black Dagger (5.11a, 5p, ~800')	CO	Aug
(no TRs)	BOULDER CANYON Summer 2019		CO	Jul-Aug
	ELEPHANT'S Perch	Myopia (5.11a, 9p) & Astro Elephant (5.10, 10p)	ID	Jul
	CIRQUE TRAVERSE	11 summits from Pingora to Warbonnet	WY	Jul
	Mt. MORAN	Direct South Buttress (IV, 5.9 C1, 11p, ~1500') + CMC to top (5.5)	WY	Jul
	CRESTONE Needle	Ellingwood Arête/Ledges (5.7, 2000')	CO	Jul
	SPEARHEAD	The Barb (5.10, 9p)	CO	Jul
	1st time cragging at RIFLE	various routes (1 day)	CO	Jul
	BLACK CANYON OF GUNNSON: Leisure-Summer	5.9+, 6p	CO	Jul
	1st time cragging at TURKEY ROCKS	various routes (2 days)	CO	Jul
	CITY OF ROCKS	10.5-day, 106-route detour on move from WA to CO	ID	Jun

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I recently moved to Boulder, to start a PhD in Applied Math at CU Boulder in Fall 2019. I hope to get out as much as possible on weekends and evenings during the school year. Ans bigger days in the alpine in the summer. Some of my main objectives at the moment (and always open to other ideas!):

Endless amount of climbs in RMNP like The Diamond, Spearhead, The Diamond, Chiefshead, The Diamond, Arrowhead, Cathedral Wall, Saber, Ship's Prow, and more...
Mt. Evans, CO
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Vedauwoo, WY
Fremont Canyon, WY
Devil's Tower, WY
Black Canyon Gunnison, CO: Atlantis, Great White Wall, Crystal Vision, Astrodog, etc.

In the time since I moved to Colorado last summer, I have met some awesome climbing partners and had some awesome adventures. Even so, being new to the area, I am always looking for partners who are athletic, motivated, fun, and live for long days in the mountains moving efficiently over large amounts of technical terrain. Please shoot me an email (sabegg@gmail.com) if you are interested!

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