@ragingviolinist I don't have a lot of advice, but the two things I would offer for moderate alpine climbing in Colorado are (a) start early to avoid afternoon thunderstorms and (b) try to climb the 5.easy stuff unroped. Roping up for all the 5th class climbing takes forever (again subjecting you to afternoon thunderstorms).
@ragingviolinist The route we took on Crestone Needle involved one pitch of 5.7 and one of 5.4. We *should* have left the rope in the pack for everything else but we got suckered into simul-climbing some of the lower, easier stuff which really slowed us down.
great video! i'm a fan of the choice of the black keys at the end.
any advice for climbing the needle or this route specifically? i've climbed a lot, but never in CO.
ragingviolinist 1 year ago
@ragingviolinist I don't have a lot of advice, but the two things I would offer for moderate alpine climbing in Colorado are (a) start early to avoid afternoon thunderstorms and (b) try to climb the 5.easy stuff unroped. Roping up for all the 5th class climbing takes forever (again subjecting you to afternoon thunderstorms).
aaleach 1 year ago
@ragingviolinist The route we took on Crestone Needle involved one pitch of 5.7 and one of 5.4. We *should* have left the rope in the pack for everything else but we got suckered into simul-climbing some of the lower, easier stuff which really slowed us down.
aaleach 1 year ago
Nice video! Just did this climb a couple of weeks ago. It's a good route and by the way its Crestone Needle. Climb on!
mountaineer107 2 years ago
Thanks - I fixed the name.
aaleach 2 years ago