Longs Peak - Keyhole Ridge (II 5.5)
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Uploaded by aaleach on Sep 12, 2006
This is a video I shot of a climb of Keyhole Ridge on Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA (September 2, 2006). It was a fun climb in a spectacular setting though it turned out to be a lot easier than we thought it would be (at least with the variation we took by passing the second tower on the west side). We ended up only roping up for one pitch, and even that was only about 20' of 5.5 climbing. Fabio lead it and placed 1 nut and slung two horns - that was all the pro we needed for the entire day! It was still fun though and we couldn't have asked for better weather.
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@CarlGauss Most experienced rock climbers can use 5.5 as a descent route but a weaker rock climber or mountaineer might find it far more challenging. Hence the leader might choose to skip pro and but the weaker climber has a rope. Skipping pro lets you move faster and minimize rope drag. Typically alpine is done with a minimal rack so you can save gear for the anchor. You don't want to slip but if placing pro means you're more likely to fall then don't place it. It's a trad thing.
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hum. looks fun. might need to try it!
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beauty...
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beautiful views, thanks for video
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@Golfy5746 hang a left before the keyhole, climb to the ridge and follow east side of ridge to sumit
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@Golfy5746 hang a left before the keyhole, climb to the ridge and follow east side of ridge to sumitt
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@Golfy5746 Instead of going thru the keyhole and then left towards the trough you'd go left before the keyhole, climb to the ridge, and follow the east side of the ridge to the summit.
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Yet anothert excellent vid from america
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what and where exactly is the keyhole ridge? i went the keyhole route but cant figure out where the keyhole ridge is.
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whats the rope for going up if hes not placing pro? All hes gonna do is pull off his 'belayer' if he falls... Good route tho, looks a little more interesting than the standard route I did.
CarlGauss 4 years ago
Pro? What's pro? I knew we must have forgotten something! (Insert eye rolling emoticon here.)
aaleach 4 years ago