Winter Climbing & Camping

Brit starts up Classic Crack, Sylvan Lake, SD
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looking up at Vertigo
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This is an awesome long diagonal line that was harder than I thought it'd be. The name of the climb is "Sex Never Did This To My Hands". On the first ascent one guy remarked, "this climb is better than sex!". "Sex never did this to my hands", replied his partner.
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the results of desperate climbing, in the cold, without using tape gloves
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Lumpy Ridge - about to do Osiris, which goes up the highest formation in the background
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Brit on the first pitch, which gets wider as you go.
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Brit leads the last pitch as darkness falls. The unfamiliar rappels we'd planned on using would be too hard to find in the dark. Finding the way back down to our packs was a mini-epic as we trudged through deep snow and carefully hiked down a slippy, steep path still wearing our climbing shoes.
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another Vedauwoo offwidth
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Brit on an incredibly crimpy boulder problem in Rotary Park, Horsetooth Resevoir, CO
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Brian finally comes down for a visit...and yes, those are my clothes
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the friendly tour guide
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Brian puzzles over how to get his feet where his hands are. A fun route at the Catslab, Clear Creek Canyon.
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and...he does it
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Brian's girlfriend, April, shows him how easy it is
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something a bit harder, for me
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Rocky Mtn Sheep
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bouldering at The Spot
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Slackline!
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No visit is complete without some camping - Brian & April hike the Glacier Gorge Trail in Rocky Mtn NP.
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Just below Loch lake
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self-portrait during an evening romp
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high camp in the Rockies at over 10,500'
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Hanzs & Franz
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upclose with some elk on the way out
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my kinda town (in Wyoming on my way to South Dakota)
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Tyler solves this sit-start in a freakishly strong way (Rock Maze, SD)
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Brit gives Short Steep Arete a go
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It might be short but it's also sustained! This one'll keep your attention the moment you leave the ground.
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I might look good in this photo, but this was about as high as I made it before I was hanging in my harness looking up at the anchors, so close but so very far.
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