newness in the talus

There continues to be more to Evans.

July 4, 2007: Eliott Morris on The Gambler, Mount Evans, CO. Bouldering in the talus has never been my favorite, but this line is really nice. Good one Eliott.

evening sessions

For lots of reasons, I like them alot.

July 28, 2007: Ashley Overton on Blue-Eyed Baby, Mount Evans, CO. As day turns into evening, the temps improve dramatically, the biting bugs go into hiding, everybody else is long gone and you've got the place to yourself. Bring a headlamp.

unknown names ... help

The people ... not the problems.

June 26, 2004 and September 11, 2004: Unknown #1 on Ben's Arete and Unknown #2 on Random Progression, Mount Evans Wilderness Area, CO. As boulderers, so many folks come and go in this most social of climbing's disciplines. Nevertheless, it's a small circle of folks that we tend to see out there at the boulders, but none of us knows everyone's name. Please respond if you know who these folks are. My memory is apparently going, going, gone.

ladies installment numero trois

Yep ... the ladies hang out there too.

July 9, 2005: Holly Tarry on Merry Muse, Mount Evans Wilderness Area, CO. I interrupted the privacy of this testosterone-free session just long enough to snap a couple photos of Holly working on this sweet and tricky little line. Epic weekend!

short but still sweet

Not everything at the Aerials is highball.

July 9, 2005 and June 19, 2005: Sue Scott and myself on Poop Jugs, Mount Evans Wilderness Area, CO. A short but sweet moderate a mere stone's throw from several of the most beautiful highball lines in CO.

ladies installment numero deux

The ladies try hard too.

July 22, 2007: Stephanie Foster on The Ludders' Pinch, Mount Evans Wilderness Area. As an end of the day afterthought, Steph worked to sort out her beta for this subtle and powerful problem. After multiple good goes from the start, she found herself attempting to sort out the topout on link, got pumped and couldn't get back up there. It's "in the satch" ... next time ... for sure. It also looked like Amy has it in the bag too. Next time ladies ... the story of my life.

wish you were here

'Twas a glorious 2:00 PM "sunset."

July 22, 2007: Jason Tarry on Sunset, Mount Evans, CO. Another rarely-seen and climbed classic established in the early days by David Ludders. After I spied a possible 2-3 move sds and suggested "JJ will be all over that when he sees it," Jason came down, scrubbed it clean and added the sds first try.

poking around ...

and still putting up new lines.

July 4, 2007: Eliott Morris on his problem The Flying Dutchman, Mount Evans, CO. Although many, if not most, come to the various areas around Mount Evans to climb/project the 4 and 5 star lines, the regulars are still spending some time poking around putting up problems like this one on impeccable stone.

proof man was meant to climb ... vol. 2

Yes indeed.

June 24, 2006: Ashley Overton on BS Squared, Mount Evans Wilderness Area, CO. Know this ... Ben Scott's Black Streak = Vfun for the whole family.

proof positive that human beings ...

... were meant to get some air under our feet and feel the unbridaled joy of moving over stone.

June 30, 2007: Eliott Morris on Timeline, Mount Evans Wilderness Area, CO. Chuck a lap on this Veasy line and you'll agree. Counterarguments? Pfffffffft ... there are none.

one filmmaker filming another ...

and another new line at Mount Evans.

June 30, 2007: Charles Fryberger filming Bennett Scott on the FA of Peasants Into Leaders, Mount Evans Wilderness Area, CO. This boulder problem was a 4 year dream of Bennett's to climb. In the last 2 weeks, it's seen a couple of repeats. However, to have the vision and boldness to go first on problems this tall is special. This is merely a glimpse of one problem you will see in an upcoming 2-part piece from Chuck that should appear on http://www.momentumvm.com/ in the coming months. His impressive film and music production resume continues to grow and it will be interesting to watch where his talents take him in the coming years. YEAH Chuck and nice send Tendon!!!

"holy crap" ...

That's exactly what I said the first time I set eyes upon this problem.

June 19, 2005: Bennett Scott on Angular Momentum, Mount Evans Wilderness Area, CO. Two years later, I'm still blown away. 'Nuff said.