from Colorado MoJo
With big storms blanketing the high peaks in early May, the last 10 days have seen several remarkable descents on Colorado 14ers:
• On May 9, Jarrett Luttrell climbed and snowboarded Capitol Peak, making the probable first snowboard descent, via the Secret Chute line on the east face. With him was Brittany Walker, who proceeded to [...]
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from Colorado MoJo
Capitol Peak was the place to be on MLK weekend, with three parties making it up the challenging peak, including two very rare and exceptionally fast midwinter single-day ascents—possibly the earliest one-day winter climbs ever done. On Saturday the team was Stefan Griebel along with brothers Charlie and Max Nuttelman, who had scouted the route [...]
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from Splitter Choss
A Colorado Springs man, James Flowers, fell to his death while descending Capitol Peak last Friday. The report from the Aspen Times:
Authorities believe Flowers fell at about 13,000 feet, on the east side of the ridge between K2 and Daly saddle. Flowers climbing partner, who was not identified in a sheriffs office news release about [...]
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from Splitter Choss
Deep in the heart of the Elk Mountains lurks a route so fearsome, people only whisper its name in conversation:
“I hear its a tottering pile of choss.”
“I hear you dont get any good gear for 1000”
“I heard Michael Kennedy soloed it naked in mountain boots.”
I cant vouch for the last one, but I can tell [...]
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