maverick
OfflineA Little About Me
Some of my favorite climbs...
* Colorado's Four Great Traverses
* Capitol Peak
* NW Buttress on Crestone Peak
* Pyramid Peak - Mixed Rock/Ice
* Snowmass - Hagerman Traverse (Low 5th Class)
* Torreys/Grays - Kelso Ridge
* Harvard (Fall)
* Casco-Frasco-French group/traverse (Snow)
* Boudoir Couloir (Late Fall)
* Dallas Peak (low 5th)
* Wilson Group
* Chicago Basin 14ers
* Sneffels SW Ridge from Blue Lakes
* Winter Ascents '07: Princeton, Tigger and Unnamed 13,273 (Solo), LaPlata, Bross, Pikes, Mayflower to Crystal Peak B Traverse
* Winter Ascents '08: Lincoln, Cameron, Massive, Grays, Torreys, Sunshine, Redcloud, Evans, Spalding
* Winter Ascents '09: Bierstadt, Democrat, Humboldt, Uncompahgre, James, Ellingwood Point, Little Bear, Longs
* Winter Ascents '10: Sherman, Dyer
* Winter Ascents '11: Yale, Elbert, Shavano, Tabeguache, Rosalie San Luis, Harvard, Columbia
Preferred Climbing: | I usually prefer infrequently traveled routes and/or Class 3/4/low 5th Mountaineering Routes and Winter Ascents. I love ridge traverses and routes that have plenty of exposure. I usually gain the ridge at a slow/moderate pace, but am reasonably sure-footed once up there. |
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Goals: | * Learn Alpine Ice and Trad leading * A few select 14er Ski Descents * Class 3/4 kayaking |
My Gear List: | Ice Axe, Ice Tools, Headlamp, BD and Giro G10 Helmets, Maps, Multipurpose Knife, Compass, Whistle, Altimeter, Lighter, MSR Evo Ascent Snowshoes, BD Ethic Telemark Skis and Skins, BD Harness and Crampons, Balaclava, Vasque full metal shank Ice Climbing Boots, LaSportiva Mountaineering Boots, Garmont G-Ride AT Boots |
Summits: | All Colorado's (58?) 14ers with many repeats when I was seeking Winter Ascents or Ski Descents, a handful of Centennial 13ers, and a few others... |
Places Visited in the States: |
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My Trip Reports (46)
- 4th of July Yankee Boy Basin twofer – 04/07/09 Mount Sneffels
- A Bear of a Winter Ascent – Little Bear 03/01/09
- A Nice Finish to Calendar Winter ‘09 – Longs Peak 03/14/09 Longs Peak
- A prodigal son returns home - Mudumalai Dec '08
- Angel of Shavano Ski Descent - 05/10/08
- Atlantic Peak West Ridge – 2/26/2012 Atlantic Peak
- Belford to Oxford Traverse – Winter 3/10/2012 Mount Belford
- Crestone Needle South Face / East Gully Crestone Needle
- Dead Dog Ski Descent – 6-3-12
- Douchey and Gimpy's Excellent Adventure - Keiners / Notch Couloir Longs Peak
- Dragon’s Tail (06-05) and IPW tour (06-06) Flattop Mountain
- Eagle Lake Ice – Wild Basin (RMNP) – 4/17/2010
- Elbert E. Ridge Winter Ascent / Ski Descent Mount Elbert
- Ellingwood Point - South Face Winter Ascent – 02/28/09 Ellingwood Point
- Evans / Spalding: Winter Ascents
- Grand Teton Attempt / Conditions Report 08-14-10 Grand Teton
- Grays / Torreys: Winter Ascents – Steven’s Gulch - 03/01/08
- Hagar Ski – 4-8-12
- Harvard and Columbia Winter Ascents and Ski Descents - 2011 Mount Harvard
- Harvard Corn Harvest
- Little Bear - Blanca Traverse Blanca Peak
- Making Merry on Martha - Mt. Lady Washington Mount Lady Washington
- Meandering through the Mosquito range... Mount Sherman
- Mount Massive: Winter Ascent from the Leadville Fish Hatchery TH Mount Massive
- Mt. Antero West Slopes in Winter
- Never a dull moment in the Sangres - 02/07/09 Humboldt Peak
- Petit Grepon South Face 5.8 - 09-11-10 Petit Grepon
- Playing sidekick to a CO 14er Ski Finisher on Wetterhorn Peak - 05/17/09 Wetterhorn Peak (Colorado)
- Pyramid Peak - Mixed Climb Pyramid Peak
- Quandary E.Slope/Ridge Ski Descent
- Rescue on Rosalie Peak – 2/19/2011 Rosalie Peak
- San Luis Winter Ascent / Ski Descent – 3-12-11 San Luis Peak
- Shavynavy and Tabbygoochie meet Winter Tabeguache Peak
- Sherman S. Slope Ascent / Ski Descent - 05/17/08
- Skiers’ Heaven on Pawnee Peak Pawnee Peak
- Skywalker, Arapahos Traverse and Old Baldy
- Snowmass - Hagerman Traverse Snowmass Mountain
- Solo 14er Finish on Capitol, no. 58 Capitol Peak
- Sunshine and Redcloud Winter Ascents Redcloud Peak
- Thunder Pyramid and Cathedral 6-8 and 6-9-12 Cathedral Peak
- Too Cheap to take the Train – 6-23-12 Vestal Peak
- Up down up down up and down on Ellingwood La Plata Peak
- When calendar winter forgot Democrat Mount Democrat
- Winter in the San Juans - Uncompahgre 02/15/09 Uncompahgre Peak
- Winter Winds in the Mosquito Range - 01/26 Mount Lincoln
- Wrestling the Marmots and Weather on Dreamweaver – 6/13/09 Mount Meeker
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