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| James C | 200 Feet From Victory Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2006 | |
| Soo close! The thunderboomers are what turned us around. We could have pushed the envelope, but did not want to downclimb in the rain. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2006 10:13 pm | ||
| pjenson05 | 60-70 MPH Wind  Date Climbed: May 28, 2006 | |
| One of the windiest days I have ever climbed in. The wind prevented us from doing the traverse. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2006 5:16 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | needle III; peak-to-needle traverse Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006 | |
| first time doing the crestone traverse. wasn't as tough or exposed as expected, but still a nice day...........it's the crestones, what'd you expect? jamie | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2006 11:00 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | Peak-to-Needle Traverse Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006 | |
| From Humboldt Peak, Point 13290, East Crestone and Crestone Peak. Trip Report | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2006 7:03 pm | ||
| summiteer16 | Crestone Climb Memorial Day Date Climbed: May 26, 2004 | |
| Great climb, though storms roll in incredibly fast! | |
| Posted Apr 29, 2006 10:39 pm | ||
| hasue | CLASSIC | |
| A REAL CLASSIC CLIMB! MOST ENJOYABLE STURDY ROCK. CLIMB THIS ONE AND YOU CAN CLIMB THEM ALL (FOURTEENERS THAT IS!). | |
| Posted Apr 11, 2006 9:00 pm | ||
| markhyams | Ellingwood Arete Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2000 | |
| Fantastic route. We only roped up for the top two pitches, and had a great day. | |
| Posted Mar 2, 2006 11:43 pm | ||
| markhyams | South Couloir Date Climbed: Aug 21, 1999 | |
| This was my last 14er summit. I yelled loud, but no one was around to hear. | |
| Posted Mar 2, 2006 11:42 pm | ||
| markhyams | classic Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2000 | |
| Did the Ellingwood Arete route that day. Fun, although my partner got a wicked altitude headache on the way down. | |
| Posted Feb 24, 2006 10:59 pm | ||
| Mountain Jim | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: August 1968 | |
| I came back a few years ago and did the Ellingwood Arete. It deserves it's "Classic" status. | |
| Posted Feb 9, 2006 11:33 pm | ||
| jomal | Route Climbed: South Coulior Date Climbed: July 2005 | |
| Second time up, climbed it so a buddy of mine who had climbed the peak would climb it with me! A really fun climb to a beautiful summit! | |
| Posted Feb 6, 2006 1:06 am | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: July 2004 | |
| One of two of my scariest summits of any Colorado mtn. I spent 2-5 minutes on top. It took me roughly 2.5 hours from Broken hand saddle to reach the top and an hour flat to get back down to the saddle. It absolutely dumped (hard) that afternoon and lightning and thunder. A VERY bad day but I still summited against better judgement. | |
| Posted Jan 22, 2006 11:32 pm | ||
| 1mvertical | Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: June 1, 2003 | |
| Watch out for rock fall on ascent of Brokenhand Pass. I go nailed by a climber above me. This route is Class 3 at best. Good rock holds and pretty easy route finding the whole way. Took 3 hrs, roundtrip from S. Colony Lakes, 3.75 hrs. from the car parked at 11,000'. | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2006 1:17 pm | ||
| budsmith62 | Route Climbed: South Coulier Date Climbed: August 14 1981 | |
| From journal on COBS course in Sangre DiCristos Aug 14 Climbed Crestone Needle today, 14197. Good steep climb about 2 hrs each way. also did a moonlight rappel about 70 ft. Think Ill stick to going up!!! | ||
| Posted Dec 31, 2005 12:01 am | ||
| iceisnice | Route Climbed: Ellingwood Arete Date Climbed: Aug '04 | |
| Soloed the route. Not as hard as I thought it was going to be. Pretty good exposure and a big psycological climb for the soloist. But on great rock the whole time. Some people have a problem with the descent. I thought it was pretty straight forward. | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2005 9:34 pm | ||
| brandon | Route Climbed: Ellingwood Arete Date Climbed: 8/14/05 | |
| Solo save for the head crack, with Andrew... 6:30 car to car | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2005 2:11 pm | ||
| K_G_Wright | Route Climbed: Standard South Couloir Date Climbed: September 8, 2005 | |
| Had the whole ridge / valley to myself on a Thursday! Soloed the standard South Couloir route in windy, sunny, dry conditions! AWESOME! | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2005 4:16 pm | ||
| shknbke | Route Climbed: Peak to Needle traverse Date Climbed: Sept 17, 2005 | |
| This was by far the most committing climb I have done. We combined the traverse with Broken Hand Peak and "Crestolita", making for a 13 hr day of hiking. The traverse took us 3.5 hrs at a slow, deliberate pace. The last 100' climb up knobby conglomerate rock is very exposed! The holds were numerous, but got smaller near the top. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2005 12:54 am | ||
| shanahan96 | Route Climbed: South Couloir Date Climbed: September 17, 2005 | |
| 2nd Needle summit. this one wasn't on the schedule but i was presented with the opportuniy of canceling my own plans to help two people who didn't believe they could do this mountain have the climbing experience of their lives. oh yeah, it's still my favorite mountain! jamie | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2005 1:39 am | ||
| Ed F | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: September 15, 2005 | |
| Fun! Loved the sustained scrambling. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2005 8:33 pm | ||
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