Red Rock ClimbingDark Shadows, IV, 5.8 Climber's Log
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| Steve Larson | Way better than expected  Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2012 | |
| Had a great time on this route despite the crowds. Killed time at the second belay by climbing the 5.8 crack on the right to the second rap anchor. Great pitch! | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2012 1:04 pm | ||
| Shane Rathbun | Def a classic Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2010 | |
| Lead the first two pitches, Aaron lead the last 2. 3rd pitch is stout, the varnish is slick. GREAT climb! | |
| Posted Dec 6, 2010 3:04 pm | ||
| SKI | Wowsers Date Climbed: Oct 31, 2010 | |
| The best route that I've done at Red Rock so far. the third pitch was a bit stout for 5.7- the standard guide has it at 5.8 and I'm inclined to agree. A beautiful pitch nonetheless. Would love to go to the top. | |
| Posted Nov 1, 2010 11:34 pm | ||
| BLong | Fun route Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2010 | |
| I wish we had time to finish this route to the top, but we had to get back to Utah. The first four pitches are great fun. Easy protection up the dihedral. Keeping the ropes dry was a more difficult task. | |
| Posted Oct 31, 2010 2:13 pm | ||
| utclimber | Dark Shadows | |
| I climbed this route in 2005 or 2006. | ||
| Posted May 10, 2010 11:38 pm | ||
| fossana | full route Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2009 | |
| Climbed all 10 pitches with J. Started just after 11a, so only 2 other parties that day, both descending. The route itself was fairly straightforward, taking us 5:10 (including the 15 min wait at one of the belays for one of the parties to rap). We scrambled up and over the summit, intending to descend Cat in the Hat, but had trouble finding it from above. Ending up following some cairns that took us to a fairly new set of rap stations. This took us down a lush canyon and into the frog-laden streambed 10-15 minutes upstream from the route. Adding route corrections to Handren's description in Additions. | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2009 12:21 pm | ||
| bfrench | Dark Shadows | |
| Super fun climb. | |
| Posted Apr 30, 2009 9:56 pm | ||
| kommish | Dark Shadows Date Climbed: Apr 5, 2008 | |
| was last climb of 3 day trip...saved best for last | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2009 2:11 pm | ||
| Bonesaw | Amazing Climb! Date Climbed: Jan 30, 2009 | |
| One of my all-time favorites! | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2009 9:46 pm | ||
| TRP | Keep going! | |
| Very fun climb for it's grade. I don't understand why more people don't go all the way to the top. The upper pitches are high quality as well, with a fun overhang on pitch 6. It would solve much of the crowding that happens on this climb, no more rapping on top of each other. | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2008 12:44 pm | ||
| dfrancom | Awesome | |
| We did the first 4 pitches..some really amazing varnish to look at. great climbing.. last pitch was scary | |
| Posted Oct 18, 2008 7:23 pm | ||
| Sam Page | Slick route Date Climbed: Apr 16, 2000 | |
| I forget the exact date. Short but sweet. The crux is keeping your ropes dry! | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2008 9:57 pm | ||
| bighornmonkey | Done... Date Climbed: Apr 6, 2008 | |
| Awesome climb. There was only one party on the route when we started but it soon became very crowded. 4 other parties were on the route when we were rapelling from the 4th pitch. We linked P1 and P2 with a 60M rope. | |
| Posted Apr 10, 2008 11:36 pm | ||
| pvalchev | Excellent Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2007 | |
| Nice climb, did it after a late start and rappelled after the fourth pitch. Pitch 1 and 2 are easily joined with a 60 meter rope. Also easily rappelled in two raps with two 60 meter ropes. Spectacular position and nice varied climbing. Great day with Parisa and Meder. | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2007 12:31 am | ||
| blackcoffee | Dark Shadows Date Climbed: Apr 23, 1992 | |
| Rapped after P4, as nearly everyone else does. Every pitch was quality climbing. Faltering a bit leading the crux, I heard a shout below: "I'm falling asleep down here !" | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2007 9:49 pm | ||
| Rice Climber | Dark Shadows | |
| One of my favorite routes with some fun stemming on P3. The desert varnish is super slick! I have not done the complete route to the top of mescalito, but have climbed the first four pitches on numerous ocassions. We were able to save our ropes from a soaking by rappelling the route to the right of Dark Shadows...however there are more features there for a rope to snag on. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2007 8:02 pm | ||
| plume | Dark shadows Date Climbed: Mar 13, 2007 | |
| Nice little climb. Just about enough rope to rap off the 4th pitch. Tie your knots at the end! | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2007 4:18 am | ||
| MelbaToast | Incredibly Beautiful | |
| Went to Red Rocks over Thanskgiving a couple years back. It snowed that day and Rob and I had the canyon to ourselves. Great over-the-creek start but my hands were too cold so I only did one pitch. Looking forward to going back to see those polkadot rocks again and finish the route! | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2007 10:09 pm | ||
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