Southern Nevada > Red Rock Climbing > Black Velvet Peak > Black Velvet Wall, 5.9-5.12a > Dream of Wild Turkeys, 5.10a, 10 Pitches > Climber's Log
Southern Nevada > Red Rock Climbing > Black Velvet Peak > Black Velvet Wall, 5.9-5.12a > Dream of Wild Turkeys, 5.10a, 10 Pitches > Climber's Log|
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| utclimber | DOWT  Date Climbed: Oct 23, 2010 | |
| Another great route in Black Velvet. We did the upper pitches that many people skip, which were also good. | |
| Posted May 19, 2012 1:30 pm | ||
| brucelacroix | Gobbler/Dowt link up Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2010 | |
| Another great climb on this wall. | ||
| Posted Jun 7, 2011 7:42 pm | ||
| Dow Williams | Gobbler Direct Date Climbed: May 21, 2011 | |
| Repeat of both routes with Michael B. Great weekend showing him this combo and climbing Epi the next day, he had done neither. Beautiful night camping near Windy Peak...does not get any better. | |
| Posted May 23, 2011 7:30 pm | ||
| The Chief | Several Date Climbed: May 2, 1988 | |
| Done it countless times. Also partook in the clean up and ASCA Rebolting of the entire route and BV Wall back in 2000/01 | |
| Posted Jan 25, 2011 2:30 pm | ||
| bdynkin | DOWT: cold and windy Date Climbed: Mar 11, 2009 | |
| It was so cold and windy, especially first pitches! I led P3 and agree that the traverse is ~5.8, not 5.10 and this is from a 5.8 leader. Felt that the slab moves at P4 (or was it P5?) were real hard compared to the rest of the route. Didn't do the last 2 pitches because our watch got set back 2 hours by accident and we thought that we were running out of time while in fact we had plenty. | ||
| Posted Oct 14, 2009 5:44 pm | ||
| Dave S | DOWT Date Climbed: May 8, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Justin at the start of a three day weekend in Red Rocks. Great climb! The final two 5.9 pitches were definitely worth the extra time! | |
| Posted May 16, 2009 11:57 pm | ||
| bfrench | DOWT | |
| Climbed with Katie in perfect weather. | |
| Posted Apr 30, 2009 10:11 pm | ||
| atavist | Dream of doing this route again Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2008 | |
| Pitch 4 is the crux and it is short. The slabby moves are well protected with bolts but it is balancey, especially with a mid-size pack. Nothing else on the route was 5.10. Hint: don't place too much pro at the bottom of the pitch. Our biggest piece was a #3 cam. I'd do the route again without it and I'd probably leave the #2 behind as well. As has been mentioned, there are a lot of bolts and various small cracks all the way up the wall. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2008 2:29 pm | ||
| JoeAllen | Pitch 4 is definitely the crux. Date Climbed: May 5, 2008 | |
| This was my second trip up Dream of Wild Turkeys. It had been several years since I did it last and the only thing I remembered from my first experience was the horrible rope drag at the end of some strenuous OW climbing leading to the two hardest crimpy slab moves anywhere. | |
| Posted May 20, 2008 2:04 pm | ||
| asmrz | I remember it well Date Climbed: Nov 22, 1982 | |
| What a great route. Miguel Carmona and I climbed this mega classic in 1982 and bivied on the descent after we got lost at the top of Black Velvet Peak. Great climbing and a great company. | |
| Posted May 12, 2008 6:27 pm | ||
| Dow Williams | Dream of Wild Turkeys Date Climbed: May 5, 2008 | |
| Best weather I have ever had back here. Perfect really, not too windy, great temp. Anybody not doing pitch 9-10 is missing out, pitch 9 is one of the better pitches. Pitch 7 was crimpy, particularly if you have a bad finger. Thought both traverses were tame, I led those....but the corner starting up pitch 3 was full on, had me huffing and puffing a little. Supertopo has the traverse on P 3 at 5.10, but it is not, it is the corner. The traverse has great feet all the way over to the base of 4. The traverse at 5 was no worries either. The short slab move at the top of 4 was the crux of the route, no question. Pitch 2 was fantastic climbing. I like Sour Mash as much. | |
| Posted May 12, 2008 11:22 am | ||
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